Program Overview

Develop valuable skills in business and health while remaining grounded in an entrepreneurial core with La Trobe's Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Health Sciences.

Co-designed with industry leaders, our double degree prepares you to solve key healthcare, business and economic challenges in a responsible and sustainable manner. You'll understand how to independently research, think innovatively and use digital technologies to effectively identify and execute managerial and policy solutions.

By completing La Trobe's Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Health Sciences, you will:

• Analyse the complex challenges confronting business and society, as well as emerging developments in the field of health sciences
• Develop cultural intelligence, leadership skills, stakeholder negotiation and communication skills that help you to thrive in any work environment
• Be ready to meet the challenges of automation, AI-driven technologies and big data
• Choose from a range of majors and minors to build a unique set of multidisciplinary skills
• Gain real-world experience through industry placements, work-integrated learning projects and overseas exchange opportunities
• Depending on your choice of majors, graduate ready to apply for membership into a range of business professional associations.

Major: Physiological Sciences

Discover psychology using a scientific approach. In this fascinating major, you’ll deepen your understanding of how people think, behave and relate to one another. Expand your understanding of psychological health and illness, while learning how to assess psychological functioning in individuals.

Explore how culture and society can shape our experiences and health choices. You’ll investigate how our thoughts, feelings and behaviours are influenced by other people and you’ll learn how to use statistical techniques to understand the differences between groups of people.

Investigate a range of evidence-based psychological interventions and develop your research skills by conducting an in-depth investigation into an area of psychology. Throughout your studies, you’ll build practical skills in analysis, evaluation and communication. Learn how to apply psychological theory and research to real-world individuals and their communities.

You’ll learn:

• Scientific foundations of psychology: Examine how psychological theories and research studies are developed and used.
• Psychological health and illness: Investigate the biological, social and psychological factors that influence our psychological health.
• Psychological assessment: Learn how to conduct a psychological assessment and understand how to evaluate the information you gather.
• Psychological intervention: Gain a deep understanding of different approaches to psychological intervention
• Psychological research in practice: Conduct an in-depth investigation into an area of psychology and create a research report.