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Bachelor of Advanced Business (Honours)
Full time Part time
Griffith University - Gold Coast
Overview Admissions Criteria Student Profile Career Possibilities
Course outline

An honours degree sends a signal of high achievement, quality and an advanced skill set, instantly recognisable in both the professional employment and academic arenas. Designed to deliver the skills critical to leadership in the 21st century, this new degree will teach you to find solutions based on a wide range of perspectives, as you apply core business skills to 21st-century challenges built on underpinning values of sustainability, economic inclusiveness and social progress. Your first year will include practical learning environments, cross-disciplinary teamwork and analysis, designed to deliver professional skills for leadership and the academic foundations. You’ll have more than 20 majors to choose from, as well as the opportunity to expand your skills beyond the classroom by taking a local or global research or internship experience. You’ll also have access to BusinessPLUS, which offers mentoring and workshops including networking and career mapping. This degree will prepare you for a game-changing career in commerce, business or research as the world rapidly changes. For further information visit Bachelor of Advanced Business (Honours) at GU.

Majors

Accounting; Asian business; Asian engagement; behavioural science; business analytics; economics; employment relations; event management; finance, financial planning, government and international relations; human resource management; innovation and entrepreneurship; international business; logistics and supply chain management; management; marketing; real estate and property development; sport management; sustainable business; taxation; tourism management. You can also choose not to complete a major, selecting from a range of courses that provide broad knowledge for a career in business management. Languages are available as a second major or a minor: Chinese, French*, German*, Indonesian*, Italian, Japanese, Korean*, Modern Greek*, Russian* and Spanish. *Via cross-institutional study.

Combined diploma/degrees

Depending on major, this program can be combined with the following courses at TAFE Qld: D Event Management; D Marketing and Communication/D Business; D Sport and Recreation Management/D Event Management. Refer to entry for the diploma under TAFE Qld. For Nathan and Gold Coast, refer to entries under Griffith College for: D Commerce/B Business; D Hotel Management/B Business.

Fee notes

This an indicative only amount for first year fees. For further information refer to http://www.griffith.edu.au/students/enrolment-timetables-fees/paying-your-fees.

Admissions Criteria

For minimum age requirements please visit Institution minimum age requirements

Prerequisites

Any General or Applied English subject (Units 3 and 4, C); Applicants must meet the minimum age requirements for admission, see the QTAC website for details.

Additional entry requirements

Applicants for the November 2021 intake must meet prerequisite: English, Literature, English and Literature Extension or English as an Additional Language (Units 3&4, C).

Griffith VET Guarantee applies to this program. For more information visit griffith.edu.au/guaranteed-admission.

Minimum Selection thresholds (ATAR/Selection Rank) for semester/trimester/term 1, 2021
82.00

Minimum selection threshold explained.

ATAR/Selection Rank profile for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR/Selection Rank for semester/trimester/term 1, 2021

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Highest Rank to receive an offer

Median Rank to receive an offer

Lowest Rank to receive an offer

ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

99.45

86.90

74.75

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

99.95

94.90

82.55

Excluding: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made, excluding adjustment factors.
Including: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made including any adjustment factors that may have been applied.

Student Profile by Applicant background for semester/trimester/term 1, 2021

For more information about the Student profile, please visit Student profile explained.

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Higher education study

Vocational Education and Training (VET) study

Work and life experience

Recent secondary education

Recent secondary education admitted solely on the basis of ATAR/Rank

Admitted where both ATAR/Rank and additional criteria were considered

Admitted on the basis of other criteria only and ATAR/Rank was not a factor

International students

All students

Number of students

<5*

<5*

0

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8

0

8

0

21

Percentage of all students

<5*

<5*

0.0%

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38.1%

0.0%

38.1%

0.0%

100%

Notes

* “<5" – the number of students is less than 5

Career opportunities

An honours degree prepares you for a career in academic research and higher research degrees. Equally, it is highly regarded by employers and well recognised as a step beyond a traditional undergraduate degree in the application of theory and practicum. This holistic business degree gives you the foundation to take your career just about anywhere. You’ll be prepared to work in not-for-profit, government and corporate organisations; as well as start-ups and entrepreneurial enterprises. Depending on your major, you could work across the many fields and professions, including as an accountant, economist, in research and academia, in financial planning, in advertising, event management and marketing, and as international and Asian business specialist, a business owner or entrepreneur, in employment relations, export, human resources management, in tourism, real estate and property development, sport management, in sustainable business, information technology, and many more.

Membership

Depending on major: Australian Marketing Institute; Australian Human Resources Institute; Australian Market and Social Research Society; Australian Society of Sport Administrators; Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA); Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA); Institute of Public Accountants (IPA); The Tax Institute; Economic Society of Australia (Queensland); Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA); The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply; Pacific Asia Travel Association; Sports Management Association of Australia and New Zealand; Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA). Griffith Business School is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International, ensuring your degree is recognised internationally for its quality. The accounting major is accredited by Chartered Accountants ANZ and CPA Australia. The human resources major is accredited by the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI).

Course Code
230851
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Fee
CSP/$13500 (1st year contribution)
Level of Qualification
Bachelor degree
Study Area
Business and Tourism
Study Mode
Full time, Part time
Course Duration

4 years Full time or 8 years Part time

Location
Gold Coast
 
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