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Credit for International Baccalaureate students

USC offers credit into a range of undergraduate degree programs to students who have successfully completed an International Baccalaureate Diploma.

  • Students may gain up to four courses of credit depending on the IB subjects they have completed and the USC program they are admitted into.
  • If a student is eligible for credit, but the credited course is not listed in the relevant Program Study Plan, the student may be able to use the credit in place of a first year elective.
  • Students who have accepted an offer to study at USC should follow the steps outlined in how to apply for credit.
  • Students in the Bachelor of Medical Science are not eligible to apply for credit from the International Baccalaureate Diploma.
IB subject Minimum grade required USC course credit
Biology (standard level) 4 LFS103 Introductory Bioscience
Biology (higher level) 4 LFS103 Introductory Bioscience or LFS100 Cell Biology
Business and Management (higher level) 4 BUS104 Discovering Management and BUS105 Marketing Essentials
Chemistry (higher level) 4 SCI105 Introductory Chemistry
Computer Science (higher level) 4 BUS108 Information Systems in Organisations
Design and Technology (higher level) 4 Unspecified introductory level elective *
English A – Literature (higher level) 4 EGL120 The ' English' Tradition: An Introduction to Literary Studies
Extended Essay (higher level) C Unspecified introductory level elective *
Film (higher level) 4 Unspecified introductory level elective *
History (higher level) 4 HIS100 What makes Australia? History of Australian popular culture: The twentieth century and beyond and HIS140 Global Citizens: A History of Humanity
Language A or Language B (higher level) 4 Unspecified introductory level elective *
Mathematics (standard level) 4 MTH100
Mathematics (higher level) 4 MTH100
Music (higher level) 4 Unspecified introductory level elective *
Physics (higher level) 4 SCI107 Physics
Psychology (standard level) 4 Unspecified introductory level elective *
Theatre Arts (higher level) 4 DRA100 Acting 1: The actor's craft
Visual Arts (higher level) 4 DES101 Elements of Design

* To determine whether an unspecified elective is possible, please refer to the program structure for the degree in which you are enrolling.