The major in Corporate Sustainability examines the increasing constraints placed on business by both the natural environment and society and how corporations may create long-term value through innovative responses to these constraints. It is truly multidisciplinary, drawing together insights from management, marketing, accounting, economics, environmental science, and politics.
Application of knowledge and skills
Graduates with a major in Corporate Sustainability will demonstrate the application of corporate sustainability knowledge and skills:
- with initiative and judgement in planning, problem-solving and decision making in professional practice and/or scholarship;
- to adapt knowledge and skills in diverse contexts; and
- with responsibility and accountability for own learning and professional practice and in collaboration with others within broad parameters.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate a broad and coherent knowledge of corporate sustainability concepts, issues and practices from multidisciplinary perspectives;
- Exercise critical thinking and judgement to identify and solve corporate sustainability problems;
- Apply theoretical and practical knowledge to analyse sustainability issues in business, market, social, ethical and regulatory context; and
- Communicate sustainability knowledge and ideas in a clear and coherent way.
Other Information
SoCIETIE Initiative courses (AATD)
The SoCIETIE Initiative at the McCusker Institute champions…
- Social
- Change,
- Impact,
- Engagement,
- Transformation,
- Inclusion &
- Equity
... through an inclusive and flexible curriculum model.
Students who are doing an AATD course(s) as part of their major studies are expected to choose a KNoT (project) that is highly relevant to that major. Otherwise, the expectation is that you do the AATD course(s) as a general elective and choose another course from the major list of electives to count towards the 48 units study requirement.
Alternative Course Study
On a case-by-case basis, the RSM Deputy Director (Education) may approve alternative courses to be counted towards the major restricted choice study requirements. Such reasons may be (but are not limited to) the following:
- Supporting applications for global exchange opportunities for overseas study
- Unexpected change in course class offerings that impact study plans
- New (or other) courses being offered that complement existing courses within the major
Requests are to be made to the Convenor via email to ANU Student Central, and for each alternative course nominated, please include the following details:
- Course code and course name
- 1–2 sentences to justify the relevance of the alternative course to this major
- 1–2 sentences to explain how the alternative course supports your future career ambitions/prospects
Requirements
This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must consist of:
24 units from the completion of the following compulsory courses:
BUSN3017 Corporate Social Responsibility, Accountability and Reporting (6 units)
MGMT2001 Corporate Sustainability (6 units)
MGMT3015 Corporate Strategy (6 units)
MGMT3102 Business and its Social Stakeholders (6 units)
A minimum of 6 units from the completion of courses from the following list:
ECON3128 Resource and Environmental Economics (6 units)
ENVS2007 Economics for the Environment (6 units)
MKTG2002 Sustainable Marketing (6 units)
A maximum of 6 units from the completion of a course from the following list:
ENVS1001 Environment and Society: Geography of Sustainability (6 units)
ENVS2011 Human Ecology (6 units)
ENVS2013 Society and Environmental Change (6 units)
ENVS2023 Sustainable Agricultural Systems (6 units)
ENVS3015 Essentials of Environmental Law (6 units)
Climate Change: Science, Society, and Policy (6 units)
ENVS3028 Environmental Policy (6 units)
A maximum of 6 units from the completion of a course from the following list:
ANIP3003 Australian National Internships Program Internship A (6 units)
CBEA3001 Special Industry Project (6 units)
CBEA3003 Australian and First Nations Business Immersion (6 units)
CBEA3066 Global Business Immersion (6 units)
A maximum of 18 units from the completion of courses from the following list:
AATD2001 SoCIETIE Initiative (6 units)
AATD3001 SoCIETIE Initiative (6 units)
CBEA3070 ANU College of Business and Economics Internship Program (UG) (6 or 12 units)
MGMT2004 Negotiation (6 units)
MGMT2008 Social Enterprises and Social Business (6 units)
MGMT2009 Design Thinking: Human-Centred Innovation (6 units)
MGMT2035 Managing Organisational Change (6 units)
MGMT3016 Business Ethics (6 units)
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