College of Business and Economics 

mail  School of Management, Marketing and International Business (MMIB) 
LF Crisp Building 26 
The Australian National University, ACT, 0200, Australia 

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DRAFT 
Course Outline Semester 2, 2010 
BUSI2025  International Business 
STUDENTS: Course details change from semester to semester. Please check that you are reading the Course 
Outline for the correct semester. 

Course description  This course is a broad survey of the field of international business and provides the
foundations for further specialisation in this field. It begins with a brief overview of
international business, focused on the concept of globalisation. The course will then
examine the environment for international firms, particularly the political, social,
economic, technological and other configurations that support cross-border trade and
investment. Amongst others, we will look at the role of national policies, cultures and
business systems, the evolution of international markets in goods, services and finance,
and the supernational mechanisms and infrastructures for trade, investment and finance.
The course will then probe international firms: their strategies and organisational design,
their entry modes into international enterprise, and their behavioural and control systems.

Discussion of current events/affairs and how these impact on international businesses is a

major part of the course, for instance issues relating to international trade, foreign investment,
international political conflict, financial crises, etc. 

  Office address  Email  Telephone  Consultation times 

Course convener and  Copland 1103  marcelo.alves@anu.edu.au   (02) 61251525  Wed 10am‐12pm 

lecturer  
Marcelo Alves 

Tutors         
Marco Feris  Tutor Consultation Room  marco.feris@anu.edu.au  N/A  TBA 
Naveen Sharma  Tutor Consultation Room  naveen_sharma@bigpond.com  N/A  TBA 
Paul Fairhall  Tutor Consultation Room  TBA  N/A  TBA 
Chris Kim  Tutor Consultation Room  christopher.kim@anu.edu.au   N/A  TBA 

School Student  School of Management,  Enquiries.MMIB@anu.edu.au    The  School of Management, 

Administrators  Marketing and  Marketing and International 
    International Business      Business (MMIB) office is open 
Ranka Videnovic  LF Crisp Building 26  from 9am – 5pm, Monday – 
(02) 6125 9839 
  The Australian National  Friday, (excepting  very 
Felicity Smith  University  (02) 6125 6737  occasional closures  for 
Canberra ACT 0200  meetings). 
Australia 

 
This document was first prepared 14 July for use in S2 2010.
Communication with students 
Email If necessary, the lecturers and tutors for this course will contact students
electronically using their official ANU student email address.

Announcements Students are expected to check the wattle site for announcements about this
course, e.g. changes to timetables or notifications of cancellations.

Notifications of emergency cancellations of lectures or tutorials will be posted on

the door to the relevant room.

Course information 
Study schedule  Wk. Week
Topic(s) Reading(s)
  Begins
 
19 July 1. 21 July – Introduction Hill
 
1 Chapter 1
  2. 23 July – The future and challenge of
  globalisation
 
26 July 3. 28 July – Globalisation and economic Hill
 
development Chapter 2
  2
  4. 30 July – Do economic, legal, and political

  systems matter?

  2 Aug 5. 4 Aug – What is culture? Hill

  3
Chapter 3
6. 6 Aug – How relevant is culture to business?
 
  9 Aug 7. 11 Aug – Ethics and IB Hill
  4 Chapter 4
8. 13 Aug – Enron movie: The Smartest Guys in
  the Room
 
16 Aug 9. 18 Aug – Why do countries trade with Hill
 
5 each other? Chapter 5
 
  10. 20 Aug – Firms and international trade
  23 Aug 11. 25 Aug – Governments and the regulation Hill
 
6 of international trade Chapter 6
 
12. 27 Aug – The cases for and against free trade
 
  30 Aug 13. 1 Sept – What is foreign direct Hill
  7 investment (FDI)? Chapter 7
 
14. 3 Sept – Is FDI always good? For whom?
 
 
  6 Sept 15. 8 Sept – Why do countries establish Hill
 
regional trade blocks? Chapter 8
  8
16. 10 Sept – Australia, APEC, and bilateral
 
agreements
 
  13 Sept 17. 15 Sept – Currency markets and FX rates Hill
  9 Chapter 9
18. 17 Sept – Why don’t governments just fix
 
exchange rates?
 
20 Sept 19. 22 Sept – The evolution of the Hill
 
  international monetary system Chapters 10
10
and 11
  20. 24 Sept – Does the international monetary
  system need to be reformed?
Schedule of 
11 Oct 21. 13 Oct – The MNC and the domestic Hill
weekly tutorial 
activities  company Chapter 13
  Bartlett et
22. 15 Oct – Coordination and control: the
11
challenges of international growth al. (2004)

Rosenzweig
et al. (2001)

18 Oct 23. 20 Oct – Does firm strategy matter in Hill

12 international business? Chapters 12
and 14
24. 22 Oct – Foreign market entry modes

25 Oct 25. 27 Oct – Course review/wrap-up -

13
26. 29 Oct – Preparing for the final exam

1. Introduction (week 2, starting 26 July)

Highlights of past week’s lecture; allocation of groups for case study presentations.

2. Differences in the political economy of countries (week 3, starting 2 August)

Highlights of last week’s lecture; case study presentation (Chapter 2 Closing Case,
India’s Transformation); tutorial participation questions.

3. Culture and international business (week 4, starting 9 August)

Highlights of last week’s lecture; case study presentation (Chapter 3 Closing Case,
Wal-Mart’s Foreign Expansion); tutorial participation questions.

4. Ethics and international business (week 5, starting 16 August)

Highlights of last week’s lecture; case study presentation (Chapter 4 Closing Case,
Wal-Mart’s Chinese Suppliers); tutorial participation questions.
 5. International trade: theory and practice (week 6, starting 23 August)

Highlights of last week’s lecture; case study presentation (Chapter 5 Closing Case, The
Ecuadorean Rose Industry); tutorial participation questions.

6. International trade: protectionism and free trade (week 7, starting 30 August)

Highlights of last week’s lecture; case study presentation (Chapter 6 Closing Case,
Why Did Global Food Prices Rise?); tutorial participation questions.

7. Foreign direct investment (week 8, starting 6 September)

Highlights of last week’s lecture; case study presentation (Chapter 7 Closing Case,
Lakshmi Mittal and the Growth of Mittal Steel); tutorial participation questions.

8. Regional economic integration (week 9, starting 13 September)

Highlights of last week’s lecture; case study presentation (Chapter 8 Closing Case, The
European Energy Market); tutorial participation questions.

9. FX markets (week 10, starting 20 September)

Highlights of last week’s lecture; case study presentation (Chapter 9 Closing Case,
Hyundai and Kia); tutorial participation questions.

10. The international monetary system and the global capital market (week 11,
starting 11 October)

Highlights of last week’s lecture; case study presentation (Chapter 11 Closing Case,
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China); tutorial participation questions.

11. The MNC and the domestic company (week 12, starting 18 October)

Highlights of last week’s lecture; case study presentation (Chapter 13 Closing Case, A
Decade of Organizational Change at Unilever); tutorial participation questions.

12. Strategy, structure and foreign market entry modes (week 13, starting 25
October)

Highlights of last week’s lecture; course review/wrap-up; no group case study presentation
this week.

Tutorial  Enrolment in tutorials will be completed online using the Electronic Teaching
registration
Assistant (ETA). To enrol, follow these instructions:

Go to http://eta.fec.anu.edu.au .

You will see the Student Login page. To log into the system, enter your
university ID (your student number) and password (your ISIS password) in the
appropriate fields and hit the Login button.

Read any news items or announcements.

Select "Sign Up!" from the left navigation bar.

 Select your course/s from the list. To select multiple courses, hold down the
control key (Ctrl on PCs) or the key (Macs) while selecting courses with the
mouse. Once courses are selected, hit the SUBMIT button.

A confirmation of class enrolments will be displayed. In addition, an email

confirmation of class enrolments will be sent to your student account.

For security purposes, please ensure that you click on the LOGOUT link on
the confirmation page, or close the browser window when you have finished your
selections.

If you are experiencing any difficulties, please contact the School office (see page 1
for contact details).

Course URLs More information about this course may be found at:

Study@ANU http://studyat.anu.edu.au/

the College of Business and Economics website

http://cbe.anu.edu.au/courses/courselist.asp?school=MMIB

Wattle the University's Learning Management System

http://wattle.anu.edu.au

On satisfying the requirements for this course, students should have the knowledge
and skills to:

• identify the main features of the international business environment and its
main institutions;
• analyse the political, social, and economic and other configurations that
support cross-border trade;
• understand the nature of the multinational firm as an institutional
structure for the conduct of cross-border trade and investment;
• analyse the key decisions that multinational firms make in relation to the
choice of markets and entry strategies;
• understand the different modes of engagement with international markets
and explore the interconnectedness between these and the economic, legal,
governmental, political, regulatory, cultural and other environments in
which expanding companies operate;

• research international business issues and apply theoretical insights to the

analysis of such issues in the context of a complex international business
environment;

• communicate their understanding in a clear and concise way through exams,

 presentations, assignments, and tutorial participation.

Assessment  Details about assessment are below. Please notice that ALL assessment items are
overview 
compulsory and must be submitted in order to pass this course.
 
 
 
 
  Assessment Description and detail of Weighting
Due date
  item the assignment (%)
 
  Tutorial Tutorial participation will be Weekly 10
  rewarded by answering the end-
participation
  of-chapter Critical Thinking and
  Discussion Questions proposed
  for each week. Students must

  only attend the tutorial groups

  they are enrolled in – please see

  Tutorial registration above.

  Students who attend a tutorial
  group other than the one they
  are enrolled in will be asked to
  leave, and will not qualify for
  tutorial participation marks.
 
Case study At the beginning of each tutorial Weekly 10
 
a group of 2-3 students will be
  presentation
required to present a short case
 
study. In the first tutorial (week
 
2, starting 26 July) groups are
 
formed. Students presenting a
  particular case will read the
  relevant chapter in order to
  prepare their presentation,
  bearing in mind that additional
  research is to be conducted to
  attain high marks in the
  presentation.
 
You are expected to submit one Monday 6 40
  Individual
assignment that reflects the September at
  assignment
international business 4pm
 
environment in which a company
 
  operates. You will select one
  company from the list of
  Australian companies provided -
  uploaded on Wattle under
  Individual Assignment. You must
Specific  select one company and research
requirements  in which countries the company
of choice has engaged in FDI
(Foreign Direct Investment;
please notice that to select a
country to which the company
only exports is not enough).
Select a country and then
proceed to analysing the business
environment in that country.

Final exam The final exam covers all the Students are 40
material discussed during the advised of the
lectures and tutorials, all examination
chapters in the textbook covered date/time on
during lectures plus additional the course
readings. The format of the exam website, in
will be discussed in the last lectures and on
lecture (Friday 29 October). the noticeboard
outside the
MMIB School
Office.

Tutorial participation: Students will receive marks for their answers at the discretion of
their tutor. These marks will be summed up at the end of the semester – the maximum
mark for this assessment item is 10% - and released to students as part of the Interim
Results (which will be published before the Final exam). Hence the importance of coming to
tutorials well prepared.

Case study presentation: Once you have been allocated a case study do not wait until
the last minute to start preparing your presentation. The aim of the case study presentation
is for students to answer the accompanying case discussion questions in the most thorough
way. The group case study presentation should last no longer than 15 minutes and should
make use of transparencies in order to facilitate audience interest and understanding. Please
note that PowerPoint (PPT) presentations are not allowed, and students who prepare
 PPT presentations will not be allowed to present, receiving NIL marks for this component
of the course and thus failing the course. The presentation will be followed by 10 minutes
of Q&A/Discussion. As a suggestion, no more than 10 transparencies should be presented,
and these should not contain all the data you want to present, that is you should not read
from your transparencies. Transparencies should be used as prompts only, and the way you
design and present your transparencies will count towards your mark for this assessment
item. Please note that the list of case studies will be circulated in the first tutorial – week
2, starting 26 July – when students will form into groups by placing their names against a
case study. It is the responsibility of each student to join a group, thus if you join the
tutorial group after the first tutorial you must approach your tutor to have your name
added to a group. Tutors will not chase after students, and students who fail to join a
group early in the semester will fail this assessment item and consequently the course.

Individual assignment: The assignment takes the form of a report to the CEO at the
headquarters of the company. Your assignment should contain a maximum of 2,500 words
±10%. You should bear in mind the following:
• the CEO knows the company and its products or services well and thus does not
need specific information on those;
• the CEO needs to be informed about the possible risks/opportunities to the company
caused by peculiarities of the business environment in the foreign country;
• the CEO does not have time to read the piles of paper you are able to copy for him
from the internet. He only has time for a focused but informative and analytically
sharp report;
• attention should be paid to any aspect of the business environment relevant to the
firm and its products/services, such as political environment, government regulation,
commercial law, IP, level and rate of economic development, demographics, position
in international trade and investment, environmental law, regional cooperation, etc.;
• the main purpose of the assignment is to analyse the business environment in a
country for the Australian company of your choice. Do not copy general information
about the country from the internet (for instance info found on CIA’s The World
Factbook), but limit yourself to a sharp analysis of what is relevant to the CEO.

Please bear in mind that you are required to conduct research that goes well beyond the
data/info contained in the textbook for this course. You should also bear in mind that the
extensiveness of the research conducted – reflected in both the content of the report and in
the bibliography utilised - as well as the structure of the report are particularly relevant.

Assignment submission – General Advice 
Submission of  Assignments are to be placed in the relevant assignment box in the MMIB foyer
Assignments 
opposite the main counter by 4 pm on the due date, Monday 6 September. All
assignments submitted through the MMIB assignment boxes are date stamped and
 checked against class lists. 

Presentation of  Assignments are to be word-processed. The use of strict, professional

Assignments 
expression is expected.

The Harvard or Oxford referencing styles are to be used. Links to

documentation on proper referencing methods are available on the course
website or from the ANU Library website:
http://anulib.anu.edu.au/lib_home.html

All assignments must have a cover sheet with all of the appropriate details
completed, Assignment cover sheets are available from the course website or
the MMIB Office or website:

http://cbe.anu.edu.au/schools/mmib/

Group assignment cover sheets should be signed by each group member.

Assignments must be stapled in the top left-hand corner. Please do not

submit assignments in plastic pockets or folders, unless requested to do so by
the lecturer. If you have a disk to submit as part of your assignment please
use bulldog/fold back paper clips, which will be available from the School
office upon request.

All students are required to keep a copy of assignments. All assignments

submitted through the MMIB office are date stamped and checked against class
lists. If an assignment is mislaid, you will be required to provide a copy. 

Assignment  All assignment extension requests must be made 10 working days in advance
Extensions 
of the due date to your lecturer. Requests should be made on the Application
for Extension of Assignment form which is available from the MMIB office or
http://www.cbe.anu.edu.au/schools/mmib/documents/Assignmentextension.pdf

Significant reasons must exist for an extension and documented medical

evidence may need to be provided. Requests will not automatically be
granted and students should continue with assignment preparation on the
basis that the extension request may not be approved.
 

Late Submission 
of Assignments 
Late assignments will attract the following penalties:

Lateness Penalty

0 – 20 minutes 5 marks
 20 minutes – 1 20 marks
day

1 – 2 days 40 marks

2 – 3 days 50 marks

> 3 days 100 marks

 
Return of  Assignments, once marked, will usually be returned during tutorials. If they
Assignments 
are ready for collection during a non-teaching period, assignments will be
made available for collection from tutors during consultation hours or from the
MMIB office. Please refer to your course website for notification of
assignments being ready for collection. Queries regarding the marking or
collection of assignments should be directed to your tutor.

Assignments not claimed during tutorials will be kept at the MMIB office.
Students must present their ANU student card to collect an assignment.

Assignments remaining in the MMIB office at the beginning of week 3 in the

following semester, are destroyed. 

 
 
 
 

Course information 
Information  Students must refer to the ANU Official examination timetable site for
about 
examinations  information on end-of-semester exam http://timetable.anu.edu.au/exams/

Workload  Students taking this course are expected to commit at least 7 hours a week to
completing the work.

This will include:

2 hours a week: lecture

1 hour a week: tutorials

4 hours a week: reading, research, writing and assignment preparation

Course delivery  There are two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial each week.

This course is divided into two parts: (i) the international business
environment and (ii) the firm’s engagement in international business.
Lectures 2-20 deal with the international business environment, while lectures
 21-24 discuss the firm’s engagement in international business.

Wednesdays 3pm-4pm Manning Clark T3

Fridays 11am-12pm Chemistry T1

The lectures will introduce students to the main topics related to the subject
of the course. These topics are listed in the Study schedule above.

The lecturer will make use of PowerPoint slides. Students may download
these slides in PDF format from Wattle (http://wattle.anu.edu.au/) before
the lecture and bring print-outs into the lectures for further note-taking.
Please note that this material is not a substitute for attending lectures,
containing only prompts that cannot be understood without listening to the
context of the lecture.

Each tutorial group will meet one hour each week beginning on the second
week of the semester (week beginning 26 July). You are expected to attend
all tutorials. Your participation in the tutorials will count towards your final
mark. Furthermore, you are expected to have done the identified reading for
the tutorials.

Topics to be addressed in each tutorial are listed in the Schedule of weekly

tutorial activities above.

Prescribed texts  Customised version of International Business, Competing in the Global

Marketplace, by Charles W.L. Hill, 8th Edition, McGraw-Hill. The textbook is

available from the Co-op Bookshop on campus.

Requisites  At least 24 units.

FURTHER ADVICE  
Examination  Examination viewing is allowed after the results are released to the students.
Viewing 
Notices detailing the times, dates and venue for viewing examination script books
will be posted at the MMIB school website and on the notice boards at the MMIB
school. Students need to bring their student card to these viewing sessions. To
discuss the examination papers students need to contact their lecturer. 

Lost Property  If you lose an item during any MKTG, MGMT or BUSI unit, please check at the
Lost and Found Office in the John Yencken Building (Building 45) as all lost
property is sent there. 

Generic Forms  Forms including assessment cover sheets, dictionary forms, pre requisite waver,
 application for special examination, application for special consideration and
application for assignment extension are available from the MMIB Office foyer
and can also be downloaded from the school’s website
http://cbe.anu.edu.au/schools/mmib/

Behaviour  According to the college website,

http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/ug/troubleshooting.asp, students should attend classes
and:

• Be there on time. If you arrive late try to use the back entrance (if available)
and
do not disturb others. If you have to leave early, it is better to sit near the
aisle towards the back of the theatre.

• Be Courteous to your fellow students and the teaching staff. In particular,

while someone is talking, please show some respect and listen.

• Be prepared for class

Lectures normally involve some pre-reading and, sometimes, exercises.
You should complete these tasks beforehand so that you maximise the value of
the lecture.
If lecture notes have not been provided, bring them to the lecture and ensure
that you are familiar with their contents.
Attempt all assigned tutorial questions before the class

• Take any rubbish with you when you leave the room.
• Do not eat or drink during class or in teaching rooms.

Please note: Students who are disruptive or prevent others from fully
participating in lectures, seminars or tutorials will be asked to leave. 
 ANU College of Business & Economics –  
General Information for Enrolled Students 
The following College offices provide assistance with program and course selection, enrolment, change of
program, variation to enrolment, status and other general matters.

College Office  The College Office is located on Level 2 of Building 26c, contact details are: phone (61) 02
  6125 3807; Email
info.cbe@anu.edu.au or via the web: http://www.cbe.anu.edu.au/.
Main  The main administrative dates regarding teaching sessions, course census dates,
Administrative 
examination period, graduation and enrolment variations (ie add and drop courses) are
Dates 2010 
available from the
ANU SEAP Guide 2010 - http://www.anu.edu.au/sas/SEAP_guide/
Associate Dean  Associate Professor Alex Clarke is the Deputy Dean/Associate Dean (Education) in the
(Education)
ANU College of Business & Economics.

ANU Student  The Academic Skills and Learning Centre, in the Pauline Griffin Building, offers services
Support 
to students regarding a range of academic issues including essay writing, note-taking,
Academic Skills 
and Learning  referencing, reading, examination preparation, and plagiarism. More information about the
Centre  services and on-line materials can be found on their website:
http://www.anu.edu.au/academicskills/.
ANU College http://www.anucollege.com.au/
ANU College offers the following introductory and extended programs:
• Maths bridging courses; and
• English language support for students from non-English-speaking backgrounds.
Information  http://ilp.anu.edu.au/index.html
Literacy 
Workshops are available to undergraduate and graduate students to develop skills in
Program 
handling information and communication technologies.
 ANU College of Business & Economics ‐ Information for Enrolled Students ‐  
Policies, Procedures and Rules 

Primary  http://www.anu.edu.au/sas/SEAP_guide/
Reference ‐ ANU 
SEAP Guide 2010 
The Student Enrolment and Administrative Procedures Guide (SEAP) supplements the
ANU Undergraduate Handbook information available on Study@ANU
(http://info.anu.edu.au/studyat/), the ANU Rules
(http://www.anu.edu.au/cabs/rules/), and the Graduate Research website
(http://www.anu.edu.au/graduate/).

Information for  http://cbe.anu.edu.au/Current_Students/general_info/
Enrolled 
Students are expected to be familiar with the ANU College of Business & Economics and
Students 
university-wide policies and procedures in regard to:

• Code of Practice for Student Academic Honesty

• Assessment Arrangements for Students from Language Backgrounds Other Than
English
• Academic Progress Rules and Procedures
• Special examinations/consideration
• Supplementary examinations
• Review of assessment procedures
Special  NOTE: You must contact the College Office for guidance on the procedure for special
Examinations 
examinations.
Do not approach your lecturer for this information.
Students who are unable to attend an examination for reasons outlined in the policies
above, may apply to sit a special examination by lodging an application with the College
Student Administration Office no later than 72 hours after the scheduled examination. It
is important to emphasise that travel arrangements and minor illnesses are not normally
acceptable grounds for special examinations (Section 2, College ‘Special Examination
Policy’: http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/student/policy/specexam.asp).

Please note: the ‘Student Enrolment and Procedures Guide 2010’ states:

Students must make themselves available for the duration of the

examination
period in order to attend any special examination that may be required.

If you know in advance of circumstances whereby you will be unable to sit the
examination, you should lodge an application for consideration as soon as possible.
 The dates on which Special Examinations will be held will be published on the School
website when the final timetable is published.

Applications for special examinations must be correctly completed with all original
supporting documentation attached. Where an application is made on the grounds of
sickness, Section B of the application must be completed by a medical practitioner and a
detailed medical certificate stating the effect on your capacity to sit the examination is
required.
Please Note: The medical certificate must carry the stamp from the medical
practice, and will not always be sufficient evidence.

Special examinations are not automatically granted. Once approved, successful candidates
are required to contact the relevant School General Office to obtain details of the special
exam. If you do not sit the examination, or your application for a special examination is
declined, then you will fail the course as incomplete.

It is not grounds for a further special examination if students are not contactable and miss
the scheduled examination date.
Special  If illness or other disruptive events have affected your preparation for, or performance
Consideration 
during an examination, you can bring this to the attention of the examiners by making a
 
request for special consideration using the Application for Special Consideration form.

Requests for special consideration must be lodged with the relevant School General Office
before the scheduled date of the examination. However, if it relates to a problem that
arose during the examination, it should be submitted immediately after the examination
(see the invigilator).

Requests for special consideration must be accompanied by documentation of the illness

and/or a letter setting out the reasons for the difficulties in studying for or sitting an
examination. The examiners will take this into account in awarding the final grade.
Special  If you have a disability or disorder (permanent or temporary) which makes undertaking a
Arrangements 
formal sit-down examination difficult, then you are responsible for requesting special
 
arrangements to be made for your examination. In the past these arrangements have
included the use of special equipment, additional time, writing breaks, a scribe (someone
to write for you), etc.

Please contact the Examination Office early in the semester and at least 10 days prior to
the examination period.

Failure to make appropriate arrangements for an examination may result in a subsequent

application for a special examination/consideration being declined.
Disabilities  If you have any queries about special arrangements with respect to disabilities, please
 refer to the Disabilities Officer. The ANU Disability Services Centre’s website is
http://www.anu.edu.au/disabilities/.
Supplementary  Under University policy Examinations Rules 2007,
Examinations 
http://www.anu.edu.au/cabs/rules/ExamsRules.pdf
 
you may be provided with a supplementary exam.

If you have qualified for a supplementary examination, your grade will be recorded as a
PX on your Notification of Results. You must notify the School Office, in writing (email
is satisfactory), within 7 days of the official publication date of examination results to
indicate your acceptance or otherwise to sit the supplementary examination.

If you pass the supplementary examination you will receive the grade of PS (pass
supplemental) and a mark of 50. If you are unsuccessful, or you decide not to sit the
supplementary examination, your grade will be recorded as N (fail) and your original
mark will stand.

Supplementary examinations will be held early in the next semester on dates to be

advised. For information regarding the timing and venues for Supplementary
examinations please refer to the school websites in week 2 of the current semester:

ABIS: http://www.cbe.anu.edu.au/schools/abis/
ECONOMICS: http://www.cbe.anu.edu.au/schools/eco/
FAS: http://www.cbe.anu.edu.au/schools/fas/
MMIB: http://www.cbe.anu.edu.au/schools/mmib/

Travel plans should be made accordingly as failure to do so is not an acceptable reason to

miss a supplementary examination.
Results and  ANU Grading Codes - in accordance with the University Assessment Grades/Codes, the
Examinations 
CBE applies the following scale when awarding grades:
 

Final Pass Grades 
HD - High Distinction 80 –100
D – Distinction 70 – 79
CR – Credit 60 - 69
P – Pass 50 – 59
PS – Pass at supplementary examination 50

Final Fail Grades 
N – Fail 00 – 49
NCN – Not Completed/Fail
WN – Withdrawn with failure

Interim Codes (used when a result for a course has not yet been finalised)
 DA – Deferred assessment
PX – Awarded supplementary assessment
RP – Result pending
WA – Withheld for administrative reasons

Scaling 
Scaling can increase or decrease a mark but does not change the order of marks relative to
the other students in the course.
If it is decided that scaling is appropriate, then the final mark awarded in a course may
differ from the aggregation of the raw marks of each assessment component.

Results Notification 
To access results students should check their ISIS accounts on the advertised date for
release of examination results. After publication students enquiring about results must
provide an ANU student card as proof of identification. For privacy reasons students
should not make enquiries regarding the results of other students.

Examination Timetable – Final Examination Period 
Details of the final examination timetable are available on the ANU Timetabling website
(http://timetable.anu.edu.au/default.asp). The onus is upon students to acquire their
own scheduling details.

Examination Timetable – Mid‐Semester Examinations 
When a mid-semester exam is scheduled, timetable information will be posted by the
relevant School.

Misconduct  In relation to an examination, misconduct on the part of a student includes:

 
• cheating;
• plagiarism (including the reproducing in, or submitting for assessment for, any
examination, by way of copying, paraphrasing or summarising, without
acknowledgement and with the intention to deceive, any work of another person
as the student’s own work, with or without the knowledge or consent of that
other person);
• submitting for an examination any work previously submitted for examination
(except with the approval of the prescribed authority;
• failing to comply with the University’s instructions to students at, or in relation
to, an examination;
• acting, or assisting another person to act dishonestly, in or in connection with an
examination;
• taking a prohibited document into an examination venue.

The administrative procedures regarding misconduct are incorporated in the ANU

Discipline Rules – detailed here http://www.anu.edu.au/cabs/rules/DisciplineRules.pdf