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student guide
ANU College of Business and Economics

CRICOS Provider #00120C             cbe.anu.edu.au
Undergraduate student guide - ANU College of Business and Economics - CRICOS Provider #00120C - College of Business and ...
Contents

                        Welcome                                                                      02

                        Real-world skills                                                            03

                        Join our alumni                                                              04

                        Study options                                                                05

                        Flexible Double Degrees TM                                                   07

                        Putting it all together                                                      08

                        Scholarships                                                                 08

                        How to apply                                                                 08

                        Example degree structures                                                    09

                        Updated May 2021 by the Division of Student Recruitment,
                        The Australian National University.

                        CRICOS provider number: 00120C.

                        The Australian National University, as the author of this publication, has used
                        best endeavours to ensure that information contained in this publication is
                        correct at the time of printing. The University reserves the right to change
                        program content, program offerings and admission requirements. Please
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1   College of Business and Economics
The ANU College of Business
and Economics (CBE) is
committed to a culture of
academic excellence.
By engaging with our world-class academic staff, who are some of the
world’s best researchers and leaders in their fields, and through the many
opportunities and connections available to you during your time at CBE, you
will be equipped to realise your potential.

Our alumni display a depth of character and high calibre that we have come
to associate with those who study at and graduate from CBE. They make
significant contributions to their professions and societies across the globe.

We invite you to join our community.

                                                                                 2
Real-world skills
    Studying at CBE provides you with skills and attributes that will remain
    relevant and keep you competitive in the evolving job market.

                             CBE Careers
                             CBE students and alumni have access to an innovative and engaged CBE Careers
                             team. Our Career Consultants are available by appointment, and can help you
                             navigate the professional landscape and achieve employment success. Career
                             workshops and employer and industry events that provide practical assistance
                             in areas such as career planning, job search strategies, professional skills and
                             networking are also on offer.

                             cbe.anu.edu.au/current-students/opportunities-and-careers/cbe-careers

                             MomentuM
                             Exceed employer expectations with the MomentuM professional development and
                             mentor program. Through practical and theoretical opportunities, and with the
                             guidance of their assigned mentor, students build and develop industry-identified
                             key skills and attributes. MomentuM incorporates learning milestones, workshops
                             and events to develop confident, work-ready and competitive graduates.

                             cbe.anu.edu.au/study/cbe-momentum-program

                             CBE Internships
                             Take an internship with the award-winning CBE Internship Program. The internship
                             program gives students an opportunity to undertake an internship in either
                             Semester 1 or Semester 2 as an elective for course credit. Each internship is a
                             project-based arrangement, which the intern will complete under the guidance of a
                             workplace supervisor, as well an academic supervisor.

                             cbe.anu.edu.au/study/cbe-internship-program

    Examples of internship host and mentor organisations
    ACT Council of Social Service        Australian Department of Social      Infosys India
    Aetna (China)                        Services                             Mindavation
    AIG International                    Australian Institute of Company      PricewaterhouseCoopers
                                         Directors
    Australian Chamber of                                                     Services Australia
    Commerce and Industry                DiDi
    Australian Department                CPA Australia
    of Education, Skills and             Ernst & Young
    Employment                           Grant Thornton (China)

3   College of Business and Economics
Join our alumni
CBE alumni make significant contributions to professional practice,
public debate and policy.

Employers of CBE alumni
Accenture                       Department of Industry,         Oliver Wyman
AIA Group                       Science, Energy and Resources   PepsiCo
Allianz                         Department of the Treasury      PricewaterhouseCoopers
Amazon                          Dixon Advisory                  Reserve Bank of Australia
American Express                Ericsson                        Rio Tinto
ANZ Bank                        Ernst & Young                   Royal Dutch Shell
Apple Inc.                      FTI Consulting                  Salesforce
Australian Broadcasting         Fujitsu                         Samsung
Corporation                     General Electric                SAP Australia Pty Ltd
Bank of China                   Google Inc.                     Teach for Australia
Barclays                        Grant Thornton                  Telstra
Boston Consulting Group         HP Inc.                         Tokyo Electric Power Company
Citigroup                       HSBC                            Toyota Australia
Commonwealth Bank               IBM                             UBS AG (Australia Branch)
Credit Suisse                   International Monetary Fund     Unilever
Dell                            Jones Lang LaSalle              United Nations
Deloitte                        KPMG                            Wesfarmers Limited
Department of Defence           Macquarie Group                 Westpac Banking Corporation
Department of Finance           McKinsey & Company              Westpac Institutional Bank
Department of Foreign Affairs   National Australia Bank         Woolworths Limited
and Trade                       Nestle                          World Bank
Department of Home Affairs

Top occupations for CBE alumni
Director                        Consultant                      Associate
Accountant                      Managing Director               CEO
Manager                         Casual/Sessional Academic       Economist
Analyst                         Lecturer                        Principal
Partner                         Senior Consultant

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Study options
    Degrees offered by CBE are accredited by a number of independent
    organisations. For further information about accreditation visit
    cbe.anu.edu.au/about/professional-organisations-accreditation

    Bachelor of Accounting
    The Bachelor of Accounting is designed to develop your knowledge and skills in reporting, analysing and managing
    financial resources in business and government entities.
    Accreditation: CPA Australia, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, Chartered Institute of Management
    Accountants.
    For entry requirements, prerequisites, fees and study plans visit programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/program/bacct

    Academic plan            UAC code              CRICOS code             Duration                  Intake
    BACCT                    133503                079653K                 Three years full-time     February and July

    Bachelor of Actuarial Studies
    The Bachelor of Actuarial Studies combines skills from mathematics, statistics, economics and finance to assess,
    evaluate and manage future financial risk, thereby addressing a wide range of practical problems in long-term financial
    planning and management.
    Accreditation: Actuaries Institute, Society of Actuaries.
    For entry requirements, prerequisites, fees and study plans visit programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/program/bacts

    Academic plan            UAC code              CRICOS code             Duration                  Intake
    BACTS                    134403                028147F                 Three years full-time     February and July

    Bachelor of Business Administration
    The Bachelor of Business Administration develops students’ leadership and management skills. The degree places
    emphasis on problem-solving and decision-making, leadership, cross-cultural communications and strategic thinking.
    For entry requirements, prerequisites, fees and study plans visit programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/program/bbusa

    Academic plan            UAC code              CRICOS code             Duration                  Intake
    BBUSA                    133503                062745A                 Three years full-time     February and July

    Bachelor of Commerce
    The Bachelor of Accounting is designed to develop your knowledge and skills in reporting, analysing and managing
    financial resources in business and government entities. Students must complete an eight course major from the
    following list:
       » Accounting                            » Economic Studies                       » Management
       » Business Information Systems          » Finance                                » Marketing
       » Corporate Sustainability              » International Business
    Accreditation: CPA Australia, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, Chartered Institute of Management
    Accountants, Australian Computer Society.
    For entry requirements, prerequisites, fees and study plans visit programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/program/bcomm

    Academic plan            UAC code              CRICOS code             Duration                  Intake
    BCOMM                    133003                002289F                 Three years full-time     February and July

5   College of Business and Economics
Bachelor of Economics
The Bachelor of Economics program offers rigorous training in analytic tools, providing a better understanding of a
wide variety of topical policy issues.
For entry requirements, prerequisites, fees and study plans visit programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/program/becon

Academic plan            UAC code              CRICOS code               Duration                   Intake
BECON                    134003                002290B                   Three years full-time      February and July

Bachelor of Finance
The Bachelor of Finance is a specialised program offering rigorous training in the theory and applications of finance.
Students must complete an eight course major from the following list:
  » Capital Markets                         » Quantitative Finance                    » Asian Capital Markets
Accreditation: CFA Institute. (Capital Markets major)
For entry requirements, prerequisites, fees and study plans visit programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/program/bfinn

Academic plan            UAC code              CRICOS code               Duration                   Intake
BFINN                    133203                039746C                   Three years full-time      February and July

Bachelor of Finance, Economics, and Statistics (Honours)
The Bachelor of Finance, Economics and Statistics (Honours) is an elite four-year honours program that integrates the
three disciplines to foster a deep understanding of all three of these fields.
For entry requirements, prerequisites, fees and study plans visit programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/program/afest

Academic plan            UAC code              CRICOS code               Duration                   Intake
AFEST                    134300                086222G                   Four years full-time       February only

Bachelor of International Business
The Bachelor International Business core business subjects are enhanced through the study of a language and the
culture of a specific region.
For entry requirements, prerequisites, fees and study plans visit programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/program/binbs

Academic plan            UAC code              CRICOS code               Duration                   Intake
BINBS                    133303                047472B                   Three years full-time      February only

Bachelor of Statistics
The Bachelor of Statistics offers a rigorous program of training in the theory and application of statistics. Students
must complete an eight course major from the following list:
»   Applied Statistics                                         »     Statistical Data Analytics
»   Probability and Stochastic Processes                       »     Theoretical Statistics
For entry requirements, prerequisites, fees and study plans visit programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/program/bstat

Academic plan            UAC code              CRICOS code               Duration                   Intake
BSTAT                    134200                061240A                   Three years full-time      February and July

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Flexible Double Degrees
                                                                                                                                                     ™

    Flexible Double DegreesTM have increased the range of options for undergraduate students so you can
    create a program of study to suit your needs and interests.

    When applying, you choose the group from the table below that includes the programs in which you are
    interested. Subject to the entry requirements and any prerequisites of individual programs, you will then be
    able to choose any combination of programs from within your chosen group when you accept your offer.

    The entry requirement for any Flexible Double DegreeTM will be the same as the higher of the two individual
    degree programs.

    Arts, Social Sciences,                                     Law                                             Engineering or
    Business or Science                                        Five years full-time                            Advanced Computing
    Four years full-time                                       Choose                                          Five years full-time
    Combine any two of the                                     Bachelor of                                     Choose one of the
    following programs                                         Laws (Hons)                                     following programs
    Bachelor of                                                and combine with one                            Bachelor of
    Accounting2                                                of the following programs                       Advanced Computing (Hons)4
    Actuarial Studies4                                                                                         Advanced Computing (R&D) (Hons)4
    Applied Data Analytics                                     Accounting                                      Engineering (Hons)4
    Archaeological Practice                                    Actuarial Studies4                              Engineering (R&D) (Hons)4,6
    Art History and Curatorship                                Applied Data Analytics                          Software Engineering (Hons)4
    Arts                                                       Archaeological Practice
    Asian Studies                                              Art History and Curatorship                     and combine with one
                                                               Arts
    Biotechnology 4,5
                                                               Asian Studies
                                                                                                               of the following programs
    Business Administration
                                                               Biotechnology4                                  Accounting6
    Classical Studies
                                                               Business Administration                         Actuarial Studies4
    Commerce2,3
                                                               Classical Studies                               Applied Data Analytics
    Criminology
                                                               Commerce                                        Archaeological Practice6
    Design
                                                               Criminology                                     Art History and Curatorship6
    Development Studies
                                                               Design                                          Arts
    Economics
                                                               Development Studies                             Asian Studies6
    Environment and Sustainability
                                                               Economics                                       Biotechnology4,6
    European Studies
                                                               Environment and Sustainability                  Business Administration
    Finance3
                                                               European Studies                                Classical Studies6
    Genetics4,5
                                                               Finance                                         Commerce
    Information Technology4
                                                               Genetics4                                       Criminology6
    International Relations
                                                               Information Technology4                         Design
    International Security Studies
                                                               International Relations                         Development Studies6
    Languages
                                                               International Security Studies                  Economics
    Mathematical Sciences4
                                                               Languages                                       Environment and Sustainability
    Medical Science4,5
                                                               Mathematical Sciences4                          European Studies6
    Middle Eastern and Central
    Asian Studies                                              Medical Science4                                Finance3
    Music1                                                     Middle Eastern and Central                      Genetics4,6
    Pacific Studies                                            Asian Studies                                   Information Technology5
    Political Science                                          Music1                                          International Relations6
    Politics, Philosophy and                                   Pacific Studies                                 International Security Studies
    Economics                                                  Political Science                               Languages
    Public Policy                                              Politics, Philosophy and                        Mathematical Sciences4
    Science                                                    Economics                                       Medical Science4,6
    Science (Psychology)                                       Public Policy                                   Music1,6
    Statistics4                                                Science                                         Pacific Studies
    Visual Arts                                                Science (Psychology)                            Political Science6
                                                               Statistics4                                     Politics, Philosophy and Economics6
                                                               Visual Arts                                     Public Policy6
                                                                                                               Science
                                                                                                               Science (Psychology)
                                                                                                               Statistics4
                                                                                                               Visual Arts6
    1 Entrance to performance courses are by audition. Email schoolofmusic@anu.edu.au for more information.
    2 Commerce with an Accounting major cannot be combined with Bachelor of Accounting.
    3 Commerce with a Finance major cannot be combined with Bachelor of Finance.
    4 Program includes another prerequisite in addition to minimum selection rank.
    5 The degrees of Biotechnology, Genetics and Medical Science cannot be combined with one another. The
      degrees of Advanced Computing and Software Engineering cannot be combined with Information Technology.
    6 The Bachelor of Engineering (R&D) (Hons) cannot be combined with any of these degrees.

7   College of Business and Economics
Putting it all together
The courses you take will depend on the structure of your program and any majors
or areas of specialisation you choose to focus on during your studies at ANU.
Major An area within a program that allows in-depth          Elective An optional area of study selected in addition
study in a particular field. A major usually consists of a   to the core courses of the program. Electives may
set number of related courses. Majors at ANU require         allow you to delve more deeply into an area of study, or
48 units (eight courses).                                    focus on an alternative area of interest that you may
                                                             have. Many people will use electives to complete an
Minor A minor has fewer requirements to fulfil than a
                                                             additional major or minor.
major, in terms of units and compulsory courses. Minors
at ANU require 24 units (four courses).                      Course An area of study usually of one semester in
                                                             length. Example: STAT1003 Statistical Techniques.
Specialisation Similar to minors, specialisations are
areas of study with their own courses that can be taken      Unit An indicator of the value of a course—most
in conjunction with a specific related major.                courses are valued at six units.

Scholarships
CBE is committed to supporting talented students and offers a number of college
specific scholarships available to both domestic and international students.
There are a wide range of scholarships offered by the college for undergraduate students. For more information
about these scholarships, visit the college’s scholarships webpage: cbe.anu.edu.au/study/scholarships

There are also many ANU-wide scholarships on offer. For more information about university-administered awards,
visit the ANU scholarships page at: anu.edu.au/study/scholarships

How to apply
Domestic undergraduate students                              International undergraduate students
» All domestic applicants                                    » International students
  anu.edu.au/study/apply/domestic-applica-                     apply-international.anu.edu.au/anuint
  tions-anu-undergraduate
                                                             » International students completing Year 12, a
                                                               New Zealand National Certificate of Educational
                                                               Achievement Level 3 or an International
                                                               Baccalaureate
                                                               https://www9.uac.edu.au/uacos/

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Example degree
    structures
    Single degree program
    Year     Semester Courses

    1
                 1    Major                     Minor                   Elective            Elective
                 2    Major                     Minor                   Elective            Elective

    2
                 1    Major                     Minor                   Elective            Elective
                 2    Major                     Minor                   Elective            Elective

    3
                 1    Major                     Major                   Elective            Elective
                 2    Major                     Major                   Elective            Elective

    Flexible Double DegreeTM
    Four-year double degree program, e.g. Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Economics

    Year     Semester Courses

    1
                 1    Commerce major            Commerce minor           Economics major    Economics minor
                 2    Commerce major            Commerce minor           Economics major    Economics minor

    2
                 1    Commerce major            Commerce minor           Economics major    Economics minor
                 2    Commerce major            Commerce minor           Economics major    Economics minor

    3
                 1    Commerce major            Commerce elective        Economics major    Economics elective
                 2    Commerce major            Commerce elective        Economics major    Economics elective

    4
                 1    Commerce major            Commerce elective        Economics major    Economics elective
                 2    Commerce major            Commerce elective        Economics major    Economics elective

    Five-year double degree program, e.g. Bachelor of Laws (Honours)/Bachelor of Commerce

    Year     Semester Courses

             1         Foundations of           Torts                    Commerce major     Commerce minor
    1        2
                       Australian Law
                       Lawyers, Justice and
                       Ethics                   Contracts                Commerce major     Commerce minor

                                                Criminal Law and
    2
             1         Australian Public Law    Procedure                Commerce major     Commerce minor

             2         International Law        Legal Theory             Commerce major     Commerce minor
             1         Administrative Law       Corporations Law         Commerce major     Commerce elective
    3        2         Commonwealth
                       Constitutional Law       Law elective             Commerce major     Commerce elective

    4
             1         Property                 Law elective             Commerce major     Commerce elective
             2         Equity and Trusts        Law elective             Commerce major     Commerce elective
                       Litigation and Dispute

    5
             1         Management               Law elective             Law elective       Law elective

             2         Evidence                 Law elective             Law elective       Law elective

9   College of Business and Economics
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Contact us
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                          The Australian National University
                          Canberra, ACT 2600

                          T    +61 1800 620 032
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