The Bachelor of Business (Event Management) covers every aspect of  planning and running major events. Choose from electives to tailor your event management degree to your specific interests. Gain relevant, real-world experience with one of our acclaimed Torrens University industry partners.

This course will help you learn how to bring events to life. You’ll learn how to come up with creative themes and formats, and manage clients to ensure their expectation for an event is met. You’ll gain a thorough understanding of the legal, marketing, financial and strategic concepts in event management. You will also gain practical industry skills in project, strategic and event management and have the option to specialise in hospitality, tourism, marketing, public relations and advertising.

This course comprises 24 subjects, 20 core subjects and 4 elective subjects. As part of the core subjects, you will gain 300 hours of real-world industry experience.

Each subject involves 10 hours of study per week, comprising 3 hours of facilitated study and 7 hours self-directed study.

Year 1:

These six core subjects must be completed. Additionally, you’re required to select two electives from the electives tab.

Core subjects:

• Academic and Business Communication Skills | BIZ106 

• Understanding Self and Others | BIZ107 

• The Business of Events | EVT102

• Marketing in the Digital Era | MKT105

• The Business Environment | BIZ202

• Industry Skills Project | IND101A | 50 hours of industry experience 

Year 2:

These seven core subjects must be completed. Additionally, you're required to select one elective from the electives tab.

Core subjects:

• Accounting for Decision Making | BIZ201

• Customer Experience Management | BIZ204

• Event Management and Operations | EVT201A

• Developing People and Culture | MGT202

• Project Management | MGT201A

• Event Technologies | EVT211

• Industry Engagement Project | IND201A | 100 hours of industry experience

Year 3:

These seven core subjects must be completed. Additionally, you're required to select one elective from the electives tab.

• Ethics and Sustainability | MGT301A

• Agile Business Analysis (Advanced) | MIS312

• Services Marketing | THE302

• Industry Consulting Project | IND301A | 150 hours of industry experience

• Organisational Creativity & Innovation | BIZ301

• Risk, Resilience and Recovery | THE301

• Event Staging and Production | EVT304

Electives:

Electives available to students may be chosen from the elective bank below. Choose four electives.

Elective subjects:

• The Food and Beverage Industry | HAT101

• Introduction to Sport Management | SPO101

• Sports Marketing | SPO102

• Introduction to Entrepreneurship | ENT101

• Venture Ideation | ENT102

• Tourism Perspectives and Experiences | HAT102

• Sales and Negotiation Strategies | ENT201

• Economics | ECO201

• Strategic Management | MGT302A

• Lean Business Start-up | ENT301

• Business and Corporations Law | LAW301

With a Bachelor of Business (Event Management) you will have the know-how to run large-scale events professionally and successfully, from the planning phase to completion. This will open up opportunities in bigger organisations as well as the chance to run your own business for a range of clients.

Potential career paths:

• Event Manager
  Average salary: $78,000 - $119,798
• Promotions Manager
  Average salary: $55,590 - $166,771

Australian Year 12 or equivalent.

Academic IELTS 6.0 (no band less than 5.5) or equivalent.