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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.
Fundamental roles of a manager and skill sets necessary to performing these roles. Open only to online MBA students.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Business Administration
- Note: This course is open to Online MBA program students ONLY.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15535R | 701 | Lecture | 8:00-5:00pm | MTuWThFS | 64 of 135 | Peter Cardon, Nandini Rajagopalan | ONLINE |    | |
| 15653R | 701 | Lecture | 8:00-5:00pm | MTuWThFS | 63 of 70 | Peter Cardon, Nandini Rajagopalan | ONLINE | |
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 30 | Marion Philadelphia | ONLINE | |
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 the former GSBA-504.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15651R | 277 | Lecture | 6:00-9:00pm | Wednesday | 15 of 48 | Sriram Dasu | ONLINE | |
Fundamentals of financial accounting, microeconomics, statistics, analytics and communication. Prerequisite: GSBA 501. Open only to online MBA students. (Duplicates credit in GSBA-506a, GSBA-506b, GSBA-510, GSBA-511, GSBA-516, GSBA-524, and GSBA-545)
- Prerequisite: GSBA 501
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Business Administration
- Note: This course is open to Online MBA program students ONLY.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15536R | 736 | Lecture | 6:00-8:00pm | Mon, Wed | 64 of 135 | Miriam Burgos, Shane Heitzman,Kevin Murphy, Richard Selby, Rahsan Akbulut | ONLINE | | |
| 15788R | 736 | Lecture | 6:00-8:00pm | Mon, Wed | 59 of 65 | Miriam Burgos, Shane Heitzman,Kevin Murphy, Richard Selby, Rahsan Akbulut | ONLINE | |
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 and GSBA 516 and GSBA 545. Graded IP.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15540R | 918 | Lecture | 6:00-9:00pm | Monday | 60 of 90 | Dawn Porter | ONLINE | | |
| 15541R | 427 | Lecture | 6:00-9:00pm | Tuesday | 70 of 90 | Arif Ansari | ONLINE | | |
| 15542R | 560 | Lecture | 1:00-4:00pm | Saturday | 52 of 250 | Arif Ansari | ONLINE | | |
| 15548R | 560 | Lecture | 9:00-12:00pm | Saturday | 54 of 78 | Arif Ansari | ONLINE | |
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.
| Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15576D | 745 | 3.0 | Lecture | 8:00-9:40am | MWTh | 69 of 69 | Mark Soliman | ONLINE | | |
| 15577D | 745 | 3.0 | Lecture | 10:00-11:40am | MWTh | 69 of 69 | Mark Soliman | ONLINE | | |
| 15578D | 745 | 3.0 | Lecture | 12:00-1:40pm | MWTh | 71 of 71 | Mark Soliman | ONLINE | | |
| 15597D | 071 | 3.0 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Mon, Wed | 56 of 78 | Mark DeFond | ONLINE | | |
| 15650R | 175 | 1.5 | Lecture | 6:00-9:00pm | Wednesday | 16 of 48 | Harris Smith | ONLINE | Word (41002 KB) | |
| 15993D | 071 | 3.0 | Lecture | 6:00-8:40pm | Monday | 25 of 60 | Mark DeFond | ONLINE | |
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.
- Note: This section is for Master of Science in Finance students only.
| Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15598D | 071 | 3.0 | Lecture | 7:00-8:20am | Mon, Wed | 31 of 76 | Anthony Marino | ONLINE | PDF (249415 KB) | |
| 15599D | 071 | 3.0 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 43 of 78 | Anthony Marino | ONLINE | PDF (249415 KB) | |
| 15592R | 780 | 3.0 | Lecture | 2:00-4:30pm | Tue, Thu | 29 of 57 | Rahsan Akbulut | ONLINE | |
Acquire the skills necessary to exhibit the elusive quality of professional presence. Exhibit credible competence. Handle impromptu speaking. Presentation messaging. Duplicates credit in GSBA 502, GSBA 523, GSBA 523T, and GSBA 542.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15607D | 819 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 18 of 18 | Stacy Geck | ONLINE | |
Managerial careers, development of critical executive and managerial abilities, and the dynamics of organizational environment and systems as they impact managerial progression and work. Graded IP.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15664R | 918 | Lecture | 6:00-9:00pm | Wednesday | 61 of 90 | Trudi Ferguson | ONLINE | | |
| 15665R | 427 | Lecture | 6:00-9:00pm | Thursday | 70 of 90 | Trudi Ferguson | ONLINE | | |
| 15666R | 560 | Lecture | 9:00-12:00pm | Saturday | 52 of 90 | Trudi Ferguson | ONLINE | | |
| 15667R | 560 | Lecture | 1:00-4:00pm | Saturday | 54 of 78 | Trudi Ferguson | ONLINE | |
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. (Duplicates credit in GSBA 502, the former GSBA 502b, GSBA 523, and GSBA 542)
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Accounting, Business Taxation, Law/Business Taxation
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15702D | 060 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 28 of 35 | Shirley Maxey | ONLINE | |
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 506ab, GSBA 516, GSBA 545.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student
| Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15696D | 745 | 3.0 | Lecture | 12:00-1:40pm | MTuW | 73 of 73 | Wen Sun | ONLINE | | |
| 15697D | 745 | 3.0 | Lecture | 8:00-9:40am | MTuW | 71 of 71 | Wen Sun | ONLINE | | |
| 15698D | 745 | 3.0 | Lecture | 10:00-11:40am | MTuW | 73 of 73 | Wen Sun | ONLINE | | |
| 15708R | 640 | 3.0 | Lecture | 2:00-4:30pm | Tue, Thu | 38 of 57 | Arif Ansari | 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 | 071 | Lecture | 6:30-9:30pm | Wednesday | 35 of 56 | Therese Wilbur | ONLINE | | |
| 15723R | 780 | Lecture | 8:00-10:30am | Mon, Wed | 35 of 57 | Dennis Schorr | ONLINE | | |
| 15724D | 071 | Lecture | 6:30-9:30pm | Thursday | 70 of 72 | Diane Badame | ONLINE | |
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: GSBA 534 is an MS Global Supply Chain Management core course, and is 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 | 46 of 48 | Ashok Srinivasan | ONLINE | | |
| 15753D | 071 | 3.0 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 64 of 66 | Murat Bayiz | ONLINE | | |
| 15757R | 780 | 3.0 | Lecture | 8:00-10:30am | Tue, Thu | 39 of 57 | Hiroshi Ochiumi | ONLINE | |
Thematic exploration of managerial accounting, employment law, operations management and organizational behavior. Application of analytics and communication to optimize internal operations. Duplicates credit in GSBA 504, GSBA 504a, GSBA 504b, GSBA 518, GSBA 522a, GSBA 522b, GSBA 532, GSBA 533, GSBA 534, GSBA 536 and GSBA 543.
- Prerequisite: GSBA 505
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Business Administration
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student
- Note: This course is open to Online MBA program students ONLY.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15764R | 711 | Lecture | 6:00-8:00pm | Tue, Thu | 36 of 50 | Arif Ansari,Kerry Fields,Ashok Srinivasan, Smrity Randhawa | ONLINE | |
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. 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)
- Prerequisite: GSBA 505
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Business Administration
- Note: This course is open to Online MBA program students ONLY.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15769R | 711 | Lecture | 6:00-8:00pm | Tue, Thu | 41 of 50 | Peter Cardon, Miriam Burgos, Dina Mayzlin, Stephen Moyer | ONLINE | | |
| 15770R | 711 | Lecture | 6:00-8:00pm | Tue, Thu | 43 of 50 | Peter Cardon, Miriam Burgos, Dina Mayzlin, Stephen Moyer | ONLINE | |
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.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15802D | 071 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Wednesday | 22 of 25 | Andrew Ogilvie | ONLINE | | |
| 15803D | 411 | Lecture | 6:30-9:30pm | Wednesday | 23 of 25 | Andrew Ogilvie | ONLINE | | |
| 15804D | 033 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Monday | Canceled | Yijia Guo | | ||
| 15806D | 415 | Lecture | 6:30-9:30pm | Wednesday | 23 of 25 | Andrew Ogilvie | ONLINE | |
The economic environment of business and the forces influencing the firm. Duplicates credit in GSBA 549.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15816R | 415 | Lecture | 6:30-9:30pm | Tuesday | 80 of 100 | Fatemeh Nazarian | ONLINE | | |
| 15817R | 415 | Lecture | 6:30-9:30pm | Wednesday | 77 of 78 | Fatemeh Nazarian | ONLINE | | |
| 15818R | 415 | Lecture | 6:30-9:30pm | Thursday | 45 of 100 | Fatemeh Nazarian | ONLINE | |
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.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15549D | 411 | Lecture | 12:30-3:20pm | Wednesday | 60 of 60 | Dawn Porter | ONLINE | | |
| 15552D | 060 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tuesday | 35 of 36 | Dawn Porter | ONLINE | | |
| 15553D | 060 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tuesday | 51 of 53 | Emanuela Panebianco,Lorena Martin | ONLINE | | |
| 15554D | 071 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tuesday | 24 of 25 | Dawn Porter | ONLINE | | |
| 15558D | 411 | Lecture | 6:30-9:30pm | Monday | 69 of 70 | Dawn Porter | ONLINE | |
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): Doctoral Student, Master Student
| Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15832D | 745 | 3.0 | Lecture | 12:00-1:40pm | MTuTh | 69 of 69 | Chris Parsons, Scott Abrams | ONLINE | | |
| 15833D | 745 | 3.0 | Lecture | 8:00-9:40am | MTuTh | 68 of 68 | Chris Parsons, Scott Abrams | ONLINE | | |
| 15834D | 745 | 3.0 | Lecture | 10:00-11:40am | MTuTh | 73 of 73 | Chris Parsons, Scott Abrams | ONLINE | | |
| 15836R | 780 | 3.0 | Lecture | 2:00-4:30pm | Mon, Wed | 38 of 57 | Duke Bristow | ONLINE | | |
| 15843D | 071 | 3.0 | Lecture | 6:30-7:50pm | Tue, Thu | 30 of 76 | Sena Durguner | ONLINE | | |
| 15844D | 071 | 3.0 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 54 of 55 | Seda Durguner | ONLINE | | |
| 15894R | 060 | 3.0 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 66 of 70 | Duke Bristow | ONLINE | |
Fundamentals of entrepreneurship. Understanding the new venture creation process. (Duplicates credit in BAEP 549, BAEP 550, BAEP 551, GSBA 586)
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15853R | 560 | Lecture | 9:00-4:00pm | Saturday | 54 of 78 | Albert Napoli | ONLINE | | |
| 16004R | 918 | Lecture | 6:00-9:00pm | Mon, Wed | 61 of 90 | Susan Harmeling | ONLINE | | |
| 16005R | 427 | Lecture | 6:00-9:00pm | Tue, Thu | 70 of 90 | Susan Harmeling | ONLINE | | |
| 16006R | 560 | Lecture | 9:00-4:00pm | Saturday | 52 of 90 | Albert Napoli | ONLINE | |
Evaluation of the firm by the market forces that affect its success; financial accounting and reporting; competitive market analysis; external communication; microeconomics; labor, customer and financial markets, statistical and decision analysis, financial and organization measures of effectiveness.
- Note: This section is restricted to MBV students
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15906R | 406 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 56 of 100 | Kevin Fields,James Bogle, Violina Rindova,Abbass Sharif,Mark DeFond,Rex Kovacevich, Scott Abrams, Stephen Byars, Julia Plotts,Robertas Gabrys, Michael Coombs | ONLINE | | |
| 16183R | 406 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 51 of 100 | Kevin Fields,James Bogle, Violina Rindova,Abbass Sharif,Mark DeFond,Scott Abrams, Rex Kovacevich, Stephen Byars, Julia Plotts,Robertas Gabrys, Michael Coombs | ONLINE | |
Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16088D | 033 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 7 of 10 | Julia Plotts,Adlai Wertman,Thomas Knapp,Carl Voigt | OFFICE & ONLINE | |
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 | 071 | 1.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 20 | ONLINE | | ||
| 16102D | 071 | 0.5-1.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 11 of 20 | Murat Bayiz | ONLINE | | |
| 16103D | 415 | 0.5-1.5 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 3 of 10 | Murat Bayiz | ONLINE | | |
| 16105D | 747 | 0.5-1.5 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 7 of 10 | Murat Bayiz | ONLINE | |
Selected topics reflecting current trends and recent developments in business administration. Graded CR/NC.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Accounting, Business Administration/East Asian Area Studies, Business Administration/Industrial & Systems Engineering, Business Administration/Jewish Nonprofit Management, Business Administration/Pharmacy, Business Administration/Real Estate Development, Business Administration/Social Work, Business Research, Business Taxation, Gerontology/Business Administration, Business Administration, Juris Doctor/Business Administration, Law/Business Taxation, Medicine/Business Administration, Marketing, Social Entrepreneurship, Business Administration/Urban Planning, Business Administration/Systems Architecting and Engineering, Global Supply Chain Management, Public Health/Social Entrepreneurship
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student
| Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| If Not You, Who? The Future of Leadership | ||||||||||
| 16135R | 372 | 1.5 | Lecture | 6:00-7:40pm | Monday | 23 of 999 | Sarah Townsend | ONLINE | PDF (531156 KB) | |
| If Not You, Who? The Future of Leadership | ||||||||||
| 16136R | 071 | 1.5 | Lecture | 6:00-7:40pm | Monday | 4 of 1 | Sarah Townsend | ONLINE | PDF (531156 KB) | |
| If Not Now, When? The Future of Capitalism | ||||||||||
| 16143R | 372 | 1.5 | Lecture | 6:00-7:40pm | Wednesday | 30 of 999 | Chris Parsons | ONLINE | PDF (451026 KB) | |
| If Not Now, When? The Future of Capitalism | ||||||||||
| 16144R | 071 | 1.5 | Lecture | 6:00-7:40pm | Wednesday | 9 of 1 | Chris Parsons | ONLINE | PDF (451026 KB) | |
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 | 071 | Lecture | 12:00-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 3 of 18 | Anthony Marino | ONLINE | PDF (198503 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 | 071 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 2 of 15 | Gourab Mukherjee | ONLINE | |
Conceptual foundations of research methodology; survey and research design; measurement theory; advanced techniques of statistical investigation; data analysis using computer packages; preparation of research reports.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16110D | 060 | Lecture | 9:00-11:50am | Wednesday | 6 of 20 | Sarah Bonner,Kristin Diehl | ONLINE | Word (234829 KB) | |
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16130R | 071 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 5 of 20 | ONLINE | |