loose the

Route::resource('courses','CourseController');

and start writing every route ;)

Route::get('courses/{id}/events/create', [
    'as'    => 'admin.events.create',
    'uses' => 'CourseController@createEvent'
]);

Thanks but this seems to create a whole myriad of errors.

I tried to cut it down to basics to check to avoid issues with uses to begin with

                    Route::get('courses', 'CourseController@index');
		Route::get('courses/create', 'CourseController@create');
		Route::post('courses/create', 'CourseController@store');
		Route::get('courses/{id}/edit', 'CourseController@edit');
		Route::post('courses/{id}/edit', 'CourseController@update');
		Route::get('courses/{id}', 'CourseController@show');

firstly for the 'courses' page, which has a link to create a course.

Route [admin.courses.create] not defined

In CourseController

class CourseController extends AdminController {

/**
 * Display a listing of the resource.
 *
 * @return Response
 */
protected $layout = 'layouts.admin';

public function index()
{
	
	$courses = User::find(1)->courses;
	
	$this->layout->content=View::make('admin.courses.index')->with('course', $courses);
	
}
public function create()
{
	
	$teachers = array('' => 'Select Course Teacher') + Teacher::lists('t_lname', 'id');
	$this->layout->content=View::make('admin.courses.create')->with('teachers', $teachers);
}

This was okay when I use

 Route::resource('courses','CourseController');

I'm a newbie so maybe I'm missing something here?