Swinburne University of Technology

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Swinburne University of Technology
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Bachelor of Business, Lilydale

Bachelor of Business Lilydale Campus LO55 Offere
d at the Lilydale Campus by the Faculty of Higher
Education, Swinburne University Program
Coordinator Dr Matthew Mitchell
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Graduate Opportunities

• Graduates of Swinburne, Lilydale have gone on to
  take up the following opportunities
• Positions with companies such as Price,
  Waterhouse, Coopers (PWC).
• Positions in government working on government
  housing and development policy.
• Positions within local businesses and industry.
• To mention a few.

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Majors and minors

• Students can do majors or minors in the areas of
• Also
• Accounting (with or without professional
  recognition)
• Psychology (with or without professional
  recognition)

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Project Units

• Full time students do eight units each year over
  three years (24 units in total).
• All students do two project units in their last
  year of study.
• These might be two units in the area of their
  major, or one of the units might be in the area
  of their minor or an inter disciplinary unit
  (called Work Integrated Learning or WIL projects)
  

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Example Project Units

• Public relations project
• Students work in a public relations firm (under
  the guidance of academic staff) and accept
  external briefs for non-profit organisations.
• Media project
• Students produce the campus newsletter working
  with students from local schools to produce
  articles for publication. Alternate projects are
  possible, such as production of promotions videos
  for companies like Telstra.

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More Example Project Units

• Marketing project
• Students produce a services marketing plan and
  present this to an external board of industry
  representatives for feedback.
• Work Integrated Learning projects
• Students can propose projects. Current
  projects include
• Fundraising for CARE (Non-profit organisation)
• Crime prevention project with Victoria Police
• A project with Telstra
• School mentoring with at-risk students

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International Opportunities
Swinburne Lilydale is very keen to offer
students international study opportunities.
These include Overseas Study At Sarawak in
Malaysia for the Winter term. This allows
students to accelerate their course and generous
scholarships are available to support
this. International study tours Third year
students travel to places such as Vietnam and
China and visit industries meeting and talking to
the local business people. They then identify a
business opportunity and present it to an
audience. International Projects Students may
select one of our international projects. Current
projects include Frankfurt Airport in Germany and
Wineries in California , USA.
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Industry Based Learning

• Once the second year of study is complete
  students may undertake an industry based learning
  placement. This is arranged by the University
  and the student is mentored by an academic member
  of staff.
• Current Placements include
• Repco
• Australia Post
• Defence Industries
• Coles-Myer
• CSIRO
• among others, including many local businesses.

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TAFE Pathways

• Students who have completed the following
  Swinburne TAFE qualifications will be eligible
  for up to 12 units of exemptions (up to half the
  degree course)

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