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La Trobe University
University Handbook 2010

Courses and programs offered

Bachelor of Business (Marketing) (LBBMK)

This specialist degree seeks to equip undergraduates with the skills and knowledge required for a career as a marketing manager or related marketing positions. It is designed to provide competencies and skills that are internationally transferable.

A special feature is the program's experiential content, including a marketing practicum aimed at developing work-integrated learning, and an International marketing study tour which introduces students to the practical experience of marketing in an international context.

Admission requirements

Admission requirements are completion of VCE and units 3 & 4 English (any) with study score of at least 20. Applicants with comparable qualifications will be considered. A limited number of students may also be considered under Special Entry Schemes.

Degree requirements

Students complete 24 subjects: eight subjects in first year, five subjects and three electives in second year, and five subjects, one marketing electives, and two general electives in third year.

The course is designed to be completed in three years of full-time study, although part-time study is possible.

Students must pass the compulsory and elective subjects listed below.

First year
Teaching
period
Subject title Subject code
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
Management Information Systems BUS1MIS
TE-SEM-1 or
TE-SEM-2
Introductory Statistics for Business ECO1ISB
TE-SEM-1 or
TE-SEM-2
Foundations of Management MGT1FOM
TE-SEM-1 or
TE-SEM-2
Accounting for Management Decisions ACC1AMD
TE-SEM-1 or
TE-SEM-2
Business Law LST2BSL
TE-SEM-2 Future of Work MGT1FOW
Second year
Teaching
period
Subject title Subject code
TE-SEM-1 Services Marketing MKT2SMA
TE-SEM-1 Consumer Behaviour MKT2CBE
TE-SEM-1 Elective from list of marketing electives below
TE-SEM-1 Year 2 elective subject, MGT2BET Business Ethics recommended
TE-SEM-2 Marketing Communications MKT2MCO
TE-SEM-2 Branding and Brand Management MKT2BBM
TE-SEM-2 Year 2 elective subject
TE-SEM-2 Year 2 elective subject
Third year
Teaching
period
Subject title Subject code
TE-SEM-1 Advertising and Sales Promotion MKT3ADV
TE-SEM-1 Marketing for Sustainability MKT3SUS
TE-SEM-1 Strategic Marketing MKT3SMK
TE-SEM-1 Year three elective subject
TE-SEM-2 International Marketing MKT3IMK
TE-SEM-2 Marketing Research MKT3MRE
TE-SEM-2 Year three elective subjects from table below
One of
TE-SEM-2 Marketing Practicum MKT3MPR
TE-SEM-2 International Marketing Study Tour MKT3MST
TE-SEM-2 Elective from list of marketing electives below
Year three marketing elective options
Subject title Subject code
MKT2ELM Electronic Marketing
LST3MAL Marketing Law
MKT3SSM Selling and Sales Management