New courses in 2021
Preparing you for the future of work
The workplace of the future will look different from today’s. Are you ready?
At Flinders, we’re constantly developing new course offerings and fine-tuning our degrees to ensure you’re prepared for this change.
You’ll gain specialised skills and knowledge in your chosen field plus develop abilities in independent thinking, communication, collaboration, ethics and creativity – qualities that will prepare you to become an expert and innovator in your field.
Whether you’d like to excel in a profession, pursue research that makes a difference, or forge an entirely new path, Flinders gives you the confidence to achieve your ambitions.
It all starts with a Flinders degree.
Flinders Business
New world, new thinking
There’s never been a better time to embrace the business world. Technological changes are opening new opportunities. The online economy is rapidly evolving, and entrepreneurs are changing the world. At Flinders Business we are preparing a new generation of business leaders with new ways of thinking, and new skills for the future. Flinders business courses are designed to prepare you for a career in the real world and could put you in the driver’s seat to take advantage of a new tomorrow.
| SATAC code: | 244261 |
| Course length: | 3 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | On campus, Bedford Park Online |
Study the business behind the bottle.
Studying wine, spirits and tourism at Flinders prepares you to lead the growing wine, spirits and tourism industries, market their products globally and bring to life new innovations. You will graduate career ready with the course’s unique combination of business education and sector-specific knowledge, access to industry leaders, industry placements and professional networks.
Creative arts and media
Create your future
Creativity is one of the most powerful and sought-after commodities on the planet. It drives development in the screen industry, theatre, fashion, digital media, dance, the publishing industry and more. The world needs people with creative vision to lead innovation in a range of industries. Learn how to unlock your visual, verbal and written skills to develop and communicate your ideas.
| SATAC code: | 244291 |
| Course length: | 3 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | On campus |
With CDW Studios
Gain the skills you’ll need to pursue a successful career in the creative industries. Explore post-production, digital visual effects, animation, games development and interactive media, and help support the growth of the digital media industry in South Australia.
| SATAC code: | 244461 |
| Course length: | 3 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | On campus |
With Festivals Adelaide
Develop the business planning, logistics and marketing skills that will enable you to thrive in the fast-paced festivals sector. You’ll also gain hands-on experience in working as part of a multidisciplinary creative arts team to curate and produce your own site-specific arts events.
| SATAC code: | 244301 |
| Course length: | 3 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | On campus |
With Channel 44 and Mercury Cinema
Learn about the contemporary film and television industries ‘from the inside’ and jumpstart your career. This degree will prepare you for work in the exciting world of film and television, combining production subjects with study of film and television modes of expression, histories and forms.
| SATAC code: | 244311 |
| Course length: | 3 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | On campus |
With Monkeystack
Gain skills and knowledge to pursue a career in the booming industry of games development and interactive design. You’ll learn the methods required to create interactive experiences and how to tailor your work for mass audiences using the latest technologies.
| SATAC code: | 244321 |
| Course length: | 3 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | On campus |
With State Theatre Company South Australia
Learn how to create an innovative performance event from concept through to delivery. Develop your creative and collaborative skills, strategic thinking and business capability through the design and production of new work. You’ll also gain experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary creative team.
| SATAC code: | 244331 |
| Course length: | 3 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | On campus |
With Mighty Kingdom and Writers SA
Content development skills are in high demand in the creative industries sector. Gain portable writing skills which could start you on the road to a career in editing and publishing, digital media, advertising and marketing, festivals and events, and more.
Disability and community inclusion
Develop the knowledge and skills to shape an inclusive society
Enjoy a highly sought-after career in a fast-growing sector providing disability support, advocacy and services for people of all ages with diverse needs, including developmental and acquired disabilities.
| SATAC code: | 244471 |
| Course length: | 3 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | On campus, Bedford Park Online |
Develop the disability practice, policy and leadership knowledge you need as a skilled professional.
Grounded in a human rights approach, graduates will be equipped to work in a range of disability and related human services roles as effective and capable practitioners supporting people to live flourishing lives.
This three-year degree is nested within the four-year Bachelor of Disability and Developmental Education. Graduates can return to complete the fourth year and be eligible for full membership with the DEAI to practice as a Developmental Educator.
Engineering
Apply science and ingenuity to real-world problems.
There are few fields as broad or as rewarding as engineering. If you can imagine it, chances are you can help bring it to life. From robotics to renewable energy, shipbuilding and defence, civil engineering or new medical technologies... the list is long and the opportunities are broad. You can help design and build tomorrow.
| SATAC code: | 244431 |
| Course length: | 4 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | On campus, Tonsley |
Electrical engineering is concerned with large scale electrical systems including renewable power generation and electric motors. Electronic engineering focuses on lower voltage systems such as computer systems, communication networks and integrated circuits. Together they are critical for next generation applications such as autonomous vehicles, space technology, smart cities and a low-carbon economy.
| SATAC code: | 244401 |
| Course length: | 4 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | On campus, Tonsley |
Environmental engineering is where advances in science and technology are transformed into practical solutions that will protect and improve the quality of our environment. Environmental engineers are problem-solvers who design solutions to a range of hazards from airborne and waterborne diseases, water and air pollution, wastewater management and recycling.
| SATAC code: | 244441 |
| Course length: | 1.5 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | On campus, Tonsley |
Flinders’ General Entry pathway to the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) provides a guaranteed entry pathway for students who have passed SACE Stage 2 General Mathematics or SACE Stage 1 Mathematics. The course includes additional mathematics and physics, enabling students to transfer into and complete any of Flinders Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degrees in 4.5 years or less.
| SATAC code: | 244451 |
| Course length: | 5 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | On campus, Tonsley |
Create a career designing the robot workforce of the future. This degree will see you graduate with the latest learning in robotics technologies, preparing you to become a key player in developing the robots that will populate our future. High-achieving students can use the Bachelor of Engineering (Robotics) (Honours) as a pathway into a Master of Engineering (Electrical and Electronic).
| SATAC code: | 244411 |
| Course length: | 3 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | On campus, Tonsley |
Developed in collaboration with Defence Science and Technology Group within the Department of Defence, the course encompasses a wide range of communication mediums including radar, radio and microwaves. A particular focus will be placed on technologies that adopt these in conjunction with studies in signal processing, infrared imaging systems, multi-spectral sensing, satellite communications, computer networks and telecommunications.
| SATAC code: | 244421 |
| Course length: | 4 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | On campus, Tonsley |
This 4-year combined degree represents a unique and exciting pathway to work in a cutting-edge high technology area. The pairing of a Bachelor of Engineering Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Physics represents a pathway to a well-paid and life-long career at the forefront of electronic and electromagnetic technologies. The Bachelor of Engineering Technology (Electronic Systems and Security) is unique in Australia.
Health
Leaders in health and care
A global focus on the importance of health has led to a growing demand for skilled professionals who can teach us to live healthier lives. Flinders can help you become one of those professionals. With over 40 years’ experience in disability, speech pathology, nutrition and dietetics education, and over 20 years’ experience in audiology, palliative care and health sciences, Flinders is a leader in health education.
| SATAC code: | 244351 |
| Course length: | 3 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | On campus, Bedford Park |
Gain an excellent grounding in all aspects of the health sector with a particular focus on Ageing, Health Management, Health Promotion or Innovation. You will develop the ability to critically approach new challenges in contemporary healthcare and be equipped to enter the workforce in a variety of health-related sectors or pursue postgraduate studies in a health-related discipline.
| SATAC code: | 244361 |
| Course length: | 3 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | On campus, Bedford Park |
The future of health is digital. Be a part of the change and explore how digital health and technology is revolutionising health and care. Embrace the digital disruption and get ahead of the rest.
| SATAC code: | 244371 |
| Course length: | 3 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | On campus, Bedford Park |
Gain a well-grounded knowledge of the nervous system, and study how our brain and body functions.
| SATAC code: | 244381 |
| Course length: | 3 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | On campus, Bedford Park |
Gain an insight into the way mental processes impact human behaviour, and the importance of mental health and wellbeing.
| SATAC code: | 244391 |
| Course length: | 3 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | On campus, Bedford Park |
Develop a detailed knowledge of anatomy and physiology through specialisation topics in Therapy Studies and cover the pre-requisites for post-graduate studies in various fields in Allied Health.
| SATAC code: | 244341 |
| Course length: | 3 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | On campus, Bedford Park |
There has never been a better time to study public health. Graduates are in demand to address health challenges of local, national and global significance to deliver outcomes that benefit the population. Follow your passion, choosing distinctive learning pathways from bio-medical, research, and social determinants of population health and equity, to Indigenous health, economic factors, and global approaches to health issues, such as obesity and heart disease.
Information technology
The technology industry is fast paced, stimulating and a key innovator in multiple fields. Our degrees prepare you to assist in solving problems in areas such as medical research, climate change, the environment and business, and to contribute to the creative industries and the development of new products and services.
| SATAC code: | 244101 |
| Course length: | 3 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | On campus, Tonsley |
If you love games and want to learn how to make them, this course will familiarise you with the tools and practices of game development. Alongside entertainment applications, game development is used to create experiences to aid in training, marketing, or for social change.
| SATAC code: | 244041 |
| Course length: | 4 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | On campus, Tonsley |
If you love games and want to learn how to make them, this course will familiarise you with the tools and practices of game development. Alongside entertainment applications, game development is used to create experiences to aid in training, marketing, or for social change.
International Relations and Political Science
Shape the world
An incredible breadth of career opportunities awaits you in the corporate world, in the public sector or with non-government organisations. You could work locally for a government department or an SA-based business, pursue a corporate career helping set international policy, or help change the world with organisations like Amnesty International or Projects Abroad.
| SATAC code: | 244271 |
| Course length: | 4 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | On campus, Bedford Park |
Develop a grounding in research, enhance your experience and expand your career options with a four-year combined honours degree in international relations and political science. Take the next step on your path to become an expert in a specialist field of study and enhance your understanding of the key political trends of our time. Lead the next generation of political influencers through research and a comprehensive understanding in politics and contemporary international politics.
Paramedics
When the unthinkable happens, be the one who makes a difference. The one who understands what needs to be done, and has the training to do it.
Flinders Bachelor of Paramedic Science will give you the chance to not only change lives, but to save lives. You’ll gain the skills and knowledge to become a registered, highly trained and respected health care worker.
| SATAC code: | 224325 |
| Course length: | 3 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | Darwin and online |
Develop the skills, knowledge and attitudes to manage pre-hospital emergency and non-emergency situations in a manner consistent with best practice. This is an accredited degree for anyone seeking a career as a paramedic with an Australian state ambulance service or a research career in pre-hospital science. Graduates may also qualify for employment with ambulance services in international jurisdictions such as the United Kingdom.
Social work
Be the change
Social work is the province of the troublemakers. The ones who stand up for what’s right. The people who say I cannot ignore. I will not stand by.
Social work is the career for those who will always be difficult, because they want to change the world for the better and because they will never accept injustice.
We welcome the troublemakers. Nationally and globally, we struggle with issues of child protection, domestic and family violence, housing and homelessness, racial inequalities and many other social problems. Issues of social inequality have become daily headlines, and we need skilled graduates to help restore the balance.
| SATAC code: | 244285 |
| Course length: | 4 years full-time (or equivalent part-time) |
| Location: | Online |
This degree provides you with the knowledge, skills and values to help create a society that is fair and inclusive. You will be enpowered to apply social work theories and skills, incorporating knowledge from a range of disciplines, including psychology, sociology and social policy. You will graduate passionate, experienced and prepared to take on the biggest social issues facing our world.
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