Commerce (Economics), Bachelor

Acquire the transferable and technical skills essential for success in the dynamic fields of business and public policy through La Trobe's Bachelor of Commerce. Co-designed with industry leaders, this program delivers a distinctive multidisciplinary education highly valued by employers and policymakers. Students gain these skills via flexible options, including double degrees, majors, and minors; beyond core choices like Accounting, Business Analytics, Economics, Finance, Management, and Marketing, enrollees access approximately 70 additional majors and minors university-wide.A key innovation is the entrepreneurial core, comprising three integrated subjects that build critical graduate capabilities. You will first identify practical solutions to real-world problems, then enhance your skills in communicating and negotiating these ideas with stakeholders, and finally, implement them in practical settings. These competencies foster effective leadership, equipping you to navigate challenges such as automation, AI technologies, and big data.

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.