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Business Administration (BUAD)
- D class assignments for undergraduates available in JFF201; phone (213) 740-0690.
- BUSINESS (UNDERGRADUATE) - Non-Marshall students may enroll in up to three (3) courses prior to being admitted to a Marshall major or minor. 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 12 units of graduate business courses; and (4) prerequisites completed. All graduate applications and forms are available in HOH103, (213) 740-5424, email: registration@marshall.usc.edu. For complete list of Business registration policies, please visit www.marshall.usc.edu/registrationpolicies.
Emphasis on understanding financial statements and the impact of business transactions on information presented to management and interested stakeholders.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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| 14510R | 057 | Lecture | 9:00-11:00am | Mon, Wed | 25 of 36 | Bob Kiddoo | JFF327 | PDF (523901 KB) |   |
| 14518R | 057 | Lab | 11:30-1:30pm | Mon, Wed | 25 of 36 | Julie Suh | JFF239 | |
An emphasis on how accounting information, combined with a variety of techniques and best practices, supports enhanced management decision making.
- Prerequisite: BUAD 280
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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| 14520R | 057 | Lecture | 11:30-1:30pm | Tue, Thu | 18 of 36 | Cecil Jackson | JFF327 | Word (193072 KB) | |
| 14535R | 057 | Lab | TBA | TBA | 18 of 36 | Julie Suh | OFFICE | |
Theory, practice, and techniques of business communication strategy essential to external and organizational communication; group and interpersonal communication; development of skill in oral and written communication.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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| 14677R | 058 | Lecture | 12:00-2:20pm | Mon, Wed | 26 of 30 | Maria Colman | JFF327 | |
The role of leadership in business organizations; concepts and skills for managing oneself and others.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Senior (fifth year)
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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| 14717R | 058 | Lecture-Discussion | 9:00-11:30am | Mon, Wed | 20 of 48 | Jennifer Kim, Johanna Tolan | JFF316 | PDF (300983 KB) | |
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. Prerequisites: ACCT 410 or BUAD 280 or BUAD 285a or BUAD 286b or BUAD 305 and ECON 351. Duplicates credit in BUAD 215x.
- Prerequisite: 1 from (ACCT 410 or BUAD 280 or BUAD 285a or BUAD 286b or BUAD 305) and 1 from (ECON 251 or ECON 351)
- Corequisite: 1 from (ECON 252 or ECON 352) and 1 from (BUAD 310 or EE 364)
- Note: Please use the calendar icon in the Info field to see class dates and drop/add deadlines.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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| 14780R | 058 | Lecture-Lab | 9:00-11:30am | Mon, Wed | 33 of 48 | Yingguang Zhang, Anthony Marino | JFF322 |  |
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-385.
- Note: Please use the calendar icon in the Info field to see class dates and drop/add deadlines.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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| 14800R | 058 | Lecture-Discussion | 12:00-2:30pm | Mon, Wed | 16 of 40 | Yao Yao | JFF316 | |
Statistical methods for business analysis; data exploration and description; sampling distributions; estimation; hypothesis testing, simple and multiple regression; model building. Extensive computer applications. (Duplicates credit in ITP 251)
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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| 14884R | 058 | Lecture-Discussion | 9:00-11:25am | Tue, Thu | 23 of 40 | Weinan Wang | JFF322 | |
Fundamentals of operations management. Skills needed to analyze, manage, and improve business processes. Topics include: process, capacity, service, and inventory management and optimization. Duplicates credit in BUAD 311T.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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| 14922R | 058 | Lecture | 12:00-2:30pm | Mon, Wed | 26 of 40 | Jonathan Yormark | JFF322 | |
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.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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| 15052R | 050 | Lecture | 9:00-11:30am | Tue, Thu | 32 of 40 | Inga Maslova | JFF LL103 | |
Individual research and readings under the supervision of a faculty advisor. Application and proposal required. Not available for graduate credit.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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| 15060D | 058 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 2 of 20 | Maureen McHale | OFFICE | |
Combined classroom discussion and structured, supervised field application of business theories and practices within a part-time employment context. Open only to: Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior. Graded CR/NC.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Senior (fifth year)
- Note: To apply for D-clearance for this course, please complete this applications: students.marshall.usc.edu/undergrad/advising/forms-and-other-resources/
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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| 15082D | 133 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 31 of 32 | Kira Smithson | ONLINE | | |
| 15126D | 153 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 35 of 32 | Mayra Miranda | ONLINE | | |
| 15129D | 153 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 33 of 32 | Jennifer Siemer | ONLINE | |
Examination of managerial decision-making, planning, and policy under changing environments; readings, cases, exercises, simulations.
- Prerequisite: 1 from (ACCT 410 or BUAD 281 or BUAD 285B or BUAD 286B or BUAD 305) and (BUAD 304 and BUAD 307) and 1 from (BUAD 215 or BUAD 306) and 1 from (BUAD 302 or BUAD 302T)
- Corequisite: 1 from (BUAD 311 or BUAD 311T)
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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| 15092R | 058 | Lecture | 3:00-5:20pm | Mon, Wed | 36 of 46 | Jue Wang, Nan Jia | JFF316 | |