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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 students.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 ONLY to students in the Online MBA program (POSt code 1601)
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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15535D | 701 | Lecture | 8:00-5:00pm | MTuWThF | 0 of 65 | Peter Cardon, Nandini Rajagopalan | ONLINE | ||
15653D | 701 | Lecture | 8:00-5:00pm | MTuWThF | 0 of 65 | Peter Cardon, Nandini Rajagopalan | 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
- Note: Section 15652 is for Thronton School of Music students and MA in Long Term Care Administration (MALTCA) students only.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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15652D | 277 | Lecture | 6:30-9:30pm | Wednesday | 2 of 54 | Feng Chen | ONLINE |
Fundamentals of financial accounting, microeconomics, statistics, analytics and communication.
- Prerequisite: GSBA 501
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Business Administration
- Note: This course is ONLY open to students in the Online MBA program (POSt code 1601)
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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15536D | 736 | Lecture | 6:00-8:00pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 65 | Shane Heitzman,Matthew Hill, Richard Selby,Meg Carrington-Griffin Simons | ONLINE | ||
15788D | 736 | Lecture | 6:00-8:00pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 65 | Shane Heitzman,Matthew Hill, Richard Selby,Meg Carrington-Griffin Simons | 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.
- Note: Section 15597 and 15993 are for MSF Students Only Section 15650 is for Thornton School of Music Students
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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15597D | 033 | 3.0 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Mon, Wed | 1 of 77 | Tony Aaron | JKP110 | ||
15650D | 411 | 1.5 | Lecture | 6:00-7:20pm | Wednesday | 2 of 25 | ACC201 | |||
15993D | 033 | 3.0 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 8 of 77 | Tony Aaron | JKP110 |
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: Sections 15598 and 15599 are for Master of Science in Finance students only.
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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15598D | 033 | 3.0 | Lecture | 8:00-9:20am | Mon, Wed | 1 of 76 | Anthony Marino | JKP110 | ||
15599D | 033 | 3.0 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 7 of 77 | Anthony Marino | JKP110 |
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 |
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15722D | 033 | Lecture | 6:30-9:30pm | Monday | 2 of 48 | Rex Kovacevich | JFF316 |
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, 15753, and 15754 are core classes for 1st year MS Global Supply Chain students only.
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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15752D | 372 | 3.0 | Lecture | 6:30-9:30pm | Monday | 2 of 50 | Feng Chen | ONLINE | ||
15753D | 033 | 3.0 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 46 | Alireza Kabirian | ACC303 | ||
15754D | 033 | 3.0 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 46 | Alireza Kabirian | ACC303 |
Thematic exploration of managerial accounting, employment law, operations management and organizational behavior. Application of analytics and communication to optimize internal operations.
- 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 ONLY to students in the Online MBA program (POSt code 1601)
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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15764D | 711 | Lecture | 6:00-8:00pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 78 | Kerry Fields,Cecil Jackson,Charlie Hannigan,Arif Ansari | 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
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Business Administration
- Note: This course is ONLY open to students in the Online MBA program (POSt code 1601)
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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15769D | 711 | Lecture | 6:00-8:00pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 57 | Marion Philadelphia,Chris Parsons, Hank Wasiak,Dina Mayzlin | ONLINE | ||
15770D | 711 | Lecture | 6:00-8:00pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 57 | Marion Philadelphia,Chris Parsons, Hank Wasiak,Dina Mayzlin | 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 |
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15792D | 033 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tuesday | 0 of 46 | Gregory Patton | ACC303 | ||
15793D | 033 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Thursday | 0 of 46 | Gregory Patton | ACC303 | ||
15797D | 033 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tuesday | 0 of 46 | Gregory Patton | ACC303 | ||
15798D | 033 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Thursday | 0 of 46 | Gregory Patton | ACC303 | ||
15799D | 411 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 46 | Yijia Guo | JFF236 | ||
15800D | 411 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 0 of 46 | Yijia Guo | JFF236 | ||
15801D | 175 | Lecture | 5:00-8:00pm | Friday | 4 of 46 | Yijia Guo | ONLINE | ||
15809D | 033 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tuesday | 0 of 42 | Maria Colman | BRI5 | ||
15810D | 033 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tuesday | 0 of 42 | Maria Colman | BRI5 | ||
15811D | 033 | Lecture | 8:00-9:20am | Tuesday | 0 of 42 | Maria Colman | BRI5 | ||
15812D | 033 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Tuesday | 0 of 46 | Gregory Patton | ACC303 | ||
15813D | 033 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Thursday | 0 of 46 | Gregory Patton | ACC303 |
The economic environment of business and the forces influencing the firm. Duplicates credit in GSBA 549.
- Note: GSBA 544 is only available to MBA.PM students.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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15815D | 415 | Lecture | 6:30-9:30pm | Thursday | 65 of 65 | Fatemeh Nazarian | JFF414 | ||
15817D | 415 | Lecture | 9:00-11:50am | Saturday | 47 of 60 | Fatemeh Nazarian | JKP212 |
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: Section 15556 is for Marketing (Analytics Track) and BA Certificate students only. Sections 15550, 15551, 15552, and 15554 are core classes for 1st year MS Business Analytics students only.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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15550D | 033 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Monday | 0 of 60 | Dawn Porter | JFFLL125 | ||
15551D | 033 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Wednesday | 0 of 60 | Dawn Porter | JFFLL125 | ||
15552D | 033 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Monday | 0 of 60 | Dawn Porter | JKP212 | ||
15554D | 033 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Wednesday | 0 of 60 | Dawn Porter | JKP212 | ||
15556D | 033 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Wednesday | 1 of 54 | Inga Maslova | JKP102 |
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
- Note: Sections 15843 and 15844 are for Master of Science in Finance students only.
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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15843D | 033 | 3.0 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 0 of 70 | Suh-Pyng Ku | JKP110 | ||
15844D | 033 | 3.0 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 77 | Suh-Pyng Ku | JKP110 | ||
15994R | 033 | 3.0 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 8 of 73 | Duke Bristow | HOHEDI | ||
15995D | 372 | 3.0 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 0 of 10 | 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 |
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16098D | 033 | 0.5-2.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | OFFICE | |||
16100D | 033 | 1.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 20 | OFFICE | |||
16101D | 033 | 0.5-2.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | OFFICE | |||
16102D | 033 | 0.5-1.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 20 | 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
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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16089D | 033 | 1.0-3.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 15 | 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 |
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16104R | 033 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Mon, Wed | 1 of 18 | Anthony Marino | HOH114 |
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 |
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16107R | 033 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Monday | 0 of 15 | Gourab Mukherjee | HOH506 |
Selected topics reflecting current trends and recent developments in business research. Emphasis on cross-disciplinary inquiry.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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16109D | 033 | 3.0 | Lecture | 2:00-4:50pm | Thursday | 2 of 15 | David Hirshleifer | HOH114 |
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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16130R | 033 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 1 of 20 | OFFICE |