Foundation Studies for Business, IT and Humanities (LFS0) (085026J) + Bachelor of Business (019479E)

This Foundation Studies program will allow students to gain direct access into the 1st year of a range of La Trobe Bachelor degrees. Designed to help them to build there digital future, La Trobe's Bachelor of Information Technology equips them with skills across programming, networking, databases, systems analysis and design, and project management. Along with building a strong set of core IT skills so they can choose to major in one of several areas aligned to future industry growth including artificial intelligence, cloud analytics, cybersecurity, network engineering or information systems. Broaden their knowledge and capabilities further through a wide range of electives. Combine there core IT skills with business, social sciences, humanities, web engineering, computer technology, security and information systems analysis subjects. Plus they could develop a software program of their own, which they could present at the annual Engineering and IT Showcase to potential employers. With industry-based projects and CISCO certification embedded in the course, students will receive professional mentoring opportunities as they build career ready skills. They will also gain access to there expert research centres, including the Centre for Technology Infusion and our state-of-the-art Technology Innovation Lab for the Internet of Things – developed in collaboration with Microsoft and CISCO.