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USC Catalogue 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]
USC Bovard College
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Faithful. Scholarly. Skillful. Courageous. Ambitious. These five words, inscribed on the base of Tommy Trojan — the iconic statue in the center of campus — are as true of USC today as they were in 1930 when the statue was unveiled, and they exemplify the type of students USC Bovard College aims to attract and the type of education we provide.
USC Bovard College graduate programs are designed to provide professionals with specialized knowledge and skills to advance their careers in a student-centered and supportive learning environment. Our graduate programs include an MS in Human Resource Management, an MS in Project Management and an MS in Criminal Justice, which were designed by some of the most influential minds in their respective professions.
Founded in 2015, the USC Bovard College is proudly named after Emma Bovard, one of the first students to enroll at USC in 1880 and an early advocate for equal access to quality educational opportunities. In addition to providing rigorous graduate programs for professionals in flexible, convenient formats, USC Bovard College supports individuals during key academic and career transitions through programs such as USC Summer Programs and USC Bovard Scholars.
USC Bovard College
1150 S. Olive Street, Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90015
(213) 821-3000
info@bovardcollege.usc.edu
Administration
Anthony Bailey, Dean
John Keim, Chief Academic Officer
Gregory Vigil, Chief Operating Officer
Shamir Patel, Director of Admissions
Faculty
To see our MS in Human Resource Management faculty, click here.
To see our MS in Project Management faculty, click here.
To see our MS in Criminal Justice faculty, click here.
Master’s Programs
Admissions Overview
USC Bovard College completes a comprehensive review of all applications. We do not use a formula. Successful applicants will have demonstrated academic and professional success.
Applicants must have:
- A Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent, from a regionally accredited college or university.
- For international applicants, a valid score on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or Pearson Test of English (PTE).
Application Materials
- A completed Graduate Admissions Application
- Application fee: $90
- A scanned copy of your official transcripts, to be uploaded with your online application. Once your application is complete and if you are accepted into the program, you will then be asked to request your official transcripts from all previously attended institutions in order to register for classes. (Note: Transcripts should be mailed to one of the Graduate Admission office addresses provided in the link. Do not mail transcripts to Bovard College or individual academic departments.)
- An up-to-date professional résumé
- Statement of purpose (approximately 500 – 1,000 words addressing why you want this degree, why the program at USC is the best program for you and how this program is going to help you in your career).
- Letters of recommendation: We require submission of at least two professional letters of recommendation. Academic letters are acceptable for applicants with limited professional experience.
- For international applicants, official Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or Pearson Test of English (PTE) score report.
Master’s Degree
Human Resource Management
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HRM 500 Human Resource Strategy Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Explores the strategic role that human resources management plays in providing organizations with sustained competitive advantages by unlocking the productive potential of employees’ human and social capital.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HRM 505 Organizational Culture and Employee Outcomes Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Prepares students to create, foster, and manage organizations in which people thrive and perform at their best in order to retain talent and reduce costs in a sustainable way.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HRM 510 Leadership in Human Resources Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Focuses on developing the critical social intelligence skills needed to lead people and change through increased self-awareness, understanding of interpersonal differences, and greater influence.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HRM 515 Organization Design Units: 2
Equips students with a deeper understanding of how to design and develop organizations to increase performance and effectiveness and includes sections on strategy, work, and management processes.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HRM 520 Talent Management Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examines talent management processes that impact employee experience and engagement and explores ways to improve data driven decision making processes including workforce and succession planning.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HRM 525 Total Rewards Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Provides a comprehensive look at the employee rewards strategies that human resource practitioners promote and manage including compensation, performance management, benefits, and non-monetary rewards.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HRM 530 Learning and Development Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Prepares students to identify, design, and implement effective learning and development interventions and strategies that drive results and enhance organizational competitiveness.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HRM 535 Employee Relations Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Applies practical approaches to building positive employee and labor relations and solving related problems through increased employee motivation, effectiveness, and retention.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HRM 540 Human Resources Analytics Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examines and emphasizes strategies and techniques to enable improved organizational and human capital decisions by directing the organizational analytics for more actionable insights.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HRM 545 Management of Diverse and Global Human Resources Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Analyzes global diversity in today’s environment, fostering a broad understanding of diversity and inclusion and the impact of diversity, inclusion, and inclusive behaviors on organizations.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HRM 550 Change Management and Organization Development Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Identifies the common challenges in organizational change management and explores the limitations and opportunities of different models of organizational change.
Prerequisite: HRM 515
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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HRM 555 Anticipating the Future of Human Resources Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Explores the forces and emerging trends that are reshaping work, the workforce and workplace – and how to address these transformational changes and be effective as a Human Resources leader.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Human Resources Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
Project Management
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PJMT 500 Principles of Project Management Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Concepts including delivering project scope within cost, schedule, and resource constraints and the exploration of the traditional or waterfall project management methodology will be explored.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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PJMT 505 Requirements Elicitation and Business Analysis Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Tasks, techniques, and perspectives on how to approach business analysis along with methods for developing requirement process tools and techniques and best practices.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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PJMT 510 Schedule Management Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Structured approach to project schedule management, demonstrating how to be proactive and in control of projects by implementing effective schedule management.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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PJMT 515 Cost Estimation and Forecasting Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Approaches to project cost estimation and the tools and methodologies best suited for estimates and forecasts that need to be prepared.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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PJMT 520 Risk Management Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Coursework will enable students to prepare a comprehensive risk management plan and discover different approaches to identify, assess, and quantify risks and their impacts.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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PJMT 525 Agile Project Management Methodologies Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Agile project management concepts and a set of frameworks that covers the people, products, and techniques required to successfully implement projects.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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PJMT 530 Quality and Process Improvement Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Quality and performance improvement projects and methodologies used to implement them with a focus on Six Sigma, Lean, and Total Quality Management.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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PJMT 535 Specialized Project Management Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Explores several industries and entities and their developed project management methodologies to meet industry-specific needs through traditional approaches and partnerships in various sectors.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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PJMT 540 Organizational Change Management and Business Relationships Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Students learn to cultivate the necessary components for stakeholder management on nearly any change within an organization through change management and business relationship management.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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PJMT 545 Program Management Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Managing and coordinating multiple organizational projects with a focus on project alignment, organizational goals, performance maximization, risk minimization, and program success.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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PJMT 550 Portfolio Management Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Structured approach to design, build, and manage a project portfolio, focusing on strategic implementation and operational initiatives to create sustainable value.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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PJMT 555 Project Management Capstone Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Utilize skills gained throughout the program to demonstrate the ability to plan and implement a project from conception to conclusion.
Registration Restriction: Open only to Bovard College Project Management students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
Criminal Justice
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CJ 500 Criminology Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Key theories and frameworks used to explain crime and inform responses to crime.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CJ 505 Analysis of Criminal Justice Systems Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
The criminal justice system’s response to crime through a theoretical and interdisciplinary lens.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CJ 510 Criminal Justice Leadership Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Theory and practice of traditional and contemporary approaches to leadership in the context of criminal justice.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CJ 515 Applied Research Methods for Criminal Justice Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamental research methods and design commonly used to answer questions related to criminal justice.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CJ 520 Applied Statistics and Data Analysis in Criminal Justice Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Fundamentals of statistics and statistical analyses commonly used to interpret crime data for evaluation and performance.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CJ 525 Ethical Decision-Making in Criminal Justice Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examination and analysis of how societal expectations for ethical behavior and regulatory oversight affect leaders and managers in criminal justice.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CJ 530 Organizational Change in Criminal Justice Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to lead organizational change within the context of criminal justice systems.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CJ 535 Youthful Offenders Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Key concepts and evidence-based interventions and responses to promote positive growth and reduced recidivism in the youthful offender population.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CJ 540 Criminal Justice Policy and Program Development Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
In-depth analysis of all major stages of the criminal justice policymaking process.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CJ 545 Criminal Investigations Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Explores criminal investigative techniques such as search and seizure, use of technology, and multi-jurisdictional and transnational crime investigations.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CJ 550 Corrections and Community Supervision Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Examines evidence-based corrections and community supervision practices including offender rehabilitation, bail, restorative justice and victims’ issues.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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CJ 555 Making a Difference in Criminal Justice Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Preparing for the critical role of leadership through policy evaluation and policy change initiatives.
Registration Restriction: Open only to USC Bovard College Students
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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