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USC Catalogue 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]
USC Marshall School of Business
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Jill and Frank Fertitta Hall is a 104,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility dedicated to USC Marshall’s undergraduate students and programs, as well as the new home of the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. Marshall’s newest—and largest—building, it opened in a grand ceremony in the fall of 2016. 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
James G. Ellis, MBA, Dean, Robert R. Dockson Dean’s Chair in Business Administration
Nandini Rajagopalan, PhD, Vice Dean, Faculty and Academic Affairs
Suh-Pyng Ku, PhD, Vice Dean, Graduate Programs
Sandra Chrystal, PhD, Vice Dean, Online Education
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
Matthew De Vecchi, EdM, Senior Associate Dean for External Relations
Undergraduate Programs Administration
Tiffiani Frye, Director, Undergraduate Admissions
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
Yurigrace Kim, MBA, Senior Associate Director, MBA 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
Philip Griego, MBA, Assistant Dean and Director for Online Programs
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, Assistant 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, BA, Associate Director, Master of Science in Finance
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
Gary Shaffer, PhD, 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
Nadine Bentis, EdD, Director, Master of Science in Social Entrepreneurship
Robert Turrill, PhD, Academic Director, Master of Business for Veterans
James Bogle, MBA, Associate Director, Master of Business for Veterans
K. R. Subramanyam, 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, (213) 740-8990; Fax (213) 740-6406 or email: execed@marshall.usc.edu.
Arvind Bhambri, PhD, Academic Director, Executive Education
Sandra Fritz, BS, Assistant Dean and Director, Executive Education
Bachelor’s Degree
Undergraduate Certificate
Minor
Master of Business Administration
MBA Dual Degree Programs
Master’s Degree
Graduate Certificate
Doctoral Degree
Business Entrepreneurship
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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BAEP 552 Cases in Feasibility Analysis Units: 3
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Study of analytical techniques used to evaluate business concepts and new business development.
Corequisite: BAEP 549 or BAEP 550 or BAEP 551 or (GSBA 550a andGSBA 550b )
Registration Restriction: Online registration open only to graduate business and accounting majors.
Duplicates Credit in BAEP 566
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 556
Registration Restriction: Open only to master students in Social Entrepreneurship
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 285a or BUAD 305 .
Duplicates Credit in BUAD 306.
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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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
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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
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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
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BUAD 285a Accounting Fundamentals, Financial and Managerial Accounting Units: 4
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Development and use of accounting information important to investors and professionals with a focus on the analysis of business operations, financial position, and cash flows.
Duplicates Credit in former BUAD 250ab, and BUAD 280, BUAD 286b and BUAD 305.
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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BUAD 285b Accounting Fundamentals, Financial and Managerial Accounting Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Continuation of BUAD 285a : accounting information useful for the analysis of product costing, budgeting and organizational performance.
Corequisite: BUAD 285a .
Duplicates Credit in former BUAD 250b, and BUAD 281, BUAD 286a and BUAD 305.
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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BUAD 286a Accounting Fundamentals, Managerial and Financial Accounting Units: 4
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Development and use of accounting information important to executives, managers, and other decision-makers, with a focus on the analysis of business operations and organizational performance.
Duplicates Credit in former BUAD 250b, BUAD 281, BUAD 285b and BUAD 305.
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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BUAD 286b Accounting Fundamentals, Managerial and Financial Accounting Units: 2
Terms Offered: FaSpSm
Continuation of BUAD 286a : accounting information useful for the analysis of the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement.
Corequisite: BUAD 286a .
Duplicates Credit in former BUAD 250a, and BUAD 280, BUAD 285a and BUAD 305.
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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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.
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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BUAD 302T Communication Strategy in Accounting Units: 4
Terms Offered: FaSp
Theory, practices, and techniques essential to communication in accounting. Interpersonal and group communication; oral presentations; writing; use of communication technologies; communication strategies for varied audiences.
Registration Restriction: Open only to accounting and prospective accounting majors.
Duplicates Credit in BUAD 302.
Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
Grading Option: Letter
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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
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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
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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 410 or BUAD 280 or BUAD 285a or BUAD 286b or BUAD 305 and ECON 351x .
Corequisite: ECON 352 and BUAD 310 .
Duplicates Credit in BUAD 215x.
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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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
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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
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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
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BUAD 311T Operations Management for Accounting Majors Units: 4
Learn the fundamentals of operations management and acquire skills to analyze, measure, control and improve production processes.
Duplicates Credit in BUAD 311.
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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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 350 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 203 , ECON 205 .
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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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: ECON 203 , ECON 205 and either MATH 118 or MATH 125 .
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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BUAD 380x Introduction to Enterprise Risk Management Units: 4
Terms Offered: Irregular
(Enroll in ACCT 380x )
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BUAD 385x Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance Units: 4
Terms Offered: Irregular
(Enroll in ACCT 385x )
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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
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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 or BUAD 285b or BUAD 286b ) and (BUAD 302 or BUAD 302T ) and BUAD 304 and BUAD 306 and BUAD 307 and BUAD 310 and (BUAD 311 or BUAD 311T )
Corequisite: BUAD 497
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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: one from (ACCT 410 or BUAD 281 or BUAD 285b or BUAD 286b or BUAD 305) and (BUAD 304 and BUAD 307 ) and one from (BUAD 215x or BUAD 306 ) and one from (BUAD 302 or BUAD 302T )
Corequisite: BUAD 311 or BUAD 311T
Instruction Mode: Lecture
Grading Option: Letter
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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