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Graduate School of Business Administration (GSBA)
- BUSINESS (GRADUATE) - Business students may register using USC Web Registration. - Non-business students may register for graduate business electives subject to the following restrictions: (1) proof of undergraduate degree; (2) minimum graduate GPA of 3.2; (3) maximum of 12 units of graduate business courses; and (4) prerequisites completed. All graduate applications and forms are available by contacting (213)740-5424 email: registration@marshall.usc.edu. For complete list of Business registration policies, visit www.marshall.usc.edu/registrationpolicies.
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.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student
- Note: Open only to MMLIS online students.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15510D | 390 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 22 of 40 | Marion Philadelphia | ONLINE |   |
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.
- Restriction: Registration closed to the following major(s): Accounting, Business Administration, Business Administration/East Asian Area Studies, Business Administration/Education, Business Administration/Industrial & Systems Engineering, Business Administration/Jewish Nonprofit Management, Business Administration/Pharmacy, Business Administration/Planning, Business Administration/Real Estate Development, Business Administration/Social Work, Business for Veterans, Business Taxation, Gerontology/Business Administration, Juris Doctor/Business Administration, Law/Business Taxation, Medical Management, Medicine/Business Administration
- Note: Section 16560 is now closed. Registration requires permission from Professor Wolfe. Sections 16135 and 16136 are open to Library and Information Science students only. Section 15650: Especially designed for non-business graduate students who seek an introduction to key business topics. ......... Cannot be applied to the M.B.A., MSBA, MMS, MMM, MBV, MAcc or Marshall Ph.D. .....Please see the Blackboard site for details about the assigned readings that must be completed before the first class meeting. Section 16135: Open only to MMLIS online students.
| Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15650D | 033 | 3.0 | Lecture | 6:30-9:30pm | Tuesday | 28 of 50 | Merle Hopkins, Terance Wolfe,Diane Badame, Sriram Dasu | ACC310 | Word (231936 KB) | |
| 16135D | 390 | 3.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 15 of 30 | Gary Shaffer | ONLINE | |
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, the former GSBA 509ab, and GSBA 546.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student
- Note: Section 15722 is primarily for MSSE students. For D clearance email socialentrepreneur@marshall.usc.edu.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15722D | 033 | Lecture | 6:30-9:30pm | Wednesday | 54 of 60 | Therese Wilbur | JFF236 | |
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-504ab)
- Note: Sections 15752 and 15753 are MS Global Supply Chain Management core courses, and are for students admitted to the MS GSCM program only.
| Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15752D | 372 | 3.0 | Lecture | 6:30-9:30pm | Wednesday | 36 of 39 | Ashok Srinivasan | ONLINE |  | |
| 15753D | 033 | 3.0 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 45 of 45 | Murat Bayiz | JKP110 | |
Internal and external communication, research methods, reports for decision-making, oral presentations and briefing, strategies to assure communication; field studies. Duplicates credit in GSBA 502, GSBA 523, GSBA-523T, and the former GSBA-502ab.
- Note: Sections 15808, 15809, and 15810 are for MS Business Analytics students only. Sections 15804 and 15805 are for MS Global Supply Chain Management students only. Duplicates credit of core Communications class in all MBA programs.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15804D | 033 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Monday | 52 of 52 | Yijia Guo | JKP212 | | |
| 15805D | 372 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Tuesday | 32 of 35 | Yijia Guo | ONLINE | | |
| 15808D | 033 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Wednesday | 15 of 35 | Maria Colman | JKP202 | | |
| 15809D | 033 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Wednesday | 35 of 35 | Maria Colman | JKP212 | | |
| 15810D | 033 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Wednesday | 34 of 35 | Maria Colman | JKP210 | |
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.
- Note: Sections 15550 and 15551 are MS Business Analytics core courses, and are for students admitted to the MS Business Analytics program only.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15550D | 033 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Tuesday | 46 of 45 | Dawn Porter | JKP210 | PDF (87869 KB) | |
| 15551D | 033 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tuesday | 47 of 45 | Dawn Porter | JKP210 | PDF (87869 KB) | |
| 15552D | 001 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Monday | 32 of 32 | Dawn Porter | JKP210 | PDF (83524 KB) | |
| 15554D | 033 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Monday | 28 of 25 | Dawn Porter | JKP210 | PDF (83524 KB) | |
Modern theory of corporate investment and financing decisions. (Duplicates credit in GSBA 521a and GSBA 521b.)
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
| Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15894R | 001 | 3.0 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 73 of 78 (1 on waitlist) | Duke Bristow | JKP210 | |
Independent research beyond normal course offerings. Proposal, research and written report/paper required. Open only to Masters Students. Graded CR/NC.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student
| Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16074D | 751 | 0.5 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 4 of 5 | Anthony Borquez | OFFICE | |
Supervised on-the-job business experience in the student's area of interest. (Curricular Practical Training) Graduate business students only. Graded CR/NC.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Accounting, Business Administration, Business Administration/Dental Surgery, Business Administration/East Asian Area Studies, Business Administration/Education, Business Administration/Industrial & Systems Engineering, Business Administration/Jewish Nonprofit Management, Business Administration/Pharmacy, Business Administration/Planning, Business Administration/Real Estate Development, Business Administration/Social Work, Business Research, Business Taxation, Gerontology/Business Administration, Juris Doctor/Business Administration, Medicine/Business Administration
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student
| Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16100D | 033 | 1.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 20 | OFFICE | | ||
| 16102D | 033 | 0.5-1.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 8 of 20 | Suh-Pyng Ku | OFFICE | |
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. Open only to master and doctoral students.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
- Note: Section 16089 is exclusively for the ABAC project.
| Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16089D | 033 | 0.5-3.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 12 of 15 | Sriram Dasu, Jolanta Aritz,Dennis Schorr | OFFICE | |
Methodology and research perspectives of economics; contribution of the economics paradigm to accounting, management, finance, marketing, and decision sciences. Recommended preparation: Admission to doctoral program in business administration or departmental approval.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16104R | 033 | Lecture | 12:00-1:20pm | Tue, Thu | 7 of 18 | Anthony Marino | HOH114 | PDF (360253 KB) | |
Theory and application of linear regression models; role of substantive theory in statistical model building; model specification, estimation, diagnostic checking; the general linear hypothesis.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16107R | 033 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 9 of 15 | Gourab Mukherjee | HOH506 | |
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16130R | 033 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 5 of 20 | OFFICE | |