Keen to explore the fascinating worlds of science and business? You'll open your eyes and broaden your mind with La Trobe's Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Science. Tailor your degree with a diverse mix of majors and minors, and gain the freedom to delve into your passions.

Whether it's finding new treatments for diseases, developing sustainable ways to grow food, pioneering research in artificial intelligence or building the business structures that power scientific innovations, you'll be prepared to pursue your dream career with this flexible double degree.

As you learn from leading academics and researchers, you'll take a deep dive into science and commerce – not only scientific and business concepts, but also how to think, work and collaborate. Study alongside world-class researchers from our Centre for AgriBioscience and La Trobe Business School, and benefit from our teaching and research facilities like the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science. Our research hubs also offer regular seminars on diverse topics, such as how to fight climate change, breakthroughs in cancer treatment, and new ways to protect our waterways.

Personalise your learning so you focus on the areas that really interest you. Choose from majors in a wide range of fields in both commerce and science, including economics, business analytics, management, climate change, psychological science, genetics, data science and many more.

Learn how to analyse complex problems. Understand how to identify innovative solutions. Grow as a leader and thinker. You'll benefit from our connections with global corporations such as Deloitte and PwC as you learn from guest lecturers working in the industry, such as the Managing Partner of Ernst & Young, the Victorian Auditor-General and members of Deloitte Forensics.

And you won't be confined to the classroom. You'll experience hands-on learning, with work placement opportunities across both commerce and science subjects. Get the industry experience you need to build an exciting career in the field of your choice.

You'll learn:

• Business analytics
  • Understand how to use data for statistical analysis and reporting. Learn how to provide insights and recommendations that drive continuous improvement.
• Professional scientific thinking
  • Learn how science contributes new knowledge and finds solutions to important problems in our society.
• Economics
  • Explore economic concepts and discover how they're used to solve problems faced in a wide range of industries, including governments and multinational organisations.
• Communication
  • Learn how to communicate complex ideas and engage with a broad range of audiences.
• Lab and fieldwork skills
  • Learn how to collect data and use specialist technical skills to develop new findings in the laboratory and in the field.
• Management
  • Build fundamental business knowledge and explore concepts and issues relating to the management of firms and global business environments.
• Innovation and design thinking
  • Learn how to identify opportunities, calculate risk and take a strategic approach to delivering innovative solutions.
• Problem-solving
  • Learn how to identify issues, prioritise work and implement solutions across complex areas of science and business.

The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 7 - Bachelor Degree.

Sample course structure

Please note, the following course structure is indicative and subject to change depending on your course location, offer year or how you tailor your course with specialisations, majors, minors and electives. Structures for the following year are not normally finalised until October, so the sample provided is based on the most recently approved structure. For more information, please refer to the La Trobe University Handbook.