Serious Business: University Offers Course In Wedding Planning

George Mason University, in Fairfax, VA, now offers university coursework in Crisis Management and Event Planning. The majority of students who take the class are planning their own weddings, or intend to plan weddings professionally.

Professor Maggie Daniels, who said she had to fight to get the course offered for the first time in 2005, teaches the course. To run the class, she needed 10 students to sign up. She got seventy. This semester, the class has 100 students and the course covers not only the business end of event management, but also how to deal with the inevitable crises that arise, no matter how well an event is planned.

Professor Daniels has written her own textbook on wedding planning. Each class brings something new and unexpected, from working within a small budget to solving last-minute crises. The students’ final project is a 100-150 page group plan for an imaginary wedding.

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