Bachelor of International Business
Course code/s: LBIB Melbourne
Admission requirements
Admission requirements are completion of VCE units 3 and 4 of English (any) with a minimum study score of 20 and completion of subjects 1 and 2 of General Mathematics or Mathematical Methods. Applicants with comparable qualifications will be considered. A limited number of students may also be considered under Special Entry Schemes.
Degree requirements
- This degree is designed to be completed within three years of full-time study, although part-time study is possible. The maximum time allowed for a student to complete this degree is seven years.
- Students must complete the course set out below, comprising 360 credit points (24 subjects).
- At least 240 credit points (16 subjects) must be subjects offered by the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law.
- No more than 150 credit points (10 subjects) MAY be at first year level.
- At least 120 credit points (8 subjects) MUST be at third year level.
- A student may choose to complete a second major as part of the eight non-accounting elective subjects designed into the course, in which case the major must comprise eights subjects, additional to the other sixteen subjects. The major must also include at least two-second year subjects and three third-year subjects.
- Alternatively, a student may choose to complete one or two minors, in which case each minor must comprise four subjects additional to all other subjects completed within the degree, including at least one subject from each of second and third years.
- Students must complete all prerequisite subjects prior to enrolling in a core or elective subject.
Course structure
From 2013, this degree will share a business foundation and first year framework with all other undergraduate degrees offered by the La Trobe Business School, which enhances the flexibility available to students. Students who commenced this degree prior to 2013, should refer to the edition of the on-line handbook relevant to the year of their commencement, or seek advice from student services.
The first year framework comprises four business foundation subjects, two discipline-specific subjects and two elective subjects.
The four business foundation subjects, Business Foundations, Accounting and Finance for Business, Business Economics, and Business Analytics, offer students a broad introduction into the key disciplines and work-ready skills of business.
The two discipline specific subjects, Foundations of Management, and International Relations and the Global Economy, introduce students to the principles of management and to the international context in which business operates today.
The two elective subjects broaden the students’ learning experience by offering them the opportunity to study subjects chosen from across the faculty and the university.
Commencing with the two discipline-specific subjects in first year, students complete eight core subjects, which define the major.
The degree also includes at least six elective subjects drawn from any discipline of the faculty, including economics, finance, law, management and marketing, including a range of practicum and international study tour subjects.
Up to a further six elective subjects may be chosen, one each semester from any faculty of the university, which would for instance allow a student to complete a language via enrolment in a language subject in each semester of their degree program.
In keeping with the international focus of the degree the second semester of the second year is comprised entirely of elective subjects so as to offer interested students the opportunity to study overseas on exchange for the semester.
As an alternative to a language or randomly chosen electives subjects, the degree is also designed to allow for an optional eight-subject major or four-subject minor to be taken. For more information on majors and minors and the subjects on offer within them link to Business Majors or Business Minors.
Variations to this structure are subject to approval by a Faculty of Business, Economics and Law course adviser.
First year
| 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 | Foundations of Management | MGT1FOM |
| TE-SEM-1 | Either and FBEL or LTU free elective # | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Business Economics | BUS1BUE |
| TE-SEM-2 | Business Analytics | BUS1BUA |
| TE-SEM-2 | International Relations and Global Economy | POL1EEH |
| TE-SEM-2 | Either and FBEL or LTU free elective #** |
** Language electives may be selected from the following languages: Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Spanish and French. Students wanting to enrol in other than beginners level will need to seek permission from the relevant language coordinator.
# Unless taking a sequence of two language subjects, students are limited to one LTU elective in first year.
MGT1AIM is a not-for-credit subject which students are required to complete online at the commencement of their first semester. The subject is designed to enhance the students' knowledge and awareness of issues concerning academic integrity.
Second year
| Teaching period | Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | International Management | MGT2IMG |
| TE-SEM-1 | Human Resource Management | MGT2HRM |
| TE-SEM-1 | FBEL level 2 elective | |
| TE-SEM-1 | Level 2 elective | |
| TE-SEM-2** | FBEL level 2 elective | |
| TE-SEM-2** | FBEL level 2 elective | |
| TE-SEM-2** | FBEL level 2 elective | |
| TE-SEM-2** | Level 2 elective |
** Students are encouraged to consider an international exchange study abroad program in this semester.
Third year
| Teaching period | Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | International Human Resource Management | MGT3IHR |
| TE-SEM-1 | Strategic Management | MGT3SMG |
| TE-SEM-1 | FBEL level 3 elective*** | |
| TE-SEM-1 | Level 3 elective | |
| TE-SEM-2 | International Law and Organisation | POL3ILO |
| TE-SEM-2 | International Marketing | MKT3IMK |
| TE-SEM-2 | FBEL level 3 elective*** | |
| TE-SEM-2 | Level 3 elective |
*** Electives include: International HR Study Tour (MGT3HRT) and Management and HRM Practicum (MGT3MHP).