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La Trobe University
Department of Agricultural Sciences

Bachelor of Agricultural Science / Bachelor of Business

Course description

Agricultural Science covers a wide area of scientific and economic disciplines. This double degree program is designed to provide a basic understanding of the relationships between soils, plants, animals, agribusiness and the environment.

This program combines units in the Bachelor of Agricultural Science, and includes honours in this area, with the business and management skills of the Bachelor of Business.

Majors within the Business degree comprise:

  • Human Resource Management
  • Business Law
  • Business Economics
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Financial Management
  • International Business

For more information about the course, including course structure, visit the University Handbook

Employment prospects

Careers are available in agribusiness, rural and resource management, agricultural science, and related areas.

Pre-requisites

Units 3 & 4 English (any).
Recommended VCE subjects: Agriculture and Horticulture, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematical Methods, Physics, Specialist Mathematics.
Guaranteed Entry Scheme VCE Score: 80 - Bundoora campus.

For international students, please visit La Trobe International.

Industry experience

An essential requirement of the degree is twelve (12) weeks of approved industry experience, taken during the vacation periods. Each work experience period of 3 weeks must be carried out on a different enterprise and is written up in a work experience report.

Honours

An Honours degree in business is available to suitably qualified students and will require an additional year of full-time study.

image of a gene researcher viewing data in an Agricultural Sciences laboratory
Research fellow, looking for genes and new controls for crop pests – Agricultural Sciences Laboratory.