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La Trobe University
University Handbook 2012

Business Minors

Following are minors which may be attached to the Bachelor of Business, the Bachelor of Business (Accounting),  or the Bachelor of Accounting.

By definition the Minor must be 60 credit points and will include no more than 30 credit points at first-year level, no less than 15 credit points at second-year level, and no less than 15 credit points at third-year level.
 

Note that not all minors are available on all campuses.

Business Law Minor - available at Bendigo campus
Subject title Subject code
Marketing Law LST2MAL
Environmental Law LST2EL
Plus two of  
International Commercial Transactions LST3ICT
Professional Liability LST3PLI
An approved subject relevant to the minor  

Note: Students must include at least one 2nd and one 3rd year level subject to fulfil the requirements of the minor

Business Models and Forecasting Minor - available at Melbourne campus
Subject title Subject code
Introduction to Quantitative Analysis ECO2IQA
Plus one of:  
Business Forecasting ECO3BFC
Econometric Methods ECO2EME
Intermediate Statistics for Business ECO2ISB
Business Models BUS2BMO
Plus two of:  
Business Analysis and Simulation ECO3BAS
Advanced Quantitative Analysis ECO3AQA
Advanced Time-Series Econometrics ECO3ATE
Decision Analysis with Spreadsheets ECO3DAS
Introduction to Time-Series Econometrics ECO3ITE
Microeconometrics ECO3MES
Intermediate Econometrics ECO3EME
An approved subject relevant to the minor

Note: Students must include at least one 2nd and one 3rd year level subject to fulfil the requirements of the minor

Corporate Finance Minor - available at Melbourne campus
Subject title Subject code
Corporate Finance FIN3CFI
Plus three of  
Business Models BUS2BMO
Financial Instruments FIN2FII
Computational Finance FIN3CLF
Case Studies in Finance FIN3CSF
Mergers and Acquisitions FIN3MAQ
Security Valuation FIN3SEV
An approved subject relevant to the minor

Note: Students must include at least one 2nd and one 3rd year level subject to fulfil the requirements of the minor

Development Minor - available at Melbourne campus
Subject title Subject code
Choose two of:  
Globalisation ECO2GLO
Modern World Economy ECO2MWE
Economic Growth and Development ECO2EGD
Plus two of:  
Change and Growth in the Australian Economy ECO3CGE
Growth and Decline in the Global Economy ECO3GDE
Rise of the American Economy ECO3RAE
Asia in the World Economy ECO3AWE
Competing Economic Approaches ECO3CAE
Sustainable Growth and Development ECO3SGD
An approved subject relevant to the minor

Note: Students must include at least one 2nd and one 3rd year level subject to fulfil the requirements of the minor

Economics Minor - available at Bendigo  campus
Subject title Subject code
Two of  
Globalisation and Regional Business MGT2GRB
Intermediate Microeconomics ECO2IM
Government and the Economy ECO2GE
Plus two of  
Industrial Relations ECO3IRE
Asia Australian Trade Issues ECO3ATI
International Economics ECO3IE
An approved subject relevant to the minor

Note: Students must include at least one 2nd and one 3rd year level subject to fulfil the requirements of the minor

Environmental and Resource Economics Minor  - available at Melbourne campus
Subject title Subject code
Economic Growth and Development ECO2EGD
Global Environmental Issues ECO2GEI
Plus two of:  
Asia in the World Economy ECO3AWE
Cost Benefit Analysis ECO3CBA
Environmental and Resources Economics ECO3ERE
Sustainable Growth and Development ECO3SGD
Cost Benefit Analysis ECO3CBA
An approved subject relevant to the minor

Note: Students must include at least one 2nd and one 3rd year level subject to fulfil the requirements of the minor

Financial Planning Minor  - available at Melbourne campus
Subject title Subject code
Financial Instruments FIN2FII
Financial Planning FIN2FPL
Case Studies in Financial Planning FIN3CFP
Retirement and Estate Planning FIN3REP
An approved subject relevant to the minor

Note: Students must include at least one 2nd and one 3rd year level subject to fulfil the requirements of the minor

Financial Services Minor  - available at Melbourne campus
Subject title Subject code
Financial Instruments FIN2FII
Financial Planning FIN2FPL
Plus two of:  
Investment and Portfolio Management FIN3IPM
International Financial Management FIN3IFM
Financial Institutions Management FIN3FIM
Security Valuation FIN3SEV
An approved subject relevant to the minor

Note: Students must include at least one 2nd and one 3rd year level subject to fulfil the requirements of the minor

Forensic Accounting Minor  - available at Melbourne campus
Subject title Subject code
Auditing ACC3AUD
Forensic Accounting ACC3FOA
Internal Auditing ACC3IAD
Plus one of  
Interpersonal Skills and Conflict Management MGT3ISC
Advanced Quantitative Analysis ECO3AQA
E-Business Systems BUS3EBS
Decision Analysis with Spreadsheets ECO3DAS
An approved subject relevant to the minor

Note: Students must include at least one 2nd and one 3rd year level subject to fulfil the requirements of the minor

Human Resources Management Minor --  available at Bendigo, Melbourne, Shepparton
Subject title Subject code
Human Resource Management MGT2HRM
Organisational Change & Development MGT3OCD
Plus two of  
Organisational Behaviour MGT2OBE
Human Resource Development MGT3HRD
Interpersonal Skills & Conflict Management MGT3ISC
Human Resource Information Systems MGT3HRI
Remuneration and Performance Management MGT3RPM
Human Resources/Management Practicum MGT3HRP
International Human Resource Management Study Tour MGT3HRT
Employee Relations Law LST3ERL
Employee Relations for High Performance MGT2EMP
An approved subject relevant to the minor  

Note: Students must include at least one 2nd and one 3rd year level subject to fulfil the requirements of the minor

Industrial Economics and Competition Policy Minor  - available at Melbourne campus
Subject title Subject code
Industrial Organisation ECO3IND
Managerial Economics ECO2MEC
Plus two of:  
Strategic Behaviour in Business Economics ECO2SBE
Marketing Economics ECO3MKE
Organisation, Economics and Incentives ECO3OEI
Corporate Finance FIN3CFI
Mergers and Acquisitions FIN3MAQ
An approved subject relevant to the minor

Note: Students must include at least one 2nd and one 3rd year level subject to fulfil the requirements of the minor

International Business Minor -- available at Bendigo campus
Subject title Subject code
One from
Globalisation and Regional Business MGT2GRB
International HRM MGT2IHR
Plus three from  
International Marketing MKT3IMK
Project Management MGT3PM
Asia Australian Trade Issues ECO3ATI
International Commercial Transactions LST3ICT
International Management MGT3IMG
Strategic Management MGT3SMG
An approved subject relevant to the minor

Note: Students must include at least one 2nd and one 3rd year level subject to fulfil the requirements of the minor

International Trade and Finance Minor - available at Melbourne campus
Subject title Subject code
International Trade ECO3ITR
International Financial Management FIN3IFM
Plus two of:  
Global Environmental Issues ECO2GEI
Globalisation ECO2GLO
Asia in the World Economy ECO3AWE
Growth and Decline in the Global Economy ECO3GDE
International Monetary Economics ECO3IME
An approved subject relevant to the minor

Note: Students must include at least one 2nd and one 3rd year level subject to fulfil the requirements of the minor

Logistics-available at Albury-Wodonga campus
Subject title Subject code
WIL Work Integrated Logistics Project A BUS3WIA
Strategic Logistics Management MGT3SLM
Two from:  
WIL Work Integrated Logistics Project B BUS3WIB
Supply Chain Management MGT3SCM
Logistics Information Systems in Practice MGT3LIS
An approved subject relevant to the minor  

Note: Students must include at least one 2nd and one 3rd year level subject to fulfil the requirements of the minor

Macroeconomics Minor - available at Melbourne campus
Subject title Subject code
Marcoeconomic Theory ECO2MAT
Plus one of:  
Globalisation ECO2GLO
Economic Growth and Development ECO2EGD
Plus two of:  
Asia in the World Economy ECO3AWE
Industrial Relations ECO3IRE
International Monetary Economics ECO3IME
Growth and Decline in the Global Economy ECO3GDE
Change and Growth in the Australian Economy ECO3CGE
Central Banks and Monetary Policy ECO3CBP
Modelling the Australian Macroeconomy ECO3MAM
Monetary Economics ECO3MNE
Sustainable Growth and Development ECO3SGD
Macroeconomic Analysis ECO3MAA
An approved subject relevant to the minor

Note: Students must include at least one 2nd and one 3rd year level subject to fulfil the requirements of the minor

Management Minor -- available at Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo, Shepparton campuses
Subject title Subject code
Two of  
Human Resource Management MGT2HRM
Organisational Behaviour MGT2OBE
Business Ethics MGT2BET
Plus two of:  
Human Resources/Management Practicum (strongly recommended) MGT3HRP
International Management Study Tour MGT3IBT
Leadership: What Matters? MGT3LWM
Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice MGT3ETP
International Management MGT3IMG
Organisational Change & Development MGT3OCD
Strategic Management MGT3SMG
Interpersonal Skills & Conflict Management MGT3ISC
Entrepreneurship MGT3ENC
Organisational Structure and Design MGT3OSD
An approved subject relevant to the minor

Note: Students must include at least one 2nd and one 3rd year level subject to fulfil the requirements of the minor

Management Accounting Minor  - available at Melbourne campus
Subject title Subject code
Cost Accounting and Decision Making ACC2CAD
Management Accounting and Control ACC2MAC
Strategic Management Accounting ACC3AMA
Public Sector Accounting and Management Issues ACC3PAM
An approved subject relevant to the minor

Note: Students must include at least one 2nd and one 3rd year level subject to fulfil the requirements of the minor

Management Information Systems Minor  - available at Melbourne campus
Subject title Subject code
Two of  
Business Ethics MGT2BET
Business Applications Analysis and Design (pre-requisite for BUS3EBS) BUS2BAD
Managing Multimedia in Business BUS2MMB
Plus two of:  
E-Business Systems BUS3EBS
Enterprise Information Systems BUS3EIS
Project Management MGT3PM
Information Systems Management BUS3ISM
Human Resource Information Systems (requires prerequisite MGT2HRM) MGT3HRI
An approved subject relevant to the minor

Note: Students must include at least one 2nd and one 3rd year level subject to fulfil the requirements of the minor

Marketing Minor --  available at Albury-Wodonga, Bendigo, Melbourne, Shepparton campuses
Subject title Subject code
Two of  
Consumer Behaviour MKT2CBE
Services Marketing MKT2SMA
Electronic Marketing MKT2ELM
Marketing Communications and Public Relations MKT2MPR
Branding and Brand Management MKT2BBM
Plus two of  
Marketing Research MKT3MRE
Advertising and Sales Promotion MKT3ADV
Marketing for Sustainability MKT3SUS
International Marketing MKT3IMK
Marketing Practicum MKT3MPR
International Marketing Study Tour MKT3MST
Strategic Marketing MKT3SMK
Strategic Marketing A MKT3SMA
Marketing Law LST3MAL
Social Media and Relationship Marketing MKT3SRM
An approved subject relevant to the minor

Note: Students must include at least one 2nd and one 3rd year level subject to fulfil the requirements of the minor

Microeconomics Minor - available at Melbourne campus
Subject title Subject code
Microeconomic Theory ECO2MIT
Plus one of:  
Economics of Human Resources ECO2EHR
Managerial Economics ECO2MEC
Strategic Behaviour in Business Economics ECO2SBE
Plus two of:  
Cost Benefit Analysis ECO3CBA
Health Economics ECO3HEC
Industrial Organisation ECO3IND
Industrial Relations ECO3IRE
International Trade ECO3ITR
Microeconomic Analysis ECO3MIA
Organisations, Economics and Incentives ECO3OEI
Public Economics ECO3PUB
Financial Economics FIN3FIE
An approved subject relevant to the minor

Note: Students must include at least one 2nd and one 3rd year level subject to fulfil the requirements of the minor

Sport Development Minor -  available at Melbourne campus
Subject title Subject code
Sport Policy THS1SPF
Sport Development THS1SDV
High Performance Sport THS2HPS
Not-for-Profit Governance THS3SGV
An approved subject relevant to the minor  

Note: Students must include at least one 2nd and one 3rd year level subject to fulfil the requirements of the minor

Sport Promotion Minor - available at Melbourne campus
Table title
Subject title Subject code
Sport Media THS1SME
Sport Marketing THS2SMK
Sport Funding and Sponsorship THS2SFS
Sport Management Project THS3SMP

An approved subject relevant to the minor

 

Note: Students must include at least one 2nd and one 3rd year level subject to fulfil the requirements of the minor

Sustainable Resource Management Minor - available at Albury-Wodonga campus
Subject title Subject code
Two of  
Principles of Environmental Economics ECO2ERE
Marketing for Sustainability MKT3SUS
Environmental Law LST2EL
Human Resource Management MGT2HRM
Two of  
Sustainability and Governance MGT3SCG
Managing for Climate Change MGT3MCC
An approved subject relevant to the minor

Note: Students must include at least one 2nd and one 3rd year level subject to fulfil the requirements of the minor