Overview

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 personalise your degree with majors in a range of fields, including climate change, botany, statistics, microbiology, genetics, data science and more.

Learn from leading academics and build skills in problem-solving, communication and collaboration – then come up with solutions to real-world problems. You'll learn scientific concepts and explore how scientists think, work and share findings. You'll get a world-class learning experience with our research rated 'well above world standard' in 15 scientific fields. Learn more: https://www.latrobe.edu.au/about/rankings-and-ratings/era

Prerequisites

Year 12 prerequisites

Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English as an Additional Language (EAL) or at least 20 in English other than EAL; Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 20 in any Mathematics.

Non-Year 12 prerequisites

Subject proficiency: Demonstrated proficiency equivalent to stated Year 12 prerequisites.

Majors

Applied chemistry (Bendigo only), Applied cybersecurity (Melbourne only), Artificial intelligence (Melbourne only), Biochemistry (Melbourne only), Biotechnology (Bendigo only), Botany (Melbourne only), Chemistry (Melbourne only), Crop science (Melbourne only), Data science (Melbourne only), Ecology (Melbourne only), Genetics (Melbourne only), Human physiological sciences (Melbourne only), Mathematics (Bendigo and Melbourne), Microbiology (Melbourne only), Molecular biology (Bendigo only), Pharmaceutical science (Bendigo only), Physics (Bendigo and Melbourne), Psychological science (Bendigo and Melbourne), Statistics (Melbourne only), Zoology (Melbourne only).

Potential Career Outcomes

After graduation, you could work in the private sector, not-for-profits, laboratories and research.

You’ll have the vital foundations for a wide range of careers, including:
  • Physicist
  • Genetic lab technician
  • Chemist
  • Data scientist
  • Microbiologist

ATAR & Selection Rank

The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.

ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds
ATAR
(excluding adjustment factors)
Selection Rank
(including adjustment factors)
Highest rank to receive an offer95.0599.95
Median rank to receive an offer69.9084.55
Lowest rank to receive an offer56.0068.55

<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the La Trobe University website for admission criteria information.

Course Seeker

This information is sourced from Course Seeker, a joint initiative between the Australian Government and the Tertiary Admission Centres. View more information on Course Seeker.


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