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La Trobe University
University Handbook 2010

Courses and programs offered

Bachelor of International Business – LBIB

Admission requirements

Admission requirements are completion of VCE units 3 and 4 of English (any) with a minimum study score of 20 and completion of subjects 1 and 2 of General Mathematics or Mathematical Methods. Applicants with comparable qualifications will be considered. A limited number of students may also be considered under Special Entry Schemes.

Degree requirements

Students must complete a course of subjects accumulating a minimum of 360 credit points, at least 255 of which must be subjects offered by the Faculty of Law and Management. The course is designed to be completed within a minimum of three years full-time study, although part-time study is possible. Maximum course duration is 7 years. Students should undertake 120 credit points at each year level and must undertake at least 120 credit points at third year level including 90 credit points at third year level from the Faculty of Law and Management. Variations to this structure are subject to approval by a Faculty of Law and Management course adviser. Students in their second year of study may be eligible to undertake an exchange program for a semester.

Course structure

Students must pass the compulsory and elective subjects listed below. All subjects are worth 15 credit points.

First year
Teaching
period
Subject title Subject code
TE-SEM-1 or
TE-SEM-2
Accounting for Management Decisions ACC1AMD
TE-SEM-1 or
TE-SEM-2
Foundations of Marketing* MKT1FMK
TE-SEM-1 or
TE-SEM-2
Foundations of Management MGT1FOM
TE-SEM-1 or
TE-SEM-2
Introductory Statistics for Business ECO1ISB
TE-SEM-1 or
TE-SEM-2
Macroeconomics ECO1IMA
TE-SEM-1 or
TE-SEM-2
Management Information Systems BUS1MIS
TE-SEM-1 or
TE-SEM-2
Microeconomics ECO1IMI
TE-SEM-1 or
TE-SEM-2
Foundations of Marketing* MKT1FMK
TE-SEM-1 or
TE-SEM-2
One first year elective subject
Second year
Teaching
period
Subject title Subject code
TE-SEM-1 or
TE-SEM-2
Finance FIN2FIN
TE-SEM-1 or
TE-SEM-2
Business Law LST2BSL
TE-SEM-1 Business Models BUS2BMO
TE-SEM-1 International Business Environment ECO2IBE
TE-SEM-1 or
TE-SEM-2
Four second year elective subjects*
Third year
Teaching
period
Subject title Subject code
TE-SEM-1 International Financial Management FIN3IFM
TE-SEM-1 International Management MGT3IMG
TE-SEM-2 Financial Risk Management FIN3FRM
TE-SEM-2 International Marketing MKT3IMK
TE-SEM-1 or
TE-SEM-2
Two third year Faculty of Law and Management electives*
TE-SEM-1 or
TE-SEM-2
Two third year elective subjects*

Key: * Students must seek advice from a course adviser regarding choice of elective subjects.