At the time of submitting your Study Abroad application, we ask you to submit the courses you would like to study at USC chosen from the below course lists.
The course list is split in to two parts:
- Courses from List 1:These courses are pre-approved by USC, you do not need to seek approval from USC for enrolment in these courses
- Courses from List 2: Where a course has a pre-requisite USC will check that you have completed the required prior studies to complete the course successfully. These courses need to be included in your application form for assessment
If you require credit transfer you must seek approval of your course choices by your home institution.
Courses pre-approved by USC for Study Abroad
Course offerings are subject to change.
Faculty of Arts and Business
School of Business
| Course | Semester of offer | Units | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACC106 Communication and Thought | |||
| BUS102 Introduction to Tourism, Leisure and Events | |||
| BUS104 Business Law and Ethics | |||
| BUS105 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility | |||
| BUS203 Tourism, Leisure and Special Interests | |||
| ENT211 Tourism, Sport and Leisure Policy and Planning | |||
| HRM210 Sustainable Tourism, Leisure and Event Management | |||
| HRM211 Technology and Innovation in Tourism, Leisure and Events | |||
| HRM311 Event Management | |||
| HRM312 Business Events | |||
| IBS210 Economics for Managers | |||
| FIN210 Corporate Finance | |||
| FIN220 Innovation Management | |||
| MGT130 Strategic Management | |||
| MGT210 Leading and Managing Organisations | |||
| MGT325 Marketing Management | |||
| MKG210 Accounting for Managers | |||
| PED110 Managing Research | |||
| PED312 Communication and Thought | |||
| TSM102 Economics for Managers | |||
| TSM211 Global Business Management | |||
| TSM313 Innovation Management and Professional Development | |||
| TSM315 International Trade and Finance |
School of Communication and Creative Industries
| Course | Semester of offer | Units | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMN102 Managing Across Global Cultures | |||
| CMN103 Marketing in a Global Environment | |||
| CMN104 Theories of Counselling: From Freud to Integrative Practice | |||
| CMN116 Introduction to Psychology B | |||
| CMN120 Introduction to Indigenous Australia | |||
| CMN130 Communication and Thought | |||
| CMN213 Introductory Counselling Skills | |||
| COR109 Introduction to Psychology A | |||
| DES101 Group Processes and Practice | |||
| DES102 Strengths Based Counselling: Collaborative Approaches | |||
| DES105 Social Research | |||
| DRA100 Understanding Cultural Diversity | |||
| EGL120 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Skills and Applications | |||
| EGL201 Introduction to Human Development | |||
| EGL206 Ethical Practice in the Helping Professions | |||
| IND110 Counselling Development and Supervision 1 | |||
| INT140 Counselling Placement 1 | |||
| INT245 Developmental and Family Counselling | |||
| INT250 Counselling for Crisis, Trauma and Loss | |||
| INT270 Positive Psychology for Counselling | |||
| ITL110 Counselling Development and Supervision 2 | |||
| JPN110 Counselling Placement 2 | |||
| JST101 Playcentric Game Design | |||
| LGL301 Serious Digital Game Design | |||
| SGD100 Game-Based Learning | |||
| SGD101 Video Game Analysis | |||
| SGD204 Interactive Narrative: Puzzles and Quests |
School of Social Sciences
| Course | Semester of offer | Units | Requisites | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COU180 Serious Game Project A | ||||
| ENP101 Serious Game Project B | ||||
| ENP255 Project Management | ||||
| GEO100 Playcentric Game Design | ||||
| GEO340 Serious Digital Game Design | ||||
| GEO350 Game-Based Learning | ||||
| HIS140 Video Game Analysis | ||||
| HIS225 Introduction to Creative Entrepreneurship | ||||
| HIS231 Communication for the Creative Professional | ||||
| HIS290 Intro to Songwriting and Production | ||||
| PSY100 Performance 1 | ||||
| PSY102 Marketing Essentials | ||||
| SCS130 Intro to Songwriting and Performance | ||||
| SCS140 Production 1 | ||||
| SCS172 Critical Theory and Creative Practice | ||||
| SCS201 International Development and Global Justice |
| 12 | ||
| SCS211 | ||||
| SCS230 Understanding Society: An Introduction to Social Theory |
| 12 | ||
| SCS251 | ||||
| SCS266 | ||||
| SUS101 Foundations of Sustainability - Investigating Planetary Health |
| 12 | ||
| SUS201 Advancing Sustainability: Planet, People and Prosperity |
| 12 |
Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
| Course | Semester of offer | Units | Requisites | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SET111 | ||||
| ENG101 Professional Engineering |
| 12 | ||
| ENG302 Engineering Project Management |
| 12 | Pre: Students to have completed at least 96 credits Anti: ENG305 | |
| ENG422 Design of Roads and Drainage |
| 12 | Anti: ENV3104(USQ equivalent course) | |
| ENS103 Earth's Surface Processes |
| 12 | ||
| ENS253 Geographic Information Science and Technology |
| 12 | ||
| ENS281 | ||||
| ENS282 Coastal and Marine Ecology |
| 12 | Pre: SCI110 or SCI102 or ANM104 | |
| ENS310 | ||||
| ENS351 Integrated Environmental Management |
| 12 | Anti: ESS351 | |
| ENS371 Sustainable Aquaculture |
| 12 | Anti: ESS371 | |
| LFS100 Cell Biology |
| 12 | Anti: LFS101 or LFS103 | |
| LFS103 Introductory Bioscience |
| 12 | Pre: The online course offering is not available to students enrolled in a Bachelor of Nursing or Bachelor of Midwifery due to external accreditation. Anti: LFS100 | |
| MLS101 Foundations in Medical Science |
| 12 | Pre: Enrolled in Program SC211, SC355, SC357, SC385, SC201, SC301 or UB001 | |
| MTH102 | ||||
| NUT101 Introduction to Nutrition |
| 12 | Pre: Enrolled in Program SC019, SC354 or AB101 | |
| PUB252 Health Promotion Assessment and Planning |
| 12 | Anti: PUB705 | |
| PUB271 Health Promotion Principles |
| 12 | ||
| SCI105 Introductory Chemistry |
| 12 | Anti: SCI505 | |
| SCI110 Science Research Methods |
| 12 | Anti: SCI201 or CPH261 | |
| SPX101 Introduction to Sport and Exercise Science |
| 12 | ||
| SPX361 |
Courses requiring approval by USC for Study Abroad
You must seek approval from USC International to enrol in any of these courses.
Course offerings are subject to change.
Faculty of Arts and Business
School of Business
| Course | Semester of offer | Units | Requisites | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACC211 Business Finance |
| 12 | Pre: BUS102 | |
| ACC221 Company Accounting |
| 12 | Pre: ACC210 | |
| ACC310 Management Accounting |
| 12 | Pre: ACC106 | |
| ACC311 Taxation Law and Practice |
| 12 | Pre: BUS203 or LAW101 or LAW102 | |
| BUS201 Applied Microeconomics |
| 12 | Pre: BUS102 | |
| BUS202 Applied Macroeconomics |
| 12 | Pre: BUS102 | |
| BUS211 Strategic Management |
| 12 | Pre: BUS104 | |
| BUS301 | ||||
| ENT311 Start-up LaunchLab |
| 12 | Pre: Course Coordinator Consent Required | |
| FIN310 Investment Analysis |
| 12 | Pre: ACC211 | |
| IBS310 International Marketing |
| 12 | Pre: BUS105 | |
| ICT310 Systems Analysis and Design |
| 12 | Pre: ICT115 or ICT221 | |
| ICT352 Project Management |
| 12 | Pre: BUS104 or SGD200 or CSC100 Anti: MGT210 | |
| ICT211 Database Design |
| 12 | ||
| ICT220 Wireless Communications |
| 12 | Pre: ICT120 | |
| ICT221 Object-Oriented Programming |
| 12 | Pre: ICT112 | |
| MGT232 | ||||
| MGT310 Managing the Small Business |
| 12 | Pre: BUS104 | |
| MKG211 Services Marketing |
| 12 | Pre: BUS105 | |
| MKG212 Food Marketing | Not currently offered | 12 | Pre: BUS105 | |
| MKG322 Building and Managing Brands |
| 12 | Pre: BUS105 | |
| PED210 | ||||
| PED310 | ||||
| PED311 |
School of Communication and Creative Industries
| Course | Semester of offer | Units | Requisites | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMN214 | ||||
| CMN216 | ||||
| CMN226 Creative and Interactive Advertising |
| 12 | ||
| CMN227 | ||||
| CMN228 Media Law and Ethics |
| 12 | ||
| CMN235 | ||||
| CMN237 Online Journalism |
| 12 | ||
| CMN238 | ||||
| CMN243 | ||||
| CMN246 Writing for Children and Young Adults |
| 12 | ||
| CMN248 | ||||
| CMN253 | ||||
| CMN266 Writing Poetry |
| 12 | ||
| CMN275 | ||||
| CMN277 Video production and television journalism |
| 12 | ||
| DES204 Photographic Narratives |
| 12 | ||
| DES205 The Photography Professional |
| 12 | ||
| DES211 Visual Identity |
| 12 | ||
| DES213 | ||||
| DES214 | ||||
| DES221 Introduction to Interactive Media |
| 12 | ||
| DES223 | ||||
| DES224 | ||||
| DES231 Animation Principles, Process and Production |
| 12 | ||
| DES233 | ||||
| DES234 | ||||
| DRA200 | ||||
| DRA201 | ||||
| IND210 | ||||
| IND310 Indonesian E |
| 12 | ||
| ITL210 | ||||
| JPN210 Intermediate Japanese 1 |
| 12 | Pre: INT121 or JPN111 | |
| JPN310 Advanced Japanese 1: Language for Japanese Media |
| 12 | Pre: JPN211 or JPN300 or JPN301 | |
| JST201 | ||||
| JST203 | ||||
| LGL202 |
School of Social Sciences
| Course | Semester of offer | Units | Requisites | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COU200 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Skills and Applications |
| 12 | Pre: COU180 or SCS180 | |
| COU300 Counselling for Crisis, Trauma and Loss |
| 12 | Pre: (COU180 or SCS180) and (COU265 or SCS265 or SWK202) and enrolled in Program SA306, AR375, AR372, AR362, AR303 or AR302 Anti: SCS266 | |
| COU301 Positive Psychology for Counselling |
| 12 | Pre: COU180 or SCS180 and enrolled in Program AR302, AR303, AR375 or SA306 | |
| ENP311 | ||||
| ENP336 Strategic Infrastructure Planning |
| 12 | ||
| ENP411 Advanced Planning Policy and Practice |
| 12 | ||
| GEO390 Advanced Geographical Studies | Not currently offered | 12 | Pre: Course Coordinator Consent Required | |
| HIS320 Research Project in History |
| 12 | Pre: Course Coordinator Consent Required and History Major or final year of study Anti: HIS220 | |
| PSY200 Research Methods in Psychology A |
| 12 | Pre: PSY100 and PSY101 | |
| PSY202 Physiological Psychology |
| 12 | Pre: PSY100 and PSY101 | |
| PSY203 Introduction to Human Development |
| 12 | Pre: (PSY100 and PSY101 and enrolled in AB314, AB315, AB302, AR364, AR374, AR375, AR405, SA306, SA307, SB304, SC308 or Psychology major) or (PSY100 and PSY101 and enrolled in SC440) or (PSY100 and OCC100 and enrolled in program SC440). | |
| PSY300 Advanced Methods in Psychology |
| 12 | Pre: (PSY200 and PSY201) or PSY207 | |
| PSY302 Intercultural and Indigenous Psychologies |
| 12 | Pre: (PSY200 and PSY201) or PSY207 | |
| PSY303 Personality and Assessment |
| 12 | Pre: (PSY200 and PSY201) or PSY207 | |
| PSY306 Psychology of Health and Wellbeing |
| 12 | Pre: PSY207 or (PSY200 and PSY201) or (PSY200 and SCI110 and enrolled in Program AE304 or SE303) | |
| SCS210 | ||||
| SCS277 | ||||
| SCS278 | ||||
| SUS310 Sustainability Project |
| 12 | Pre: Course Coordinator Consent Required and SUS101 and (SUS201 or SUS202 or SUS302) | |
| SWK401 Critical Social Policy Analysis |
| 12 | Pre: (SCS235 and (SWK300 or SWK301)) OR (SWK300 or SWK301 and enrolled in AR363) |
USC Law School
Courses marked with ^ are only available to students who are enrolled in a Law program at their home institution.
Contact the USC Law School to find out which elective courses will be on offer in the semester you intend on studying.
| Course | Semester of offer | Units | Requisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAW101 Foundations of Australian Law A |
| 12 | Pre: Enrolled in any Law Program or AR013 or AB101. |
| LAW103 Criminal Law and Procedure A |
| 12 | Pre: Enrolled in any Law Program or AR013 or AB101. Co: LAW101 |
| LAW201 Torts A |
| 12 | Pre: LAW102 Co: LAW101 and enrolled in AR391 |
| LAW203 Contracts A |
| 12 | Pre: (LAW102 and enrolled in any Law Program except AR391) or (AB101, UU301, UU302, XU301) or Co: LAW101 and enrolled in AR391 |
| LAW205 Property A |
| 12 | Pre: (LAW100, LAW105 and LAW108) or (LAW102) |
| LAW301 Constitutional Law |
| 12 | Pre: LAW102 and enrolled in any Law Program or AB101, XU301, UU302 or UU301 |
| LAW303 Corporations Law |
| 12 | Pre: (LAW100 and LAW105) or (LAW204 or LAW208) |
Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Courses marked with # are only available for students enrolled in an Education program or an Education Major at their home institution.
Note: Some courses may also include a compulsory field trip, requiring payment of an additional fee, and may be held outside of the regular teaching week, ie on weekends or during semester break.
| Course | Semester of offer | Units | Requisites | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIM202 Medical Genetics |
| 12 | Pre: LFS100 or LFS103 or SCI100 | |
| BIM331 Immunology |
| 12 | Pre: LFS202 or LFS203 or (LFS112 and enrolled in Program SC301, SB301, SA301, SA308, SE303 or UB001) OR Co: LFS203 and enrolled in Program SC357 or SC355 (Associate Degree in Medical Laboratory Science pathway only) | |
| BIM341 Biochemical Pharmacology |
| 12 | Pre: MBT251 or LFS251 Anti: MBT351 | |
| CHM310 Physical Chemistry |
| 12 | Pre: CHM202 or CHM210 | |
| EDU100 | ||||
| EDU104 | ||||
| EDU107 | ||||
| EDU203 | ||||
| EDU206 Sustainability Through Play and Pedagogy |
| 12 | Pre: Enrolled in Program ED303 or UB009 | |
| EDU209 Teaching Mathematics in the Early Years |
| 12 | Pre: (EDU118 and EDU119 and enrolled in Program UB009) or enrolled in Program ED102 or ED303 or ED304 or ED306 Anti: EDU341 | |
| EDU211 | ||||
| EDU332 | ||||
| ENG102 Engineering Statics |
| 12 | Pre: (SCI107 and (MTH103 or MTH102) and enrolled in Program SC404, SC405, SC410, SC411 SC425) or AB101, UU301, UU302 or XU301 Anti: CIV1501(USQ equivalent course) | |
| ENG203 | ||||
| ENG211 Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics |
| 12 | Pre: (ENG102 or CIV1501(USQ equivalent course)) and enrolled in Program SC383, SC384, SC410, SC411, SC425, SC430, AB101, UU301, UU302 or XU301 Anti: ENV2103(USQ equivalent course) | |
| ENG221 | ||||
| ENG225 | ||||
| ENG226 | ||||
| ENG340 | ||||
| ENG411 Reservoir and Stormwater Engineering |
| 12 | Pre: (MTH202 or MTH104) and (ENS314 or ENG330 or CIV330) | |
| ENG421 Design of Water Supply Systems |
| 12 | Pre: ENG202 | |
| ENG451 | ||||
| ENS221 Plant Diversity and Ecology |
| 12 | Pre: SCI102 Anti: ENS201 | |
| ENS306 | ||||
| ENS321 Restoration Ecology |
| 12 | Pre: ENS221 or ENS222 or ENS282 or ENS213 or ENS214 or LFS261 Anti: ENS361 | |
| ENS351 Integrated Environmental Management |
| 12 | Anti: ESS351 | |
| LFS201 | ||||
| LFS251 Biochemistry |
| 12 | Pre: SCI105 and (LFS100 or LFS103) Anti: MBT251 | |
| LFS261 Microbiology |
| 12 | Pre: SCI100 or SCI103 or LFS100 or LFS103 Anti: MEP263 or MBT263 | |
| LFS303 Pathophysiology |
| 12 | Pre: LFS203 or (LFS201 and LFS202) or Co: LFS201 or LFS203 and enrolled in Program SC357 Anti: LFS302 or NUR221 or PAR221 or HLT221 | |
| MBT301 Pharmaceutical and Food Microbiology |
| 12 | Pre: MBT263 or LFS261 | |
| MBT361 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology |
| 12 | Pre: MBT263 or LFS261 Anti: MBT363 or MBT364 | |
| NUT201 Food Studies |
| 12 | Pre: SCI105 Anti: FSN201 | |
| NUT212 Principles of Nutrition |
| 12 | Pre: LFS103 or LFS112 or HLT100 or SPX103 Anti: FSN212 | |
| PHY311 | ||||
| PUB361 Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
| 12 | Pre: SCI110 | |
| SPX201 Functional Anatomy |
| 12 | Pre: LFS122 | |
| SPX221 Sports and Exercise Medicine |
| 12 | Pre: LFS122 | |
| SPX231 Motor Control and Learning |
| 12 | Pre: LFS122 or HLT100 or SPX103 | |
| SPX322 Biomechanics II |
| 12 | Pre: SPX202 | |
| SPX331 Exercise Physiology II |
| 12 | Pre: SPX211 | |
| SPX371 Advanced Coaching Science |
| 12 | Pre: SPX102 and SPX203 |