Bachelor of Business in Marketing

at La Trobe University - Bendigo Campus Australia

If you're passionate about making a positive difference, La Trobe's Bachelor of Health Sciences will give you the skills and confidence to build a rewarding career in this diverse field. Whether you want to work with individual people or whole populations, you'll have the opportunity to fine-tune your skills and get the real-world experience that'll set you apart

Look at health from every angle. While we often measure health through the body, we can also examine the way our minds, our society and our environment – not to mention our political structures – affect the health of every individual, family and community. You'll learn how to use data as a powerful tool to improve the health of everyday people and develop the research skills to make a real impact.

Delve deeper into subjects you're fascinated in, with the option to take up to two majors if you want to develop broad expertise and keep your career options open. You'll also have the option to study an open access major or minor from across the university to gain extra skills and explore your passions.

Gain deep knowledge of the most impactful areas of the health sciences and build a meaningful career. Through your studies, you can aspire to make positive differences at local, national and international levels. You'll learn the skills employers are searching for. Hone your abilities in critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, research, leadership and teamwork, then use them to address the biggest issues in health and wellbeing.

You'll graduate ready to make a positive impact on health policy and practice – for both current and future generations.

Public Health

Discover how to help people and communities prevent disease and promote good health. You’ll build practical skills in health education, communication, health planning and management to address issues in health systems, communities and society.

Life in today's world brings harsh challenges. Poverty, addiction, mental illness, domestic violence and personal crisis can severely impact a person's ability to feel safe, find a stable home and pursue opportunities.

With global communities facing challenges of increasing complexity and urgency, we need confident and experienced professionals who can leverage the latest innovations and provide ethical governance. We need leaders in every industry who make decisions not just for today’s generation – but for tomorrow’s.

If you're ready to become a global leader, La Trobe's prestigious Master of Business Administration (MBA) will give you the world-class skills to advance your career, move into a new field or launch your own start-up. Tap into La Trobe's exclusive network of powerful business leaders and develop the essential experience to become an influential modern leader.

We've carefully designed the La Trobe MBA to suit your needs. Choose to study on campus, online or a blend of the two. You can also choose from a wide range of regional campuses. You'll keep your career moving forwards, even while you prepare to step up to the next level.

With La Trobe's internationally-renowned MBA, you'll immerse yourself in learning as you grow your business acumen and develop valuable human skills. Co-designed and co-delivered by leading industry partners such as Mercer, you'll be absorbed in interactive learning and develop critical business skills. Our MBA is built on evidence-based coursework – so you'll have the confidence to understand the issues facing global businesses, tackle real-world business problems and develop lifelong leadership skills.

Study with international leaders who are dedicated to building a better world. Globally regarded for our commitment to sustainable leadership, you'll gain the skills and knowledge to balance both economic and sustainability outcomes. Our MBA is built on the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) and we are proud to be the first Australian university to become a PRME Champion.

When you access the La Trobe MBA Alumni network, you'll join an exclusive network of high-performing senior executives. You can attend professional networking events and guest lectures, as you learn how to provide good corporate governance in challenging environments.

You'll transform your career when you choose from a wide range of carefully curated specialisations. You can also complete your MBA without a specialisation, and undertake a life-changing study tour or work placement (subject to government travel restrictions).

You can also receive support for your start-up. Through partnerships with the Melbourne Innovation Centre and Fishburners, you can access space in start-up hubs, individualised mentoring and more.

Graduate prepared to become an influential global leader – and change the world for the better.

You'll learn:

• Responsible leadership and corporate governance - Understand how to manage people and operations, and achieve ethical and sustainable outcomes.
• Entrepreneurship - Be ready to take your business plans from conception to completion.
• Innovation and design thinking - Learn how to think creatively and drive change across an organisation
• Business analysis - Explore how data can shape strategies and inform smarter decision-making.
• Accounting and financial management - Refine your skills in accounting and finance to better analyse business practices.

Build tomorrow’s world.

The world's population is set to grow by more than 40 per cent between now and the end of the century.* With an extra 3 billion more humans to feed, shelter and nurture, there's an urgent need for experienced planning professionals who can create sustainable and liveable communities for all. With the Australian Government forecasting strong future job growth for urban and regional planners, there's never been a better time to advance your career in this important field.**

If you've always wanted to help shape the world around you – or you're already working in planning and would like to advance your career – La Trobe's accredited Master of Planning offers a unique opportunity to excel in this high-demand field. Develop advanced knowledge of complex planning processes and learn how to create sustainable towns, cities and regions.

Explore the big issues in planning. How do we ensure communities have equitable access to housing, food, transport, education and healthcare? Can we make our communities safer and more resilient? And how can we ensure communities are meaningfully consulted about changes that affect them?

In this comprehensive planning degree, you'll examine the latest social, economic and environmental trends and explore the latest research on planning best practice. You'll learn how to design innovative solutions to existing and emerging problems, and understand how to transform key policies for urban, regional and rural communities in Australia and overseas.

Pursue your area of interest and gain high-level skills when you choose a specialisation, such as community planning, and urban and regional planning. You'll graduate with your specialisation on your academic transcript, so future employers can recognise your expertise.

In this multidisciplinary degree, you'll also choose from a wide range of electives so you can explore the subjects that interest you most. Passionate about politics, advocacy, public health or transport? Explore complementary subjects from La Trobe's international relations, civil engineering and public health departments, and develop the expertise you need for your dream career.

Develop your professional portfolio, expand your networks and build your experience while you study. In this highly practical degree, you'll have the opportunity to work on live projects for local councils and government agencies, and directly shape policies that affect real-life decisions. You'll complete a research thesis as part of your studies, which means you could study a PhD once you've successfully completed your Master's.

Learn from award-winning professional planners who have extensive industry experience and up-to-date knowledge of best practice. The Master of Planning is accredited by the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA), making it easier for employers to recognise your advanced skills and knowledge.

If you're keen to graduate faster, it may be possible to complete your degree in just 1 to 1.5 years (equivalent full-time study) if you've completed previous study or have experience in a related field.

Graduate ready to shape a better future your community, with a degree recognised by industry.

You'll learn:

    Professional planning practice
        Develop planning skills for working in a diverse range of urban, regional and rural environments.
    Planning policy and law
        Learn how to interpret and apply planning policies and frameworks. Understand how to promote sustainability and social equity.
    Sustainable development principles
        Understand key development principles and learn how to create sustainable towns and cities.
    Spatial planning
        Learn how to create liveable, designed environments. Create innovative solutions that balance economic considerations with cultural aspirations.

Growing minds need guidance and inspiration. As the bridge between childhood and adult life, teachers offer a unique opportunity to help shape our next generation of thinkers, doers and dreamers. And with young people growing up in a rapidly changing world, we need educators who understand the challenges they face and are skilled to guide them to become their best selves.

If you're passionate about helping young people to flourish, La Trobe's accredited Bachelor of Education offers your best path to a rewarding career in teaching. Carefully designed by expert teachers and leaders in the learning sciences, our Bachelor of Education will give you the skills, experience and confidence to make a difference from your first day as a qualified teacher.

Take your time and find out what area of teaching you'd like to specialise in. You won't have to decide what you'll teach – secondary, primary, or early childhood and primary – until the end of your first year. Then, you'll dive deep into your area of specialisation and develop unique and comprehensive skills.

Offered at every La Trobe campus in Victoria, our Bachelor of Education is extremely flexible. Learn in blended mode (online, in schools, in community and on campus), making it easier to balance study and life commitments.

You'll seamlessly integrate theory and practice through a careful blend of learning experiences. Learn the most up-to-date and proven approaches to teaching, then put them into practice. You'll spend at least 80 days in schools and education centres, learning how to manage classrooms, design class plans and guide students.

Learn from currently practising teachers and get valuable knowledge that no textbook (or YouTube video) can give you. Study in a supportive learning environment, mentored by our experienced and dedicated teaching staff. You'll also learn from leading researchers who are changing the way people learn to read.

Become a strong, independent learner and develop your identity as a teacher. At La Trobe, you'll gain a thorough understanding of the important ethical and technical requirements for being a teacher. You'll graduate classroom ready, equipped to become the best teacher you can be.

If you decide to pursue primary or secondary teaching, you'll develop discipline specialisations that you'll take straight into the classroom when you graduate. But no matter which path you choose, you'll learn alongside students working across all age groups, so you'll constantly learn about all stages of a child's education journey.

We are embedded within communities. This means you'll be connected to the communities you serve and have strong professional networks. And with campuses across metropolitan, regional and rural Victoria, we collaborate with a huge range of communities.

You'll build classroom skills in challenging and diverse placements. Learn how to be an adaptable teacher and discover how to design learning environments that meet the needs of a wide range of students inclusive of race, gender, ethnicity and socioeconomic status. You'll focus on Indigenous knowledge and learn how to meet the needs of diverse individuals and communities.

Be prepared to teach in any school. At La Trobe, you'll learn the most up-to-date skills needed for the modern classroom. Graduate feeling completely prepared and confident from the first day you step into the classroom.

Secondary

Growing minds need guidance, support and inspiration. As the bridge between childhood and adult life, secondary teaching offers a unique opportunity to help shape our next generation of leaders.? 

If you are looking to build a rewarding career in secondary school teaching, this major offers a perfect opportunity to get the skills, experience and confidence you need to make a real difference in the classroom.?? 

Focus on secondary school children, aged 12 to 18, and develop two curriculum specialisations that you’ll take straight into the classroom when you graduate. Choose from electives in science, languages, arts, psychology, physical education and many more. You’ll learn proven approaches while gaining an in-depth understanding of child psychology and how this important age group learns.? 

Learn to plan and provide lessons, understand how to engage with a diverse range of learners, discover how to provide assessments, and get practise engaging with parents, other teachers and the school community.?? 

With extensive practical experience woven into the course, you’ll graduate ready to make a real and lasting difference for our next generation.

Understand the human mind and how it drives behaviour.

La Trobe's Bachelor of Psychological Science will prepare you for a career as a professional psychologist, or in a psychology-related field across industries from clinical psychology to human services and marketing.

Elective subjects with a choice of minor sequences in Human Relationships and Neuroscience gives you the flexibility to work towards the career you want.

You'll learn:

• Analytical, research and communication skills
  • Learn skills that are essential to your future career in psychology.
• Clinical and health psychology
  • Gain an understanding of how to help people cope with mental and physical disorders.
• Developmental and social psychology
  • Understand how environmental factors contribute to peoples' psychological makeup.
• Psychological assessment, intervention and research
  • Become familiar with methods to understand and measure people's psychological state.
  • Learn when and how to intervene and how to conduct research.

Growing minds need guidance and inspiration. As the bridge between childhood and adult life, teachers offer a unique opportunity to help shape our next generation of thinkers, doers and dreamers. And with young people growing up in a rapidly changing world, we need educators who understand the challenges they face and are skilled to guide them to become their best selves.

If you're passionate about helping young people to flourish, La Trobe's accredited Bachelor of Education offers your best path to a rewarding career in teaching. Carefully designed by expert teachers and leaders in the learning sciences, our Bachelor of Education will give you the skills, experience and confidence to make a difference from your first day as a qualified teacher.

Take your time and find out what area of teaching you'd like to specialise in. You won't have to decide what you'll teach – secondary, primary, or early childhood and primary – until the end of your first year. Then, you'll dive deep into your area of specialisation and develop unique and comprehensive skills.

Offered at every La Trobe campus in Victoria, our Bachelor of Education is extremely flexible. Learn in blended mode (online, in schools, in community and on campus), making it easier to balance study and life commitments.

You'll seamlessly integrate theory and practice through a careful blend of learning experiences. Learn the most up-to-date and proven approaches to teaching, then put them into practice. You'll spend at least 80 days in schools and education centres, learning how to manage classrooms, design class plans and guide students.

Learn from currently practising teachers and get valuable knowledge that no textbook (or YouTube video) can give you. Study in a supportive learning environment, mentored by our experienced and dedicated teaching staff. You'll also learn from leading researchers who are changing the way people learn to read.

Become a strong, independent learner and develop your identity as a teacher. At La Trobe, you'll gain a thorough understanding of the important ethical and technical requirements for being a teacher. You'll graduate classroom ready, equipped to become the best teacher you can be.

If you decide to pursue primary or secondary teaching, you'll develop discipline specialisations that you'll take straight into the classroom when you graduate. But no matter which path you choose, you'll learn alongside students working across all age groups, so you'll constantly learn about all stages of a child's education journey.

We are embedded within communities. This means you'll be connected to the communities you serve and have strong professional networks. And with campuses across metropolitan, regional and rural Victoria, we collaborate with a huge range of communities.

You'll build classroom skills in challenging and diverse placements. Learn how to be an adaptable teacher and discover how to design learning environments that meet the needs of a wide range of students inclusive of race, gender, ethnicity and socioeconomic status. You'll focus on Indigenous knowledge and learn how to meet the needs of diverse individuals and communities.

Be prepared to teach in any school. At La Trobe, you'll learn the most up-to-date skills needed for the modern classroom. Graduate feeling completely prepared and confident from the first day you step into the classroom.

Early childhood and primary

This major is for students with a special passion for nurturing our youngest hearts and minds. When you study La Trobe’s early childhood and primary major, you’ll learn how to provide meaningful education for newborns, right through to children aged 12, with a particular focus on children up to 8 years old.? 

Learn proven approaches to teaching young children. You’ll gain an in-depth understanding of child psychology and how this special age group learns. Get experience teaching in all the most significant growth areas – from how to read and write, to how to make (and keep) friends, and how to observe and navigate the world around you.? 

Get the practical skills you’ll use every day in your career. Learn how to plan and provide lessons, understand how to engage with a diverse range of learners, learn how to provide assessments, and get practise engaging with parents, other teachers and the school community.? 

With extensive practical experience woven into the course, you’ll graduate ready to make a real and lasting difference for our youngest children.  

With global communities facing challenges of increasing complexity and urgency, we need confident and experienced professionals who can leverage the latest innovations and provide ethical governance. We need leaders in every industry who make decisions not just for today’s generation – but for tomorrow’s.

If you're ready to become a global leader, La Trobe's prestigious Master of Business Administration (MBA) will give you the world-class skills to advance your career, move into a new field or launch your own start-up. Tap into La Trobe's exclusive network of powerful business leaders and develop the essential experience to become an influential modern leader.

We've carefully designed the La Trobe MBA to suit your needs. Choose to study on campus, online or a blend of the two. You can also choose from a wide range of regional campuses. You'll keep your career moving forwards, even while you prepare to step up to the next level.

With La Trobe's internationally-renowned MBA, you'll immerse yourself in learning as you grow your business acumen and develop valuable human skills. Co-designed and co-delivered by leading industry partners such as Mercer, you'll be absorbed in interactive learning and develop critical business skills. Our MBA is built on evidence-based coursework – so you'll have the confidence to understand the issues facing global businesses, tackle real-world business problems and develop lifelong leadership skills.

Study with international leaders who are dedicated to building a better world. Globally regarded for our commitment to sustainable leadership, you'll gain the skills and knowledge to balance both economic and sustainability outcomes. Our MBA is built on the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) and we are proud to be the first Australian university to become a PRME Champion.

When you access the La Trobe MBA Alumni network, you'll join an exclusive network of high-performing senior executives. You can attend professional networking events and guest lectures, as you learn how to provide good corporate governance in challenging environments.

You'll transform your career when you choose from a wide range of carefully curated specialisations. You can also complete your MBA without a specialisation, and undertake a life-changing study tour or work placement (subject to government travel restrictions).

You can also receive support for your start-up. Through partnerships with the Melbourne Innovation Centre and Fishburners, you can access space in start-up hubs, individualised mentoring and more.

Graduate prepared to become an influential global leader – and change the world for the better.

You'll learn:

• Responsible leadership and corporate governance - Understand how to manage people and operations, and achieve ethical and sustainable outcomes.
• Entrepreneurship - Be ready to take your business plans from conception to completion.
• Innovation and design thinking - Learn how to think creatively and drive change across an organisation
• Business analysis - Explore how data can shape strategies and inform smarter decision-making.
• Accounting and financial management - Refine your skills in accounting and finance to better analyse business practices.

Evolving technologies are reshaping industries on a global scale, and engineering is no exception. Robotics, 3D printing and big data mean infrastructure is developed faster, better and more sustainably. Employers are searching for engineers with advanced skills and experience, and who are passionate about building our new future.

Developed in consultation with industry leaders, La Trobe's Master of Engineering is designed to prepare you for the rich opportunities of our future workforce.

Advance your career when you choose a specialisation in your area of interest. At our Bendigo campus, you can choose between civil and manufacturing specialisations. You'll build your industry experience and enhance your career opportunities by working with real engineering businesses in the thriving Bendigo region.

At our Bundoora campus, you'll have the additional choice of specialisations in electronics and telecommunications and networking.

Graduate with your specialisation on your academic transcript, so you can show your expertise to future employers. You'll be prepared to take on engineering roles in a variety of sectors, from construction and transport to technology and education.

Your degree focuses on the advanced skills you'll need for a successful career – including design, engineering management, research and innovation. You'll also learn how to adapt to the emerging technologies that are changing the engineering landscape.

With global communities facing challenges of increasing complexity and urgency, we need confident and experienced professionals who can leverage the latest innovations and provide ethical governance. We need leaders in every industry who make decisions not just for today’s generation – but for tomorrow’s.

If you're ready to become a global leader, La Trobe's prestigious Master of Business Administration (MBA) will give you the world-class skills to advance your career, move into a new field or launch your own start-up. Tap into La Trobe's exclusive network of powerful business leaders and develop the essential experience to become an influential modern leader.

We've carefully designed the La Trobe MBA to suit your needs. Choose to study on campus, online or a blend of the two. You can also choose from a wide range of regional campuses. You'll keep your career moving forwards, even while you prepare to step up to the next level.

With La Trobe's internationally-renowned MBA, you'll immerse yourself in learning as you grow your business acumen and develop valuable human skills. Co-designed and co-delivered by leading industry partners such as Mercer, you'll be absorbed in interactive learning and develop critical business skills. Our MBA is built on evidence-based coursework – so you'll have the confidence to understand the issues facing global businesses, tackle real-world business problems and develop lifelong leadership skills.

Study with international leaders who are dedicated to building a better world. Globally regarded for our commitment to sustainable leadership, you'll gain the skills and knowledge to balance both economic and sustainability outcomes. Our MBA is built on the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) and we are proud to be the first Australian university to become a PRME Champion.

When you access the La Trobe MBA Alumni network, you'll join an exclusive network of high-performing senior executives. You can attend professional networking events and guest lectures, as you learn how to provide good corporate governance in challenging environments.

You'll transform your career when you choose from a wide range of carefully curated specialisations. You can also complete your MBA without a specialisation, and undertake a life-changing study tour or work placement (subject to government travel restrictions).

You can also receive support for your start-up. Through partnerships with the Melbourne Innovation Centre and Fishburners, you can access space in start-up hubs, individualised mentoring and more.

Graduate prepared to become an influential global leader – and change the world for the better.

You'll learn:

• Responsible leadership and corporate governance - Understand how to manage people and operations, and achieve ethical and sustainable outcomes.
• Entrepreneurship - Be ready to take your business plans from conception to completion.
• Innovation and design thinking - Learn how to think creatively and drive change across an organisation
• Business analysis - Explore how data can shape strategies and inform smarter decision-making.
• Accounting and financial management - Refine your skills in accounting and finance to better analyse business practices.