FAQ Aspire Early University Study
An early conditional offer is an offer to say you have a place reserved for you in the course you’ve applied for, but you will still need to meet any entry requirements that are outlined in your offer.
These entry requirements will depend on the course you have applied for and your method of entry.
Yes! You can apply for all Aspire programs you’re eligible for to increase your chances of getting an early conditional offer.
However, there are different requirements for each of the program, so make sure you check that you meet the requirements.
Micro subjects are short university preparation subjects. They provide discipline specific knowledge while teaching tertiary level academic skills.
Each micro-subject consists of approximately 50 hours of learning (including time spent doing assessments) spread over six weeks.
Students taking the course fulltime (3 units in a year for VCE, or 6 units in a year for VCAL) undertake their units as set out below. Alternatively, students may choose to stagger the program across two years in a different configuration, as long as they begin with the relevant introductory unit(s).
2022 La Trobe Term dates | Prepare (VCE) Science | Prepare (VCE) Humanities | Prepare (VCAL) Science | Prepare (VCAL) Humanities | 2022 Victorian School Term dates |
LT Term 3: 2 May to 10 June | Thinking Critically | Academic Culture | School Term 2: 26 April to 24 June | ||
LT Term 4: 18 July to 26 August | World Changing Science | Academic Writing | Digital Literacy | School Term 3: 11 July to 16 September | |
LT Term 5: 5 September to 14 October | Mathematical Communication | Critical Inquiry | Thinking Mathematically | ||
School Term 4: 3 October to 20 December | |||||
LT Term 6: 31 October to 9 December | Thinking Critically | School Summer Holidays | |||
LT Term 1 2023: 2 January to 10 February | World Changing Science and Mathematical Communication | Academic Writing and Critical Inquiry | |||
You’ll study your Aspire Prepare micro-subjects across the school year. (If you are unsuccessful in one (only) subject you’ll be able to try again later in the year.)
Students taking the course fulltime (3 units in a year for VCE, or 6 units in a year for VCAL) undertake their units as set out below.
Alternatively, students may choose to stagger the program across two years in a different configuration, as long as they begin with the relevant introductory unit(s).
First semester commences on 27 February 2023 and second semester on 31 July 2023.
Your study will be 100% online, so your La Trobe study works alongside your Year 12 subjects.
If you don’t receive an offer to study through the Aspire program, don’t worry – you’ll still be considered for entry via the normal VTAC process during round one in January if you received an ATAR.
- Science, health and engineering:
- Arts, social sciences and commerce
- Science, health and engineering
- Arts, social sciences and commerce
The different streams describe the number of micro subjects you will need to undertake, depending on whether you are a VCE (including unscored), HSC, IB, or a VCAL student, and whether your interests are in maths and science or the arts and humanities.
VCE, HSC or IB students
If you’re a Year 11 or 12 VCE, HSC or IB student, to complete Aspire Prepare you’ll study three micro-subjects:
and two from your preferred stream:
VCAL (Senior) students
If you’re a VCAL (Intermediate or Senior) student, to complete Aspire Prepare you’ll study six micro-subjects:
and two from your preferred stream:
At La Trobe, we believe a great indicator of how you’ll succeed at uni is how well you do in our university programs for school students.
We’ve looked at the performance of numerous students in our pathway programs to allocate a score associated with future performance in degree programs compared to other students.
Our La Trobe Entrance Score can then be matched to the rank you may receive for school studies. The table below shows what average grades you need in your Aspire Prepare and Aspire Advance studies to gain a La Trobe Entrance Score.
Aspire Prepare
| Prepare average mark | La Trobe Entrance Score |
|---|---|
| 50-72 | Diploma |
| 73 | 50.46 |
| 74 | 52.93 |
| 75 | 55.39 |
| 76 | 57.85 |
| 77 | 60.31 |
| 78 | 62.77 |
| 79 | 65.27 |
| 80 | 67.7 |
| 81 | 70.16 |
| 82 | 72.62 |
| 83 | 75.08 |
| 84 | 77.55 |
| 85 | 80.01 |
| 86 | 82.47 |
| 87 | 84.93 |
| 88 | 87.4 |
| 89 | 89.86 |
| 90 | 92.32 |
| 91 | 94.78 |
| 92 | 97.24 |
| 93 | 99.71 |
| 94 - 100 | 99.95 |
Aspire Advance
Achieve Advance average mark | La Trobe Entrance Score or outcome |
|---|---|
| 50 | Pass - Entry to La Trobe Diploma |
| 57 | 50.9 |
| 60 | 55.3 |
| 65 | 62.6 |
| 70 | 69.9 |
| 75 | 77.3 |
| 80 | 84.6 |
| 85 | 92 |
| 90 | 99.3 |
| 95 | 99.9 |
| 100 | 99.9 |
Aspire Prepare:
You can apply to study Aspire Advance until applications close on 3 April 2023.
See our Aspire Prepare: How to Apply Guide [PDF 949.7 KB] to help you through the application process.
Aspire Advance:
You can apply to study Aspire Advance until applications close on 6 February 2023.
Applicants will also need to complete the Achieve School endorsement form [DOCX 148.4 KB] and supply their Year 11 results confirming a 70% average and relevant support documents.
Contact our Future Students Centre on 1300 135 045 or talk to us via live chat if you need help or for more information.
To take part in Aspire Advance, you can choose one subject to study alongside your schools studies in either Semester 1 or Semester 2:
Study name | Study code | Semester name | Semester | Prerequisite/ Concurrent requirement |
Aboriginal Studies and Anthropology | ABS1AA | Introduction to Aboriginal Australia | 1 | n/a |
ANT1TLC | Transforming Local Communities | 2 | ||
Accounting | ACC1AMD | Accounting for Management Decisions | 1 | Students will have completed or be concurrently enrolled in Units 3 and 4 of VCE Accounting |
Accounting and Information Systems | 2 | |||
Business | MGT1OBE | Organisational Behaviour | 1 | Students will have completed or be concurrently enrolled in Units 3 and 4 of VCE Business Management |
MGT1FOM | Foundations of Management | 2 | ||
Criminology | LST1LOJ | Law and (Dis)Order | 1 | n/a |
From Prisons to Detention Centres: Interrogating Containment | 2 | |||
Economics | BUS1BUE | Economic Issues and Public Policy | 1 | Students will have completed or be concurrently enrolled in Units 3 and 4 of VCE Economics |
ECO1RIG | Recession, Inflation and Economic Growth | 2 | ||
Event Management | MGT1OBE | Organisational Behaviour | 1 | Students will have completed or be concurrently enrolled in Units 3 and 4 of VCE Business Management |
THS1FEM | The Event Experience | 2 | ||
Health Sciences | PAM1HSF | Human Structure and Function | 1 | Students will have completed or be concurrently enrolled in Units 3 and 4 of VCE Biology |
MIC1IPE | Infections, Pandemics and Epidemics | 2 | ||
Human Biosciences | HBS1HBA | Human Biosciences A | 1 | Students will have completed or be concurrently enrolled in Units 3 and 4 of VCE Biology or Units 3 and 4 of Physical Education |
Human Biosciences B | 2 | |||
Law | LAW1LIM | Legal Institutions and Methods | 1 | Students will have completed or be concurrently enrolled in Units 3 and 4 of VCE Legal Studies |
LAW1PPL | Principles of Public Law | 2 | ||
Literature and Language | ENG1DPL | Death, Pleasure, and the Literary Imagination | 1 | Students will have completed or be concurrently enrolled in Units 3 and 4 of VCE English Language |
LIN1IML | Imagining Language | 2 | ||
Media and Communication | MAC1WFM | Writing for Media | 1 | N/A |
CRA1PWR | Professional Writing | 2 | ||
Politics, Philosophy, and Economics | POL1PPEO | Politics, Philosophy, and Economics | 1 | N/A |
PHI1CT | Critical Thinking and Innovation | 2 | ||
Psychology | PSY1SFP | Scientific Foundations of Psychology | 1 | Students will have completed Units 3 and 4 of VCE Psychology |
PSY1APP | Applied Psychology | 2 | ||
Sociology | SOC1SAC | Society and Culture: Introduction to Society | 1 | n/a |
LST1PDC | From Prisons to Detention Centres: Interrogating Containment | 2 | ||
Science | SCI1LUE | Big Ideas in Science: Life, The Universe and Everything | 1 | Students will have completed or be concurrently enrolled in Units 3 and 4 of VCE Biology or Units 3 and 4 of Chemistry or Units 3 & 4 of Environmental Science or Units 3 & 4 of Physics or Units 3 & 4 of Psychology |
SCI1BAD | Bad Science | 2 |