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La Trobe University
University Handbook 2013

Diploma in Business

Course code/s: LDBB Bendigo

Admission requirements

Completion of Year 12 or equivalent.

Candidates for admission are required to apply directly to Student Administration Services at their relevant regional campus.

Course Structure

The Diploma in Business requires the completion of eight subjects, totalling 120 credit points.  The course is made up of four core foundation subjects and four elective subjects, three of which must be from Faculty of Business, Economics and Law and one of which may be chosen from any faculty of the University. 

The course is structured as follows. All subjects are worth 15 credit points.

Teaching period Subject title Subject code
TE-SEM-1 Academic Integrity Module (online) MGT1AIM
TE-SEM-1** Business Foundations BUS1BUF
TE-SEM-1** Accounting and Finance for Business BUS1AFB
TE-SEM-1 FBEL level 1 elective*  
TE-SEM-1 Either an FBEL or LTU free elective #  
TE-SEM-2** Business Economics BUS1BUE
TE-SEM-2** Business Analytics BUS1BUA
TE-SEM-2 FBEL level 1 elective*  
TE-SEM-2 Either an FBEL or LTU free elective #  

* If intending to transfer into a Bachelor Business degree, students should choose these elective subjects to align with the one or two disciplinary subjects defined for a major within the degree.

** This is the preferred order in which these subjects should be taken.

# Unless taking a sequence of two language subjects, students are limited to one LTU elective in first year.

Note: MGT1AIM is a not-for-credit subject which students are required to complete at the commencement of their first semester.  The subject is designed to enhance the student's knowledge and awareness of issues concerning academic integrity.