Battery assembly and battery pack having the same

A battery assembly includes a cell stack including a plurality of battery cells stacked together, a busbar assembly coupled to the cell stack and including a busbar electrically connected to an electrode lead of at least one of the battery cells, a plate unit configured to cover at least a portion of a side surface of the cell stack, a sensing unit coupled to the busbar assembly and disposed outside of the cell stack, and a cell monitoring unit installed on the plate unit and coupled to the sensing unit.