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Maria Colman

  • Lecturer of Business Communication
  • Marshall Case Team Advisor

Maria Colman is the owner and founder of handmadeMaria®. The original business plan was part of her MBA at the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business. Maria has over 30 years' experience in retail marketing, accounting management, direct sales, and education. Her upcycled products and art pieces are sold at brick and mortar and online stores.

Courses taught include; BUAD 302, BUAD 302T, WRIT 340, GSBA 542, and GSBA 523T—core courses for undergraduate and graduate students.

Her commitment to her students surpasses teaching—she also coaches undergraduate student teams for case competitions as an advisor for the Marshall Case Team and accompanies them to competitions.



Maria Colman
Press Inquiries: COMMUNICATIONS@MARSHALL.USC.EDU

Areas of Expertise

Business Communication
Communications
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
E-commerce
Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
How to Sell
Sales
Used Goods

Departments

Business Communication

COURSES

Spring 2024
  • BUAD-302
    Communication Strategy in Business
    Theory, practices, and techniques of business communication strategy essential to external and organizational communication; group and interpersonal communication; development of skill in oral and written communication.
Fall 2023
  • BUAD-302
    Communication Strategy in Business
    Theory, practices, and techniques of business communication strategy essential to external and organizational communication; group and interpersonal communication; development of skill in oral and written communication.
  • GSBA-542
    Communication for Management
    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.