Commerce, Bachelor

La Trobe's Bachelor of Commerce equips you with the transferable and technical skills essential for success in the fast-changing realms of business and public policy. Co-designed with industry leaders, this course offers a unique multidisciplinary skill set and knowledge base that employers and policymakers highly value. Students can tailor their education through a variety of double degrees, majors, and minors, choosing from primary majors like Accounting, Business Analytics, Economics, Finance, Management, and Marketing, alongside approximately 70 other options across the University.A standout feature of the program is its entrepreneurial core, comprising three interconnected subjects that build critical graduate capabilities. You will learn to identify solutions to real-world challenges, enhance your communication and negotiation skills with stakeholders, and ultimately develop the ability to implement these solutions in practical settings. These competencies foster effective leadership, preparing you to navigate the complexities of automation, AI-driven technologies, and big data in today’s dynamic environment.

As a social science, economics is an exciting and challenging discipline that explores real-world issues and analyses ways to improve the well-being of people and the societies we live in. This major will give you valuable insights into the application of economic principles to develop government policy, business solutions and understand the choices people make. Analyse important issues such as poverty, inequality, inflation, unemployment, environmental issues, innovation, digital transformation, international competition, trade and economic development, many of which relate to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The key graduate attributes that a major in economics develop are critical thinking, problem solving, researching and evaluating information. Overall you gain the skills for careers in economic and social policy, business, banking, financial markets and consulting.