As Australia’s engagement with the Pacific increases, so does the need for graduates with Pacific expertise. The Bachelor of Pacific Studies offers the opportunity to develop a deep understanding of the diversity, history and contemporary issues of Oceania, preparing you to take a leading role in Pacific policy and development.
Learning about the Pacific is a voyage of discovery, and at the ANU you have the opportunity to learn from the world’s leading experts on the Pacific. As a Pacific Studies student you will be joining a community of scholars dedicated to addressing the Pacific’s most pressing challenges, including climate change.
Pacific Studies at the ANU will provide you with an interdisciplinary grounding to engage with diverse Pacific voices, approaches and perspectives. Our courses incorporate Indigenous perspectives, experiential and innovative ways of learning, and creative problem-solving. In the degree program you will also have the opportunity to engage in internship and immersion programs in Oceania, boosting your language skills and knowledge of the region.
Statistics opens the door to understanding our world by exploring data and modelling uncertainty. As our capacity to collect data accelerates, the need for statistical expertise has never been greater. Every day, over 328.77 million terabytes of data are generated globally, and the total volume of data worldwide is expected to reach 181 zettabytes by 2026, more than doubling from 2022 levels. This explosion of information outpaces our ability to interpret it meaningfully without advanced quantitative tools.
More than a decade ago, Hal Varian, Chief Economist at Google, famously predicted that “the sexy job in the next ten years will be statisticians.” That foresight has proved correct—and remains relevant today. In a data-driven world, statistics is indispensable across every discipline that grapples with uncertainty and complexity, from climate science and public health to economics, artificial intelligence, and national security.
Statisticians are in high demand across diverse sectors, including global tech companies like Google, Meta, and Amazon, financial institutions, government agencies, pharmaceutical firms, healthcare providers, and academic institutions. Moreover, statisticians are at the forefront of addressing critical challenges such as climate change, pandemic preparedness, cybersecurity, and economic inequality.
By completing the Bachelor of Statistics at ANU, you’ll gain the analytical skills and modelling expertise to make sense of an increasingly complex world. You will be equipped to extract insights from data, make informed decisions, and help solve some of humanity’s most urgent problems—through the lens of statistical reasoning and data science.
Career Options
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Learning Outcomes
- Critically apply theoretical frameworks and research techniques to understand the global significance of Oceania as a region of diverse societies, cultures and languages;
- Demonstrate an understanding of diverse disciplinary approaches and methods drawn from the humanities, social sciences and environmental studies, and use these to synthesise knowledge about Oceania and its place in the world;
- Demonstrate a nuanced understanding of the diversity of Indigenous, popular culture, policy and scholarly perspectives on and within Oceania;
- Evaluate knowledge and ideas and debate issues using academic and other approaches addressing a variety of scholarly, policy and public audiences;
- Exercise critical thinking and judgement in identifying and solving problems individually as well as collaboratively;
- Develop, refine, and apply the skills to utilise transdisciplinary approaches, recognise transdisciplinary opportunities and collaborate to solve complex transdisciplinary problems.
- Review and synthesise a broad range of statistical knowledge from their chosen major.
- Use the R statistical computing language to carry out a wide variety of statistical tasks.
- Carry out model selection in a multiple linear regression modelling context in various discipline backgrounds.
- Describe the concepts of stochastic processes in discrete and continuous time.
- Describe and interpret probability theory, continuous random variables, and sampling distributions and the central limit theorem.
- Using a diverse range of discipline backgrounds and varied data, analyse programming problems to suggest, design and implement appropriate modular program structures, based on a data-directed approach.
Admission Requirements
- ATAR:
- 80
- International Baccalaureate:
- 30
Prerequisites
- ACT:
Required: Mathematical Methods (Major) / Further Mathematics (Major) / Specialist Mathematics (Major) / Specialist Methods (Major)
Recommended: Specialist Mathematics/Specialist Methods (Major/Minor)
- NSW:
Required: Mathematics Advanced or equivalent
Recommended: Mathematics Extension 1 or equivalent
- VIC: Mathematics Methods or equivalent
- QLD: Mathematics Methods or equivalent
- TAS: Mathematical methods/Mathematics Specialised/Mathematics 1 and II through U Tas/Both Mathematics 1 and II through UTAS/Both Advanced Calculus and Applications 1A and 1B through UTAS
- SA / NT: Mathematical Methods or equivalent
- WA: Mathematical Methods or equivalent
- IB: Mathematics: Applications and Interpretations HL/Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches SL or HL
Adjustment Factors
Adjustment factors are combined with an applicant's secondary education results to determine their Selection Rank. ANU offers adjustment factors based on equity, diversity, and/or performance principles, such as for recognition of difficult circumstances that students face in their studies.
To be eligible for adjustment factors, you must have:
- achieved a Selection Rank of 70 or more before adjustment factors are applied
- if you have undertaken higher education, completed less than one year full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) of a higher education program
- applied for an eligible ANU bachelor degree program
Please visit the ANU Adjustment Factors website for further information.
Indicative fees
Bachelor of Pacific Studies - Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP)
Bachelor of Statistics - Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP)
For more information see: http://www.anu.edu.au/students/program-administration/costs-fees
- Annual indicative fee for international students
- $56,120.00
Scholarships
ANU offers a wide range of scholarships to students to assist with the cost of their studies.
Eligibility to apply for ANU scholarships varies depending on the specifics of the scholarship and can be categorised by the type of student you are. Specific scholarship application process information is included in the relevant scholarship listing.
For further information see the Scholarships website.
Program Requirements
The Bachelor of Pacific Studies flexible double degree component requires completion of 96 units, of which:
A maximum of 36 units may come from completion of 1000-level courses
A minimum of 18 units must come from completion of 3000-level courses
The 96 units must include:
The 144 units must include:
36 units from the following compulsory courses:
PASI1011 Pacific Encounters: An Introduction to Pacific Studies
PASI1012 Pacific Worlds: Critical Inquiry in Oceania
PASI2001 Pacific Studies in a Globalising World
PASI3001 Politics and Development in the Contemporary Pacific
PASI3002 Gender and Sexuality in the Pacific
PASI3013 Environment and Development in the Pacific
A minimum of 36 units from the following thematic lists:
Anthropology and archaeology
ANTH3059 EthnoLab 2: Applied Anthropology
ARCH2005 Archaeology of the Pacific Islanders
ASIA2130 The Archaeology of Rock Art in Asia, the Pacific, and Australia
History
HIST2231 Exploration: From Captain Cook to the Astronauts
PASI2002 Australia in Oceania in the 19th and 20th Centuries
PASI2007 War in the Islands: The Second World War in the Pacific
Politics, conflict and security
ASIA2093 Natural Resource Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific
POLS2055 Pacific Politics
STST2003 Australia and Security in the Pacific Islands
Environment, geography and migration
ASIA2018 Maps and Mapping in Asia and the Pacific
ASIA2301 Human Migration and Expansion in the Rise of the Asia-Pacific
ASIA2747 Airlines in Asia and the Pacific: Histories, Technologies, Cultures and Geographies
Gender, culture and linguistics
ASIA2001 Language in Asia and the Pacific
ASIA2308 Linguistic Histories in Asia and the Pacific
ASIA2311 Gender and Cultural Studies in Asia and the Pacific
PASI3012 Readings in Indigenous Studies
Field schools, study tours and self-directed research
ENVS2005 Islands Sustainable Development: Fiji Field School
PASI2030 Study Tour: Regional Policymaking for Pacific Development
PASI3005 Pacific Islands Field School
Languages
Courses from the following language codes: CHIN, FREN, GERM, INDN, JPNS, TETM, TOKP, SPAN.
A minimum of 12 units of courses tagged as Transdisciplinary Problem-Solving
36 units from the following compulsory courses:
PASI1011 Pacific Encounters: An introduction to Pacific Studies
PASI1012 Pacific Worlds: critical inquiry in Oceania
PASI2001 Pacific Studies in a Globalising World
PASI3001 Politics and Development in the Contemporary Pacific
PASI3002 Gender and Sexuality in the Pacific
PASI3013 Environment and Development in the Pacific
A minimum of 36 units from the following thematic lists:
Anthropology and archaeology
ANTH3059 EthnoLab 2: Applied Anthropology
ARCH2005 Archaeology of the Pacific Islanders
ASIA2130 The archaeology of rock art in Asia, Pacific, and Australia
History
HIST2231 Exploration: From Captain Cook to the Astronauts
PASI2002 Australia in Oceania in the 19th and 20th centuries
PASI2007 War in the Islands: The Second World War in the Pacific
Politics, conflict and security
ASIA2093 Natural Resource Conflicts in Asia and the Pacific
POLS2055 Pacific Politics
STST2003 Australia and Security in the Pacific
Environment, geography and migration
ASIA2018 Maps and Mapping in Asia and the Pacific
ASIA2301 Human Migration and Expansion in the Rise of the Asia-Pacific
ASIA2747 Airlines in Asia and the Pacific: Histories, Technologies, Cultures and Geographies
Gender, culture and linguistics
ASIA2001 Language in Asia and the Pacific
ASIA2308 Linguistic Histories in Asia and the Pacific
ASIA2311 Gender and Cultural Studies in Asia and the Pacific
PASI3012 Readings in Indigenous Studies
Field schools, study tours and self-directed research
ENVS2005 Islands Sustainable Development: Fiji Field School
PASI2030 Study Tour: Regional Policymaking for Pacific Development
PASI3005 Pacific Islands Field School
Languages
Courses from the following language codes: CHIN, FREN, GERM, INDN, JPNS, TETM, TOKP, SPAN.
A minimum of 12 units of courses tagged as Transdisciplinary Problem-Solving
The Bachelor of Statistics flexible double degree component requires completion of 96 units, of which:
A maximum of 48 units may come from completion of 1000-level courses
The 96 units must consist of:
48 units from the completion of one of the following statistics majors:
Applied Statistics
Probability and Stochastic Processes
Statistical Data Analytics
Theoretical Statistics
12 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:
STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods
STAT2005 Introduction to Stochastic Processes
6 units from completion of an introductory mathematical statistics course from the following list:
STAT2001 Introductory Mathematical Statistics
STAT2013 Introductory Mathematical Statistics for Actuarial Studies
6 units from completion of a regression course from the following list:
STAT2008 Regression Modelling
STAT2014 Regression Modelling for Actuarial Studies
12 units from completion of an introductory mathematics courses from the following list:
MATH1013 Mathematics and Applications 1
MATH1014 Mathematics and Applications 2
MATH1115 Advanced Mathematics and Applications 1
MATH1116 Advanced Mathematics and Applications 2
12 units from completion of courses from the following list:
COMP1100 Programming as Problem Solving
COMP1730 Programming for Scientists
CBEA2001 Australian Indigenous Perspectives in Business and Economics
CBEA3001 College of Business and Economics Special Industry Project (UG)
CBEA3066 Global Business Immersion
CBEA3070 ANU College of Business and Economics Internship Program
MATH2301 Games, Graphs and Machines
MATH3511 Scientific Computing
Any other ANU courses
If your flexible double degree is within the College of Business and Economics (for example Commerce and Economics), the below study plan may show the same course twice. If this is the case, you must only do the course once and replace the other course with a University Wide Elective.
Students enrolled in Bachelor of Statistics/Bachelor of Actuarial Studies degree will need to enrol in STAT2013 and STAT2014, instead of STAT2001 and STAT2008.
Students enrolled in Bachelor of Statistics/Bachelor of Advanced Computing (Hons) degree will need to enrol in MATH1115 and MATH1116, instead of MATH1013 and MATH1014.
For majors and minors offered by the ANU College of Business and Economics, students may count a course towards multiple majors and minors. If a minor is a subset of all stated courses and/or prerequisites for a major, then completion of the major overrides completion of the minor, and only the major is regarded as having been completed. If all courses in a major and/or minor are compulsory courses in the degree, the major and/or minor will not be listed on the transcript.
Minors
Bachelor of Statistics Minors
Study Options
| Year 1 | PASI1011 Pacific Encounters: An introduction to Pacific Studies 6 units | Major 1000 level course 6 units | STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods 6 units | MATH1115 Advanced Mathematics and Applications 1 6 units |
| Pacific Studies Major ASIA1025 or ASIA1030 6 units | Major 1000 level course 6 units | COMP1100 Programming as Problem Solving 6 units | MATH1116 Advanced Mathematics and Applications 2 6 units | |
| Year 2 | PASI2001 Pacific Studies in a Globalising World 6 units | Major 2000 or 3000 level course 6 units | STAT2001 Introductory Mathematical Statistics 6 units | STAT2008 Regression Modelling 6 units |
| PASI2002 Australia in Oceania in the 19th and 20th Centuries 6 units | Major 2000 or 3000 level course 6 units | STAT2005 Introduction to Stochastic Processes 6 units | Major Course Applied stats major STAT3011 | |
| Year 3 | Pacific Studies Major 2000 or 3000 level course 6 units | Major 2000 or 3000 level course 6 units | Major Course Applied stats major STAT3012 | MATH3511 Scientific Computing 6 units |
| Pacific Studies Major 2000 or 3000 level course 6 units | Major 2000 or 3000 level course 6 units | Major Course Applied stats major STAT3015 | Major Course Applied stats major STAT3008 or STAT3016 | |
| Year 4 | Pacific Studies Major 2000 or 3000 level course 6 units | Major 2000 or 3000 level course 6 units | Major Course Applied stats major STAT3032 | Major Course Applied stats major (STAT Course) |
| Pacific Studies Major 2000 or 3000 level course 6 units | Major 2000 or 3000 level course 6 units | Major Course Applied stats major (EMET course) | Major Course Applied stats major (STAT Course) |
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The Bachelor of Pacific Studies is offered through the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs. Upon completion of this degree, you will have developed specific knowledge of Pacific Studies and a range of transferable skills that will prepare you for work or further study.
Single degree
- This degree requires the completion of 144 units
- A maximum of 60 units of 1000 level courses is allowed
- 48 units must come from completion of the Pacific Studies major
- 24 units from completion of a minor approved by the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
- 72 units from completion of elective courses offered by ANU
Double degree
- This degree requires the completion of 96 units
- A maximum of 36 units of 1000 level courses is allowed
- 48 units must come from completion of the Pacific Studies major
- 24 units from completion of a minor approved by the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
- 24 units from completion of elective courses offered by ANU
About this degree
Single degree
In a Bachelor of Pacific Studies single 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 (6-unit) courses across your whole degree. Once you have fulfilled the requirements of the Pacific Studies major, you can try a range of courses or take a major or minor in a subject of your choice.
Double degree
You will need to complete a minimum of 96 units towards the Bachelor of Pacific Studies degree but will also get to choose 4 courses (24 units) from other ANU Colleges.
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.
Remember you will need to enrol in courses for both First Semester and Second Semester. You will be able to change your enrolment in courses up until the end of week 2 of each semester without penalty.
Important things to keep in mind when choosing your 1000-level courses
If you are intending to enrol into our language courses and have previous experience with the language you want to study, even if you think it might not be relevant or was too long ago, you need to sit a placement test for the College to ensure you are enrolled into the most appropriate level of language study.
Relevant past experience include:
- Previous study of the language
- Being exposed to the language in childhood
- Travel or living in a country where the language is spoken
- The language being spoken in your home (even if you don’t speak it)
Languages available for the placement test:
- Indonesian
- Chinese
- Japanese
- Korean
Majors and Minors
See available majors and minors for this program
Students in this degree must complete a Pacific Studies Major, and a minor from the following list:
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Development Studies
- Environmental Studies
- Environmental Policy
- Heritage and Museum Studies
- History
- Human Ecology
- Australian Indigenous Studies
- International Relations
- Political Science
- Social Research Methods
- Sociology
- Chinese
- French Language and Culture
- German Language and Culture
- Hindi
- Indonesian
- Japanese
- Spanish
- Biodiversity Conservation and Management
- Climate Science and Policy
- Environmental Policy
- Forest Science and Policy
- Geography
- Human Ecology
- Integrative Methods in Environment and Society
- Soil and Land Management
- Sustainable Development
- Water Science and Policy
- Philosophy
- Visual Arts Practice
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Development Studies
- Environmental Studies
- Gender, Sexuality and Culture
- Geography
- History
- International Relations
- Political Science
- Sociology
- Chinese
- French Language and Culture
- German Language and Culture
- Hindi
- Indonesian
- Japanese
- Spanish
- Environmental and Landscape Sciences
- Natural Resource Management
- Sustainability Science
- Philosophy
Electives
You can use your electives to enrol in any courses that you like, provided you meet prerequisite requirements. Students who choose to do a second major will need to take the additional 24 units for their major from their electives.
To find 1000-level
courses, use the catalogue finder. Remember you can choose up to 8
courses from another ANU College at the University if you are
undertaking the single Bachelor of Pacific Studies program.
Study Options
Bachelor of Pacific Studies Double Degree Study Plan
Study Options
| Year 1 48 units | PASI1011 Pacific Encounters: An introduction to Pacific Studies 6 units | Language Course 6 units | Course from other Degree 6 units | Course from other Degree 6 units |
| PASI1012 Pacific Worlds: critical inquiry in Oceania 6 units | Language Course 6 units | Course from other Degree 6 units | Course from other Degree 6 units |
Back to the Bachelor of Statistics page
The Bachelor of Statistics offers a rigorous program of training in the
theory and application of statistics. The program involves a core
mainstream statistical application and theory, supplemented by studies
in specialist streams. You may choose to specialise in any of a
number of areas including: Business Statistics, Econometrics, Financial
Statistics, Statistical Methodology, Applied Probability and
Psychological or Sociological Research Methods.
Single degree
In a Bachelor of Statistics single degree program you will study a total of 24 courses (144 units). Typically you will take 4 courses per semester (total of 24 units) as a full time student.
You will need to complete a minimum of 14 CBE courses (84 units) but will also get to choose up to 10 courses (60 units) from other ANU Colleges. You can try a
range of ANU courses of interest to you, potentially leading to one or
more majors and/or minors; the choice is yours.
Double degree
In a double degree program you will study a total of 14 core CBE courses (84 units) and 2 elective courses (12 units) towards the Bachelor of Statistics, and a further 16 or 24 courses (96 or 144 units) towards the second degree.
Typically, you will take 4 courses per semester (total of 24 units) as a full time student giving you a total of 32 or 40 courses (192 or 240 units) across your whole double degree. However, for each semester you are likely to take 2 courses from your Statistics degree and 2 courses from the other half of your double degree - totalling 4 courses a semester.
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, or have an approved Reduced Study Load.
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, and are typically referred to as 'First Year Courses'.
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. There is a maximum of 10 courses (60 units) of 1000-level courses in a single degree, and a maximum of 8 courses (48 units) of 1000-level courses in the CBE half of a double degree.
- You can change your enrolment in courses via self enrolment 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.
Remember that you can choose up to 10 ANU wide elective courses if you are undertaking the single Bachelor of Statistics degree. If you are in a double degree, you can choose 2 ANU wide elective courses.
Study Options
Bachelor of Statistics
This is a typical study plan for the first year of a student undertaking a Bachelor of Statistics commencing Semester 1Study Options
| Year 1 48 units | STAT1003 Statistical Techniques 6 units OR STAT1008; | MATH1115 Advanced Mathematics and Applications 1 6 units OR MATH1013; | Elective Course - recommend COMP1100 for Statistical Data Analysis Major | Elective course 6 units |
| MATH1116 Advanced Mathematics and Applications 2 6 units OR MATH1014; | Statistic Major Course 6 units | Elective course 6 units | Elective course 6 units |
Bachelor of Statistics - Double Degree
This is a typical study plan for the first year of a student undertaking a Bachelor of Statistics degree with another degree, such as the Bachelor of Arts (degree B), commencing Semester 1Study Options
| Year 1 48 units | STAT1003 Statistical Techniques 6 units OR STAT1008; | MATH1115 Advanced Mathematics and Applications 1 6 units OR MATH1013; | Degree B course 6 units | Degree B course 6 units |
| Elective - recommend COMP1100 | MATH1116 Advanced Mathematics and Applications 2 6 units OR MATH1014; | Degree B course 6 units | Degree B course 6 units |
Academic Advice
In order to complete the Major in Statistical Data Analysis, students will need to complete COMP1100 in their first semester.
If after reading through these guidelines you are unsure about your which courses to enrol in, you can email info.cbe@anu.edu.au
If you are seeking status (credit) from previous study at another university you will need to submit a copy of your official transcript, detailed course outlines and a completed credit application form. For further information about the process and links to the application form, please visit: https://cbe.anu.edu.au/current-students/student-guides-and-forms/apply-credit/exemption
Additional advice for commencing students can be found at: https://www.cbe.anu.edu.au/fasttrack