AUT - Bachelor of Business: degree outline
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Bachelor of Business: degree outline
The 3 year Bachelor of Business (BBus) is designed to give you a solid understanding of how businesses operate and the key issues that you will face as a future decision maker.
You will gain the skills and professional capabilities required by industry in your chosen major(s), and can complement your academic study with workplace learning to develop your knowledge and skills in a real business environment.
Quick facts
Programme code: AK3693
Level: 7
Points: 360
Duration: 3 years full time / equivalent part time
Venue: City Campus / Manukau Campus*
Start dates: 27 February 2012 / 16 July 2012
*You can complete the first year of the Bachelor of Business degree in 2012 at our Manukau Campus but the remainder of the degree will need to be completed at the City Campus.
Admission and entry requirements
Majors
- Accounting
- Advertising
- Business Information Systems
- Design
- Economics
- Finance
- Human Resource Management and Employment Relations
- International Business
- Management
- Marketing
- Retailing
- Sales
- Tourism
Double major
You can complete the BBus in 2 major areas of study. Having 2 majors makes you a versatile graduate and attractive to employers.
Additional majors or minors
Students undertaking the Bachelor of Business may choose a second major, either from those available within their degree (double major) or a second major from the list of additional majors available from outside their degree. Minors are also available in these subjects. The availability of additional majors and minors will depend on timetabling and some subject restrictions, and in some cases, choosing an additional major or minor may require students to undertake extra points to complete their degree. The following additional majors and minors can be taken with the Bachelor of Business:
Analytics, Applied Mathematics, Astronomy, Chinese Studies, Computer Science, Conflict Resolution, Creative Writing, Criminology, English and New Media Studies, Environmental Studies, Event Management, Health Promotion, Hospitality, Information Systems Science, International Studies, Interpreting, IT Service Science, Japanese Studies, Māori Development, Networks and Security, Professional Communication, Social Sciences, Software Development and Translation.
Structure
Year 1
You will develop your professional business capabilities and learn how they can be applied in the New Zealand business environment.
There are 4 compulsory papers you study in the first year. These focus on the major themes affecting businesses:
- Business Information Management (475120)
- Globalisation and Business Enterprise (475130)
- Managing Business Relationships (476140)
- The Environment of Business (475110)
Further details about first year studies
Year 2
You will incorporate the compulsory papers that are specific to your major(s) and elective papers.
Year 3
You have the opportunity to undertake a 9-week work placement in your final year (called Co-operative Education - Co-op).This gives you the chance to apply what you have learned in the classroom and to develop your knowledge and skills in a business environment. You can complete your work placement in New Zealand or overseas.
Further details about Co-operative Education
From 2012, students can take the paper 307000 SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) as an approved 60 point alternative to Co-op.
Students also have the option of taking an Applied Project paper as an alternative to Co-op. This is normally by invitation only and is to be discussed with the Head of Department.
All students must also complete a business ethics paper.
Opportunities for students
Undertaking an international exchange offers an amazing opportunity to study overseas at one of our partner universities. The AUT Business School’s exchange programme has been successfully running for 15 years and has seen hundreds of our students study overseas at a number of highly regarded business schools.Students who have been on an exchange find it has changed their lives, both professionally and personally. As an exchange student you will gain international capabilities, an expanded knowledge base and a network of friends and contacts from all over the world.
You can test your business skills, make friends and gain industry contacts through getting involved in activities such as Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), The Breakfast Club, National Case Competitions, The AUT Investment Club and the AUT Venture Fund.
Other courses you may be interested in
- Double Degree - Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Laws
A double degree is when you study 2 degrees together, either at the same time or 1 after the other. The benefit is that you may be able to cross-credit papers you complete in 1 degree to the other degree and complete both in less time than if you studied the 2 degrees separately.
You can complete the Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Laws as a double degree and study them concurrently. Cross-crediting lets you complete the 2 degrees in 5 years,as opposed to 7 years if you did them separately.