Bachelor of Business
Course code/s: RBBM Mildura
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 Business, Economics and Law. Variations to this structure are subject to approval by a Faculty of Business, Economics and Law 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 Business, Economics and Law offices at the Mildura 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 name | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Accounting for Management Decisions | ACC1AMD |
| TE-SEM-1 | Macroeconomics | ECO1IMA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Sustainability in Global Business | ECO1SGB |
| TE-SEM-1 | Management Information Systems | BUS1MIS |
| TE-SEM-2 | Foundations of Management | MGT1FOM |
| TE-SEM-2 | Introductory Statistics for Business or Critical Thinking in Statistics* | ECO1ISB or STA1CTS |
| TE-SEM-2 | Microeconomics | ECO1IMI |
| TE-SEM-2 | Marketing: Defined, Planned and Delivered | MKT1MDP |
*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.
Second year
| Teaching period | Subject name | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Introduction to Business Law | LST2BSL |
| TE-SEM-1 | Organisational Behaviour | MGT2OBE |
| TE-SEM-2 | Finance or Business Finance | FIN2FIN or ACC3BF |
| TE-SEM-1 | Management Communications* | MGT2MCB |
| TE-SEM-2 | Business Ethics | MGT2BET |
| TE-SEM-1 | Human Resource Management (2012) | MGT2HRM |
| TE-SEM-2 | Second year elective subject | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Second year elective subject |
*Local standard elective
Third year
| Teaching period | Subject name | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Business Project | MGT3BP |
| TE-SEM-1 | Strategic Management | MGT3SMG |
| TE-SEM-1 | Third year Faculty of Business, Economics and Law elective subject | |
| TE-SEM-1 | Third year elective subject | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Entrepreneurship | MGT3ENC |
| TE-SEM-2 | Organisational Change and Development | MGT3OCD |
| TE-SEM-2 | Third year Faculty of Business, Economics and Law elective subject | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Third year elective subject |
Majors
The following major area of study is available at the Mildura campus.
Campus Information
For course structure unique to the delivery of the Bachelor of Business on the other campuses, please follow these links:
Bachelor of Business (Melbourne) (LBB)
Bachelor of Business (Bendigo) (RBB)
Bachelor of Business (Albury-Wodonga) (ECBBW)
Bachelor of Business (Shepparton) (LMBBP)
Honours
Honours in Business is not available at the Mildura campus, but Mildura students may apply to undertake Honours through the Albury-Wodonga or Bendigo campuses.