High-achieving agribusiness graduates can contribute to our understanding of today's complex challenges affecting agriculture and agribusiness sectors through UNE's Bachelor of Agribusiness with Honours.

In your honours year, you will undertake in-depth research targeted at solving business problems or making strategic decisions in the agricultural industries. In doing so, you will hone your knowledge, analysis and communication skills to future proof your career in the agribusiness sector.

Why study the Bachelor of Agribusiness with Honours with UNE?

If you're achieving above average grades in the Bachelor of Agribusiness degree, it would be well worth considering a fourth year of advanced study in a subject that interests you. This will lead to the degree of Bachelor of Agribusiness with Honours, which will further enhance your career prospects, and allow you to proceed to higher degree studies if you choose.

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What makes our course different?

UNE's Bachelor of Agribusiness with Honours allows you to advance your career by undertaking a research project designed to complement and enhance your previous studies and experience. You will have the opportunity to:

• Develop your own project and conduct your research under the guidance of a supervisor who has similar research interests.
• Choose specialised subjects to tailor your studies to match your personal interest areas. For example, you might study econometrics to brush up your economic analysis skills to assist in preparing your dissertation.
• Progress to higher degree studies, should you wish.
• Study online, giving you the flexibility to balance your studies with other work and personal commitments while you take advantage of our expertise in distance learning.
• Study on campus in Armidale, where you'll be living in a regional community and will get to see the relevance of your learnings first-hand in your immediate surroundings.
• Interact with the SMART Region Incubator, an innovative hub co-located in our Business School that connects regional businesses with growth potential with academic business research, business mentors, corporate and community partners.

A candidate for the program shall complete advanced course work units at 400-level to the value of 18 credit points in the relevant subject, a research methodology unit and a dissertation component with a value of 24 credit points in the relevant subject. The advanced coursework units can be selected from any unit offered by the University, as approved by the Course Coordinator, subject to candidates meeting overall course requirements and prerequisite and timetabling requirements for individual units.

• Core Units
• Elective Units

See UNE Handbook for more details. The Handbook contains detailed course information designed for enrolled students, including course plans, exit awards, intensive schools, and work placement requirements.

UNE’s Bachelor of Agribusiness with Honours extends your prior studies and prepares you for more specialist positions in food and agribusiness industries, or to progress to other higher degree studies.  

 Roles you could consider include: 

• agribusiness banking  
• government departments and bureaus 
• industry bodies such as Meat and Livestock Australia, Graincorp 
• agribusiness firms 
• grain trading 
• investment banking. 

You have completed the UNE Bachelor of Agribusiness, UNE Bachelor of Business with a major in Agribusiness, or an equivalent relevant Bachelor qualification (AQF Level 7 or overseas equivalen

An IELTS (Academic) overall score of at least 6.0 with no sub-band less than 5.5; or

Equivalent TOEFL score of at least 213 in the computer-based test; or

At least 79 in the internet-based test with no less than 22 in the written component; or

A PTE Academic minimum overall score of 57 with no skill less than 50.