About Torrens University

If you crave adventure and variety, a Bachelor of Business in Hospitality Management can prepare you for the exhilarating career in the global hospitality industry. Gain the knowledge, attributes, skills, and experience of higher-level hospitality concepts and operations. You will study critical business and management subjects allowing you to enter this fast-changing global hospitality industry with confidence.

KEY STUDY OUTCOMES

• Planning and Designing Hospitality Venues
• Global Innovations and Trends
• HR management and leadership
• Management in a global environment

IDEAL FOR:
Want a hospitality career that goes above and beyond? The Bachelor of Business (Hospitality Management) is perfect for those wanting to gain experience relevant to the food and beverage sector as well as hotel and resort management. Travel the world with your extensive knowledge!

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT WHEN YOU GRADUATE?

• Hotel Manager
• Accommodation Manager
• Operations Manager
• Business Consultant
• Restaurant Manager
• Food & Beverage Manager

Learn the skills needed to manage a hotel anywhere in the world. By entering the world of hotel and resort management, you’ll start on a career path that opens doors to opportunities worldwide. Hospitality management is a fast growing industry with high demand for qualified management level staff. By earning the right qualifications combined with hard work and initiative, you’ll soon find yourself reaching a senior position, managing people and exciting projects.

KEY STUDY OUTCOMES

• 2x 600-hour industry placements
• Management and leadership
• Practical skills in food and beverage
• Housekeeping and front office operations
• Kitchen outlet operations
• Hospitality economics and accounting

IDEAL FOR:
Students with a passion for hospitality who are interested in creating products – be it food, drinks or an experience. This course will suit people who are keen to put theoretical knowledge into practice and who are seeking a career that will potentially take them around the world, working across a diversity of sectors in a huge variety of roles.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Develop business skills to engage and influence valuable customers, develop brand loyalty and execute strategic marketing campaigns. Examine the role that marketing plays in the success of contemporary organisations and examine the industry’s trends, responsibilities, needs and opportunities. This degree has been developed in consultation with the Australian Marketing Institute (AMI) to ensure our students are taught the most relevant and up to date information.

KEY STUDY OUTCOMES

• Graduate job-ready with hundreds of industry placement hours
• Use your skills to secure entry to mid-level business support or management roles, and support to start your own business

IDEAL FOR:
Students looking to build a career in marketing, those wanting a formal qualification to support their existing marketing experience or those aspiring to move into the marketing industry.. Gain comprehensive knowledge and skills in marketing and brand strategy, planning and execution, developed through work placement where you will experience the marketing industry first hand and gain the practical skills to complement the theoretical knowledge.

Some of the possible career outcomes for graduates are:

• Marketing Coordinator
• Assistant Product Manager
• Sales Manager
• Social Media Specialist

Torrens University Sports Management Courses allows students to be immersed in a degree that broadens theoretical and technical knowledge from socio-cultural issues to business software for analysing data. Students graduate as sought-after managers or operators in sports management.

This course is designed to equip you with a broad theoretical and technical knowledge required to operate and manage effectively within the sports management field. Throughout your studies, you will investigate the historical foundations of sport, management principles, socio-cultural influences of sport, and the role of governance in sport.

You will have the opportunity to investigate the role sport plays in building communities and analyse the importance that professional sport plays in contemporary society.

KEY STUDY OUTCOMES

• Analyse socio-cultural issues of sporting organisations
• Identify business opportunities for sports organisations
• Recognise the role sports plays in developing communities
• Examine the role governance bodies play in the regulation of sports
• 320 hours of practical work placement

IDEAL FOR:
Students who wish to pursue a career in the sports industry and those who are interested in the business aspects of managing a sports team, sporting facilities and centres, events and sports marketing.

This course equips you with basic management practices and procedures as well as the specific tourism management knowledge and skills essential to the industry. It will introduce you to the concept of the visitor economy as well as different industries that form part of the global tourism industry such as airlines, cruise lines, casinos and destinations.

Postgraduate pathway options exist for graduates to continue on to a related master-level qualification through William Blue partner institutions.

KEY STUDY OUTCOMES

• Create masterpiece dishes for guests at William Blue dining
• Business Communication & Marketing Fundamentals
• Advanced kitchen operations
• Profound knowledge of kitchen service and management skills

IDEAL FOR:
Those seeking a management career within the fast growing Tourism sector. The Bachelor of Business (Tourism Management) will equip you with the knowledge and skills to work within a variety of roles across the industry. Fancy traveling Australia or the World with your skill set? Then a tourism management course might be the right course for you.

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT WHEN YOU GRADUATE?

• Chef
• Sous Chef
• Catering Manager
• Restaurant and Owner
• Hospitality Entrepreneur
• Operations Manager

The fashion industry is on the lookout for a new breed of designers – creative thinkers who can combine fresh, original and inspiring designs with the practical and technical know-how to produce them for commercial success. The Bachelor of Branded Fashion Design will challenge both your creative and business mind – and will groom you for a world-class career as a Brand Fashion Designer, Buyer, Merchandise Planner or Product Developer. Having this qualification under your belt also means you could launch your own fashion range. You’ll graduate with a highly respected qualification, specialist design skills and a professional-calibre portfolio that opens doors.

KEY STUDY OUTCOMES

• Create your own fashion label
• Design, production and branding of garments
• Create and brand a range of design solutions
• Understanding the integrity and positioning of a brand
• Forecasting, project-management and drawing skills
• Understanding of latest software

IDEAL FOR:
Those looking to launch their own range of garments or for a world-class career as a Brand Fashion Designer, Buyer, Merchandise Planner or Product Developer.

As a graduate you’ll have a wealth of career opportunities available to you:

• Branded fashion designer
• Fashion Buyer
• Merchandise Planner
• Product Developer
• Start-up Fashion Designer with own brand
• Digital Print Designer

A bachelor degree in Information Systems develops graduates to have technical competence and a strong ability to interpret information to solve work place problems, which is essential for almost every business regardless of the industry. You will graduate ready to take on an ever-changing business environment as a Business Analyst.

KEY STUDY OUTCOMES

• Have technical competence and strong ability to interpret information to solve workplace problems
• Determine what ICT solutions are possible versus which are realistic in the work place.
• Work between technical teams and operational/managerial teams in the organisation to translate needs and possible solutions
• Technical expertise to plan, design, execute and maintain data systems
• Project management skills to direct projects with an ICT focus helping stakeholders realise the potential of the business solution

IDEAL FOR:
This course is ideal for skilled individuals looking to learn or improve their skills and knowledge to critically analyse core business functions, synthesise and implement strategic processes, manage risk and lead complex teams as a Business Analyst. This course is specifically designed to train Business Analysts to be prepared to adapt and work in an ever-changing business environment.

Some of the possible career outcomes for a graduates are:

• Business analyst
• Business development management
• Business process analyst
• Business requirements analysis
• Database designer/administrator/ programmer

The Bachelor of Commerce provides a culturally diverse and career-oriented educational experience. There is a demand for high-quality graduates in accounting, finance and management, and this commerce degree allows you to get into the workplace faster through accelerated study. What’s more, this course sets up the prospect of an excellent long-term professional career, covering fundamental knowledge and skills in the key areas of accounting, finance, economics, quantitative analysis, information systems, and business and taxation law. The Bachelor of Commerce is endorsed by the Chartered Accountants (CA Australia and New Zealand) and the Certified Practicing Accountants (CPA) Australia.

KEY STUDY OUTCOMES

• Basic principles of accounting, economics and finance
• Specialisation in one of the above disciplines
• Understanding of investments at corporate and shareholder levels
• Business information systems knowledge
• Create business analysis methods
• Financial reporting
• Management and leadership skills

IDEAL FOR:
Students who want to enter a career in accounting, economics or finance with both a global and local awareness.

As a graduate you’ll have a wealth of career opportunities available to you:

• Accountant
• Market Analyst
• Banker
• Chief Financial Officer
• Entrepreneur

Communication design is everywhere – on walls and paper, on your phone, at the train station and even film credits. It’s an essential part of our daily lives, and a career path in communication design is paved with exciting opportunities. Our highly regarded course has been developed and is taught by leaders in the visual communication design world: from brand and design consultants, to graphic designers and creative directors. When you graduate with the skills and expertise gained from this course, combined with your own limitless imagination, you’ll be in demand around the world.

KEY STUDY OUTCOMES

• Undertake real-life industry experience
• Identify strategic business opportunities
• Graduate with a shining portfolio

IDEAL FOR:
Students looking to graduate as a highly qualified designer with in-demand skills, a professional-calibre portfolio and the chance to complete work experience in a professional studio.

As a graduate you’ll have a wealth of career opportunities available to you:

• Graphic designer
• 2D / 3D Animator
• Brand specialist
• Business Owner / Manager
• Marketing Manager
• Entrepreneur
• Interactive designer

The name of this course will soon change from Bachelor of Creative Technologies (Game Art) to Bachelor of Game Design & Development. As the result of continuous course review in order to optimise student experience and ensure employability, industry relevance, and high academic standards, the name change more accurately describes the course content and industry outcomes (artist, designer and developer) that result from it. While the learning outcomes remain the same, we’ve improved minor aspects of the course based on invaluable industry and student feedback as part of our continuous improvement process.

Become part of one of the biggest industries in the world! If you love games and want to create breathtaking environments and characters, then Game Art is for you. The Bachelor of Creative Technologies (Game Art) will develop your artistic style and technical skills through learning traditional and contemporary art practices and using industry standard software. You will create imaginative and original characters and use these assets to develop immersive experiences in an industry that is bigger than the music and movie sectors put together! As well, you will collaborate with other game designers and programmers to develop an industry-level game.

KEY STUDY OUTCOMES

• Collaborate on projects with fellow students including problem based solutions for gaming
• Group Capstone project where you’ll develop a game in a similar environment to a studio
• Have an understanding of the history of video games as creative technologies and as cultural artefacts
• Develop enhanced skills in 2D, 3D, animation, environment art, character art, user experience in games
• Develop electronic games across multi-platforms including online, mobile and console

IDEAL FOR:
Those wanting to create breathtaking environments and characters for one of the biggest industries in the world.

WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT WHEN YOU GRADUATE?

• 2D Artists
• 3D Modeller Generalist
• Animator
• Environment Artist
• Character Artist
• Technical Artist

Want to tell fantastic stories and create your own worlds and characters? This course will give you the essential knowledge to take on a career in 3D design or animation for film, TV, games, advertising, information, education, and beyond. Through hands-on projects, you’ll become an expert in modelling, rigging, animation, texturing, lighting, and compositing. As well, you will explore design and animation theory and context to enrich your storytelling, while working through realistic briefs and creative-industry processes. In this rapidly growing field, exciting career options will open up when you graduate as a Bachelor of Digital Media: 3D Design & Animation.

KEY STUDY OUTCOMES

• Skills in modelling, rigging, animation, texturing, lighting and compositing
• Real world briefs
• Knowledge of industry creative processes
• Opportunity to intern with a professional 3D design and animation studio

IDEAL FOR:
Students looking for a career in 3D design or animation for film, TV, games, advertising, information/education and beyond.

As a graduate you’ll have a wealth of career opportunities available to you:

• 3D animator
• Visual effects (VFX) artist
• 3D concept artist
• 3D generalist
• Art director
• Animation director
• Character designer

This course equips you with a diverse range of clinical capabilities, focusing on preventative skin health and anti-aging dermal therapies. Supported by a theoretical foundation in health science, you will learn how to develop advanced skin health protocols, and responding to a range of client/patient conditions using high levels of aesthetic technology.

At Torrens University, we address the demand for dermal professionals who possess formal qualifications and experience. Graduates are immersed within the theoretical principles and clinical application framework, required to work safely and ethically within the Dermal Aesthetics industry.

Torrens University students who have successfully completed the Bachelor of Health Science (Aesthetics) are eligible to enroll in the HealthCert Professional Diploma of Dermoscopy

KEY STUDY OUTCOMES

• Perform and coordinate various dermal treatments efficiently following the necessary health and safety processes and procedures within a clinical environment.
• Determine and develop integrated frameworks and treatment plans based on a thorough understanding of client’s needs.
• Identify and review current research developments, methods and skills appropriate to the Aesthetics sector to determine its impact on the sector.

IDEAL FOR:
Those looking to enter into the growing field of aesthetics and those currently working in this area and looking to upgrade their qualifications.

The Bachelor of Nursing will prepare you to enter a career as a Registered Nurse in the Australian healthcare environment. You will learn vital skills in assessment and clinical decision-making, person-centred care, professional communication, enquiry and research, awareness of diversity and self-care practices. The course will provide you with an opportunity to deliver care in multiple health

KEY STUDY OUTCOMES

• Gain critical skills in professional assessment and clinical decision-making
• Clinical placement in multiple healthcare, industry and community settings
• Key determinants in patient health and well-being

IDEAL FOR:
Students who want to become a Registered Nurse (RN) and advocate for improving patients’ lives.

The tech industry is changing by the minute; concepts and technology we could only have imagined a couple of years ago are now part of our daily lives. Recognising that we’re working in a dynamic technology landscape, we have created the Bachelor of Software Engineering: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in partnership with IBM, building a powerhouse of skills, future thinking and market insights. The course addresses the industry demand for developers, with subjects that encompass machine learning, computer vision, speech recognition, and more. You’ll graduate with the technical acumen and core soft skills you need for a career at the cutting edge of AI.

KEY STUDY OUTCOMES

• Awareness of the software engineering body of knowledge with a view towards ethics of practice in a global and sustainable context
• Communicate proficiently in the context of software engineering across a variety of audiences utilising appropriate tools and interfaces

IDEAL FOR:
People who are interested in the interaction between humans and computers and want to create products and systems for the future to change the world.

You don’t have to have your future career mapped out – you’ll have a wealth of choice, including:

• Research & Development Engineer
• Algorithm specialists
• Systems Architect
• Development Director

We have teamed up with IBM to design this course for the rapidly growing cloud computing sector. You’ll gain a range of technical, operational and software management skills that will put you way ahead in the global tech industry. You’ll discover how to combine design thinking, ideation, project and time management, and interpersonal communication across a diverse range of subjects. With your lecturers – all industry leaders – and other students, you’ll apply your advanced knowledge from the domain of cloud computing and DevOps in real-world contexts, including emerging technologies and entrepreneurship. On graduation, you’ll be in demand in the dynamic software development industry.

KEY STUDY OUTCOMES

• Understand software engineering body of knowledge with a view towards ethics of practice in a global and sustainable context
• Apply creative skills to identify and solve complex commercial software engineering problems innovatively with independence.
• Apply coherent and advanced knowledge from the domain of cloud computing and DevOps in diverse contexts including social impact, emerging technologies and entrepreneurship.

IDEAL FOR:
People who are interested in getting into a future proof job that involves computing, design thinking, ideation, project & time management, and interpersonal communication across different subjects.

You don’t have to have your future career mapped out – you’ll have a wealth of choice, including:

• Business Intelligence Developer
• Cloud Support Engineer
• Linux System Administrator
• Full Stack Software Engineer