Bachelor of Business

Course code/s: RBB Bendigo

Course Description

This course helps students to build the knowledge and skills necessary for a career in a wide range of areas within the private and public sectors. The program adopts a problem-focused approach that helps students to develop important problem-solving and decision-making skills relevant to any business. Graduates are prepared for careers in the management of large, medium and small businesses, in government and private sectors, both domestically and internationally.

The Bachelor of Business is offered at five of the Victorian campuses of La Trobe University: Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo, Melbourne, Mildura, and Shepparton. This course is also offered in association with partner organisations at other sites in Australia and overseas. In Australia, the Bachelor of Business is offered by the Australian Campus Network in Sydney. It is also offered in France and Vietnam.

Admission requirements

Admission requirements are completion of VCE Units 3 and 4 – a study score of at least 25 in English (ESL) or 20 in any other English; NSW HSC year-12 English. 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 total of 360 credit points, of which at least 255 must be subjects offered in the Faculty of Law and Management. The course is designed to be completed within three years of 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.

The degree requires completion of 10 core foundation subjects and one business major or two business minors. Other subjects may include elective choices and majors from outside of the Faculty such as a language specialisation or other pre-approved sequences. Details can be obtained from a course advisor in the Faculty of Law and Management offices at the Bendigo campus.

Course structure

For information on subjects required for business majors and minors go to Business Majors and Business Minors.

First year

Teaching period	Subject title	Subject code
TE-SEM-1	Accounting for Management Decisions	ACC1AMD
TE-SEM-1	Introduction to Business Law	LST2BSL
TE-SEM-1	Microeconomics	ECO1IMI
TE-SEM-1	Management Information Systems	BUS1MIS
TE-SEM-2	Macroeconomics	ECO1IMA
TE-SEM-2	Marketing: Defined, Planned and Delivered	MKT1MDP
TE-SEM-2	Foundations of Management	MGT1FOM
TE-SEM-2	Sustainability in Global Business or Climate, Sustainability and Society*	ENV1CSS

*Both subjects will not be available on all campuses. Choose the subject available at your campus.

Second year

Teaching period	Subject title	Subject code
TE-SEM-2	Introductory Statistics for Business or Critical Thinking in Statistics*	STA1CTS
TE-SEM-1 & TE-SEM-2	Seven electives, at least 3 from the Faculty of Law and Management which meet the requirements of the majors or minors

*Critical Thinking in Statistics (STA1CTS) is not available on all campuses and is not a prerequisite for some subjects and majors offered at the Melbourne campus.

Third year

Teaching period	Subject title	Subject code
TE-SEM-2	Finance or Business Finance*	ACC3BF
TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2	Six third year Faculty of Law and Management subjects**
TE-SEM-1 or TE-SEM-2	Two third year electives