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 BBA will answer these questions and, more importantly, help you develop 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 mathematical content to include in your degree.

What makes the human brain tick?

Find out with the Bachelor of Science (Psychology), which provides you with a great base in the key areas of psychology: developmental, social, personality, health and mental health, research methods, cognition and the biological bases of behaviour.

In your later year courses, you’ll apply this knowledge and your skills in more specialised areas such as neuroscience, counselling, health, mental health and organisational (business) psychology.

Once you’ve completed your third year, you can apply to undertake an Honours year and pursue further postgraduate study. This will allow you to practice as a psychologist or clinical psychologist.

Find out more about psychology, the degree structure, the university experience, career opportunities and student stories on our website.

Employment Opportunities

Graduates from the Bachelor of Business Administration are:

• Junior knowledge workers in the private or public sectors challenged by the complexity of modern organisations
• Young entrepreneurs from a range of industries
• Early career employees from diverse backgrounds needing management knowledge and skills to enhance their career prospects
• Junior consultants seeking leading-edge thinking on management practice policy advisers designing, implementing or evaluating policies
• Entry-level management, leadership, consultant, coordination or administration positions in areas such as sales, advertising, marketing, corporate services, tourism, hospitality, health, welfare, social services, administration, public relations, policy, planning, production, education services, customer services, facilities and construction.

Who go on to become:

• Business Consultants
• Officers in the Australian Public Service
• Managers
• Marketing representatives
• Entrepreneurs
• and leaders in many other influential roles.

A range of work-integrated and experiential learning courses are also available as electives, such as:

• CBE Internship Project (6u or 12u)
• Australian National Internships Program Internship
• Special Industry Project
• Global Business Immersion
• Australian and First Nations Business Immersion

Graduates from the Bachelor of Business Administration are:

• Junior knowledge workers in the private or public sectors challenged by the complexity of modern organisations
• Young entrepreneurs from a range of industries
• Early career employees from diverse backgrounds needing management knowledge and skills to enhance their career prospects
• Junior consultants seeking leading-edge thinking on management practice policy advisers designing, implementing or evaluating policies
• Entry-level management, leadership, consultant, coordination or administration positions in areas such as sales, advertising, marketing, corporate services, tourism, hospitality, health, welfare, social services, administration, public relations, policy, planning, production, education services, customer services, facilities and construction.

Who go on to become:

• Business Consultants
• Officers in the Australian Public Service
• Managers
• Marketing representatives
• Entrepreneurs
• and leaders in many other influential roles.

A range of work-integrated and experiential learning courses are also available as electives, such as:

• CBE Internship Project (6u or 12u)
• Australian National Internships Program Internship
• Special Industry Project
• Global Business Immersion
• Australian and First Nations Business Immersion

Learning Outcomes

1. review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge, from both Indigenous Australian peoples' and non-indigenous peoples' perspectives, as well as locally and globally
2. demonstrate a broad understanding of management and leadership knowledge with depth in some areas
3. present a clear, coherent and independent exposition of management knowledge and ideas
4. exercise expertise in critical thinking and judgement in identifying and solving problems with intellectual independence
5. demonstrate initiative and judgement in planning, problem solving and decision making in professional practice and/or scholarship
6. adapt knowledge and skills in diverse business contexts
7. demonstrate responsibility and accountability for own learning and professional practice and in collaboration with others within broad parameters
8. employ discipline-based knowledge in transdisciplinary problem-solving

1. Understand, critically evaluate, apply, integrate and generate psychological knowledge in educational and professional contexts.
2. Develop and engage in a range of skills and methods to identify, analyse, critique and respond to complex problems involving psychological processes.
3. Systematically identify relevant psychological theory and concepts, relate these to appropriate methodologies and evidence, and draw appropriate conclusions.
4. Apply appropriate psychological research methods, including statistical techniques, to evaluate data.
5. Communicate psychological concepts and results clearly and effectively in written and oral formats to diverse audiences.
6. Work and learn in both independent and collaborative ways with others to encompass diverse abilities and perspectives on psychological issues.
7. Critically examine psychological knowledge and skills, and their application, from diverse cultural perspectives, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ perspectives.
8. Utilise psychological knowledge and skills for exercising personal, professional and social responsibility as a global citizen.

Further Information

Electives: 

Students have:

• a minimum of 24 units of electives that can be selected from CBE or other Colleges, and
• when completing a single degree program, an additional 48 units of ANU wide electives that can be selected from CBE or other Colleges.

No more than 10 courses at 1000 level.

Students wish to undertake an out of college elective may contact the relevant College directly.

Student Responsibility:

It is the student's responsibility to select electives in such a way that:

• they satisfy prerequisites for the corresponding course/s.
• they conform to the rules set out in Programs and Courses or if unsure seek advice from the CBE Student Services team.

It is the student's responsibility to select the courses appropriate for their program.

Electives: 

Students have:

• a minimum of 24 units of electives that can be selected from CBE or other Colleges, and
• when completing a single degree program, an additional 48 units of ANU wide electives that can be selected from CBE or other Colleges.

No more than 10 courses at 1000 level.

Students wish to undertake an out of college elective may contact the relevant College directly.

Student Responsibility:

It is the student's responsibility to select electives in such a way that:

• they satisfy prerequisites for the corresponding course/s.
• they conform to the rules set out in Programs and Courses or if unsure seek advice from the CBE Student Services team.

It is the student's responsibility to select the courses appropriate for their program.

Admission Requirements

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.

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 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 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 - Indigenous Perspectives in Business (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.

The Bachelor of Science (Psychology) requires completion of 144 units, of which:

A maximum of 36 units may come from the completion of 1000-level courses

A minimum of 84 units must come from completion of courses from the discipline area PSYC – Psychology

The 96 units must include:

A minimum of 84 units, which must come from completion of courses from the following lists

72 units from the completion of the following compulsory courses:

PSYC1003 Psychology 1: Understanding Mind, Brain and Behaviour (6 units)

PSYC1004 Psychology 2: Understanding People in Context (6 units)

PSYC2001 Social Psychology (6 units)

PSYC2007 Biological Basis of Behaviour (6 units)

PSYC2008 Cognition (6 units)

PSYC2009 Quantitative Methods in Psychology (6 units)

PSYC2012 Culture and Psychology (6 units)

PSYC3018 Advanced Research Methods (6 units)

PSYC3020 Health Psychology (6 units)

PSYC3025 Psychopathology Across the Lifespan (6 units)

PSYC3026 Personality Psychology (6 units)

PSYC3202 Developmental Psychology (6 units)

12 units from completion of 3000-level courses in the subject area PSYC- Psychology

Study Options