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La Trobe's Bachelor of Science equips you with core scientific abilities while allowing you to explore your interests. Whether you're passionate about wildlife conservation, medical breakthroughs, or environmental solutions, you can customize your degree through various majors and minors to follow your scientific aspirations. Study under distinguished scholars and researchers as you immerse yourself not just in scientific principles, but also in the methodologies and communication practices of working scientists. Develop valuable competencies in analytical thinking, teamwork, and presentation – skills highly prized by employers – and apply them to devise creative answers to contemporary challenges. Tailor your education to concentrate on subjects that truly captivate you, selecting from specialties like plant biology, statistical analysis, microbial studies, hereditary science, computational analytics, and other disciplines taught by field-leading experts.
Gain hands-on experience by completing internships with our corporate collaborators. Past participants have worked with organizations including CSIRO, Bayer Crop Science, and multiple government agencies at state and national levels.
At a minimum, you need to have completed Australian Year 12 (or an accepted international equivalent) with a certain grade. You may also need to meet subject pre-requisites
English language requirement:
IELTS: Overall 6.0, no band less than 6.0; Pearson Test of English (PTE): Overall score of 46 with no communicative skill score less than 46; TOEFL Internet based (iBT): Overall score of 64 with 13 in Reading, 12 in Listening, 18 in Speaking and 21 in Writing; Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (CAE) / Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE): 169 with no less than 169 in any component