政治学系和古尔德法学院提供双学位课程，可授予法学博士学位和博士学位。申请人必须向政治学系，国际关系学院和法学院提出申请，并满足所有入学要求。除LSAT外，对本计划感兴趣的学生还必须参加研究生成绩考试（GRE）。<br> <br>第一年，学生只能在法学院学习课程。要获得法学博士学位，所有学生（包括双学位学生）都必须在第一年后在南加州大学完成35个数字分级法律单位。对于参加法学院荣誉课程的学生，副院长可以对此规则进行例外处理。第二年和第三年包括40门政治科学课程和40门法律课程。学生必须修读两门方法论课程，即
The Department of Political Science and the Gould School of Law offer a dual degree program leading to the JD and PhD degrees. Applicants must apply to the Department of Political Science, the School of International Relations and the law school, and meet requirements for admission to all. In addition to the LSAT, students interested in this program are required to take the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE). <br><br>In the first year, students take their course work in the law school exclusively. To earn the JD, all students (including dual degree students) must complete 35 numerically graded law units at USC after the first year. The associate dean may make exceptions to this rule for students enrolled in the law school honors programs. The second and third years include 40 units of courses in political science and 40 units of law. Students must take two methodology courses, POSC 500 and POSC 600, and three core courses to be selected from POSC 510, POSC 512, POSC 520, POSC 530 and POSC 540.