Be more with Business Honours

VISUAL: Be more with Business Honours. Undergraduate, Masters and Doctoral students give their perspectives on the benefits of studying an Honours year. RMIT University logo.

VISUAL: Timelapse video of the front entrance and facade to the Swanston Academic Building. Trams, cyclists and pedestrian pass in the foreground.

VISUAL: Video of various male and female students sitting in the student centre in the SwanstonAcademicBuilding. A female student walks through the centre of the room. Two students are in the background speaking to two female RMIT staff at the information desk.

VISUAL: Video of eight male and female students walking in the entrance foyer of the Swanston Academic Building.

VISUAL: Timelapse video of male and female students ascending the elevators on Level 6 (which is written on the ceiling at the top of the escalator).

VISUAL: John Buncle, his back is to the camera, ascending an elevator in the Swanston Academic Building.

VISUAL: John Buncle walking past the elevators in RMIT building, location unconfirmed but probably Swanston Academic Building.

John Buncle: I think the Honours year has definitely made me stand out ...

VISUAL: John Buncle, Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance) (Honours) student, RMIT University logo speaking to the camera.

John Buncle: ... from the others. Obviously, there’s only a small group that get through to Honours ...

VISUAL: John Buncle sitting at a desk in a classroom with six male and female students also sitting at the desks.

John Buncle: ... and so it ... and it’s highly regarded in Australia ...

VISUAL: John Buncle speaking to the camera.

John Buncle: ... across a range of industries, particularly within business.

VISUAL: Oscar Dousin Tongkukui walking through an automatic sliding glass door.

Oscar Dousin Tongkukui: One of the difference (sic) between Bachelor degree ...

VISUAL: Oscar Dousin Tongkukui sitting at a desk reading two text books with his laptop open in front of him.

Oscar Dousin Tongkukui: ... and Honours degree is basically ...

VISUAL: Oscar Dousin Tongkukui, PhD (Management) student, RMIT University logo speaking to camera.

Oscar Dousin Tongkukui: ... understanding the skills required to do research.

VISUAL: Bamini Balakrishnan siting at her desk reading a text book with other papers and her laptop on the desk.

Bamini Balakrishnan: In Honours program it’s a choice.

VISUAL: Bamini Balakrishnan, PhD (Economics Finance and Marketing) student, RMIT University logo speaking to camera.

Bamini Balakrishnan: It’s like a smaller class and a lot of concentration is given.

VISUAL: Three male and two female students (one of them is John Buncle) are sitting at a table in a classroom listening to the male lecturer who is standing beside the table and speaking.

Unidentified male lecturer with a South African accent: And the irony, of course, is in the ‘60s all the rock stars were moving from Britain to France.

VISUAL: Bamini Balakrishnan speaking to camera.

Bamini Balakrishnan: And we have good academics who guide us and we could open up and discuss to them and question them why is this method is better than the other method of research. We are open for discussion and argument and ...

VISUAL: Camera pans out from male instructor onto table of five male and female students listening to him (one of the students is John Buncle).

Bamini Balakrishnan: ... finally, we realise, oh, okay, this is how it works.

VISUAL: Abigail Wong, Master of Business (Management) student, RMIT University speaking to the camera.

Abigail Wong: Teachers are really one?on?one with you because they’re trying to teach you a skillset that you will not find in an undergrad program.

VISUAL: Bamini Balakrishnan speaking to the camera.

Bamini Balakrishnan: During the Honours program I realised that even my ... the research I was doing is ...

VISUAL: Close up of Bamini Balakrishnan’s hands as she types on her laptop.

Bamini Balakrishnan: ... very much related to what’s going on in the industry.

VISUAL: John Buncle speaking to the camera.

John Buncle: It just seems so much more real world, more relevant and more real life and it’s so much more enjoyable because of that.

VISUAL: Video of close?up of John Buncle sitting in a classroom.

John Buncle: My capabilities have certainly increased and so now, I really feel that I’m ready and are prepared and I’ll be a much better employee when I get out in the workforce having done the Honours and learnt what I’ve learnt this year.

VISUAL: Video close?up of Bamini Balakrishnan sitting at her desk looking at something off?screen, possible her computer screen.

Bamini Balakrishnan: The ma ... program really made me grow more in the sense that ...

VISUAL: Bamini Balakrishnan speaking to the camera.

Bamini Balakrishnan: ... I realised what my potential is ...

VISUAL: Video of Bamini Balakrishnan sitting at her desk typing on her laptop.

Bamini Balakrishnan: ... that then I realised that I’m more of a researcher.

VISUAL: Bamini Balakrishnan speaking to the camera, smiling at the end.

Bamini Balakrishnan: It is a discovery process for me, so it was ... yeah, made me grow.

VISUAL: John Buncle speaking to the camera.

John Buncle: Certainly, down the track, having that will lead, hopefully, to higher pay and better jobs, better opportunities to do further study.

VISUAL: Oscar Dousin Tongkukui speaking to camera.

Oscar Dousin Tongkukui: And if you have interests to become academic later on in ... I mean in your career choice ...

VISUAL: Close up of Oscar Dousin Tongkukui typing on his laptop.

Oscar Dousin Tongkukui: ... that would be the best program to enrol.

VISUAL: John Buncle speaking to the camera.

John Buncle: I would definitely recommend the Honours program for those that are able to take that next step.

VISUAL: RMITUniversity’s logo and website www.rmit.edu.au. This video features the audio Deep Chill available under a royalty free license.

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