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Scott Abrams

  • Academic Director for the Full-Time MBA Program
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Finance and Business Economics

Scott Abrams is an Associate Professor of Clinical Finance and Business Economics at the USC Marshall School of Business. He specializes in corporate finance, financial analysis and valuation, and portfolio management and teaches these subjects in both the graduate and undergraduate programs. Professor Abrams has taught in the Full-Time MBA, MBA.PM, MS in Finance, Undergraduate, Master of Business for Veterans (MBV), and Executive Education programs. He is a two-time winner of the Golden Apple Teaching Award for the Full-Time MBA Core Program (2016 and 2021), a winner of the Golden Apple Teaching Award for Undergraduate Electives (2023), and winner of the Golden Apple Teaching Award for Graduate Electives (2024). He has been recognized with other awards including the Evan C. Thompson Teaching & Learning Innovation Award (2024). In addition, he serves as the Academic Director for the Full-Time MBA Program.

Prior to joining the faculty at USC, Scott worked in the corporate finance groups at Sony Pictures and Warner Bros. where he focused on content valuation, capital budgeting, motion picture development, and strategic and financial planning. Scott began his career at Deloitte and is a CFA Charterholder and a licensed CPA.

Scott Abrams
Press Inquiries: COMMUNICATIONS@MARSHALL.USC.EDU

Areas of Expertise

Capital Markets
Corporate Finance
Financial Statement Analysis
Media
Valuation
Value Creation

Programs

Full-Time MBA (FTMBA)
Graduate
Undergraduate

Departments

Finance + Business Economics

NEWS + EVENTS

COURSES

Fall 2024
  • FBE-421
    Financial Analysis and Valuation
    Develops and uses tools of financial analysis to evaluate the performance and assess the value of individual companies in an industry context.
  • GSBA-508
    Foundations of Business Success
    Foundational knowledge and skills needed to achieve long-term career success and satisfaction.
  • GSBA-548
    Corporate Finance
    Modern theory of corporate investment and financing decisions. (Duplicates credit in GSBA 521a and GSBA 521b.)
  • GSBA-566
    Evaluating Business Performance
    Thematic introduction to finance, statistical and decision analysis, marketing, financial accounting and reporting, competitive market analysis, external communication, and financial and organization measures of effectiveness.
Spring 2024
  • FBE-421
    Financial Analysis and Valuation
    Develops and uses tools of financial analysis to evaluate the performance and assess the value of individual companies in an industry context.
  • FBE-529
    Financial Analysis and Valuation
    An applications-oriented course to develop the financial and accounting tools required to do financial planning valuation and assessment of financial performance.
Fall 2023
  • FBE-460
    Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring
    Practical understanding of the major strategic, economic, financial, human resources, and governance issues of mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring.
  • GSBA-548
    Corporate Finance
    Modern theory of corporate investment and financing decisions. (Duplicates credit in GSBA 521a and GSBA 521b.)
  • GSBA-566
    Evaluating Business Performance
    Thematic introduction to finance, statistical and decision analysis, marketing, financial accounting and reporting, competitive market analysis, external communication, and financial and organization measures of effectiveness.
  • GSBA-595
    Internship in Business
    Supervised on-the-job business experience in the student's area of interest. (Curricular Practical Training) Graduate business students only. Graded CR/NC.