Create the innovations improving and shaping our everyday lives.
La Trobe's Bachelor of Computer Science will help you uncover and understand the complex processes and systems that run much of the modern world. Computer scientists are in demand across a broad range of industries and will help lead the transition into greater automation and efficiency.
Our flexible and practical degree helps define your creative output, empowering you to apply new concepts and analytical frameworks to your arts practice. Major in Screen, Theatre, Visual Arts or Writing and graduate with the networks and entrepreneurial skills necessary for a successful career.
Make a difference in the world of criminal justice.
La Trobe’s Bachelor of Criminology combines a high-quality criminology education with a commitment to social justice and an emphasis on practical experience.
In first year, you’ll learn about key issues in relation to crime, criminal justice and the connection between the criminal justice system, access to justice and human rights. You’ll also examine the sustainability of our criminal justice system in relation to social, economic and environmental factors.
In second and third year, you’ll study policing, sentencing, corrections, forensics, victimisation, research and policy development, gaining a deeper understanding of the issues and practice of criminal justice. In third year, we provide opportunities for work placements across all sectors of the community, including the criminal justice system and community organisations.
Our Bachelor of Criminology helps you understand the complex causes of crime and develop innovative responses to it.
This course recognises the close connections between crime and the human mind and its effects on behaviour. It will position you to work in the criminal justice sector, in fields such as policing, corrections, juvenile justice, crime prevention and advocacy, intelligence, forensics and customs.
Cybercrime is now a widespread threat and a mainstream concern that can only be combated by highly-skilled specialists - not IT professionals alone. La Trobe's Bachelor of Cybersecurity is a brand new degree that addresses the global shortage of cybersecurity professionals and prepares you with skills across IT, business, law, policy and strategic communication.
Cybercrime is quickly becoming one of the world's biggest security challenges and combating it is as much about people as it is about technology.
La Trobe's new double degree gives students the chance to complement their studies in psychological science with the highly specialised cybersecurity field.
The Bachelor of Early Childhood and Primary Education is based on theories of learning and how they are applied when teaching. The focus is on understanding learning and development in children from birth to adolescence and the ways that educators can support learning for all children.
The Bachelor of Education (Primary) allows you to specialise your skills in these areas:
*science, technology, engineering, arts and maths (STEAM)
*English
*humanities/arts
*health
*physical education
*languages (including Greek, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, Indonesian, French and Chinese).
The Bachelor of Education (Secondary) will develop your skills to address the diverse academic and developmental needs of young people. You'll gain discipline expertise to teach across the stages of secondary school. Students will have the opportunity to specialise in two of the following disciplines:
English
maths
humanities (including history and geography)
science (including physics, chemistry and biology)
Languages Other Than English (LOTE), English as a Second Language (ESL)
TESOL
physical education
health education
visual arts
drama
psychology.
La Trobe University's Bachelor of Educational Studies course is a preferred pathway into a teaching degree. It also prepares you to work in a range of educational contexts by developing your knowledge of educational practices.