Bachelor of Business

The Bachelor of Business provides you with understanding of core business strategies. Explore your passions through our wide range of electives. At Torrens University, you'll learn to build strategic plans for real business settings and real clients. Put your skills into practice and drive positive outcomes for a business.

During this course, you will choose from a broad range of electives in Marketing, Public Relations, Event Management, Tourism and Hospitality so you can focus on the area you're passionate about. Additionally, you will complete the compulsory Industry Consulting Project subject, which provides first-hand experience in a business environment and develops practical skills to complement your theoretical knowledge. We will support you in your responsibility to find an industry placement(s), so you graduate with invaluable work experience, a built-in professional network and a serious competitive advantage.

Learning outcomes

• Develop managerial skills suitable for a range of prominent organisations

• Become an expert on domestic and international business development

• Learn how to identify opportunities for growth and expansion

• Harness entrepreneurial theory to successfully run your own business

Note: This course is also available at our Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney campuses. Flexible study options are available including On-campus, Online or a Hybrid of both.

Areas of Study: Business communications, customer experience management, understanding people and organisations, marketing fundamentals, accounting for decision making, the business environment, strategic management. Students can also choose electives in the areas of event management, public relations and marketing specialisations.

Career Opportunities: Entrepreneur, assistant manager, operations manager, marketing manager, partnership manager, business development manager.

Practical experience: An important element of this course is the placement of the students with an endorsed host organisation(s). Work placements provide a valuable resource for you to develop hands-on practical experience to ensure you graduate confident and job-ready. A key task will be the completion of a reflective journal covering the experience and the identification and analysis of key learning outcomes. Work placement hours: 300 hours.