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 Taxation Law and Practice | |||
BUS102 Personal Investment Management | |||
BUS104 Tax and Estate Planning | |||
BUS105 Financial Plan Construction | |||
BUS203 Accounting Principles | |||
ENT211 Introduction to Economics | |||
HRM210 Management and Organisational Behaviour | |||
HRM211 Introduction to Marketing | |||
HRM311 Business Law and Ethics | |||
HRM312 New Venture Development | |||
IBS210 Managing Human Resources | |||
FIN210 Staffing and Remuneration | |||
FIN220 Leadership and Team Dynamics | |||
MGT130 Training and Development | |||
MGT210 Principles of International Business | |||
MGT325 Introduction to Financial Planning | |||
MKG210 Retirement and Superannuation | |||
PED110 Supply Chain Management | |||
PED312 Project Management | |||
TSM102 Quality Management | |||
TSM211 Consumer Behaviour | |||
TSM313 Building Studies 1 | |||
TSM315 Property and Asset Management |
School of Communication and Creative Industries
Course | Semester of offer | Units | Requisites |
---|---|---|---|
CMN102 Introduction to Tourism, Leisure and Events | |||
CMN103 Tourism, Leisure and Special Interests | |||
CMN104 Technology and Innovation in Tourism, Leisure and Events | |||
CMN116 Business Events | |||
CMN120 Communication Theory and Practice | |||
CMN130 Introduction to the Creative Industries | |||
CMN213 Introduction to Media and Communication Industries | |||
COR109 Introduction to Creative Writing | |||
DES101 Public Relations: Contemporary Perspectives | |||
DES102 Introduction to Journalism | |||
DES105 Editing for the Communications Professional | |||
DRA100 Communication and Thought | |||
EGL120 Visual Literacy: Design Principles and Practice | |||
EGL201 Ways of Seeing: Understanding Images | |||
EGL206 Introduction to Design | |||
IND110 Performance Skills Laboratory 1 | |||
INT140 The ' English' Tradition: An Introduction to Literary Studies | |||
INT230 Reality Bites: An Exploration of Non-Fiction | |||
INT245 Reading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writing | |||
INT250 Indonesian A | |||
INT270 An Introduction to Australian and Comparative Politics | |||
ITL110 Making Public Policy in a Global Era | |||
JPN110 Politics of the USA | |||
JST101 Forces of Change in International Politics | |||
LGL301 Politics and the Media | |||
SGD100 Italian A | |||
SGD101 Japanese A | |||
SGD204 Justice and the Australian Legal System |
School of Social Sciences
Course | Semester of offer | Units | Requisites |
---|---|---|---|
COU180 Professional Practice: Legal Frameworks and Issues | |||
ENP101 Playcentric Game Design | |||
ENP255 Game Art: Introduction to 2D & 3D | |||
GEO100 Interactive Narrative: Fundamentals | |||
GEO340 Introductory Counselling Skills | |||
GEO350 Urban Design & Town Planning Principles and Practice | |||
HIS140 Urbanism and Urban Design | |||
HIS225 Changing Planet Earth | |||
HIS231 Historical Geographies | |||
HIS290 Animals and Society | |||
PSY100 Global Citizens: A History of Humanity | |||
PSY102 Life and Death in the City: From Settlement to Federation | |||
SCS130 Migrants' Lives in the World | |||
SCS140 Upfront: History of Film in Australia | |||
SCS172 Introduction to Psychology A | |||
SCS201 Current Directions in Psychology | |||
SCS211 Introduction to Indigenous Australia | |||
SCS230 Introduction to Development Studies | |||
SCS251 Social Work and Human Services Practice | |||
SCS266 International Community Development and Global Justice | |||
SUS101 Green Justice: Environment and Social Issues | |||
SUS201 Understanding Society: An Introduction to Social Theory |
Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Course | Semester of offer | Units | Requisites |
---|---|---|---|
SET111 Working Effectively with Aboriginal People | |||
ENG101 Critical Practice with Trauma, Bereavement and Crisis | |||
ENG302 Foundations of Sustainability | |||
ENS103 Measuring Sustainability | |||
ENS253 Environment, Technology and Sustainability | |||
ENS281 Foundations of Engineering | |||
ENS282 Engineering Project Management | |||
ENS310 Earth's Surface Processes | |||
ENS351 An Introduction to Geographic Information Science and Technology | |||
ENS371 Introduction to Sustainable Energy Systems | |||
LFS100 Coastal and Marine Ecology | |||
LFS103 Climate Change Adaptation | |||
MLS101 Integrated Environmental Management | |||
MTH102 Aquaculture | |||
NUT101 Cell Biology | |||
PUB252 Introductory Bioscience | |||
PUB271 Foundations in Medical Science | |||
SCI105 Mathematics Foundations | |||
SCI110 Introduction to Nutrition | |||
SPX101 Health Promotion Needs Assessment and Planning | |||
SPX361 Health Promotion Principles |
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 Chemistry | |||
ACC221 Science Research Methods | |||
ACC310 Introduction to Sport and Exercise Science | |||
ACC311 Physical Education Studies A | |||
BUS201 Business Finance | |||
BUS202 Company Accounting | |||
BUS211 Management Accounting | |||
BUS301 Taxation Law and Practice | |||
ENT311 Applied Microeconomics | |||
FIN310 Applied Macroeconomics | |||
IBS310 Strategic Management | |||
ICT310 Business Analytics 2 | |||
ICT352 New Venture Establishment | |||
ICT211 Personal Investment Management | |||
ICT220 International Marketing | |||
ICT221 Systems Analysis and Design | |||
MGT232 ICT Project Management | |||
MGT310 Database Design | |||
MKG211 Telecommunications and Networks | |||
MKG212 Software Development 1 | |||
MKG322 Service Operations Management | |||
PED210 Small Business and New Venture Management | |||
PED310 Services Marketing | |||
PED311 Food Marketing |
School of Communication and Creative Industries
Course | Semester of offer (Sunshine Coast) | Units | Requisites | |
---|---|---|---|---|
CMN214 Brand Management | ||||
CMN216 Principles of Property Valuation | ||||
CMN226 Property Investment Analysis - Financing and Capital Markets | ||||
CMN227 Property Development Feasibility and Analysis | ||||
CMN228 Investigative and Data Journalism | ||||
CMN235 Crisis and Issues Management | ||||
CMN237 Advertising: Copy and Image | ||||
CMN238 News Rounds | ||||
CMN243 The Writer and the Law | ||||
CMN246 News Writing and Reporting | ||||
CMN248 Online Journalism | ||||
CMN253 Paperback Hero | ||||
CMN266 Community Engagement Events | ||||
CMN275 Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults | ||||
CMN277 Creative Advertising | ||||
DES204 Researching Media and Audiences | ||||
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 | ||||
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 | ||||
SWK401 Critical Social Policy Analysis |
| 12 | Pre: (SCS235 and (SWK300 or SWK301 )) OR (SWK300 or SWK301 and enrolled in AR363) |
School ofLaw
Courses marked with ^ are only available to students who are enrolled in a Law program at their home institution.
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) | |
ENG211 | ||||
ENG221 | ||||
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 | |
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: (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 |
| 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 |