Event
planning has so many faces it can be confusing to pick a major. It helps to
start off thinking about what kind of events you’re interested in. Behind every event from a birthday party to a
trade show there is a coordinator behind it. So that’s really important to
think about. You can ask your school advisors, but anyone who’s in college
knows that most of the time you can get better answers from a brick wall (ha,
ha, ha).
The two main
events planning majors are:
·
Business
and Hospitality
o
with
an emphasis in event coordination (if possible at your school)
·
Recreation & Leisure
I have heard from pretty much every artsy
major you can become a event planner from it. However, I personally think that
some of those people underestimate the aspects of event planning. Some random
bridging majors that go into event planning are public relations, theater, interior
design, and others I am sure. Realistically the only real way to become an
event planner though is to start from the bottom. Event planning is something
you just get good at from experience; of course a good eye helps ;) aka it’s
all about putting in the hours.