One-Year MBA (IBEAR)
One-Year MBA
Designed For Experienced Professionals
Designed for mid-career professionals ready to advance or pivot in their careers, USC Marshall’s One-Year MBA is an intensive, full-time experience crafted with globally minded leaders in mind. Over a fast-paced twelve-month journey, you’ll immediately return to the workforce empowered with sharper strategic insight and a dynamic professional network.
ONE-YEAR MBA AT A GLANCE
Custom Academic Experience
Real World Leadership Experience
Go Beyond the Classroom
High Touch Career Coaching
Professional development isn’t an afterthought—it’s engineered into the experience:
Personalized Curriculum
Whether you're shifting paths or doubling down on your strengths, the STEM-certified curriculum lets you fast-track learning while focusing on:
…plus many more certificate options aligned with today’s evolving business needs.
Expert Faculty
Arif Ansari is an expert in the area of data mining, business intelligence, data warehousing, and intelligent systems and technologies, a field in which he has fifteen years of research experience. He has published in IEEE Transactions on Systems and Man and Cybernetics.
Arvind Bhambri specializes in strategic change, competitive strategy, global business development, and leadership. In addition to USC, Arvind has been on the faculty of the Getty Museum Leadership Institute, Bocconi University in Milan, the University of Hawaii’s Advanced Management Program, and the Owner Managed Business Institute in Boston. During 2000-2002, Arvind took a sabbatical from USC to lead strategy and business development at a global web-based e-commerce company in food and agricultural products. From 2001 to 2023, he was a member of the Board of Directors of Trianz, Inc., a global provider of digital transformation solutions. He has also served on the Board of the Music Circle, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to classical Indian music in Southern California. Arvind is currently an advisor to Exxat, Inc., a rapidly growing SAAS company in clinical education founded by a husband and wife team, both of whom are alumni of Marshall's EMBA program and launched the company while they were students.
Greg Patton is an expert in communication, interpersonal and leadership effectiveness. He has received numerous teaching awards, been ranked as one of the top teaching faculty at USC and helped USC Marshall achieve numerous #1 worldwide rankings for Communication and Leadership skill development. Professor Patton has extensive international experience, has trained, coached and mentored thousands of leaders worldwide, and created scores of successful leadership programs. He has advised on several hundred consulting engagements throughout the Pacific Rim, serves as a keynote speaker and has held more than twenty leadership positions in national and international organizations.
Carl Voigt teaches business policy, competitive strategy, entrepreneurship and venture initiation, and global strategy and international management. He is a three-time winner of the Golden Apple Award, and has served as Associate Dean for the undergraduate, executive MBA, and Marshall MBA programs.
Professor Wang is involved in several international programs at the Marshall School of Business including Global Leadership Program, Pacific Rim Education Program (PRIME), and EMBA training program for major Chinese Universities. A native of Taiwan, his research and teaching interest includes financial accounting, tax and valuation issues in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, and taxes and business strategy. His research has been published in leading academic journals such as the Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review, and the Journal of the American Taxation Association.
Dr. Erin Kaplan is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Finance and Business Economics at the University of Southern California. Her research focuses on applied microeconomics including labor, health, and education economics, with an emphasis on understanding socioeconomic disparities and the impact of public policy on the welfare of individuals and communities
Shantanu Dutta is an expert on strategic marketing, especially in high technology markets. He also studies how firms use distribution, partnerships, and value pricing to build competitive advantage. His research has been published in leading marketing, economics, and management journals including the Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Marketing Science, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Management Science, and Strategic Management Journal. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Marketing Research and Marketing Science.
Suh-Pyng Ku is a professor of clinical finance & business economics at USC Marshall School of Business. Her teaching and research specialties include corporate finance, portfolio management, and security valuation. She teaches corporate finance and applied investment management courses in the MBA program. In addition, she serves as the director of the USC Marshall Center for Investment Studies. Previously, Professor Ku served as Marshall's vice dean for graduate programs and USC's vice provost and executive director of continuing education and summer programs. Prior to that, she served as USC's chief technology officer for enhanced learning, associate dean for the Marshall MBA program and Marshall's chief information officer. She is the 2014 Golden Apple Teaching Award Winner for the Full-Time MBA Core Program and a 2014 Steven B. Sample Teaching and Mentoring Award Nominee, USC Office for Parent Programs. Professor Ku received her Ph.D. degree in Finance from USC.
