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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: Section 15510 is open to only MMLIS students.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15510D | 390 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 16 of 30 | Marion Philadelphia | ONLINE |   |
Concepts and tools that help frame strategic issues in a multi-industry and global context. Craft strategies, position businesses and assets, and define firm boundaries.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15520D | 747 | Lecture | 8:00-12:15pm | MWTh | 71 of 72 | Shon Hiatt | TBA |  | |
| 15521D | 747 | Lecture | 8:00-12:15pm | MWTh | 72 of 72 | Shon Hiatt | TBA | | |
| 15522D | 747 | Lecture | 8:00-12:15pm | MWTh | 69 of 72 | Shon Hiatt | TBA | | |
| 15524D | 780 | Lecture | 8:00-10:30am | Tue, Thu | 40 of 57 | Arvind Bhambri | JKP204 | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15525D | 745 | Lecture | 8:00-9:15am | Mon, Wed | 71 of 72 | Murat Bayiz | TBA | | |
| 15526D | 745 | Lecture | 9:30-10:45am | Mon, Wed | 72 of 72 | Murat Bayiz | TBA | | |
| 15527D | 745 | Lecture | 11:00-12:15pm | Mon, Wed | 69 of 72 | Murat Bayiz | TBA | |
Analyses of environments and competition, the bases of competitive strategy, strategy models, and the achievement of sustainable competitive advantage. Duplicates Credit in GSBA 519a, GSBA 519b and GSBA 540.
- Note: Section 15731 is a MS Social Entrepreneurship core course, and is intended for students admitted to the MSSE program only. MBA students should NOT register for GSBA 529 as it duplicates credit of your MBA core Corporate Strategy course (GSBA 540, GSBA 519ab). This section is not available to non-Marshall graduate students.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15731D | 033 | Lecture | 6:30-9:30pm | Tuesday | 50 of 78 | Courtney Brunious | JFF LL125 | PDF (283737 KB) | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15808D | 033 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Wednesday | 29 of 28 (2 on waitlist) | Gregory Patton | BRI8 | PDF (306066 KB) | |
| 15809D | 033 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Wednesday | 35 of 28 (4 on waitlist) | Gregory Patton | BRI8 | PDF (306066 KB) | |
| 15810D | 033 | Lecture | 6:30-7:50pm | Wednesday | 27 of 28 | Gregory Patton | BRI8 | PDF (306066 KB) | |
| 15812D | 033 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Thursday | 29 of 28 (3 on waitlist) | Gregory Patton | BRI8 | PDF (306066 KB) | |
| 15813D | 033 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Thursday | 28 of 28 (1 on waitlist) | Gregory Patton | BRI8 | PDF (306066 KB) | |
| 15815D | 033 | Lecture | 12:30-1:50pm | Thursday | 29 of 28 (5 on waitlist) | Gregory Patton | BRI8 | PDF (306066 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): Doctoral Student, Master Student
| Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15905R | 033 | 3.0 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Mon, Wed | 34 of 78 | Duke Bristow | JKP112 | | |
| 15906D | 033 | 3.0 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Mon, Wed | 4 of 10 | Duke Bristow | ONLINE | |
How creative industries (motion pictures, television, publishing, radio, music, arts, games) operate and are organized. Critical discussion of pressing issues that these industries face.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Accounting, Business Administration/East Asian Area Studies, Business Administration/Education, Business Administration/Industrial & Systems Engineering, Business Administration/Jewish Nonprofit Management, Business Administration/Pharmacy, Business Administration/Real Estate Development, Business Administration/Social Work, Business Administration/Planning, Business Research, Business Taxation, Gerontology/Business Administration, Business Administration, Juris Doctor/Business Administration, Law/Business Taxation, Medicine/Business Administration, Marketing, Social Entrepreneurship
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student
- Note: Non-Business student applications are available at www.marshall.usc.edu/registrationpolicies. Please complete and submit to registration@marshall.usc.edu.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15847R | 033 | Lecture | 6:30-9:30pm | Wednesday | 40 of 41 (1 on waitlist) | Mark Young | BRI202 | |
Impact of political, economic, social/cultural and institutional factors on business performance and industry structure in a global context. GLOBE. Requires international travel.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Business Administration
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16014D | 864 | Lecture | 8:30-11:50am | Saturday | 39 of 50 | Sriram Dasu, Selahattin Imrohoroglu | JKP212 | PDF (732568 KB) | |
Continuation of GSBA 584a.
- Corequisite: GSBA 584A
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Business Administration
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16059D | 780 | Lecture | 8:00-10:30am | Mon, Wed | 56 of 57 | Andrew Ogilvie | JKP204 | |
Apply multidisciplinary business skills to ideate and create sustainable, systems-changing solutions that can affect our local society.
- Note: Section 16055 is available to 2nd year students in the Full-Time MBA Program only. For questions about registration or eligibility, please email Kat Lopez at Kathleen.Lopez@marshall.usc.edu.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16055R | 411 | Lecture | 8:15-9:15am | Wednesday | 28 of 40 | Yijia Guo | JKP104 | | |
| 10:00-11:00am | Friday | TBA | |||||||
| 16056D | 780 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 40 of 50 | Arvind Bhambri | OFFICE | |
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.
- Note: Application required. Visit www.marshall.usc.edu/elective-course-guide/independent-study.
| Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16064D | 033 | 1.0-4.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 15 | ONLINE | |
Individual or team projects studying the business practices of an industry, company, government agency, country, geographic region, etc. Proposal, data collection, analyses, and written report. Graded CR/NC.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
- Note: Application required. Visit www.marshall.usc.edu/elective-course-guide/independent-study.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16069D | 033 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | ONLINE | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16071D | 415 | 0.5-3.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 1 of 5 | Murat Bayiz | OFFICE | | |
| 16072D | 780 | 0.5-4.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 5 of 50 | Carl Voigt | OFFICE | | |
| 16073D | 033 | 0.5-4.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 2 of 30 | Suh-Pyng Ku | OFFICE | | |
| 16074D | 033 | 0.5-4.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 12 | OFFICE | | ||
| 16076D | 001 | 1.5 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | OFFICE | | ||
| 16077D | 033 | 0.5-4.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 15 | 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
- Note: Application required. Visit www.marshall.usc.edu/elective-course-guide/independent-study.
| Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16079D | 033 | 0.5-2.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 20 | ONLINE | | ||
| 16080D | 033 | 0.5-1.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 13 of 20 | Murat Bayiz | OFFICE | | |
| 16083D | 033 | 0.5-2.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 20 | Carl Voigt | OFFICE | | |
| 16085D | 742 | 0.5-1.5 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 1 of 5 | Murat Bayiz | OFFICE | |
Hands-on practical experience working with a Marshall faculty member on an ongoing research project. Open only to master's and doctoral students. Graded Credit/No Credit.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
- Note: Application required. Visit www.marshall.usc.edu/elective-course-guide/independent-study.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16084D | 033 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | ONLINE | |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16090D | 033 | 0.5-5.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 1 of 10 | Suh-Pyng Ku | OFFICE | |
Selected topics reflecting current trends and recent developments in business administration. Emphasis on cross-disciplinary inquiry.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Accounting, Business Administration/East Asian Area Studies, Business Administration/Education, Business Administration/Industrial & Systems Engineering, Business Administration/Jewish Nonprofit Management, Business Administration/Pharmacy, Business Administration/Real Estate Development, Business Administration/Social Work, Business Administration/Planning, Business Research, Business Taxation, Gerontology/Business Administration, Business Administration, Juris Doctor/Business Administration, Law/Business Taxation, Medicine/Business Administration, Marketing, Social Entrepreneurship
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student
- Note: NYX / L'Oreal
| Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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| Problem Solving and Decision Making: An Integrative Approach | ||||||||||
| 15860D | 744 | 1.5 | Lecture | 8:00-12:15pm | Tue, Thu | 35 of 36 | Gerald Giaquinta | | ||
| Problem Solving and Decision Making: An Integrative Approach | ||||||||||
| 15861D | 744 | 1.5 | Lecture | 8:00-12:15pm | Tue, Thu | 36 of 36 | Andrew Ogilvie | | ||
| Problem Solving and Decision Making: An Integrative Approach | ||||||||||
| 15862D | 744 | 1.5 | Lecture | 8:00-12:15pm | Tue, Thu | 36 of 36 | Scott Abrams | | ||
| Problem Solving and Decision Making: An Integrative Approach | ||||||||||
| 15863D | 744 | 1.5 | Lecture | 8:00-12:15pm | Tue, Thu | 36 of 36 | Nan Jia | | ||
| Problem Solving and Decision Making: An Integrative Approach | ||||||||||
| 15864D | 744 | 1.5 | Lecture | 8:00-12:15pm | Tue, Thu | 33 of 36 | Christine El Haddad | | ||
| Problem Solving and Decision Making: An Integrative Approach | ||||||||||
| 15865D | 744 | 1.5 | Lecture | 8:00-12:15pm | Tue, Thu | 36 of 36 | Milan Miric | | ||
Contemporary approaches to causal inference in observational data for applied research in the social sciences.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16109D | 033 | Lecture | 11:00-1:50pm | Monday | 10 of 15 | Tom Chang, Florenta Teodoridis Leustean | HOH114 | |
Further investigation of selected topics in methodology and research perspectives of economics. Topics vary in response to new developments and current trends in the field.
- Prerequisite: GSBA 602
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Business Administration
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16111R | 033 | Lecture | 9:00-11:50am | Tuesday | 5 of 10 | Odilon Camara | HOH114 | PDF (301539 KB) | |
Credit on acceptance of Dissertation.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16130R | 033 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 4 of 20 | ONLINE | |