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La Trobe University
University Handbook 2010

Courses and programs offered

Bachelor of International Business Honours (LHIB)

Admission requirements

The entry requirements are a successful completion of a bachelor degree with a major in international business and a B (70%) or better average result in at least six second and third year core subjects in international business. Students must complete all requirements of their undergraduate degree before taking up honours.

Degree requirements

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

Course structure

Students will be required to complete 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.

Teaching
period
Subject title Subject code
TE-SEM-1 International Business Honours Thesis Part A BUS4HTA
TE-SEM-2 International Business Honours Thesis Part B BUS4HTB
and Six approved fourth year subjects to be chosen from the following or otherwise approved by the School
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