Bachelor of Business (Honours)
Take your business degree to the next level. The Bachelor of Business (Honours) is a one-year postgraduate research programme for exceptional business or commerce graduates.
Develop postgraduate research skills and further your understanding of a specialist business field with this honours degree. Delve deeply into your chosen specialisation in business with a unique blend of advanced courses and research. Advance your research skills and undertake research with potential to impact the business landscape and policy. Work closely with academic supervisors and other high-performing students in a learning environment that challenges you to excel.
Completing the Bachelor of Business (Honours) demonstrates a high level of achievement that is recognised by employers and can lead on to higher level master’s and doctoral degrees.
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Minimum entry requirements
- Bachelor of Business with a B+ grade average or higher in level 7 courses in the selected subject area, or equivalent
- Admission to the BBus (Honours) is subject to approval by the Dean (or representative)
International student entry requirements
English language requirements
- IELTS (Academic) 6.5 overall with a minimum score of 6.0 in each band
To graduate with a Bachelor of Business (Honours), you must complete 120 points from:
- Specialisation courses
- Research methods courses
- Dissertation
This structure ensures that you can critically analyse and evaluate the research and professional literature, and begin your postgraduate study in business with an appreciation of the current issues and controversies in the field. You also design and complete a piece of supervised research in a business discipline.
Specialisation courses (30 points)
These advanced-level courses cover the latest research and theories in your specialisation, and help you prepare for your independent research dissertation.
Course descriptionsors can be found on the pages for each specialisation.
Research methods courses (30 points)*
The research methods courses explore philosophical issues related to the design of research and the research process. They include training in research methods to prepare you to conduct methodologically rigorous research.
*In the Economics specialisation the research methods courses are included within the specialisation courses studied
Dissertation (60 points)
Design and complete an original piece of supervised research that contributes to the body of knowledge in your field of business. You should consult with potential academic supervisors in the relevant department about your dissertation topic and proposed research.
The class of honours awarded in the programme depends on your grade.
Skills you will develop
The outcome for graduates for the Bachelor of Business (Honours) are outlined in the Graduate Profile below.
To help you make the most of postgraduate study in business, we run an induction for new postgraduate research students before the semester starts.
In this session, we welcome you to the programme and cover the information you need about AUT and your postgraduate research programme.
Covered in the induction
- Postgraduate research programmes
- Student support
- Library resources
- Introduction to Canvas
- Research skills preparation
- What is research?
- How is research conducted?
- Literature search and library skills
- Research skills seminars
($9,461 tuition fees + $1146 student services levy)
(35,400 tuition fees + $1146 student services levy)
- Fees shown are based on a full-time workload for the points indicated next to the fee. The exact fee charged will depend on which courses you select at the time of enrolment.
- Fees are subject to change year to year. If you are planning for study beyond the current year, fees may vary from those stated.
- There may also be other fees and charges you need to pay.
- International students' tuition fees reflect the full cost of tuition. Domestic students' tuition fees are less due to a proportion of the tuition fees being funded by the New Zealand Government.
The information on this page was correct at time of publication. For a comprehensive overview of AUT qualifications, please refer to the Academic Calendar.