Bachelor
Understanding human behaviour is core to running a successful business, an impactful organisation or an effective government. As rapidly changing technology disrupts the way we live, work and study, employers are searching for empathetic and socially minded professionals who can provide insights into our deepest needs and desires, and create new business solutions to match them.
Learn how to innovate business and shape behaviour with La Trobe's accredited Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Psychological Science. Carefully designed to give you sound commercial knowledge and skills, as well as a deep understanding of the human mind, it will help you become a highly valued professional in both the health and business sectors.
Understand what drives our choices, what makes us tick, and how businesses can meet our needs. You'll establish a grounding in psychology, exploring theories on individuals, groups and whole societies. You'll dig deep into how our brains affect our behaviour and how this develops over time. And you'll explore our commercial environment and learn how to create better systems and solutions for the humans and planet it serves.
Grow as a leader and a thinker. Challenge your ideas and preconceptions. Expand your networks and your horizons. You'll prepare for the rapidly evolving world of international business, developing the creative and analytical skills to work across a wide range of industries and the resilience to face real-world challenges.
Shape your own future when you choose between a diverse range of commerce majors, including economics, marketing, management and more. You'll also have the opportunity to get out of the classroom and build both your skills and your professional network through an internship, either in Australia or overseas, that's tailored to your career goals.
Graduates will have the prerequisites to apply for honours in psychology, with the potential to pursue postgraduate study and registration as a psychologist.
Through your studies of both humans and their commercial systems, you'll understand how to deliver empathetic insights and how to make a positive difference in both your local community and on the global stage.
You'll learn:
The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 7 - Bachelor Degree.
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.
To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Psychological Science, students must complete a total of 480 credit points across 4 years.
Year 1 requires the completion of 120 credit points including:
Year 2 requires the completion of 120 credit points including:
Year 3 requires the completion of 120 credit points including:
Year 4 requires the completion of 120 credit points including:
Core subjects are required subjects in your course. You need to complete these subjects to attain your degree.
Subject name Subject code Year Credit points ACADEMIC INTEGRITY MODULE LTU0AIM 1 0 WOMINJEKA LA TROBE: INDIGENOUS CULTURAL LITERACY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ABS0WOM 1 0 DATA ANALYTICS CONCEPTS BUS1001 1 15 ECONOMIC ISSUES AND PUBLIC POLICY BUS1BUE 1 15 INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY: BRAIN AND MIND PSY1BAM 1 15 INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY: PEOPLE AND CULTURE PSY1PAC 1 15 SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY PSY1SFP 1 15 SUSTAINABILITY BUS1SBY 1 15 ANALYSE AND IDEATE BUS2001 2 15 APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY PSY1APP 2 15 COGNITION PSY2COG 2 15 FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCE FIN1FOF 2 15 INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS AND COMPANY LAW LST2001 2 15 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY PSY2DEV 3 15 EVALUATE AND NEGOTIATE BUS3002 3 15 PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODS PSY2PRM 3 15 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY PSY2SOC 3 15 PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT PSY3PAS 4 15 PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH AND ILLNESS PSY3PHI 4 15 PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS PSY3PIN 4 15 PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN PRACTICE PSY3PRP 4 15
A major is a sequence of related subjects studied in your course. To attain a major, this sequence must add up to 120 credit points. In some courses, you need to complete at least one major from your course's discipline to attain your degree. If there is room in your degree for more than one major, you may wish to complete an open access major from another discipline area.
Course majors Major code Accounting MAJOR-ACC-1 Business analytics MJR-BUA01 Economics MAJOR-ECO-2 Finance MJR-FIN01 Management StudyFlex major
A range of standalone elective subjects is available in this course. Some electives are recommended for your course, but you may also be able to choose from a range of University-wide electives or electives from other interest areas or disciplines. Note these electives may have their own prerequisites and other requirements. Please refer to the La Trobe University Handbook for the subjects available.
Core choice subjects are one or more subject groups you need to select in your course. Core choice subjects may be specific to your course, major, minor, specialisation or other learning requirements.
Subject name Subject code Year Credit points ACCOUNTING WORK PLACEMENT ACC3AWP 4 15 EXECUTE AND MANAGE CHANGE BUS3EMC 4 15 EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PROJECT BUS3ELP 4 15The Handbook contains detailed course information designed for enrolled students, including course structures, electives and options. The delivery of this course can vary between campuses.
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After graduation, you could pursue a wide range of specialist careers across business, psychological science and health. Your opportunities could include:
The Bachelor of Psychological Science is accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council; qualifying requires ongoing training/study. Contact the relevant professional body for details.
Professional registration with the Psychology Board of Australia will require an APAC-accredited fourth year and additional or ongoing requirements beyond the completion of the degree as well as an application to the professional body.
The Accounting major in the Bachelor of Commerce is accredited by CPA Australia, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ), and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Graduates of the Bachelor of Commerce with an Accounting major are eligible to apply for membership with the CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
The Marketing major in the Bachelor of Commerce is accredited by the Australian Marketing Institute (AMI). Graduates of the Bachelor of Commerce with a Marketing major may be eligible to apply for membership with the Australian Marketing Institute.
Professional membership may require an application to the professional body and may have additional or ongoing requirements beyond the completion of the degree. Contact the relevant professional body for details.