Gain a highly sought-after qualification.

MSU  Bachelor of Accounting offers learning in career-specific areas including accounting, auditing, finance, business law and taxation. You can choose to broaden your degree by undertaking a second major or minor in areas such as financial planning, management, forensic accounting and corporate finance.

You'll learn:

• Financial and management accounting
  • Recognise and apply the accounting principles that govern the preparation, presentation and communication of accounting information.
• Auditing
  • Understand concepts involved in the auditing process and integrate them with practical applications.
• Tax
  • Examine Commonwealth income tax legislation and the implications of income tax on individuals and businesses.
• Business law
  • Investigate the core principles of contract and consumer protection law, property law and negligence.
• Economics and finance
  • Learn a variety of economic concepts and how they're applied in business and policy-making.
• Statistics
  • Explore the relationship between businesses, financial systems and the wider world.

Combine a strong foundation in business with a double major in accounting and finance through this course. You'll graduate with a professionally accredited major in accounting as well as knowledge and skills in corporate finance, international finance, risk management and investment and portfolio management.

Over three years, you'll learn key business principles, build an understanding of accounting systems, develop the skills for good decision-making, understand how to plan and control business finances, and gain an appreciation of sustainability issues and entrepreneurship.

 Professors of Practice work within this course to improve course curriculum, student learning experience, and engage with industry and business.

The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 7.

Demand for agribusiness professionals is growing, and you can start your career as a graduate participating in today's diverse and globally integrated agribusiness sectors, from farm to multinational companies.

This course offers you the opportunity to complete a major in Agribusiness alongside a disciplinary major in Management & Marketing or Accounting. Providing you with a solid understanding of business, economic and financial concepts for agricultural and associated businesses you will be ready and able to address the real issues facing agriculture and business within a changing international environment.

A feature of the course is a series of three agribusiness subjects each delivered at different regional campuses, providing you with a unique insight into different agribusinesses in different regions of Victoria. The course has a work integrated learning subject which will provide you with the opportunity to complete an agribusiness industry based work placement, where you will apply and demonstrate the skills you have acquired through the course.

In effect the course takes you on a state wide tour of regional Victoria agribusinesses industries and communities, where you will meet, talk and work with local agribusiness and community leaders.

Graduates are in high demand by industry businesses and government agencies: in agribusiness management, sales and marketing, export, commodity trading, supply chain, manufacturing and other diverse roles.

The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 7.

Become a leader in the special events sector through this course. We offer a combination of practical skills and business theory, teaching you how to make effective project management decisions.

Your subjects will cover management, marketing, economics, business law, accounting and finance, along with specialised event management studies that give you the skills you need to plan and organise festivals and community events.

This course also develops your knowledge of sustainability issues and how they affect the organisation of community events. We place a particular focus on the development of entrepreneurship, which is vital for the promotion and success of professional, sporting, cultural and community events.

To build practical experience, you'll have the chance to plan, deliver and evaluate student-led events on and off campus, and work with our industry partners throughout your degree.

Nine elective subjects allow you to complete a second major in a business discipline such as marketing, sport management or international business, a language, an international student exchange, or any other eight-subject major offered at the University. Alternatively, you could complete one or two four-subject minors such as social media or marketing, or a selection of individual elective subjects, including an international study tour or intern subjects.

Our unique industry Professors of Practice work within this course to improve course curriculum, student learning experience, and engage with industry and business.

The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 7.

Help employees and organisations achieve their highest potential.

MSU  Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management) gives you the practical skills and knowledge to plan, inform and implement strategies that help shape a workforce. You'll build a solid grounding in business before studying human resource management in depth.

You'll learn:

• Accounting, economics and finance
  • Knowledge of accounting, economics and finance is essential to your career in business.
• Organisational behaviour
  • Learn the dynamics of organisations so you can find ways to improve their functioning and cohesion.
• Employment relations
  • Understand how to maintain productive relationships between employers and employees.
• How to develop and reward talent
  • Find the best ways to make your staff feel valued.
• Management
  • Organisations are about people as well as numbers. Learning to lead and manage people is a must for any HR professional.

The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 7.

Gain essential marketing skills.

MSU Bachelor of Business (Marketing) will give you specialised knowledge in marketing and a grounding in business. Learn about current practice and future marketing trends. Understand marketing's innovative potential with subjects in digital marketing, consumer behaviour, branding, research and strategic planning. Graduate with internationally transferrable skills and be ready for your career in business or marketing.

You'll learn:

• Consumer behaviour
  • Understand how people think and feel when engaging with brands and ultimately making a purchase.
• Advertising in the digital age
  • Learn persuasive online and offline techniques to deliver value for customers and organisations.
• Digital brand management
  • Create content to develop a brand using digital platforms and other strategic tools.
• Market research
  • Gather information about customers, competitors and other stakeholders to better understand your goals and objectives.
• Strategic marketing
  • Pull everything you have learnt together to be able to develop and deliver an effective marketing plan.
• Accounting, economics and finance
  • Gain the foundational knowledge you need to succeed in business.

The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 7.

This is one of the few courses of its kind in Australia, designed and delivered in collaboration with industry professionals. It allows you to combine your passion for sport with knowledge of the business aspects of the industry, offering on-the-job training and a focus on meeting the specific needs of rural and regional communities.

In first year you'll learn the fundamentals of business, economics and finance along with key principles of sport marketing and sport management. In second year you'll build an understanding of the relationship between sport and the media, as well as studying core subjects in sport and exercise psychology, sport development and sport policy.

In your final year, you'll apply what you've learned in a 200-hour work placement, where you'll analyse current practices, apply sport development and management theory, and develop industry connections. Alongside your placement, you'll undertake workshops that develop your employability, as well as study core subjects in volunteer management and sport strategy and governance.

You can further tailor your degree with a choice of electives in public health, management, economics, law, finance, marketing or physical and outdoor education. You'll also have the opportunity to take part in overseas business studies with our partner universities such as University of Stirling (Scotland), University of Bayreuth (Germany), University of Windsor (Canada) and University of Oregon (USA).

Our unique industry Professors of Practice work within this course to improve course curriculum, student learning experience, and engage with industry and business.

Launch your career in the thriving tourism and hospitality industry.

MSU  Bachelor of Business (Tourism and Hospitality) gives you the knowledge and skills to work in tourism and hospitality around the world. You'll participate in a hotel management computer simulation and gain hands-on experience using front-of-house and travel management booking systems. You'll also have the chance to complete an additional major in event management, marketing, human resources or a second language.

You'll learn:

• Business foundations
  • Understand how businesses operate in local, regional and global environments.
• Management practices and procedures
  • Learn about all areas of restaurant and front-of-house operations.
  • Gain the skills to identify and provide high-quality service to clients.
• Computer reservation systems
  • Learn reservation and ticketing procedures for the travel and hotel industries.
  • Gain experience using automated reservation systems.
• Destination marketing
  • Examine the marketing and management of tourism destinations at supranational, national, state, regional and local levels.

The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 7.

Technology has changed the way businesses operate and organisations now have access to an overwhelming amount of information about their business, customers and products.

Individuals with the ability to interpret, analyse and translate this data into meaningful recommendations, forecasts and business solutions are in high demand across the globe. In this degree, students will learn the fundamentals of business and how to identify and solve business challenges through strategic analysis of various data sources. Students will develop a combination of problem solving, critical thinking and influential communication skills across a variety of disciplines, including business, marketing and commerce.

Graduates will be able to use their analytical skills and data-driven strategic thinking to help businesses identify commercial opportunities, solve problems and drive innovation.

The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 7.

Information systems help people use technology to make the best possible decisions.

This degree gives you a comprehensive understanding of the tools and techniques required to manage these complex systems, and creative innovative solutions to information challenges.

The Bachelor of Business Information Systems is accredited by the Australian Computer Society (ACS) until 2019. Professional registration may require an application to the professional body and may have additional or ongoing requirements beyond the completion of the degree. Please contact the relevant professional body for details.

In first year you'll cover key concepts in IT, programming and information systems along with the foundations of management, marketing and accounting. In second and third year you'll go on to study subjects such as the development of information systems and database design.

Your third year will involve a year-long industry project, giving you hands-on experience working as part of a team in the planning and development of a medium sized software project.

Once you graduate, you'll be ready to work in technology and management across a range of organisations. You could find roles in systems analysis and development, business analysis, and project management.

The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 7.

Our new double degree aims to develop graduates to work in a business, community, commerce or government setting where skills of critical analysis, problem solving and communication are highly valued. Alongside a solid grounding in business disciplines, you'll combine understandings of accounting, economics, finance, management and marketing with well-developed humanities research and communication skills.

You'll have the opportunity to work alongside business professionals and learn about new technology and innovative sustainability practices. You'll graduate with highly sought after skill sets by combining an arts major with a range of business and commerce subjects. Choose from majors in English, history or sociology at all regional campuses, in addition to human geography and Indonesian language and culture at the Bendigo campus.

Launch a successful career in business.

MSU Bachelor of Commerce combines technical business skills with the enterprise skills required for the careers of the future. Learn to communicate and work effectively in multidisciplinary, multicultural teams to solve the complex social and commercial challenges faced by corporations and diverse communities.

Major in one of the following discipline areas:

• Accounting
  • Recognise and apply the principles that govern the preparation, presentation and communication of accounting information.
• Economics
  • Learn a variety of economic concepts and how they're applied in business and policy-making.
• Finance
  • Manage an investment and funding strategy for an organization. Construct an investment portfolio to meet investor goals and risk profile.
• Management
  • Explore the fundamental theories relating to the management of local and international businesses.
• Marketing
  • Understand marketing practices and how they apply to businesses and consumer goods.

The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 7.

Combine your interest in the arts and social sciences with a broad understanding of business through studies in accounting, economics, finance, management and marketing.

Your Bachelor of Commerce offers a choice of five majors:

• Accounting
• Economics
• Finance
• Management
• or Marketing.

In your first year, along with foundational business subjects, you'll work as part of a small multidisciplinary Business Foundations project team to research a social problem and develop an action plan. In second year you'll take on a Sustainability project, in which your team will define a solution to a local environmental issue. In third year, you'll further enhance your research, presentation, analysis and problem-solving skills through the Entrepreneurship project, in which your team will identify a business opportunity and develop a business plan.

You'll have the option to take part in the Professional Practice in Business program, which offers internships, practicums, case studies, travel tours, company visits and professional industry-led seminars.

Alongside your business studies, you can choose from a range of arts subjects including languages, literature, history, journalism, philosophy and politics to create a degree specifically tailored to your interests.

The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 7.

Qualify for a professional position in accounting, economics, finance, marketing or management and apply your business skills to commercialising your software program or app.

The Bachelor of Computer Science offers a comprehensive and highly flexible program of study in the fields of hardware, software and their underlying principles. Its distinctive features include a heavy emphasis on object-oriented systems, and an emphasis on practical work.

The commerce component is designed to develop responsible, engaged and innovative, work-ready graduates by giving you opportunities to talk and work with business. It comprises an eight-subject common core and an eight-subject primary major, chosen from five key business disciplines: accounting, economics, finance, management and marketing.

The common core, which extends through all three years, is designed to give you a broad introduction to business disciplines. You'll have the opportunity to apply your disciplinary knowledge, research, analytical and problem solving skills to resolving social, environmental and business problems and opportunities. You'll also talk with business and community leaders and apply their knowledge and skills in a professional working environment.

The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 7.

Qualify for a professional position in accounting, economics, finance, marketing or management and apply your commercial skills to the management of health institutions and practices.

The health science component allows you to choose your major from three different scientific disciplines: Public Health, Rehabilitation Counselling, or Human Physiology and Anatomy.

The commerce component is designed to develop responsible, engaged, innovative, work-ready graduates by providing you with opportunities to talk and work with business. It comprises an eight-subject common core and an eight-subject primary major, chosen from five key business disciplines: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management and Marketing.

The common core, which extends through all three years of the degree, is designed to offer you a broad introduction to business disciplines. You'll apply your disciplinary knowledge, research, analytical and problem solving skills to resolving social, environmental and business problems and opportunities. You'll also have the opportunity to talk with business and community leaders and apply their knowledge and skills in a professional working environment.

The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 7.

Qualify for a professional position in accounting, economics, finance, marketing or management and extend your knowledge and skill through a study of international relations. Develop an ability to apply commercial skills to the management of international institutions, multinational companies, NGOs and public service agencies such as foreign trade.

The international relations component explores power in political, social and cultural contexts. By analysing multinational corporations, non-government and government organisations, you'll build an understanding of international affairs. Your subjects will cover areas like culture and globalisation, democracies and dictatorships, and Australia as a global nation.

The commerce component is designed to develop responsible, engaged and innovative, work-ready graduates by providing you with opportunities to talk and work with business. It comprises an eight-subject common core and an eight-subject primary major, chosen from five key business disciplines: accounting, economics, finance, management and marketing.

Combine studies in accounting, economics, finance, management and marketing with the thorough knowledge of the law you need for legal practice in this double degree.

Your Bachelor of Commerce offers a choice of five majors: accounting, economics, finance, management or marketing.

Our Professional Communication and Practice in Business program provides opportunities for you to engage with business professionals through internships, practicums, case studies, travel tours, company visits and professional industry-led seminars. These experiences give you the chance to discuss current business issues and see how your studies apply in a professional environment.

We focus on developing your skills in critical thinking, analysis, advocacy, mediation and negotiation, and allow you to build a specialised degree through your elective choices. You'll also get the chance to work with judges and magistrates, and undertake placements in real legal workplaces.

The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 7.

This multidisciplinary course combines the development of enterprise skills, required for careers of the future, through a transdisciplinary core, with the development of both technical business skills and the analytical skills of psychological science. Your business skills will be developed through a commerce major in accounting, economics, finance, management or marketing. While your psychological science skills will be developed through a focus on all of the core content areas of psychology, from its biological foundations to its social influences on affect, behaviour and cognition.

Through the core you will learn how to communicate and work effectively in multidisciplinary, multicultural teams to solve the type of complex social and commercial challenges faced by organisations and communities today. You will learn how to create sustainable value in corporations and diverse communities, and in so doing you will learn how to communicate your own value to future employers.

On graduation you will be able to apply a knowledge of psychology to the analysis of behaviour in commercial disciplines such as economics, finance, management and marketing and be able to make more informed decisions.

Building skills in both science and commerce gives you a competitive edge in the workforce. This four-year degree allows you to study commerce subjects along with any of our science subjects including botany, genetics, chemistry and agricultural science.

Your core commerce subjects will include professional accounting requirements such as cost accounting, tax and advanced financial accounting.

Our industry links with global corporations such as Deloitte and PwC mean you'll gain insights from guest lecturers working in the industry including the Managing Partner of Ernst & Young, the Victorian Auditor-General and members of Deloitte Forensics. You may also have the opportunity to complete work placements at these organisations.

Through your science subjects, you'll have access to world-class researchers from our Centre for AgriBioscience along with teaching and research facilities like the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science. These research hubs offer regular seminars on topics as diverse as climate change, cancer treatments and freshwater ecology, along with purpose-built labs and teaching spaces.

Get ready for a flexible career in the contemporary world of business.

Developed in consultation with industry leaders, our Bachelor of Digital Business gives you the skills needed for a successful business career now and into the future.

Businesses are increasingly using digital technology to generate sustainable competitive advantage by creating innovative business models, exceptional customer experiences and efficient internal capabilities.

In this course, you'll learn the fundamentals of business and how to unlock the potential of technology and various digital platforms to improve business performance. You'll develop a blend of technical and practical business skills across a variety of different disciplines including marketing, accounting and economics.

As a graduate, you'll be able to use your analytical skills and entrepreneurial passion to help businesses identify commercial opportunities, solve problems and drive innovation.

Become highly employable across a range of business settings and keep your options open with our versatile degree.

You'll learn:

• An introduction to business
  • Develop essential business skills.
• The principles of management
  • Business is about good communication. These skills are essential for advancing your career. By learning how to lead and manage, you'll be an asset in any workplace.
• Digital analytics
  • Add value to your business skills by using data and technology to improve business performance. These skills are highly sought-after by employers, so you will be in high demand when it comes to getting a job.
• Business statistics
  • Discover how to harvest and analyse data to produce more effective business outcomes.
• Business and marketing fundamentals
  • Identify commercial opportunities and create and execute clever business and marketing plans. With a well-rounded understanding of how technology can help businesses thrive, you'll be highly employable in just about any setting.
• An introduction to digital business
  • Explore the fundamentals of conducting business, including buying and selling, over the internet and online channels.
• An introduction to entrepreneurship and innovation
  • Add value to your business skills by using data and technology to improve business performance. These skills are highly sought-after by employers, so you will be in high demand when it comes to getting a job.
• Social media and mobile marketing
  • Discover the most effective way to harness social media and mobile channels to deliver leading marketing campaigns.

Start your journey with a career in international business.

La Trobe's Bachelor of International Business teaches you how businesses operate in an increasingly globalised economy. You'll cover economics, finance, management, statistics and marketing from an international perspective. Explore key issues such as digital business, corporate responsibility and the challenges of economic development and sustainability.

You'll learn:

• International economics and trade
  • Understand how the global market operates and countries interrelate.
  • Examine the impact of international trade policies and Australia's current position and future perspectives in the global economy.
• International financial management
  • Identify how a highly globalised financial market affects local businesses and multinational corporations.
  • Investigate how businesses respond to movements in exchange rates, foreign interest rates, labour costs and inflation.
• International marketing
  • Learn about the nature of the international marketplace and the new digital economy.
  • Explore the challenges facing marketing managers when operating in a global multicultural environment.

Gain an in-depth understanding of how society is structured and how it functions with this three-year course.

Our Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) degree - the first of its kind offered in Australia - helps you to come to grips with the interaction between politics, the economy and philosophy, equipping you with skills in analysis and critical thinking, economic theory in relation to globalisation, markets and competition, and international relations.

In your first year you'll study a core group of subjects covering politics, economics and critical thinking, international relations and philosophy. In the second and third years, you can either study all three disciplines - politics, philosophy and economics - or specialise in two of these areas.

You'll have the flexibility to choose from electives across the University, building a degree that's tailored to your specific interests. Alongside lectures, you'll attend policy-focused economics seminars and specialised tutorial sessions and activities. You can also develop a global perspective through overseas study programs and student exchanges with one of our partner universities in over 30 countries.