Bachelor of Business (Level 7)

Bachelor of Business (Level 7)

Gain a solid understanding of how businesses operate and the key issues you will face as a future decision-maker in business with AUT’s Bachelor of Business degree.

The Bachelor of Business is informed by the latest business research and employer feedback, and your final year includes invaluable workplace experience, an applied project or a new business venture. You learn from leading academics at an internationally accredited business school – we’re among an elite group of 5% of business schools worldwide accredited by AACSB International.

Majors

In the Bachelor of Business degree you can currently major in:

• • • Accounting
    • Economics
    • Finance
    • Human Resource Management and Employment Relations
    • Information Systems
    • International Business and Strategy
    • Management and Leadership*
    • Marketing*

*Name change subject to CUAP approval

Minors

Minors you can study in your Bachelor of Business

• • • Business Law
    • Data Analytics for Business
    • Design Thinking
    • Diversity and Inclusion
    • Economic and Social Policy
    • Economic and Social Policy
    • Event Management
    • Hospitality
    • International Business Management, Language and Culture
    • Money and Banking
    • Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbeing
    • Personal Growth and Resilience*
    • Psychology and Economic Behaviour
    • Small and Medium Enterprise Management*
    • Sports Marketing
    • Supply Chain Management
    • Sustainable Enterprise
    • Tourism

* Name change subject to CUAP approval

Add an additional major or a minor to your bachelor’s degree and study another area that interests you.You can choose from a wide range of additional majors or minors. Check for your options

Part 1

Courses you study
You take four core courses that cover fundamental business concepts:

• • • BUSS505 Consumer and Organizational Behavior
    • BUSS507 Financial Decision Making and Information Systems*
    • BUSS508 Economics and International Business*
    • BUSS509 Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability*

You also choose four major, minor, or elective courses depending on your chosen major and minor(s).

Part 2

You develop in-depth skills and knowledge in an area of business, and take courses from a range of other
disciplines, either within business or from another AUT degree.

You deepen your skills and knowledge in social impact within your course in your major in Part 2.

Part 3

You complete the courses that contribute to your chosen majors and minors.
The Capstone course – a workplace experience, applied project or a new business venture – is the final part of your degree and takes place in your final semester.

• • • BUSS701 Co-operative Education
    • BUSS702 Capstone Project

What will I learn?

Graduate Profile for the Bachelor of Business

In addition to the specific capabilities of the relevant major, a graduate of the Bachelor of Business will be able to:

a. Use critical, analytical, creative and reflective thinking processes to seek out and address complex problems and engage with other disciplines and perspectives (Inquiry, Research & Creativity)

b. Evidence and apply in-depth knowledge of specialist discipline(s)(Knowledge & Understanding; Skills & Application)

c. Demonstrate an understanding of the key challenges in managing in bicultural and multicultural contexts, and in changing global and technological environments (Knowledge &  Understanding; Skills &  Application; Personal & Intellectual Autonomy)

d. Discern the ethical dimensions and impacts of business activity and decisions, and advance arguments for socially responsible alternatives and outcomes(Ethical & Professional Dispositions)

e. Effectively collaborate with others in diverse teams and reflect on their contributions, and on the teams’ processes and ability to achieve outcomes (Personal & Intellectual Autonomy; Communication)

f. Effectively communicate, negotiate and influence using modes and mediums of communication appropriate to the context (Communication)