Using the Handbook at enrolment
The Handbook is designed for La Trobe University delivered courses. Local processes may differ for courses delivered at external locations and by third parties.
The Handbook is designed as an aid to students contemplating enrolment or re-enrolment in undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
Understanding what information is provided and how it is ordered will assist you to make the best use of it. The Handbook contains information on the courses of the five faculties of the University (Education, Health Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, Law and Management, and Science, Technology and Engineering). Separate chapters are devoted to the Melbourne (City) campus (postgraduate Handbook only) and the regional campuses (Albury-Wodonga, Beechworth, Bendigo, Mildura, and Shepparton).
In each section of faculty or campus information, admission requirements, course structures, possible programs of study and subject lists are provided. In addition to descriptions of courses being offered in 2010, important information is contained in the introduction to each faculty or campus chapter. Students are advised to read all of the information associated with their course of study prior to enrolment. The University presumes they will have done so.
The following is a suggested procedure for using the Handbook to plan your enrolment:
- Decide on the course you wish to study and the campus at which you wish to study.
- Check that you satisfy the admission requirements.
- Note the requirements for qualifying for the award (generally listed as the degree requirements).
- Read the course structure and options for programs of study.
- Determine your preferred major, minor or specialist studies.
- Choose your subjects according to the above criteria and any other relevant considerations.
- Refer to the Subject Database online www.latrobe.edu.au/udb_public for full subject descriptions, noting prerequisites, co-requisites, class requirements, etc.
- Note particularly the methods of assessment which apply to your chosen subjects, and be certain that you are comfortable with them.
- Note any quotas which apply to your chosen subjects.
- Select one or more back-up subjects in case of quota exclusions or timetable problems.
- Use the class timetable – available in Faculty offices, Student Administration Offices and on the web – to check that you will be able to combine the desired subjects with each other and with your personal commitments.
- Read the Important Notices and General Information sections of this Handbook for further important information.
Further information about enrolment for International Students is available in the International Students section of the Handbook.