Bachelor of Business (Economics Major)

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

• Bachelor of Arts in Economics

As an economics student you'll learn how markets work, how government operates, and the impact global affairs can have on individuals. You'll also become familiar with data processing and data presentation with the Economics major.

In the first semester, you take four core courses that cover fundamental business concepts:

• BUSS505 Consumer and Organisational Behaviour
• BUSS507 Financial Decision Making and Information Systems
• BUSS508 Economics and International Business
• BUSS509 Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability

• ECON520 Principles of Microeconomics
• ECON521 Principles of Macroeconomics

You also start to take the first courses from your second major, minor(s) or elective courses.

You develop an understanding of how economic theory can be applied to a wide range of issues faced by consumers, businesses and governments.

• ECON620 Microeconomics: Choice and Welfare
• ECON621 Macroeconomics: Models, Data and Policy
• ECON622 Introduction to Econometrics
• ECON720 Microeconomics: Competition, Risk, and Strategy
• ECON721 Applied Macroeconomics
• ECON722 Applied Econometrics: Casual Inference for Social Impact

You also continue to take courses from your second major, minor(s) or elective courses.

Work integrated learning is the final part of your degree and takes place in your final semester. You can choose to do a placement in an organisation of your choice, do a virtual internship or complete a research project, bringing together your learning and gaining valuable experience.

• BUSS701 Co-operative Education - Capstone Experience

Recent placements included:

• Auckland Council
• ASB
• Goldman Sachs
• KPMG
• Spark
• The Warehouse Group
• Vodafone NZ

Read more about workplace experience in AUT programmes, how it works and why it's so beneficial when you start your career.

Workplace experience in AUT programmes

Skills you will develop

The outcomes for graduates of the Economics major are outlined in the Graduate Profile below.

Graduate Profile

Current students looking for specific requirements for business majors should refer to Canvas.