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Semester 1, 2016 (February-June)

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
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
ACC106 Engineering System Design
BUS102 Communication and Thought
BUS104 Introductory Bioscience
BUS105 Human Physiology
BUS203 Human Anatomy
ENT211 Paramedic Professional Studies
FIN210 Paramedic Clinical Foundations
FIN220 Paramedic Foundation Practicum 1
HRM210 Applied Psychology in Health Care
HRM211 Public Health Foundations
HRM311 Science Research Methods
HRM312 Introduction to Pharmacology
IBS210 Human Pathophysiology
MGT130 Contexts of Practice: Mental Health Care
MGT210 Paramedic Clinical Systems
MKG210 Medical Emergencies
PED110 Paramedic Clinical Practicum 2
PED312 Cardiac and Respiratory Emergencies
TSM102 Injury in the Community
TSM211 Legal and Ethical Practice in EMS (Emergency Medical Services)
TSM313 Maternal and Child Health
TSM315 Substance Misuse and Toxicology
School of Communication and Creative Industries
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
CMN102 Leadership in Clinical Practice
CMN103 Paramedic Clinical Practicum 3
CMN104 Transition to Practice
CMN116 Accounting Principles
CMN120 Introduction to Economics
CMN130 Management and Organisational Behaviour
CMN213 Introduction to Marketing
COR109 Business Law and Ethics
CRM201 New Venture Development
CRM202 Introduction to Financial Planning
CRM203 Retirement and Superannuation
DES101 Managing Human Resources
DES102 Staffing and Remuneration
DES105 Leadership and Team Dynamics
DRA100 Training and Development
EGL120 Principles of International Business
EGL201 Supply Chain Management
EGL206 Project Management
IND110 Consumer Behaviour
ITL110 Building Studies 1
JPN110 Property and Asset Management
JST101 Introduction to Tourism, Leisure and Events
LGL301 Tourism, Leisure and Special Interests
SGD100 Technology and Innovation in Tourism, Leisure and Events
SGD101 Business Events
School of Social Sciences

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
COU180 Communication Theory and Practice
ENP101 Introduction to the Creative Industries
ENP255 Introduction to Media and Communication Industries
GEO100 Introduction to Creative Writing
GEO340 Public Relations: Contemporary Perspectives
GEO350 Introduction to Journalism
HIS140 Editing for the Communications Professional
HIS225 Communication and Thought
HIS231 Criminal Profiling
HIS290 Minorities and Criminal Justice
INT140 Homicide
INT230 Visual Literacy: Design Principles and Practice
INT245 Ways of Seeing: Understanding Images
INT250 Introduction to Design
PSY100 Performance Skills Laboratory 1
PSY102 The ' English' Tradition: An Introduction to Literary Studies
SCS130 Reality Bites: An Exploration of Non-Fiction
SCS140 Reading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writing
SCS172 Indonesian A
SCS201 Italian A
SCS203 Japanese A
SCS211 Justice and the Australian Legal System
SCS230 Professional Practice: Legal Frameworks and Issues
SCS251 Playcentric Game Design
SCS266 Game Art: Introduction to 2D & 3D
SUS101 Introductory Counselling Skills
SUS201 Urban Planning Principles and Practice
Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
ANM102 Urbanism and Urban Design
ENG101 Changing Planet Earth
ENG102 Historical Geographies
ENG302 Animals and Society
ENG340 Global Citizens: A History of Humanity
ENG422 Life and Death in the City: From Settlement to Federation
ENS103 Migrants' Lives in the World
ENS120 Upfront: History of Film in Australia
ENS253 An Introduction to Australian and Comparative Politics
ENS281 Making Public Policy in a Global Era
ENS282 Politics of the USA
ENS300 Forces of Change in International Politics
ENS310 Introduction to Psychology A
ENS351 Current Directions in Psychology
ENS371 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
GEO201 Introduction to Development Studies
GEO301 Social Work and Human Services Practice
LFS100 International Community Development and Global Justice
LFS103 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
MLS101 Green Justice: Environment and Social Issues
MTH102 Understanding Society: An Introduction to Social Theory
NUT101 Working Effectively with Aboriginal People
OES100 Critical Practice with Mental Health, Trauma, Bereavement and Crisis
PUB252 Foundations of Sustainability
PUB271 Measuring Sustainability
SCI105 Endangered Animals and their Conservation
SCI110 Engineering Professional Practice
SET111 Engineering Statics
SPX101 Engineering Project Management
SPX120 Construction Technology
SPX361 Design of Roads and Drainage

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

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
ACC211 Earth's Surface Processes
ACC221 Introduction to Environmental Management
ACC310 An Introduction to Geographic Information Science and Technology
ACC311 Introduction to Sustainable Energy Systems
BUS201 Coastal and Marine Ecology
BUS202 Environmental and Resource Economics
BUS211 Climate Change Adaptation
BUS301 Integrated Environmental Management
ENT311 Aquaculture
FIN310 Hydrology and Geomorphology
ICT211 Biogeography: Mapping with Drones
ICT220 Cell Biology
ICT221
IBS310
ICT310
ICT352
MGT232
MGT310
MGT325
MKG211
MKG212
MKG322
PED210
PED310
PED311
School of Communication and Creative Industries
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
CMN200
CMN202
CMN226
CMN228
CMN237
CMN238
CMN246
CMN248
CMN253
CMN266
CMN275
CMN277
DES204
DES205
DES211
DES213
DES214
DES221
DES223
DES224
DES231
DES233
DES234
DRA200
DRA201
IND210
IND212
ITL210
ITL310
JPN210
JPN212
JPN310
JST203
LGL202
SGD213
School of Social Sciences

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
COU200
COU300
COU301
ENP311
ENP336
GEO390
PSY200
PSY202
PSY203
PSY300
PSY302
PSY303
PSY306
SCS210
SCS277
SCS278
SUS310
SWK401
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.

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
LAW101
LAW103
LAW201
LAW203
LAW205
LAW301
LAW303
LAW401
LAW403

Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering

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, i.e. on weekends or during semester break.

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
ANM201
ANM301
BIM202
BIM331
BIM341 Foundations in Medical Science
CHM310 Mathematics Foundations
CHM311 Introduction to Nutrition
EDU100
EDU101 Health Promotion Needs Assessment and Planning
EDU103 Teaching with Technology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12Pre: Enrolled in Program UB009, ED010, ED101, ED102, ED303 or ED304
EDU104    
EDU107    
EDU108    
EDU113    
EDU115 Creative Expression and Play through the Arts
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12Pre: Enrolled in Program UB009, ED011 or ED303 or ED101
Anti: EDU235 and EDU335
EDU316 Teaching HASS in Primary School
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 1
12Pre: Enrolled in Program ED303, ED304 or ED306
EDU318    
EDU201    
EDU202 Individual Learner Needs
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 2
12Pre: EDU100 or EDU101 and enrolled in Program AE301, ED306, BE301, SE301 or ED304
EDU203    
EDU206 Sustainability Through Play and Pedagogy
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: Enrolled in Program ED303 or UB009
EDU209 Teaching Mathematics in the Early Years
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12Pre: (EDU118 and EDU119 and enrolled in Program UB009) or enrolled in Program ED102 or ED303 or ED304 or ED306
Anti: EDU341
EDU211    
EDU301    
EDU302    
EDU305    
EDU307    
EDU316 Teaching HASS in Primary School
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 1
12Pre: Enrolled in Program ED303, ED304 or ED306
EDU318    
EDU319    
EDU330    
EDU331    
EDU332    
EDU333    
EDU337 Teaching Junior Secondary Arts
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: Enrolled in Program AE304 and a Screen Media or Drama or Theatre and Performance Major, or a Music Studies, Screen Media Studies or Theatre and Performance Studies Extended Minor
EDU340 Teaching Reading and Writing
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 1
12Pre: Enrolled in Program ED303, ED304, UB009
Anti: EDU640
EDU341    
EDU343    
EDU345    
EDU347 Teaching Junior Secondary English
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: Enrolled in Program (AE304 and an English Major or English Studies Extended Minor) or (ED315 and an English Minor)
EDU352 Teaching Junior Secondary Science 1
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: Enrolled in Program (AE304 and a Biological, Chemical or Psychological Sciences Extended Minor) or (SE303 and a Biological, Chemical or Psychological Sciences Major or Extended Minor) or (ED315 and a Marine Science Major or Minor)
EDU354 Teaching Junior Secondary Science 2
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: Enrolled in Program SE303 with a major and extended minor in Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences or Psychological Sciences
Co: EDU352
EDU356 Teaching Junior Secondary Geography
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: Enrolled in Program (AE304 and a Geography Major or Geographical Sciences Extended Minor) or (SE303 and a Geographical Sciences Extended Minor) or (ED315 and a Geographical Studies Minor)
EDU358 Teaching Junior Secondary History
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: Enrolled in Program (AE304 and a History Major or History Studies Extended Minor) or (ED315 and a History Minor)
EDU363 Teaching Junior Secondary Mathematics
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: Enrolled in Program (AE304 and a Mathematical Sciences Extended Minor) or (SE303 and a Mathematical Sciences Major or Extended Minor) or (ED315 and a Mathematical Studies Minor)
EDU366    
EDU368 Teaching Junior Secondary HPE
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: Enrolled in Program ED315
EDU400 Teaching Primary School Mathematics
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 1
12Pre: Enrolled in Program ED303, ED304 or ED306
EDU401 Teacher as Global Practitioner
  • Sunshine Coast: Not Currently Offered
  • Moreton Bay: Not Currently Offered
  • Caboolture: Not Currently Offered
  • Fraser Coast: Not Currently Offered
  • Gympie: Not Currently Offered
  • Online: Not Currently Offered
12Pre: Enrolled in Program ED304
EDU407    
EDU412 Diversity and Inclusion
  • Sunshine Coast: Session 5, Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 1
  • Online: Session 5, Semester 1
12Pre: Enrolled in Program ED304, ED306, ED305, AE304, SE303 or ED315
EDU413 Teaching the Australian Curriculum: Languages
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12Pre: Enrolled in Program ED304
EDU414    
EDU415 Teacher as Researcher
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 1, Semester 2
12Pre: 192 credit points within one of the following programs: AE304, ED303, ED304, ED315, or SE303.
EDU417 Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum
  • Sunshine Coast: Session 8, Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12Pre: Enrolled in Program AE304, ED315 or SE303
EDU418    
EDU421 Using Data for Learning
  • Sunshine Coast: Not Currently Offered
  • Moreton Bay: Not Currently Offered
  • Fraser Coast: Not Currently Offered
  • Online: Not Currently Offered
12Pre: Enrolled in Program AE304, ED303, ED304, ED315, ED306 or SE303
ENG203    
ENG211    
ENG212    
ENG221    
ENG225    
ENG226    
ENG340    
ENG411 Reservoir and Stormwater Engineering
  • Sunshine Coast: Not Currently Offered
12Pre: (MTH202 or MTH104) and (ENS314 or ENG330 or CIV330)
ENG421 Design of Water Supply Systems
  • Sunshine Coast: Not Currently Offered
12Pre: ENG202
ENG431    
ENG441    
ENG451    
ENS213 Invertebrate Biology and Ecology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: SCI102
ENS214    
ENS221 Plant Diversity and Ecology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: SCI102
Anti: ENS201
ENS306    
ENS315    
ENS316 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: (ENS222 and SCI110) or enrolled in SB303
ENS321 Restoration Ecology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: ENS221 or ENS222 or ENS282 or ENS213 or ENS214 or LFS261
Anti: ENS361
ENS351 Integrated Environmental Management
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Anti: ESS351
ENS381    
HLT121 Midwifery Foundations
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
12Pre: Enrolled in Program SC393
HLT122 Developing Midwifery
  • Sunshine Coast: Not Currently Offered
12Pre: (HLT100 or LFS112) and HLT132 and enrolled in Program SC393
Co: HLT121 or (HLT121 and HLT132 and RN pathway credit)
HLT131 Practice Principles for Midwifery
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
12Pre: Enrolled in Program SC393
HLT203 Collaborative Midwifery Practice
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
12Pre: HLT122 or HLT200 and enrolled in Program SC393
HLT221 Human Pathophysiology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
12Pre: LFS112 or HLT100 and enrolled in Program SC211, SC304, SC306, SC367, SC391, SC392, SC394, SC395, SC346 or UB001
Anti: LFS303 or NUR221 or PAR221
HLT321 Developing Professional Practice in Prosthetics & Orthotics
  • Sunshine Coast: Session 1
12Pre: OCC232 and HLT320 and enrolled in Program SC307 or (SC367 and a Prosthetics & Orthotics Extended Major)
HLT322 Advanced clinical skills in prosthetics
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
12Pre: (HLT321 and enrolled in SC367 with a Prosthetics & Orthotics Extended major) or (HLT321 and enrolled in SC307)
HLT332    
LFS201    
LFS251 Biochemistry
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: SCI105 and (LFS100 or LFS103)
Anti: MBT251
LFS261 Microbiology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: SCI100 or SCI103 or LFS100 or LFS103
Anti: MEP263 or MBT263
LFS303 Pathophysiology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: (LFS201 and LFS202) or LFS203 or
Co: LFS201 or LFS203 and enrolled in Program SC357
Anti: LFS302 or NUR221 or PAR221 or HLT221
MBT301 Pharmaceutical and Food Microbiology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: MBT263 or LFS261
MBT361 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: MBT263 or LFS261
Anti: MBT363 or MBT364
MLS210 Advanced Haematology
  • Sunshine Coast: Not Currently Offered
12Pre: MLS110 and enrolled in Program SC211, SC355 or SC357
MTH202    
MTH381 Applied Systems Modelling
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: MTH202 or MTH104
Anti: ENS381
NUR111 Practice Foundations
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Caboolture: Semester 1
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 1
  • Gympie: Semester 1
12Pre: Enrolled in Program SC017 or SC391
Anti: HLT131
NUR121 Health Care and the Professions
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Caboolture: Semester 1
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 1
  • Gympie: Semester 1
12Pre: Enrolled in Program SC017, SC391 or SC393
NUR231 Drug Therapy
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Caboolture: Semester 1
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 1
  • Gympie: Semester 1
12Pre: (NUR111 and NUR116 and (LFS103 or HLT100) and enrolled in SC391) or (NUR141 and HLT100 and enrolled in SC392) or (LFS103 and HLT100 and HLT132 and enrolled in SC393)
Anti: PAR231
NUR241 Contexts of Practice: Health Alteration
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Caboolture: Semester 1
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 1
  • Gympie: Semester 1
12Pre: (NUR111 and NUR116 and (LFS103 or HLT100) and enrolled in SC391) or (NUR141 and HLT100 and enrolled in SC392)
NUR272 End of Life Care
  • Online: Session 4
12Pre: Enrolled in Program SC391 or SC392
NUR341    
NUT201 Food Studies
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: SCI105
Anti: FSN201
NUT212 Principles of Nutrition
  • Online: Session 1, Semester 1
12Pre: LFS103 or LFS112 or HLT100 or SPX103
Anti: FSN212
NUT315    
NUT352    
OCC311 Enabling Occupation: The Adult
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
12Pre: (OCC201 or OCC100) and OCC212 and OCC222 and OCC232 and enrolled in Program SC440
OCC321 Occupational Therapy in Mental Health
  • Sunshine Coast: Session 1
12Pre: (OCC201 or OCC100) and OCC212 and OCC222 and OCC232 and enrolled in SC440
OES210    
PHY311    
PUB310    
PUB352    
PUB361 Epidemiology and Biostatistics
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: SCI110
SPX201 Functional Anatomy
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: LFS122
SPX221 Sports and Exercise Medicine
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: LFS122
SPX231 Motor Control and Learning
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: LFS122 or HLT100 or SPX103
SPX322 Biomechanics II
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: SPX202
SPX331 Exercise Physiology II
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: SPX211
SPX341    
SPX371 Advanced Coaching Science
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: SPX102 and SPX203