Undergraduate Meeting and Events Management Certificate (MEMC)

Advanced meeting and event management students site visit for a their upcoming event.

Advanced meeting and event management students on a site visit for their upcoming event.

The Undergraduate Meeting and Event Management Certificate (MEMC) is co-sponsored by the School of Hospitality Management and the Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management. The MEMC is designed to prepare students to embody the skills and concepts necessary to be effective leaders in meeting and event management.

Prepare for a career with opportunities in corporate business, conventions, sports and entertainment, festivals, and community events. Students who pursue the MEMC develop transferable skills including strategic management, event and experience design, production, marketing, and risk management.

Inside the Elective: Undergraduate Meeting and Event Management Certificate

MEMC is open to all Penn State students, compliments a number of majors

The MEMC program is open to all Penn State students in residence regardless of major. It is an excellent complement for majors such as public relations, communications, community development and other majors in which events and meetings are integral to the professional strategy.

Required Courses

The MEMC requires three core courses (9 credits):

HM 384 Intro Meeting and Event Management (3 credits)
RPTM 395—Experiential Learning in Meeting and Event Management (3 credits)
OR
HM 395—Internship in Meeting and Event Management (3 credits)
HM 485—Advanced Meeting and Event Management (3 credits)*
OR
RPTM 456—Programming in Recreation and Parks (3 credits)*
Pre-requisite: HM 384—Meetings and Events

Electives

The MEMC requires two supplemental courses (6 credits) listed below that were not taken as part of the core nine credit requirements:

HM 101- Explore Global Hospitality
HM 242- Hospitality Marketing
HM 271- Intro to Hospitality Technology
HM 344- Digital Marketing in Hospitality
HM 355- Hospitality Law
HM 484- Hospitality Entrepreneurship
HM 485- Advanced Meeting and Event Management*
RPTM 300Y- Tourism and Leisure Behavior
RPTM 334- Nonprofit Recreation Agency Operations
RPTM 370- Intro to Arena Management
RPTM 410- Marketing of Recreation Services
RPTM 415- Commercial Recreation Management
RPTM 456- Programming in Rec and Parks*
RPTM 497- Advanced Arena Management

*NOTE: Students may take both courses with the second fulfilling part of the Supplemental Certificate requirements.

Contact

Academic Advisors, School of Hospitality Management
Nada Madrid | nbm5356@psu.edu | (814) 865-7033
Jeff Heim | jvh4@psu.edu | (814) 865-7990