Diploma in Business
La Trobe University
Type of institution: University/Higher Education Institution
Level: Pre-degree
CRICOS: 00115M
Get started in business. Business skills can take you to just about any industry or sector. Discover what opportunities your future could hold. La Trobe's Diploma in Business is your supported pathway into an entrepreneurial- led business degree and a versatile career in the modern-day digital and disruptive business landscape. Build your knowledge and skills with core subjects in management and organisational structure, economic principles and application, sustainability and data analytic tools and technologies related to business. So you can thrive in the workplace, we also equip you with the ability to analyse and apply business information and communicate and work effectively with others to solve business challenges. You can then use elective subjects to broaden your business exposure or undertake subjects forming part of a planned discipline major.
Structure
To qualify for the award of Diploma in Business, students must complete 120 credit points as follows: 60 core credit-points 60 elective credit points
Subjects
- First Year Subjects: Academic Integrity Module
- Data Analytics Concepts
- Economic Data Analysis
- Economic Issues and Public Policy
- Fundamentals of Accounting
- Fundamentals of Finance
- Organisational Behaviour
- Principles and Practices of Marketing
- Sustainability
- Wominjeka La Trobe: Indigenous Cultural Literacy for Higher Education
Standard entry requirements
- Recent secondary education - VTAC prerequisite: Year 12 English prerequisite (20) - Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English (EAL) or at least 20 in English other than EAL.
- Non Year 12 - Vocational Education & Training: VET prerequisites - Course specific requirements - Subject proficiency: Demonstrated proficiency equivalent to stated Year 12 prerequisites.
- Non Year 12 - Higher Education study: HE prerequisites - Not applicable - Applicants within this cohort are not eligible to apply for this course.
- International: IELTS - (6.0 < 6.0) (UG standard/minimum) - 6.0 IELTS (Academic) with no individual band less than 6.0.
- Note: This course may be subject to alternative or extra entry requirements depending on your life circumstances and/or work experience. For the complete entry requirements, please search for your course on the La Trobe website: latrobe.edu.au/courses
Study pathways
Students can articulate into the second year of the Bachelor of Business.
