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La Trobe University
University Handbook 2010

Courses and programs offered

Bachelor of Business Honours (LHB)

Admission requirements

The entry requirements are successful completion of a bachelor degree with a major in marketing, management, human resource management, business economics, or financial management and B (70%) or better average result in at least six second and third year core subjects from the designated major. Students must complete all requirements of their undergraduate degree before taking up honours.

Degree requirements

The honours program requires a year of full-time study or two years of part-time study following completion of the Bachelor degree.

Honours in business is not available at Shepparton, Mildura, or Albury-Wodonga campuses, but eligible students may apply to undertake honours at the Melbourne (Bundoora) Campus. There is no mid-year intake available for this course.

Course structure

Students will be required to complete either:

  • four coursework subjects and a thesis of 20,000 words, or
  • five coursework subjects and a thesis of 15,000 words.

The thesis will be completed under the direct supervision of an academic staff member. Approval of a research topic is subject to the availability of a supervisor in the designated discipline area. The major the student is studying will dictate the core subjects required.

Teaching
period
Subject title Subject code
TE-SEM-1 Business Honours Thesis Part A BUS4HTA
TE-SEM-1 Macroeconomics ECO4MAE
TE-SEM-1 Microeconomics ECO4MIE
TE-SEM-2 Business Honours Thesis Part B BUS4HTB
and
Three approved fourth year subjects to be chosen from the following
TE-SEM-1 Advanced Quantitative Analysis ECO4AQA
TE-SEM-1 Advanced Time-Series Economics ECO4ATE
TE-SEM-1 Directed Readings ECO4DRE
TE-SEM-1 Macroeconomics ECO4MAE
TE-SEM-1 Microeconomics ECO4MIE
TE-SEM-1 Microeconometrics ECO4MES
TE-SEM-1 Financial Management FIN4FMA
TE-SEM-1 International Financial Management FIN4IFM
TE-SEM-2 Directed Readings ECO4DRE
TE-SEM-2 Environmental Economics and Policy ECO4EEP
TE-SEM-2 Growth and Decline in the Global Economy ECO4GDE
TE-SEM-2 International Monetary Economics ECO4IME
TE-SEM-2 International Trade ECO4ITR
TE-SEM-2 Monetary Economics ECO4MNE
TE-SEM-2 Public Policy ECO4PPO
TE-SEM-2 Financial Economics FIN4FIE
Financial Management
Teaching
period
Subject title Subject code
TE-SEM-1 Business Honours Thesis Part A BUS4HTA
TE-SEM-1 Financial Management FIN4FMA
TE-SEM-1 International Financial Management FIN4IFM
TE-SEM-2 Business Honours Thesis Part B BUS4HTB
and Three approved fourth year subjects to be chosen from the following
TE-SEM-1 Advanced Quantitative Analysis ECO4AQA
TE-SEM-1 Advanced Time-Series Econometrics ECO4ATE
TE-SEM-1 Directed Readings ECO4DRE
TE-SEM-1 Macroeconomics ECO4MAE
TE-SEM-1 Microeconomics ECO4MIE
TE-SEM-1 Microeconometrics ECO4MES
TE-SEM-1 Financial Management FIN4FMA
TE-SEM-1 International Financial Management FIN4IFM
TE-SEM-2 Directed Readings ECO4DRE
TE-SEM-2 Environmental Economics and Policy ECO4EEP
TE-SEM-2 Growth and Decline in the Global Economy ECO4GDE
TE-SEM-2 International Monetary Economics ECO4IME
TE-SEM-2 International Trade ECO4ITR
TE-SEM-2 Monetary Economics ECO4MNE
TE-SEM-2 Public Policy ECO4PPO
TE-SEM-2 Financial Economics FIN4FIE
Human Resource Management
Teaching
period
Subject title Subject code
TE-SEM-1 Leadership in Organisations MGT4LED
TE-SEM-1 Remuneration and Performance Management MGT4RPM
TE-SEM-1 Research Methodology MGT4RMA
TE-SEM-1 One approved fourth year subject
TE-SEM-2 20,000-word thesis BUS4HTC
Management
Teaching
period
Subject title Subject code
TE-SEM-1 Contemporary Issues in Management MGT4CIM
TE-SEM-1 Research Methodology MGT4RMA
TE-SEM-1 Two approved fourth year subjects
TE-SEM-2 20,000-word thesis BUS4HTC
Marketing
Teaching
period
Subject title Subject code
TE-SEM-1 Relationships in Marketing or Social and Environmental Marketing MKT4REM / MKT4SEM
TE-SEM-1 Research Methodology MGT4RMA
TE-SEM-1 Theory in Marketing MKT4TIM
TE-SEM-1 One approved fourth year subject
TE-SEM-2 20,000-word thesis BUS4HTC