The Bachelor of Applied Data Analytics is a three year full-time (or equivalent part-time) inter-disciplinary degree that is designed to address a global shortage of graduates with skills in data analytics as applied to high-quality, data-informed decision-making. It is designed to develop inter-disciplinary knowledge across the three base disciplines of computing, statistics and social science. You will receive exposure to best practice in data analytics as well as an opportunity to acquire knowledge in a discipline that relies on data analytics, or deepen knowledge in one of computation, statistics, or social science.
What does it take to start a successful new business, to lead an organisation, to plan and manage a complex project? How do leaders negotiate, resolve conflict, and manage across cultures in the global workplace?
The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) will answer these questions and, more importantly, help you develop the research and practical skills to go out and do these things in the real world.
The BBA is flexible, so you can build on your strengths. For example, you have a wide choice about how much Work-Integrated Learning (e.g. internships) to include in your degree.
Career Options
ANU ranks among the world's very finest universities. Our nearly 100,000 alumni include political, business, government, and academic leaders around the world.
We have graduated remarkable people from every part of our continent, our region and all walks of life.
Employment Opportunities
BADAN graduates are in high demand due to their skills in high-quality, data-informed decision-making in areas ranging from finance, health, national security and social policy.
BADAN graduates are in high demand due to their skills in high-quality, data-informed decision-making in areas ranging from finance, health, national security and social policy.
Learning Outcomes
- Select, adapt, apply, and communicate advanced data analytics methods and techniques;
- Apply data analytics to decision making about policy, business and service delivery;
- Examine current issues in data analytics using leading-edge research and practices in the field;
- Demonstrate strong cognitive, technical, and communication skills to work independently and collaboratively to collect, process, interpret and communicate the outcomes of data analytics problems; and
- Communicate complex data analytics outcomes to diverse audiences.
- review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge, from both Indigenous Australian peoples' and non-indigenous peoples' perspectives, as well as locally and globally
- demonstrate a broad understanding of management and leadership knowledge with depth in some areas
- present a clear, coherent and independent exposition of management knowledge and ideas
- exercise expertise in critical thinking and judgement in identifying and solving problems with intellectual independence
- demonstrate initiative and judgement in planning, problem solving and decision making in professional practice and/or scholarship
- adapt knowledge and skills in diverse business contexts
- demonstrate responsibility and accountability for own learning and professional practice and in collaboration with others within broad parameters
- employ discipline-based knowledge in transdisciplinary problem-solving
Further Information
Learn more about the degrees offered at the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, read current student profiles to see what campus life is really like, and discover what our graduates have achieved since leaving the College: Visit the College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics website.
Learn more about the degrees offered at the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, read current student profiles to see what campus life is really like, and discover what our graduates have achieved since leaving the College: Visit the College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics website.
Admission Requirements
- ATAR:
- 90
- International Baccalaureate:
- 33
Prerequisites
There are no formal program prerequisites. But assumed knowledge is:-ACT: Mathematical Methods (Major)/Further Mathematics/Specialist Mathematics (major)/Specialist Methods or NSW: HSC Mathematics Advanced or equivalent. More information about interstate subject equivalencies can be found here.
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 Applied Data Analytics - Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP)
Bachelor of Business Administration - Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP)
For more information see: http://www.anu.edu.au/students/program-administration/costs-fees
- Annual indicative fee for international students
- $57,640.00
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 Applied Data Analytics flexible double degree component requires completion of 96 units, of which:
A maximum of 48 units may come from completion of 1000-level courses
A minimum of 12 units of courses tagged as Transdisciplinary Problem-Solving
The 96 units must include:
54 units from completion of the following compulsory courses
COMP2400 Relational Databases
COMP3425 Data Mining
COMP3430 Data Wrangling
DEMO2002 Population Analysis
SOCR1001 Foundations of Social Research
SOCR3001 Data for Decision Making
SOCY3169 Online Research Methods
STAT3011 Graphical Data Analysis
STAT3040 Statistical Learning
6 units from completion of courses from the following list:
COMP1100 Programming as Problem Solving
COMP1130 Programming as Problem Solving (Advanced)
COMP1730 Programming for Scientists
6 units from completion of courses from the following list:
COMP1110 Structured Programming
COMP1140 Structured Programming (Advanced)
6 units from completion of courses from the following list:
MATH1115 Advanced Mathematics and Applications 1
STAT2001 Introductory Mathematical Statistics
STAT2013 Introductory Mathematical Statistics for Actuarial Studies
6 units from completion of courses from the following list:
STAT2008 Regression Modelling
STAT2014 Regression Modelling for Actuarial Studies
6 units from completion of courses from the following list:
SOCY2166 Social Science of the Internet
SOCY3005 Quantitative Projects for Inclusion and Diversity
Either:
6 units from completion of MATH1113 Mathematical Foundations for Actuarial Studies
6 units from completion of courses from the following list:
STAT1003 Statistical Techniques
STAT1008 Quantitative Research Methods
Or:
12 units from completion of the following courses:
MATH1003 Algebra and Calculus Methods
MATH1113 Mathematical Foundations for Actuarial Studies
Or:
12 units from completion of the following courses:
MATH1013 Mathematics and Applications 1
MATH1014 Mathematics and Applications 2
MATH1115 Advanced Mathematics and Applications 1
MATH1116 Advanced Mathematics and Applications 2
The Bachelor of Business Administration 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 include:
60 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:
BUSI2025 - International Business (6 units)
BUSN1001 - Business Reporting and Analysis (6 units)
ECON1101 - Microeconomics 1 (6 units)
ECON1102 - Macroeconomics 1 (6 units)
MGMT1003 - Management, People and Organisations (6 units)
MGMT2003 - Business Decision Making (6 units)
MGMT2030 - Human Resource Management and Strategy (6 units)
MGMT2100 - Communication for Business (6 units)
MGMT3021 - Leadership (6 units)
MKTG2004 - Introduction to Marketing (6 units)
12 units from completion of compulsory Transdisciplinary courses from the following list:
MGMT3015 - Corporate Strategy (6 units)
MGMT3027 - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (6 units)
Either:
12 units from completion of courses from the following list:
BUSI3024 - Export Business Planning (6 units)
CBEA2001 - Australian Indigenous Perspectives in Business and Economics (6 units)
CBEA3001 - College of Business and Economics Special Industry Project (6 units)
CBEA3066 - Global Business Immersion (6 units)
CBEA3070 - ANU College of Business and Economics Internship Program (UG) (6 or 12 units)
12 units from completion of elective courses offered by ANU
Or:
24 units from completion of elective courses offered by ANU
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.
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.
Study Options
| Year 1 | COMP1100 Programming as Problem Solving 6 units | STAT1003 Statistical Techniques 6 units | MGMT1003 Management, People and Organisations 6 units | ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 6 units |
| SOCR1001 Foundations of Social Research 6 units | COMP1110 Structured Programming 6 units | BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis 6 units | ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 6 units | |
| Year 2 | DEMO2002 Population Analysis 6 units | COMP3425 Data Mining 6 units | MGMT2100 Communication for Business 6 units | MGMT2003 Business Decision Making 6 units |
| COMP2400 Relational Databases 6 units | MATH1113 Mathematical Foundations for Actuarial Studies 6 units | MKTG2004 Introduction to Marketing 6 units | BUSI2025 International Business 6 units | |
| Year 3 | SOCY2166 Social Science of the Internet 6 units | STAT2001 Introductory Mathematical Statistics 6 units | MGMT2030 Human Resource Management and Strategy 6 units | List 1 Elective Course 6 units |
| COMP3430 Data Wrangling 6 units | SOCY2169 | MGMT3027 Entrepreneurship and Innovation 6 units | List 1 Elective Course 6 units | |
| Year 4 | STAT2008 Regression Modelling 6 units | STAT3040 Statistical Learning 6 units | MGMT3015 Corporate Strategy 6 units | List 1 Elective Course 6 units |
| SOCR3001 Data for Decision Making 6 units | STAT3011 Graphical Data Analysis 6 units | MGMT3021 Leadership 6 units | List 1 Elective Course 6 units |
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The Bachelor of Applied Data Analytics (BADAN) can be taken as a single degree which includes a number of core and compulsory courses. The single degree also offers 48 units (eight courses) of electives that can be taken from additional computing courses, courses from elsewhere in the university, or a major or minor from another area of the university.
The BADAN can also be taken as a part of many Flexible Double Degrees.
Single degree
- This degree requires a total of 144 units (each course is typically 6 units though some may be 12 units or higher)
- Typically you will study four courses per semester (total of 24 units) for 3 years
- There are a number of core and compulsory courses
- In the single degree you have 48 units of university electives (eight courses).? These courses can be used to study more computing courses, or a major or minor from another area of the university, or a selection of courses that suits your interests.?
- If a course is included in both the BADAN core requirements and within your chosen major, minor or specialisation you are required to confirm that the course is able to be “double counted” towards both requirements. To do this you must seek written confirmation from the College offering the course that it is approved to be counted as both a BADAN core requirement AND as a major, minor or specialisation requirement. Courses are usually counted towards the BADAN core requirements. All CECS courses in majors, minors or specialisations are pre-approved to be counted toward both BADAN core requirements and major, minor or specialisation requirements.
- “Double counting” a course towards both BADAN core requirements and major, minor or specialisation requirements does not reduce the overall units required to complete the program. If a course is approved to be “double counted” you are required to make-up 6 units with an additional elective course.
- You can do a maximum of 60units of 1000 level courses in your single degree.
Double degree
- You can find your Flexible Double Degree with BADAN using the ANU degree-builder on Programs and Courses.
- Typically you will study four courses per semester (total of 24 units)
- BADAN paired with another 3 year degree (e.g. Bachelor of Design will take 4 years to complete. BADAN paired with a 4-year degree (e.g. Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)) will take 5 years to complete.
- In the Flexible Double Degree, some program pairings do not allow any ANU electives to be taken (therefore, not allowing you to complete a major, minor or specialisation). Whereas some program pairings, such as Bachelor of Actuarial Studies/Bachelor of Applied Data Analytics, allow for certain courses to be “double counted” towards both program requirements. This means that there may be room for ANU electives. Please speak to CECS Student Services if you need to seek any course approvals for “double counting a course”.
- Typically you can do a maximum of 72 units of 1000 level courses in your Flexible Double Degree
Enrolment Status
While it’s possible to enrol in fewer courses per semester, it will take you longer to finish your program and get your degree. There are maximum time limits for completion of the degree on a part-time basis. If you are an international student you must always be full-time.
Important things to keep in mind when choosing your 1000-level courses
- When you enrol for the first time you will typically study '1000-level' courses. These courses have '1' as the first number in their course code, such as COMP1100.
- You need to enrol in courses for both First Semester and Second Semester though note that you can change your Semester 2 courses all the way until July.
- You can’t study more than four courses (24 units) per semester, 48 units for the year. International students cannot study less than 24 units a semester except in exceptional circumstances and with approval.
- You may take 1000-level courses later in your program. But remember you can’t count more than ten 1000-level courses (60 units) towards your single degree or six 1000-level courses (36 units) towards your BADAN half of the Flexible Double Degree.
Electives
- If you are in the single degree then in your first year you have two university electives to choose. University electives can be additional computing courses, or courses from anywhere in the university.
- To find 1000-level (first year) elective courses, use the catalogue search.
- If you have an interest in another area (e.g. management, science, languages) then you should explore first year courses in these areas and in particular, look at the majors and minors in these areas. These will give you an idea of the first year courses that you should study.
- If you are studying a Flexible Double degree and want to “double count a course” so that you can choose electives please speak to CECS Student Services for course approvals.
For more information about subject choices visit:
Bachelor of Applied Data Analytics | ANU College of Engineering, Computing & Cybernetics
Academic Advice
Choosing your first year programming courses
Choosing your first year maths courses
Note that if you choose 1130 and change your mind you will be able to drop back to 1100 in the first 2 weeks.
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The Bachelor of Business Administration will develop your
leadership and management skills. The degree places emphasis on
problem-solving and decision-making, leadership, cross-cultural
communications and strategic thinking. It provides you with the
leadership capabilities to springboard your career in either the
private or public sectors.
Single degree
In a Bachelor of Business Administration 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 courses across your whole degree.
You will need to complete a minimum of 12 CBE courses (72 units) but will also get to choose up to 12 courses (72 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 12 core CBE courses (72 units) and 4 elective courses (24 units) towards the Bachelor of Business Administration, 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 Business Administration 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 vis 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 12 ANU wide elective courses if you are undertaking the single Bachelor of Business Administration degree. If you are in a double degree, you can choose 4 ANU wide elective courses.
Study Options
Bachelor of Business Administration
This is a typical study plan for the first year of a student undertaking a Bachelor of Business Administration degreeStudy Options
| Year 1 48 units | BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis 6 units | ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 6 units | MGMT1003 Management, People and Organisations 6 units | Elective course 6 units |
| ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 6 units | Elective or MKTG2004 6 units | Elective or BUSI2025 6 units | Elective course 6 units |
Bachelor of Business Administration - Double Degree
This is a typical study pattern for the first year of a student undertaking a Bachelor of Business Administration with another degree, such as the Bachelor of Arts (degree B)Study Options
| Year 1 48 units | ECON1101 Microeconomics 1 6 units | MGMT1003 Management, People and Organisations 6 units | Degree B course 6 units | Degree B course 6 units |
| ECON1102 Macroeconomics 1 6 units | BUSN1001 Business Reporting and Analysis 6 units | Degree B course 6 units | Degree B course 6 units |
Academic Advice
In your second semester of study you have two electives to choose. You may wish to take
MGMT2100 Communication for Business and/or BUSI2025 International Business then, rather than waiting until Year 2 to complete these courses
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
