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REC 319Event Planning and Design

Units
0.50
Faculty
Health
Subject
Recreation and Leisure Studies

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 2 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course focuses on the core areas of event planning and design including logistics, risk management, human resources, sponsorship and financial management, marketing and assessments. Students will learn through lectures and collaboration with community partners how to conceptualize and design events to achieve important outcomes such as social justice, inclusion, economic development, environmental sustainability, tourism development, sport development, and community well-being.

Prerequisites

  • Must have completed the following:
    • REC219 - Introduction to Event Studies (0.50)

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 00129180 / 120TTh 14:30–15:50
LEC 701112275 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

78% liked it85% easy45% useful

From 9 ratings and 3 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • REC 319 is one of the easiest courses I have ever taken. The course focuses on the strategic design of what goes into events ranging from operations and logistics, risk management, flow, and tradeoffs and tensions. Their are experential case studies done on your own, 6 worth a total of 35 percent, three group assignments, and one final reflection worth 10 percent. Laura Wood teaches this course and she is the prof you want, she is AMAZING, it is nearly impossible to score below a 90 in this course. If you show up and be prepared to engage and do the work, you will be rewarded well. Fun course and very useful for rec students who take an interest in event management.

    Mar 2026 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • It could've been an online course because she only did about 1/4 lectures in class, and the rest were work periods. Really dry content that was just common sense and wasn't always related to the assignments. Assignments were mostly group work; they were fairly easy, but marking was weird, and we would lose marks on random things. Kind of felt like a waste of a course, I didn't learn anything new.

    Apr 2025 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • If you are someone who like straightforward assignments, organized lectures, and no surprises, take this course. Practically entirely online, I have not yet attended an in-person lecture and have great grades in the course. This is a fantastic course and the assignments are nice as you watch a cool Netflix docuseries and write a paper on it.

    Apr 2025 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

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