• Length 3 years full-time
  • Minimum 144 Units
Admission requirements
Prerequisites Adjustment factors availability
  • Mode of delivery
    • Internal
Bachelor of International Business

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The Bachelor of International Business degree offers you specialisations in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, or Latin-America, and provides you a program in which the study of international business is enhanced through study of an Asian, European, Latin American, or Middle Eastern language and culture.

Single degree

  • This degree requires 24 courses (144 units)
  • A maximum of 10 courses (60 units) of 1000 level courses
  • 20 compulsory courses
  • 4 elective courses

Semester 1 

  • BUSN1001 Bus Rep & Analysis 6 units
  • ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 6 units
  • Compulsory CAP or CASS Course 6 units
  • Language

Semester 2 

  • ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 6 units
  • STAT1008 Quant Res Methods 6 units
  • Compulsory CAP or CASS Course 6 units
  • Language

Double degree

This degree cannot be combined with any other degree

About this degree

Single degree
In a Bachelor of International Business degree program you will study a total of 144 units.  Typically you will take 4 courses per semester (total of 24 units) as a full time student giving you a total of 24 courses across your whole degree. 

Enrolment Status

It is possible to enrol in fewer courses per semester but it will take you longer to finish your program and get your degree. If you are an international student you must always be enrolled full-time in 24 units each semester.


Important things to keep in mind when choosing your 1000-level courses

When you enrol for the first time you will study ‘1000-level’ courses. These courses have ‘1’ as the first number in their course code, such as BUSN1001.

Please also note that:

  • You need to enrol in courses for both First Semester and Second Semester.
  • In your first year, you cannot study more than four courses (24 units) per semester, eight for the year.
  • You may take 1000-level courses later in your program.   But remember you can’t count more than ten 1000-level courses (60 units) in total towards your Bachelor of International Business.
  • You can change your enrolment via ISIS in courses up until the Monday of Week 2.

Electives

You can use your electives to enrol in any courses that you like, provided you meet prerequisite requirements.


Please note that the Bachelor of International Business cannot be commenced in Second Semester



Study Options

Bachelor of International Business (with Asia)

This is a typical study plan for the first year of a student undertaking a Bachelor of International Business (with Asia)

Study Options

Year 1 48 units BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis 6 units ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 6 units ASIA1025 Asia and the Pacific: Power, diversity and change 6 units Asian Language 6 units
ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 6 units STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods 6 units ASIA1030 Asia and the Pacific in Motion 6 units Asian Language 6 units

Bachelor of International Business (with Latin America)

This is a typical study plan for the first year of a student undertaking a Bachelor of International Business (with Latin America)

Study Options

Year 1 48 units BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis 6 units ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 6 units STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods 6 units Spanish Language 6 units
BUSI2025 International Business 6 units ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 6 units POLS1007 Spanish Language 6 units

Bachelor of International Business (with Middle Eastern)

This is a typical study plan for the first year of a student undertaking a Bachelor of International Business (with Middle Eastern)

Study Options

Year 1 48 units BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis 6 units ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 6 units MEAS1001 Introduction to the Modern Middle East 6 units Middle Eastern Language 6 units
BUSI2025 International Business 6 units ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 6 units STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods 6 units Middle Eastern Language 6 units

Bachelor of International Business (with Europe)

This is a typical study plan for the first year of a student undertaking a Bachelor of International Business (with Europe)

Study Options

Year 1 48 units BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis 6 units ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 6 units STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods 6 units European Language 6 units
BUSI2025 International Business 6 units ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 6 units EURO1004 Europe in the Modern Era 6 units European Language 6 units

Disciplines

For further information on specific discipline you can:


Academic Advice

You will need to select one of the following compulsory specialist plans:
Asia or Europe or Middle East or Latin America.

If after reading through these guidelines you are unsure about your which courses to enrol in, you may contact us at info.cbe@anu.edu.au

If you are seeking status (credit) from previous study at another university you will need to email a copy of your official transcript, detailed course outlines and a credit application to info.cbe@anu.edu.au

Please refer to the CBE Fast Track page: https://www.cbe.anu.edu.au/fasttrack 

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