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USC Marshall School of Business


USC Marshall full-time MBA students leave their new-student orientation at Popovich Hall

 

 

 

USC Marshall full-time MBA students leave their new-student orientation at Jane Hoffman Popovich and J. Kristoffer Popovich Hall (JKP). Photo by William Vasta.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


The USC Marshall School of Business is a preeminent destination for understanding and advancing the role of business in society. USC Marshall offers critical education and insight in disciplines including communication, business economics, entrepreneurship, finance, information systems, business analytics, marketing, management, operations, real estate and statistics. The Leventhal School of Accounting, one of the nation’s top ranked accounting schools and housed within Marshall, educates the next generation of leaders in that field.

Leveraging a world-class faculty, international student body and strategic location at the gateway to the Pacific Rim, USC Marshall is a pioneer in global business education. International experience is a required component of all residential MBA degree programs. Undergraduates have access to numerous overseas programs including study abroad and international internships, in addition to week-long global learning experiences.

USC Marshall prepares globally focused thought leaders and hands-on practitioners at every career level, in multiple locations and on a full-time, part-time or weekend schedule. It offers focused specialization through its seven one-year master’s degrees in disciplines across the business spectrum, including business analytics, entrepreneurship and innovation, social entrepreneurship, marketing and global supply chain management. The UT Dallas rankings place Marshall faculty seventh worldwide for research. The school’s entrepreneurship program is consistently ranked as one of the best, as is its alumni network.

Nearly 100 years after its founding in 1920 as USC’s College of Commerce and Business Administration, Marshall’s broad range of academic offerings and trailblazing Centers of Excellence continue to foster a dynamic academic environment that sets the standard for extraordinary leadership development and scholarship in business.



Academic Departments, Academic Centers, Research Centers and Institutes


Senior Administration

Gareth James, PhD, Interim Dean, E. Morgan Stanley Chair in Business Administration

Nandini Rajagopalan, PhD, Vice Dean, Faculty and Academic Affairs

Suh-Pyng Ku, PhD, Vice Dean, Graduate Programs

Patricia Mills, JD, Vice Dean, Online and Executive Education Programs

Tyrone Callahan, PhD, Vice Dean, Undergraduate Programs

Sunny Donenfeld, MILR, MBA, Senior Associate Dean, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer

Evie Lazzarino, BA, Associate Dean, Communications

Rachel Morrell, MPA, Associate Dean and Chief Development Officer, External Relations

Sharoni Little, PhD, Associate Dean and Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer

Undergraduate Programs Administration

Tiffiani Frye, Director, Undergraduate Admissions and Outreach

Onma Lwin, MS, Director, Undergraduate Career Services

Maureen McHale, PhD, Assistant Dean and Director, Undergraduate Advising and Student Affairs

Sean O’Connell, MA, Director, Undergraduate International Programs

Jerry Giaquinta, PhD, JD, Academic Director, World Bachelor in Business Program

Cynthia McCloud, MBA, Director, Food Industry Programs

Graduate Programs Administration

Evan Bouffides, MBA, MPW, MA, Assistant Dean and Director, Graduate Admissions

Mark Brostoff, MHA, Assistant Dean and Director, MBA Career Services

Susan Hunt, PhD, Assistant Dean, Graduate Programs

Anakkarat Barth, MA, Director, Office of Global Programs and Partnerships

Sriram Dasu, PhD, Academic Director, International Experiential Programs

Philip Griego, MBA, Assistant Dean and Director for Online Programs

 

Suh-Pyng Ku, PhD, Academic Director, Full-Time MBA Program

Anne Ziemniak, EdD, Assistant Dean and Director, Full-Time MBA Program

Peter Cardon, PhD, Academic Director, MBA.PM Program

Jeanette L. Christensen, MA, Director, MBA.PM Program

Randolph P. Beatty, PhD, CPA, Academic Director, Executive MBA (EMBA) Program

Brigitte M. Engel, BS, Director, EMBA Program

Carl Voigt, PhD, Academic Director, IBEAR MBA Program

Richard Drobnick, PhD, Director, IBEAR MBA Program

Miriam Burgos, MBA, Academic Director, Online MBA Program

Brittany Hawkins, MEd, Associate Director, Online MBA Program

 

Rex Kovacevich, MBA, Assistant Vice Dean, Graduate Programs

Sara McLachlan, MA, Senior Associate Director, Specialized Master’s Programs

Shirley Maxey, BA, Associate Dean, Master of Accounting and Master of Business Taxation

Ashley Flinn, MEd, Associate Director, Master of Accounting and Master of Business Taxation

Abbas Sharif, PhD, Academic Director, Master of Science in Business Analytics

Nina Richardson, MEd, Associate Director, Master of Science in Business Analytics

Thomas Knapp, MBA, Academic Director, Master of Science in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Jeymi Choi, MEd, Assistant Director, Master of Science in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Rahsan Akbulut, PhD, Academic Director, Master of Science in Finance

Burcu Imrohoroglu, MEd, Associate Director, Master of Science in Finance

Kyle Mayer, PhD, Academic Director, Master of Science in Food Industry Leadership

Cynthia McCloud, EdD, Director, Food Industry Programs

Kimberly Brower, EdD, Assistant Director, Food Industry Programs

Murat Bayiz, PhD, Academic Director, Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management

Nick Vyas, MBA, Program Director, Global Supply Chain Management

Katy Lin, MEd, Associate Director, Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management

Christopher Stewart, EdD, Interim Director, Master of Management in Library and Information Science

Alexis Hackathorn, MA, Coordinator of Student Services, Master of Management in Library and Information Science and Graduate Certificate in Library and Information Management

Diane Badame, PhD, Academic Director, Master of Science in Marketing

Shirin Razi, MEd, Associate Director, Master of Science in Marketing

Maeleine Mira, EML, Director, Master of Medical Management

Adlai Wertman, MBA, Academic Director, Master of Science in Social Entrepreneurship

JJ Lee, MBA, Director, Master of Science in Social Entrepreneurship

Kevin C. Fields, JD*, Academic Director, Master of Business for Veterans

James Bogle, MBA, Associate Director, Master of Business for Veterans

 

Dina Mayzlin, PhD, Associate Dean, PhD Program

Julie Phaneuf, BS, Associate Director, PhD Program

Office of Executive Education

The Office of Executive Education offers two- to seven-day, non-degree professional development programs designed to help working professionals excel in their career. The Office of Executive Education is located at the USC Center in Downtown Los Angeles. Phone (213) 740-8990. Fax (213) 740-6406. Email execed@marshall.usc.edu. Click here to visit our Website.

Arvind Bhambri, PhD, Academic Director, Executive Education

Tim Blakesly, BS, Assistant Dean and Director, Executive Education

 

 

Programs

Bachelor’s Degree

Undergraduate Certificate

Minor

Master of Business Administration

MBA Dual Degree Programs

Master’s Degree

Graduate Certificate

Doctoral Degree

Courses

Business Entrepreneurship

  • BAEP 310 Launching Disruptive Ventures

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Fundamentals of entrepreneurship tracing new venture evolution, including recognition of disruptive opportunities, entrepreneurial financial analysis, and understanding the innovator’s and investor’s mindsets.
    Prerequisite: ACAD 181  or BUAD 201x .
    Duplicates Credit in BAEP 423, BAEP 450, BAEP 451, BUAD 301.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ACAD-310
  • BAEP 423 Management of Small Businesses

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Strategic, organizational, financial, and human issues facing the small business.
    Duplicates Credit in BAEP 310 and BAEP 450 and BAEP 451 and BUAD 301.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 450 Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Starting and managing one’s own business: developing a viable concept, organizing the enterprise, market and financial planning, and controlling the organization.
    Duplicates Credit in BAEP 310, BAEP 423, BAEP 451, BUAD 301.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 451 The Management of New Enterprises

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Development of analytical and conceptual skills in entrepreneurship and venture management.
    Duplicates Credit in BAEP 310, BAEP 423, BAEP 450, BUAD 301.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 452 Feasibility Analysis

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Students develop, analyze, and validate entrepreneurial concepts (including marketing, operational, and financial considerations) using customer feedback and risk assessment to conclude worthiness to pursue.
    Prerequisite: BAEP 310  or BAEP 423  or BAEP 450  or BAEP 451  or BUAD 301 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 453 Venture Management

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Design and application of organization structures and systems in management of new ventures.
    Prerequisite: BAEP 310   or BAEP 423  or BAEP 450  or BAEP 451  or BUAD 301  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 454 Venture Initiation: Launching and Scaling Your Startup

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Learn to build a startup from concept to reality. Focus on real-world entrepreneurial action and execution.
    Prerequisite: BAEP 452 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 455 Founder’s Dilemmas

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp


    Prepares potential founders, hires, and investors for the decisions they will face both before and during their involvement with new ventures.

     
    Registration Restriction: Open only to sophomores, juniors, and seniors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 460 Seminar in Entrepreneurship

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 4.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Perspectives into the art and science of entrepreneurship under the guidance of a master instructor. Specific topics vary.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 465 Digital Playbook for Entrepreneurs: Creating a Tech Startup

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Learn to use digital tools and technologies, such as social media, mobile, cloud computing, and e-commerce, to start and grow entrepreneurial ventures.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 469 Growth Hacking: Scaling Startups

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Accelerate the growth of an entrepreneurial business with applied analytics tools and methods.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 470 The Entrepreneurial Mindset — Taking the Leap

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    A deeper insight into the entrepreneurial mind, how it approaches opportunities and challenges and gives leadership to an organization.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 471 Social Innovation Design Lab

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Introduction to design thinking as applied to innovation and entrepreneurship. Hands-on projects to create solutions to specific societal problems faced by underprivileged communities.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to sophomores, juniors and seniors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 472 The Science of Peak Performance

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Ingrains expertise and application of the science of peak performance, broadens preparation for personal challenge, and builds business-centered critical thinking and applied analytical skills.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to sophomores, juniors and seniors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 474 The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Intellectual Property

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    The fundamentals of intellectual property – its value, its basic workings, and its role in entrepreneurship, business in general, science, the arts, and the professions.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 475 Entertainment Entrepreneurship

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp


    Explore the current entrepreneurial trends and opportunities in the entertainment industry and uncover the key success factors for entrepreneurs in this industry.

     
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 480 Entrepreneurial Family Business

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Explores the dynamics of family and privately held businesses. Exploring generational and extended family issues, opportunities and obstacles faced in today’s environment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 491 Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Analysis of social enterprise models from micro-finance to job development. Analysis of basic issues regarding the difference between socially responsible companies, for-profit, and non-profit-run enterprises.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 495 Practicum in Business Issues (Internship)

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Combined classroom discussion and field application of business theories and practices; part-time internship employment. Project to be jointly defined by student, employer and professor.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BAEP 496 The Digital Startup Launchpad

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Real-life challenge of imagining, prototyping, testing and iterating, building, pricing, marketing, distributing and selling a digital product or service.
    Prerequisite: BAEP 452  and ITP 466  and ITP 476 
    Corequisite: ITP 496 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 497 Field Project in Entrepreneurship

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 4.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Individual or team projects solving real problems for an enterprise. Situation analyses; research proposal composition; field research techniques; statistical analysis; oral and written presentations.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to juniors and seniors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BAEP 499 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Current developments in the field of entrepreneurship: topics to be selected each semester.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 549 The Entrepreneurial Journey

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    An introduction to entrepreneurship with a focus on opportunity recognition and the entrepreneurial mindset. Development of knowledge and skills in launching new ventures.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open only to BUSV, ENTR, and MMM majors
    Duplicates Credit in BAEP 550 BAEP 551 , GSBA 550a  and GSBA 550b 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 550 Entrepreneurship and Venture Management

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Develop conceptual and practical knowledge in entrepreneurship and new venture management.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration limited to graduate business and accounting students
    Duplicates Credit in BAEP 549 , BAEP 551 , GSBA 550a  and GSBA 550b 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 551 Introduction to New Ventures

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Study and development of analytical and conceptual skills in the management of new enterprises and new ventures within large organizations.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration limited to graduate business and accounting students
    Duplicates Credit in BAEP 549 , BAEP 550 GSBA 550a  and GSBA 550b 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 552 Venture Feasibility

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Develop, evaluate, and pursue new business concepts through the application of analytical techniques and hands-on customer discovery activities.
    Corequisite: BAEP 549  or BAEP 550  or BAEP 551  or GSBA 550b 
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open only to graduate business and accounting majors
    Duplicates Credit in BAEP 566 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 553 Cases in New Venture Management

    Units: 1.5, 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Cases and readings expose students to the challenges of developing long-range strategies for entrepreneurial ventures. Case work emphasizes developing new industries, growth through strategic alliances, and issues involved in the long-term strategic positioning of emerging companies.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open to only graduate accounting and business students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 554 Venture Initiation

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Learn to launch and scale a new business through entrepreneurial action and execution.
    Prerequisite: BAEP 552  or BAEP 556  or BAEP 566 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 555 Founder’s Dilemmas: Anticipate and Avoid Startup Pitfalls

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Delves into founders’ early decisions about when and whether to found, co-founders, hires, and investors that tend to get them into trouble down the road.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open to only graduate accounting and business students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 556 Technology Feasibility

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Learn critical thinking and analytical skills they need to evaluate, value, and manage technology as intellectual property. Understand the technology commercialization process, use data mining and assessment techniques for patent databases, and study the unique business issues facing high technology start-ups.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open only to graduate business and accounting students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 557 Technology Commercialization

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Identification, evaluation and commercialization of new technologies. Emphasis will be placed on the legal, financial and marketing aspects of technology transfer and development.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open to only graduate business and accounting students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 558 The Entrepreneurial Advisor: Problem Solving for Early-Stage Companies

    Units: 1.5, 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Experiential course designed to develop skills in framing and solving complex problems in young companies. Apply skills to real ventures participating in course projects.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open to only graduate accounting and business students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 559 Investing in New Ventures

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Focus on the entrepreneurial skill set applied to new venture opportunities. Taught from the business plan reader’s point of view; focus on selecting opportunities, structuring the relationship, adding value and realizing the value of that investment.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open only to graduate business and accounting students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 560 Acquiring Your Own Business or Opportunity

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Issues faced by the entrepreneur who wishes to acquire an enterprise; appropriateness of an enterprise, understanding funding sources and valuation methods, developing a plan for due diligence, negotiating and consummating the transaction. The acquisition process, approaches to valuation, and the roles of the various parties in negotiating and consummating an acquisition of an existing business.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open to only graduate accounting and business students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 561 Entrepreneurship in Innovative Industries: Life Sciences

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: Sp
    The challenges of new venture creation in the biotechnology, medical device, and healthcare areas; experience, evaluate, and analyze profits of current impact in the life sciences.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open to only graduate accounting and business students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 562 Entrepreneurship in eCommerce

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to building, funding, and running an entrepreneurial eCommerce venture.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open to only graduate and business students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 563 Corporate Entrepreneurship

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    How established organizations build successful new businesses through corporate venturing and intrapreneurship. Learn to apply an entrepreneurial mindset and entrepreneurial frameworks within an established organization.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open to only graduate accounting and business students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 564 Investing in Impact Ventures

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Exploring the field of social impact investing, learn how social entrepreneurs attract for-profit investors and how conscious investors are utilizing investments to achieve social impact.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open only to graduate business and accounting majors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 566 Cases in Feasibility Analysis for Social Ventures

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Study of analytical techniques used to evaluate business concepts with a specific focus on the development of a new social venture.
    Corequisite: BAEP 591  
    Duplicates Credit in BAEP 552  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 567 Social Entrepreneurship: Design, Develop, and Deliver

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Develop the analytical, conceptual, and practical skills required to design, develop, and deliver a new social business concept and opportunity.
    Prerequisite: BAEP 566  
    Registration Restriction: Open only to master students in Social Entrepreneurship
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 571 Social Innovation Design

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Use innovative problem-solving approaches to design radically affordable solutions to challenges faced by under-resourced communities. Engage in early-stage market and rapid prototyping.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to master students in Social Entrepreneurship
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 575 Entrepreneurship in the Media and Entertainment Industry

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to the ever-evolving field of media and entertainment with a focus on entrepreneurial opportunities within the industry.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open to only graduate accounting and business students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 585 Seminar: The Entrepreneurial Mindset

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Explore the art and science of entrepreneurship under the guidance of a master entrepreneur.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open to only graduate accounting and business majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 590 Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Research leading to the master’s degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BAEP 591 Social Entrepreneurship

    Units: 2, 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Lead and manage with entrepreneurial methodology for charities, non-government organizations, social oriented enterprises and not for profit organizations.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open only to graduate business and accounting majors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BAEP 592 Field Research in Business Entrepreneurship

    Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4
    Max Units: 12
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Individual or team projects studying the business practices of an entrepreneurial industry, company, government agency, country, etc. Proposal, data collection, analyses, and written report. (Recommended Preparation: completion of required MBA, MAcc, MBT, MKT, MSEI or MSSE course work)
    Recommended Preparation: Completion of required MBA, MAcc, MBT, MKT, MSEI or MSSE course work
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BAEP 593 Independent Research in Business Entrepreneurship

    Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4,
    Max Units: 12.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Independent research beyond normal course offerings. Proposal, research and written report/paper required.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BAEP 595 Internship in Business Entrepreneurship

    Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2
    Max Units: 09
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Supervised on-the-job business experience in the student’s area of interest. (Curricular Practical Training.) Recommended preparation: completion of required MBA, MAcc, MBT, MKT, MSEI, or MSSE course work.
    Recommended Preparation: Completion of required MBA, MAcc, MBT, MKT, MSEI, or MSSE course work.
    Registration Restriction: Application required. Open only to specified graduate accounting and business students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BAEP 596 Research Practicum in Business Entrepreneurship

    Units: 0.5-2,
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Hands-on practical experience working with a faculty member in the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies on an ongoing research project.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BAEP 597 Consulting Project in Business Entrepreneurship

    Units: 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5
    Max Units: 12.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Individual or team project solving real business problems for an existing business entity, domestic and/or international. Proposal, field research, analyses and oral and written presentations.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Master and Doctoral Students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BAEP 598 Special Topics

    Units: 1, 1.5, 2, 3
    Max Units: 09
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    Current developments in the field of entrepreneurship: topics to be selected each semester. Graded CR/NC.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open to only graduate accounting and business students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BAEP 599 Special Topics

    Units: 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3
    Max Units: 09
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    Current developments in the field of entrepreneurship: topics to be selected each semester.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open to only graduate accounting and business students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

Business Administration

  • BUAD 020x Survey of Business Administration

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Survey of the important topics in business administration, including marketing, accounting, finance, management information systems, leadership, business communication, and human resource management.
    Recommended Preparation: 2–5 years management experience.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BUAD 040 Executive Development

    Units: 4
    Problems and cases in contemporary management and business economics in American society.
    Registration Restriction: Open to USC employees.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BUAD 100x Foundations of Finance and Accounting

    Units: 2
    Accounting information in decision-making from the perspective of users and preparers. Basics of financial asset valuation. Consideration of time-value of money and risk.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BUAD 101 Freshman Leadership Seminar

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Colloquium of leading researchers, authors, and administrators in the Marshall School of Business and other schools at USC. Industry leaders will also be invited to talk about leadership challenges.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BUAD 102 Global Leadership Seminar

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Colloquium of researchers and industry leaders discussing international business and the challenges faced by leaders in a global environment, with a specific focus on China. International travel may require additional fees.
    Prerequisite: BUAD 101 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BUAD 104 Learning About International Commerce

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Provides insight into the opportunities and challenges faced by business professionals operating in a global environment by focusing on international cultural norms.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Business and Accounting majors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BUAD 105 The Business Experience

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Introduction to and overview of key business functions, their relationships, and how various professional disciplines come together to help form a successful enterprise.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to business and accounting majors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUAD 111 World Bachelor in Business Program Freshman Academy

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Introduction to selected academic subject matter, development of intercultural communication skills, and access to business professionals.
    Registration Restriction: Enrollment limited to students in the World Bachelor in Business degree program
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BUAD 114 Global Social Impact

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Assess and advise NGOs or social enterprises. Develop real solutions to real problems. Team projects, international travel and presentations.
    Recommended Preparation: BUAD 111 
    Registration Restriction: Enrollment limited to students in the World Bachelor in Business degree program
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUAD 200x Economic Foundations for Business

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Examines fundamental concepts of both microeconomics and macroeconomics as they pertain to business and financial decisions.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUAD 201x Introduction to Business for Non-Majors

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to the principles and practices of businesses, sequence of exercises developing the basic skills, and influence of the economy on business and individual decisions.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUAD 204 Global Business from a Local Perspective

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Concepts, frameworks and cultural insights into global business. Includes readings, group projects and visits with Los Angeles area companies that have an international presence.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Business and Accounting majors.
    Duplicates Credit in BUAD 102 and BUAD 104.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BUAD 206 Transfer International Experience

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 4.0
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Experiential study of international business. Analysis of the impacts of global and international business on an industry. International travel required.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to transfer business and accounting majors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BUAD 206a Transfer International Experience

    Units: 1
    Max Units: 2.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Experiential study of international business. Analysis of the impacts of global and international business on an industry. International travel required.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to transfer business and accounting majors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BUAD 206b Transfer International Experience

    Units: 1
    Max Units: 2.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Experiential study of international business. Analysis of the impacts of global and international business on an industry. International travel required.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to transfer business and accounting majors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BUAD 215x Foundations of Business Finance

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Principles and practices of modern financial management; use of financial statements; valuation of investment; asset pricing under uncertainty; elements of financial decisions.
    Prerequisite: ACCT 410x  or BUAD 280  or BUAD 305 
    Credit Restriction: Not available for degree credit for accounting or business administration majors
    Duplicates Credit in BUAD 306 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUAD 252 Choosing and Planning a Future Career in Business

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Explore and plan for future career choices and options in business. Learn theoretical principles, best practices and strategies, and contemporary workplace issues/trends.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BUAD 280 Introduction to Financial Accounting

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Emphasis on understanding financial statements and the impact of business transactions on information presented to management and interested stakeholders.
    Duplicates Credit in BUAD 285a , BUAD 286a , BUAD 286b , BUAD 305 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUAD 281 Introduction to Managerial Accounting

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    An emphasis on how accounting information, combined with a variety of techniques and best practices, supports enhanced management decision making.
    Prerequisite: BUAD 280  
    Duplicates Credit in BUAD 285a , BUAD 285b , BUAD 286b , BUAD 305 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUAD 301 Technology Entrepreneurship

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Starting and managing a technological business: developing a viable concept, market and financial planning, product development, organizing the venture, protecting intellectual property rights.
    Duplicates Credit in BAEP 310, BAEP 423, BAEP 450, BAEP 451.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ENGR-301
  • BUAD 302 Communication Strategy in Business

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Theory, practices, and techniques of business communication strategy essential to external and organizational communication; group and interpersonal communication; development of skill in oral and written communication.
    Duplicates Credit in the former BUAD 302T
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUAD 304 Organizational Behavior and Leadership

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    The role of leadership in business organizations; concepts and skills for managing oneself and others.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to freshmen, sophomores and juniors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUAD 305 Abridged Core Concepts of Accounting Information

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Uses of accounting information in decision-making; accounting issues concerning income and cash flows, economic resources and capital.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to transfer business and accounting majors
    Duplicates Credit in BUAD 280 , BUAD 281 , BUAD 285a , BUAD 285b , BUAD 286a  and BUAD 286b 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUAD 306 Business Finance

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Financial problems of business enterprise; function of financial manager; sources of funds; instruments, institutions, and practices of finance; problems of financial management using case studies.
    Prerequisite: (ACCT 410x  or BUAD 280  or BUAD 305 ) and (BUAD 351  or ECON 351x )
    Corequisite: (BUAD 352  or ECON 352x ) and (BUAD 310g  or EE 364 )
    Duplicates Credit in BUAD 215x 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUAD 307 Marketing Fundamentals

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Develops a managerial viewpoint in planning and evaluating marketing decisions of the firm: products, pricing, channels, promotion, information processing, legal implications, and marketing in contemporary society.
    Duplicates Credit in MKT 385x.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUAD 310g Applied Business Statistics

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Statistical methods for business analysis; data exploration and description; sampling distributions; estimation; hypothesis testing, simple and multiple regression; model building. Extensive computer applications.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category F: Quantitative Reasoning
    Duplicates Credit in ITP 251  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUAD 311 Operations Management

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Fundamentals of operations management. Skills needed to analyze, manage, and improve business processes. Topics include: process, capacity, service, and inventory management and optimization.
    Corequisite: BUAD 310g  or EE 364  or MATH 407 
    Duplicates Credit in BUAD 311T 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUAD 315x Basics of Project and Operations Management for Non-Majors

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduction to tools and methods for the design, production, and delivery of goods and services. Techniques for planning, monitoring, and controlling complex projects.
    Registration Restriction: Not open to business and accounting majors and exchange students
    Duplicates Credit in BUAD 311  and BUAD 311T.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ACAD-315
  • BUAD 351 Economic Analysis for Business Decisions

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Theory of the firm in the enterprise system; profits, demand, and cost analysis; market competition and resource allocation; problems of size efficiency and growth.
    Prerequisite: MATH 118gx  or MATH 125g  or MATH 126g  or MATH 226g 
    Recommended Preparation: introductory economics course
    Registration Restriction: Open only to undergraduate students
    Duplicates Credit in ECON 351x 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUAD 352 Macroeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Behavior of economic indicators over business fluctuations, economic growth, monetary and fiscal policy, exchange rate movements.
    Prerequisite: ECON 203g  and ECON 205g 
    Corequisite: BUAD 351  or ECON 351x 
    Registration Restriction: Open only to undergraduate students
    Duplicates Credit in ECON 352x  and former BUAD 350
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUAD 380x Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    (Enroll in ACCT 380x )
  • BUAD 385x Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    (Enroll in ACCT 385x )
  • BUAD 387x Risk Management in Entertainment, Sports and the Arts

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    (Enroll in ACCT 387x )
  • BUAD 390 Special Problems

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
    Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUAD 425 Data Analysis for Decision Making

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Leveraging large corporate datasets; slice and dice data; dash boards; data mining and statistical tools; neural network; multiple and logistic regression; decision tree; gain inference and decision making; clustering.
    Prerequisite: (BUAD 281  or BUAD 305 ) and BUAD 302  and BUAD 304  and BUAD 306  and BUAD 307  and BUAD 310g  and BUAD 311  
    Corequisite: BUAD 497  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUAD 490x Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Max Units: 12.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Individual research and readings under the supervision of a faculty adviser. Application and proposal required.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUAD 493 Marshall Honors Research Seminar

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Provides the methodological tools to identify research problems, develop researchable hypotheses, apply appropriate methodologies, conduct research, derive meaningful conclusions from data, write a research proposal.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Business and Accounting students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUAD 494 Marshall Honors Research and Thesis

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 04
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Experience in conducting research and writing a thesis under the supervision of a faculty adviser.
    Prerequisite: ACCT 493  or BUAD 493 
    Registration Restriction: Open only to students in the Marshall Honors program
    Duplicates Credit in ACCT 494 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BUAD 495 Practicum in Business Issues (Internship)

    Units: 1
    Max Units: 12.0
    Combined classroom discussion and structured, supervised field application of business theories and practices within a part-time employment context.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BUAD 497 Strategic Management

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Examination of managerial decision-making, planning, and policy under changing environments; readings, cases, exercises, simulations.
    Prerequisite: (ACCT 410x  or BUAD 281  or BUAD 305 ) and BUAD 304  and BUAD 307  and (BUAD 215x  or BUAD 306 ) and (BUAD 302  or the former BUAD 302T)
    Corequisite: BUAD 311  or the former BUAD 311T 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUAD 498 Business Field Project (Undergraduate)

    Units: 1 or 2
    Max Units: 3.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Unpaid individual or team projects solving real business problems for client companies; situation analyses; statistical analysis; consulting practicum; oral and written presentations.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  • BUAD 499 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: Irregular
    Examination of current literature relevant to the total and changing environment in which business operates.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

Business Communication

  • BUCO 252 The Art of Case Analysis and Presentation

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Develop analytical problem-solving and persuasive presentation skills to successfully analyze strategic business situations and convincingly argue your position in a competitive environment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as MOR-252
  • BUCO 260 Business Communication Across Cultures

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Develop intercultural communication competencies, analyze international business situations, build on/or prepare for GLP and LINC trips, internships abroad, and international exchange programs.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUCO 333mw Communication in the Working World - Managing Diversity

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Communication strategies to manage workplace diversity. Historical, social, legal precedents. Institutional barriers to diversity. Race, gender, sexual orientation, age, physical disabilities, culture.
    Satisfies Global Perspective in Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse World
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUCO 425 Ethics and Professional Communication

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Study the intersection between business and professional leadership, language, and ethics. Analyze and present results to public audiences through publications, professional conferences, ethics case competitions.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUCO 445 Building Oral Communication Expertise

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Personal branding development; building expertise in persuasive business briefings and presentations, both in-person and via new media channels; framing the message based upon emotional intelligence.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  • BUCO 450 Communication for Organizations: Exploring Creativity

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Development of individual creative thinking and problem-solving skills; exploration of workplace creativity; advancement of managerial communication skills necessary to foster organizational innovation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

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