In business, everyone's looking for an edge. An honours degree signals your outstanding academic abilities and superior analytical skills in your chosen area of business. The Bachelor of Business Management (Honours) is a one-year program that will teach you how to undertake research relevant to business. Entry is competitive and is based on your undergraduate GPA. Choose an honours field that best aligns with your undergraduate studies. Fields are available in Management, or Real Estate and Development. You'll also need to complete a range of elective courses from your field. Complete a compulsory course on research methods that will develop the skills you need to successfully design and conduct research projects. You'll use this knowledge to write a thesis, which is a major part of the honours program. Push the boundaries and develop high-level skills in critical and analytical thinking, research, communication, problem-solving and project management. Your honours year will open doors to careers in research or consulting. Fields of study Management This field is aimed at high-achieving students who have completed a Bachelor of Business Management in management-related areas like: Advertising; eBusiness; Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations; International Business; Management and Organisations; or Marketing. Honours students in this field complete 12 units of compulsory courses, including a research thesis, and courses in contemporary research issues and qualitative and/or quantitative research methods, plus 4 units of business electives. Career outcomes Graduates of the Bachelor of Business Management (Honours) in the field of Management typically find employment in business economics, business policy and strategy, business research and consulting, entrepreneurship, event management, general management positions, industrial relations, international business, marketing, marketing research, negotiation and advocacy, occupational health and safety management, sales and retailing, small business and human resource management, staff recruitment and selection, and staff training and development. Real Estate and Development This field is designed to meet the needs of high-achieving students who are pursuing careers in the property industry, in areas such as property investment, property development, property management and valuation. These careers require knowledge of business principles and land economics, and how to apply these to real-life markets. This field is closely aligned with industry organisations and institutions, and prepares students for the professional institutions involved in the property industry. Career outcomes Graduates of the Bachelor of Business Management (Honours) in Real Estate and Development typically find employment in property investment, property development and property management, and valuation.