Master of Business Administration with Specialisation in Data Analytics

at La Trobe University - Bendigo Campus Australia

The Master of Teaching (Primary) builds preservice teacher knowledge and skills to teach across the curriculum. There is an emphasis on researching teacher practice in numeracy and literacy.

There is demand in the sector to build efficacy of graduates in the areas of diagnostic learning, special needs, pedagogical expertise and relationship skill building. This course gives you the opportunity to specialise in these areas. The pedagogical structure allows graduates to work and adapt effectively in complex contemporary learning environments.

Professional experience is based around inquiry and experiential learning with iterative skill development opportunities linking knowledge, context and experience to understanding the theoretical dimensions needed to understand practice in school and other learning contexts.

Artists challenge the status quo. They help us connect – with ourselves and others – and their creative contribution holds a mirror to society that helps us make sense of our rapidly changing world.

If you're creative and want to pursue your artistic passion, La Trobe's Bachelor of Visual Arts will give you the knowledge, experiences and connections to realise your dream career. Gain valuable skills in a range of visual mediums, then dive into your art practice with access to our purpose-built studios and workshops.

Develop your art practice in a professional environment. Access specialised facilities including painting and drawing studios, a digital lighting studio, photographic darkrooms, and sculpture and printmaking workshops. You'll also get your own personal studio space from day one of your degree – right through to graduation – where you can hone your skills and collaborate with other artists.

Gain insights into what contemporary art can tell us about the world and our place within it. Discover how the arts contribute to the significant historical, cultural, ecological and ethical issues of our time and gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between art and other visual cultures such as fashion, film and design.

Connect with like-minded people who are pursuing their creative passion. Join a vibrant, close and supportive creative community, with motivated students, supportive teachers and an engaged alumni network. You'll benefit from our close-knit campus, where you'll feel like part of a family.

Pursue your passion for visual arts while exploring other specialisations. You'll study core visual arts subjects and develop your practice, then explore your interests or build an essential skill when you choose from open access majors, minors and electives from across the university. You can graduate with your additional major on your academic transcript, so future employers can recognise your expertise.

Create your own path. Want to add an optional major in creative and professional writing, or in digital media? Go for it. Or perhaps you'd like to explore anthropology, history or crime, justice and legal studies? No matter what you choose to explore, you'll learn from world-class academics and leading researchers, including established artists and published art historians.

Live in regional Australia and pursue your passion. Study at one of Australia's biggest regional centres, which enjoys a thriving arts scene with an established creative community. You'll also have the opportunity to take the next step in your career and exhibit your work at La Trobe's Phyllis Palmer Gallery and at our student-run gallery, Rookie.

Get the industry experience that'll set you apart. Build your skills and experience through an industry placement at organisations like Bendigo Art Gallery and La Trobe Art Institute. Or get a global perspective when you travel overseas for an international sustainability experience or study abroad through our exchange program. You will also be able to build your professional network through the university's partnerships with major cultural institutions.

Looking to keep your options open? You can also choose to graduate with a Diploma of Arts after one year of study.

Graduate ready to make your mark in the art world.

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.

Psychological Science

Discover psychology using a scientific approach. In this fascinating major, you’ll deepen your understanding of how people think, behave and relate to one another. Expand your understanding of psychological health and illness, while learning how to assess psychological functioning in individuals.

Explore how culture and society can shape our experiences and health choices. You’ll investigate how our thoughts, feelings and behaviours are influenced by other people and you’ll learn how to use statistical techniques to understand the differences between groups of people.

Investigate a range of evidence-based psychological interventions and develop your research skills by conducting an in-depth investigation into an area of psychology. Throughout your studies, you’ll build practical skills in analysis, evaluation and communication. Learn how to apply psychological theory and research to real-world individuals and their communities.

From conservation to exploration, there’s a rewarding future waiting for you in the great outdoors. Turn your passion for the natural world into a career connecting with your community and the world around you.

La Trobe's Bachelor of Outdoor and Sustainability Education takes you beyond the classroom. Get hands-on outdoor experience and build a deeper understanding of sustainability and environmental education.

Enjoy opportunities to build and enrich your outdoor adventuring skills while you explore nature. You could spend more than 70 days on field trips* and extended outdoor journeys while building a vital understanding of research on climate change and experiential learning. From bushwalking to kayaking, you'll prepare to lead groups while they explore outdoor environments and you develop your skill in outdoor learning.

You'll also be ready to help foster respect and appreciation for the world around you. Explore the social and scientific aspects of sustainability, including Indigenous understandings of our environment, and learn how to manage and teach outdoor education programs.

Whether you want to guide adventures or educate the community, we'll help you be ready for your future. You'll develop the skills and confidence to lead, teach and communicate in any situation.

Outdoor education

Explore the relationship between humans and the natural world through outdoor experiences. Become an outdoor education expert with skills in outdoor leadership, safety management, natural and cultural history, environmental interpretation and sustainability.

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.

La Trobe's Bachelor of Biomedical Science is ideal for students interested in human biology and allows you to tailor the degree toward your career interests. Combining the fields of biology and medical science, you'll open doors to careers across high-demand sectors including education, healthcare, media and research.

In your first year, develop fundamental knowledge in areas across chemistry, bioscience and health, with an additional focus on psychology and how to work with individuals in health and human services settings.

In your second year, build on these foundations with advanced topics in biomedical sciences that underpin your knowledge across chemistry, metabolic biochemistry, pharmacology and the growing need for expertise in immunology.

In your third and final year, deepen your expertise across topics including applied immunology, cancer research, response to infectious disease, and cardiovascular and neurological systems. You can also choose to put your learning into practice with an elective placement. Previous students have undertaken internships with Thermo Fisher Scientific, the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, Hexima and AdAlta. High-performing students may also have the opportunity to secure a vacation scholarship – a hands-on experience in a research laboratory.

Get personalised advice from our supportive staff who can help you align your degree with your career aspirations. With further study, the Bachelor of Biomedical Science can serve as a pathway into a highly sought-after career in physiotherapy, speech pathology, medicine or dentistry.

You'll learn:

• Molecular and cell biology - Understand the function of biological systems at the molecular and cellular levels, and how they relate to medical research and biotechnology.
• Human physiology - Gain insight into how the systems of the body work, including the cardiovascular and neurological systems, and how the regulation of these impact our health outcomes.
• Infectious and non-infectious disease - Discover how infectious diseases, like viruses, and non-infectious diseases, like cancers, are caused. Explore the latest understanding of how to prevent, diagnose and treat different types of disease.
• Clinical biochemistry and haematology - Delve into some of the most common areas of clinical pathology – from examining and analysing blood, to investigating biochemical components such as enzymes, hormones and proteins. Learn how to affect positive change across clinical pathology environments.

Learning outcomes

• Demonstrate theoretical and technical knowledge in biomedical science that enables scientific rigour in the conduct and evaluation of scientific practice
• Analyse, evaluate and apply scientific information from experiments, reports and peer-reviewed journals
• Communicate biomedical knowledge and ideas to others effectively and professionally in written and oral reports
• Apply biomedical knowledge, technical skills and professional judgement to develop evidence based solutions to complex biomedical, scientific and technical problems
• Undertake self-directed learning to maintain appropriate professional knowledge and skill in biomedical science
• Work independently and in teams to undertake professional projects and scientific tasks

The Internet of Things is a fundamental driver of global change. The increasingly widespread use of smart devices for advanced data sharing is bringing communities together and reshaping industries.

As we respond to the impacts of this ongoing digital revolution , the world needs pioneering minds to create effective and ethical solutions – that’s where you come in.

La Trobe's Master of Internet of Things (IoT) combines technical knowledge with practical learning to give you advanced programming and systems design skills.

Build the skills you need to succeed in a more connected future by studying the key components of IoT, including platforms, protocols and protection.

The first of its kind in Australia, La Trobe's Master of IoT is grounded in industry practice. You'll have the opportunity to work on one of Bendigo's many IoT technology projects like Clever Weather or the Long Range IoT Network.

More than ever, employers are searching for professionals with advanced STEM skills.* With job growth expected in this area* – including in areas that don’t even exist yet – there’s no better time to build the scientific skills you need to create a successful, interesting and satisfying career.

La Trobe's Bachelor of Science offers you foundational skills in science and the freedom to delve into your passions. Whether it's protecting endangered animals, developing new ways to treat disease or fighting climate change, you'll be ready to pursue your dream journey in science by tailoring your degree with a mix of majors and minors.

As you learn from leading academics and researchers, you'll take a deep dive into science – not only scientific concepts, but also how scientists think, work and share their findings.

Build skills in problem-solving, communication and collaboration – all highly sought after by employers – then use these skills to come up with innovative solutions to real-world problems.

Personalise your learning so you can spend time focusing on the areas that really interest you. Choose from majors in a range of fields, including botany, statistics, microbiology, genetics, data science and more, and learn from academics who are leaders in their fields.

You'll have opportunities to put theory into practice through work placements with our industry partners. Previous students have undertaken placements with CSIRO, Bayer Crop Science and various State and Federal Government departments.

Mathematics

Learn the universal language of mathematics. You’ll explore mathematical concepts, learn how to formulate and model abstract problems and build skills in problem solving, clear thinking and communication. Math is used for analysis, forecasting and modelling and plays a vital role in today’s information and technological age.

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.

You'll learn:

Professional scientific thinking

• Learn how science contributes new knowledge and finds solutions to problems in our society.

Lab and fieldwork skills

• Learn how to collect data and use specialist technical skills to develop new findings in the laboratory and in the field.

Problem-solving

• Learn to develop solutions to complex scientific problems.

Collaboration

• Collaborate and work effectively in teams to solve problems and achieve shared goals.

Professional conduct

• Learn about ethical conduct when working as a scientific professional and how to promote and communicate your professional identity to potential employers and peers.

Communicating as a professional scientist

• Gain experience communicating to a range of audiences, both in written and verbal formats.

Climate change

This major provides a unique opportunity for students to study the global challenge of anthropogenic climate change from a diverse range of disciplines, including law, economics, public health and archaeology.

Rapid evolutions in science and technology mean our advancements sometimes outpace the law. Get the skills to stay ahead.

In La Trobe's Bachelor of Laws(Honours)/Bachelor of Science, you can pursue multiple interests and gain a powerful combination of legal skills and cutting-edge scientific knowledge.

From stem cell research to how personal information is collected, stored and shared, advances in science and technology have real human impacts. This double degree uniquely prepares you to address contemporary challenges from a scientific, legal and ethical perspective.

Benefit from our progressive approach to legal education with a law degree you can shape to your own career goals. You'll get a solid grounding in the basics of law and hone your expertise in advocacy, negotiation and dispute resolution – skills valued by employers across industries.

Your science degree offers you huge flexibility, with an extensive range of majors to choose from. Follow your interests in emerging areas like cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and data science or traditional fields including chemistry, botany and genetics. Bring knowledge to life in world-class facilities, including the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science (LIMS), and learn from academics who are leaders in their fields.

Take your skills into the real world while you study. You'll have the opportunity to do placements in a range of legal settings, including community legal centres, law firms, government agencies, and judges and magistrates (subject to availability). On the science side, you could complete a placement with one of our industry partners – previous students have worked with CSIRO, Bayer Crop Science, and various government departments.

You will graduate ready to start your career as an expert legal practitioner, with an advanced understanding of scientific concepts or a science professional with a solid understanding of regulatory environments and how they impact scientific work.

Molecular biology

From treating disease to finding new ways to create energy, molecular biology helps us solve some of the world’s biggest problems. Explore physiology, biochemistry and analytical techniques, learn how organisms function, and pursue a wide range of career options.