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USC Catalogue 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

Courses of Instruction

The terms indicated are expected but are not guaranteed. For the courses offered during any given term, consult the Schedule of Classes.
 

General Practice Residency
  

  • GPR 605c Review of General Dentistry Literature

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Residents learn how to research various topics and to critically review each article in order to practice evidence-based dentistry.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 605d Review of General Dentistry Literature

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Residents learn how to research various topics and to critically review each article in order to practice evidence-based dentistry.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 611a Emergency Medicine

    Units: .5,
    Terms Offered: FaSm
    Residents utilize medical knowledge to detect and identify early signs of medical emergencies.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 611b Emergency Medicine

    Units: .5,
    Terms Offered: FaSm
    Residents utilize medical knowledge to detect and identify early signs of medical emergencies.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 611c Emergency Medicine

    Units: .5,
    Terms Offered: FaSm
    Residents utilize medical knowledge to detect and identify early signs of medical emergencies.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 611d Emergency Medicine

    Units: .5,
    Terms Offered: FaSm
    Residents utilize medical knowledge to detect and identify early signs of medical emergencies.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 622 Forensic Dentistry

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Introduction to Forensic Odontology. Residents to learn the principles of Dental Forensics.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 701 Treating Medically Compromised Dental Patients

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Residents learn of various medical problems, how they relate to dental treatment and how to manage patients with various medical problems.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 702 General Dentistry Overview

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Residents demonstrate the most appropriate and ideal restorative treatment utilizing various dental materials.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 705a Periodontal Treatment Procedures

    Units: .5,
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Presentation of various techniques in current periodontal treatment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 705b Periodontal Treatment Procedures

    Units: .5,
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Presentation of various techniques in current periodontal treatment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 705c Periodontal Treatment Procedures

    Units: .5,
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Presentation of various techniques in current periodontal treatment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 705d Periodontal Treatment Procedures

    Units: .5,
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Presentation of various techniques in current periodontal treatment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 706a Treatment Planning

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: Sm
    Residents lead seminars with case presentations of complex multidisciplinary treatment plans, completed therapy and staff conferences.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 706b Treatment Planning

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Residents lead seminars with case presentations of complex multidisciplinary treatment plans, completed therapy and staff conferences.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 706c Treatment Planning

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Residents lead seminars with case presentations of complex multidisciplinary treatment plans, completed therapy and staff conferences.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 706d Treatment Planning

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Residents lead seminars with case presentations of complex multidisciplinary treatment plans, completed therapy and staff conferences.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 710a Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    More advanced instruction in oral and maxillofacial surgery and related diseases as appropriate to the practice of general dentistry; extensive clinical experience.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 710b Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    More advanced instruction in oral and maxillofacial surgery and related diseases as appropriate to the practice of general dentistry; extensive clinical experience.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 710c Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    More advanced instruction in oral and maxillofacial surgery and related diseases as appropriate to the practice of general dentistry; extensive clinical experience.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 710d Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    More advanced instruction in oral and maxillofacial surgery and related diseases as appropriate to the practice of general dentistry; extensive clinical experience.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 711a Implantology

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Residents recognize the importance of implant dentistry and various implant systems and their restorative options.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 711b Implantology

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Residents recognize the importance of implant dentistry and various implant systems and their restorative options.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 722 Occlusion, TMJ Dysfunction, Orofacial Pain

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Residents review the important role that Occlusion plays in General Dentistry and neuromuscular problems of the head and neck.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 733a Advanced and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics

    Units: .5,
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Residents train to treat patients requiring various types of removable and fixed prosthetics, including Maxillofacial prostheses.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 733b Advanced and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics

    Units: .5,
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Residents train to treat patients requiring various types of removable and fixed prosthetics, including Maxillofacial prostheses.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 733c Advanced and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics

    Units: .5,
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Residents train to treat patients requiring various types of removable and fixed prosthetics, including Maxillofacial prostheses.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GPR 733d Advanced and Maxillofacial Prosthodontics

    Units: .5,
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Residents train to treat patients requiring various types of removable and fixed prosthetics, including Maxillofacial prostheses.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit


Global Policy, Planning and Development
  

  • GPPD 500a Global Policy Challenges and Solutions

    Units: 2
    Consideration of current public policy issues through informed discourse and debate; analysis and policy arguments.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Master of Global Public Policy majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GPPD 500b Global Policy Challenges and Solutions

    Units: 2
    Consideration of current public policy issues through informed discourse and debate; analysis and policy arguments
    Prerequisite: GPPD 500a  
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Master of Global Public Policy majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GPPD 510 Economic Foundations for Public Policy

    Units: 3
    Microeconomic foundations; analysis of public sector problems; markets; producer and consumer theory; private and social efficiency.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Master of Global Public Policy majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GPPD 520 Leadership in Public-Private Partnerships

    Units: 2
    Issues across public/private partnerships; leadership and followership in cross-sector settings; organizational and institutional designs; problem solving, negotiation and conflict resolution. 
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Master of Global Public Policy majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GPPD 530 Art and Craft of Public Policy Analysis

    Units: 1
    Foundations of public policy as a profession, and develops basic skills in policy analytic reasoning, policy design, normative analysis and ethics, and argumentation.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Master of Global Public Policy majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GPPD 540 Comparative Institutions and Policy Context

    Units: 3
    Theoretical and empirical foundations on how institutions affect policy performance; comparative institutional analysis and framework; approaches to organizing public action. 
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Master of Global Public Policy majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GPPD 550 Quantitative Methods for Public Policy

    Units: 3
    Economic theory and statistical inference methods to estimate the relationship between economic, social and political variables; foundations of data-based argumentation, specifically in regards to public policy in an international context.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Master of Global Public Policy majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GPPD 560 Methods for Policy Evaluation

    Units: 3
    Methods utilized in the analysis of public policy choices; ex ante and ex post analysis; cost-benefit analysis; decision and risk analysis; applied social science methods.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Master of Global Public Policy majors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GPPD 570 Institutions and Policy Processes

    Units: 3
    Policy formulation and implementation in a comparative context and in the context of an East-West dichotomy.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Master of Global Public Policy majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GPPD 580 Policy Challenges in International Development

    Units: 3
    Overview of the overarching issues of problem definition of “development” and the policy implications of new ideas for development as it faces a new set of challenges in an increasingly globalized, complex, and interconnected world.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Master of Global Public Policy majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GPPD 600a Public Policy Capstone

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Hands-on experience in policy analysis. Participants learn to work on a specific, client oriented public policy issue, assess policy alternatives, and write an official report.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Master of Global Public Policy majors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GPPD 600b Public Policy Capstone

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sm
    Hands-on experience in policy analysis. Participants learn to work on a specific, client oriented public policy issue, assess policy alternatives, and write an official report.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Master of Global Public Policy majors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter


Greek
  

  • GR 120 Greek I

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Essentials of classical Greek grammar and vocabulary.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GR 150 Greek II

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Essentials of classical Greek grammar and vocabulary, continued. Basic reading skills.
    Prerequisite: GR 120 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GR 220 Greek III

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Reading Greek literature. Introduction to reading and translation of classical Greek prose and poetry. Extensive grammar review.
    Prerequisite: GR 150 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GR 345 Greek Tragic Poets

    Units: 4
    Selected plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GR 353 Plato

    Units: 4
    Readings from the Republic or other dialogues.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GR 354 Greek Historians

    Units: 4
    Selections from such representative historians as Herodotus and Thucydides.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GR 355 Aristophanes

    Units: 4
    A study of at least three comedies.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GR 362 Homer and the Greek Epic

    Units: 4
    Selections from the Iliad and/or Odyssey. Problems of oral composition and transmission.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GR 365 Greek Lyric Poetry

    Units: 4
    Readings from Archilochus, Sappho, Alcaeus, Pindar, and other lyric poets.
    Prerequisite: GR 220 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GR 375 Plutarch

    Units: 4
    Readings of selected works by the Greek author Plutarch.
    Prerequisite: GR 220 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GR 390 Special Problems

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

  

  • GR 450 Readings in Greek Literature

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 12.0
    Readings in various authors and genres of Greek literature.
    Prerequisite: 300-level Greek course.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GR 490x Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Max Units: 12.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Individual research and readings.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GR 499 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter


Graduate Studies
  

  • GRSC 596 Internship for Curricular Practical Training

    Units: 1
    Max Units: 03
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Part-time or full-time, practical work experience in the student’s field of study. The internship must be located at an off-campus facility. Students are individually supervised by faculty. May not be taken until the student has completed at least one semester of enrollment in the graduate program with a cumulative 3.0 GPA.
    Registration Restriction: Graduate standing.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GRSC 610 The Innovation Process: Development, Diffusion and Leadership

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Exploration of general principles and evolution of innovation, theoretical perspectives on the innovation process, organizing and leadership for innovation, and practical tools for innovation development, diffusion, market acceptance, and business planning.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GRSC 615 Disciplinary Perspectives on Innovation

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    A deeper understanding of the innovation process via a survey of various disciplines’ approaches to the subject.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GRSC 791 Directed Research

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Directed Studies in Academic Innovation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GRSC 800 Studies for the Qualifying Examination

    Units: 0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Prerequisite: permission of the Graduate School.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GRSC 810 Studies for Master’s Examination

    Units: 0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Prerequisite: completion of all course work for the master’s degree. Permission of the Graduate School.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Non-Graded

  

  • GRSC 850a The Professoriate: Preparing for the Future

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Preparation for academic careers: various methodologies and approaches to teaching, learning, assessment, and research; statements of research and teaching philosophies; creation of online academic portfolio.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Non-Graded

  

  • GRSC 850b The Professoriate: Preparing for the Future

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Preparation for academic careers: various methodologies and approaches to teaching, learning, assessment, and research; statements of research and teaching philosophies; creation of online academic portfolio.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit


Graduate School of Business Administration
  

  • GSBA 501 The Role of the Manager

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Fundamental roles of a manager and skill sets necessary to performing these roles. Open only to online MBA students.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to online MBA students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 502 Management Communication for Leaders

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Integrates leadership theory and practice with communication skills to improve individual, team, and organizational performance. Emphasizes interpersonal, presentation, and writing skills; teamwork; and value-based leadership.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 523, GSBA 542 and the former GSBA 502ab. Open only to master’s students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 504a Operations Management

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Formulation, modeling, analysis, and optimization of business decision problems; survey of concepts and techniques necessary to manage the operations function of a firm.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 534 and former GSBA 504.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 504b Operations Management

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Formulation, modeling, analysis, and optimization of business decision problems; survey of concepts and techniques necessary to manage the operations function of a firm.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 534 and former GSBA 504.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 505 Fundamentals of Business

    Units: 10
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Fundamentals of financial accounting, microeconomics, statistics, analytics and communication.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 501 .
    Registration Restriction: Open only to online MBA students.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 506a, GSBA 506b, GSBA 510, GSBA 511, GSBA 516, GSBA 524, and GSBA 545.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 506a Applied Managerial Statistics

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Principles of probability theory and classical statistics applied to business decision problems; survey analysis, estimation and prediction methods, evaluation, and control techniques.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 524, GSBA 516, GSBA 545.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • GSBA 506b Applied Managerial Statistics

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Principles of probability theory and classical statistics applied to business decision problems; survey analysis, estimation and prediction methods, evaluation, and control techniques.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 524, GSBA 516, GSBA 545.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 509 Marketing Management

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Development of analytical, strategic, and planning skills. Application within an integrated strategic framework to the development of a comprehensive marketing plan for a product, service, and/or organization. 
    Registration Restriction: Open only to master students
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 528  and the former GSBA 509a
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 510 Accounting Concepts and Financial Reporting

    Units: 1.5, 2, 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Information systems for public reporting and for management decision-making; theory of asset and income measurement; interpretation and uses of accounting data and financial statements; analysis of cases.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 511 Microeconomics for Management

    Units: 1.5, 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Microeconomic theory with business applications; consumer demand, production theory, cost theory, and market theory; decision-making within the firm under different market and regulatory environments.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 516 Essentials of Data Analysis and Modeling

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Data collection, data analysis, and critical understanding of the role of data in making business decisions. Ways to quantify uncertainty and model decision problems.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 506a, GSBA 506b and GSBA 524.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 518 Accounting Control Systems

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sm
    Accumulation and interpretation of accounting data by management; profit planning; analysis of operations; systems for control of production and distribution costs; cost and profit centers for decentralized control.
    Recommended Preparation: GSBA 510 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 519a Strategic Formulation for Competitive Advantage

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: FaSm
    Analyses of environments and competition, the basis of competitive strategy, strategy models, and the achievement of sustainable competitive advantage.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 529 and GSBA 540.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • GSBA 519b Strategic Formulation for Competitive Advantage

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: FaSm
    Analyses of environments and competition, the basis of competitive strategy, strategy models, and the achievement of sustainable competitive advantage.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 529 and GSBA 540.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 520 Business Fundamentals for Non-Business Professionals

    Units: 3, 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    An overview of concepts, tools and principles of business management to develop a general management point of view. Open only to non-business graduate students.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to non-business graduate students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 521a Corporate Finance

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Basic principles of corporate finance; theory and application; management of short-term and long-term assets; financial instruments and markets; financial policy applications.
    Recommended Preparation: GSBA 510 .
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 548 and the former GSBA 521.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 521b Corporate Finance

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Basic principles of corporate finance; theory and application; management of short-term and long-term assets; financial instruments and markets; financial policy applications.
    Recommended Preparation: GSBA 510 .
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 548  and the former GSBA 521.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 522a Managerial Perspectives

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Managerial careers, development of critical executive and managerial abilities, and the dynamics of organizational environment and systems as they impact managerial progression and work.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 532 and GSBA 543.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Letter Grade

  

  • GSBA 522b Managerial Perspectives

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Managerial careers, development of critical executive and managerial abilities, and the dynamics of organizational environment and systems as they impact managerial progression and work.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 532 and GSBA 543.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 523 Communication for Management

    Units: 2, 3
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Internal and external communication, research methods; reports for decision-making; oral presentations and briefings; strategies to assure communication; field studies.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 502 , GSBA 542  and the former GSBA 502ab.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 523T Communication for Accounting and Tax Professionals

    Units: 3
    Communication strategies to ensure effective communication to internal and external business audiences at all levels; business writing and presentations; electronic communication; communicating ethics in business. Open only to accounting, business taxation, law/business, and taxation majors.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 502, the former GSBA 502b, GSBA 523 and GSBA 542.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 524 Managerial Statistics

    Units: 2, 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Principles of probability theory and classical statistics applied to business decision problems; survey analysis, estimation and prediction methods, evaluation, and control techniques.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to master students.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 506a, GSBA 506b , GSBA 516, GSBA 545. Open only to Master students.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 528 Marketing Management

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Marketing is treated as a managerial decision-making process. Emphasis is given to understanding the concepts, tools, and techniques that comprise a comprehensive marketing strategy.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 509  and the former GSBA 509a
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 529 Strategic Formulation for Competitive Advantage

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Analyses of environments and competition, the bases of competitive strategy, strategy models, and the achievement of sustainable competitive advantage.
    Recommended Preparation: completion of first year courses
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open only to graduate Business Administration students
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 519a , GSBA 519b  and GSBA 540 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 532 Behavior and Organizations

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Individual behavior (motives, cognitive process, learning), interpersonal processes (perception, communication), small group dynamics (power, productivity, and morale), and organization theory and development (culture, design).
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 522a, GSBA 522b and GSBA 543.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 533 Organizational Behavior and Leadership

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Maximize organizational effectiveness through managing team and individual processes. Topics may include ethics, decision making, motivation, power and influence, organizational culture and change, negotiation.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 522a, GSBA 522b, GSBA 532, GSBA 543.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 534 Operations Management

    Units: 2, 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Formulation, modeling, analysis, and optimization of business decision problems; survey of concepts and techniques necessary to manage the operations function of the firm.
    Recommended Preparation: GSBA 506b  or GSBA 524  or GSBA 516  and GSBA 545 .
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 504a, GSBA 504b.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 535 Opportunity Recognition and Implementation

    Units: 9.5
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Thematic exploration of entrepreneurship and key aspects of new venture development. Contract law, analytics, negotiations, and communication.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 505 
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Marshall Online MBA students
    Duplicates Credit in BAEP 549 , BAEP 550 , BAEP 551 , GSBA 550a  and GSBA 550b .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 537 Managing Inside the Firm

    Units: 9.5
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Thematic exploration of managerial accounting, employment law, operations management and organizational behavior. Application of analytics and communication to optimize internal operations.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 505  
    Registration Restriction: Open only to online MBA students
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 504, GSBA 504a , GSBA 504b , GSBA 518 , GSBA 522a , GSBA 522b , GSBA 532 , GSBA 533 , GSBA 534 , GSBA 536, GSBA 543  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 538 Managing Outside the Firm

    Units: 9.5
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Thematic exploration of operations management, corporate finance, marketing, and microeconomics. Coordinating production processes, marketing strategies, and corporate financial plans in order to maximize growth.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 505  , GSBA 509
    Registration Restriction: Open only to online MBA students.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 506a, GSBA 506b, GSBA 509, GSBA 509a, GSBA 509b, GSBA 511, GSBA 521a, GSBA 521b, GSBA 528, GSBA 534, and GSBA 548.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 539 Business Environment and Leadership

    Units: 9.5
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Thematic exploration of finance, macroeconomics, international business, corporate strategy, and marketing strategy.
    Prerequisite: GSBA 505 .
    Registration Restriction: Open only to online MBA students.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 519a, GSBA 519b, GSBA 521a, GSBA 521b, GSBA 529, GSBA 540, GSBA 548, GSBA 580a, and GSBA 580b.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 540 Contemporary Issues in Competitive Strategy

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Introduces the role industry and competitive analysis serves in an organization. Topics covered include global competition, innovation, the use of standards, competence, and building organizational capabilities to sustain competitive advantage.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 519a, GSBA 519b and GSBA 529.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 542 Communication for Management

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Internal and external communication, research methods, reports for decision-making, oral presentations and briefings, strategies to assure communication; field studies.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 502, GSBA 523, GSBA 523T and the former GSBA 502ab.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 543 Managerial Perspectives

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Managerial careers, development of critical executive and managerial abilities, and the dynamics of organizational environment and systems as they impact managerial progression and growth.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 522a, GSBA 522b , GSBA 532, GSBA 533, and GSBA 543.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 544 The Firm in the National Economy

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: Sp
    The economic environment of business and the forces influencing the firm.
    Duplicates Credit in former GSBA 526 and GSBA 549.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 545 Data Driven Decision Making

    Units: 1.5
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Data analysis technologies for business decision making; principles and techniques of statistical inference for business problem solving; foundations of data-driven regression and time series analytics.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 506ab and GSBA 524.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 548 Corporate Finance

    Units: 2, 3
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Modern theory of corporate investment and financing decisions. Online registration open only to Business and Accounting majors.
    Registration Restriction: Online registration open only to business and accounting students.
    Duplicates Credit in GSBA 521a and GSBA 521b.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • GSBA 549 The Firm in the National and International Economy

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    The economic environment of business and international forces influencing the firm.
    Duplicates Credit in former GSBA 526 and GSBA 544.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

 

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