Online MBA (OMBA)
Online MBA
Earn Your MBA Without Pressing Pause
The Online MBA is a rigorous, two-year program designed specifically for ambitious professionals ready to take their careers to the next level. With a strategically integrated curriculum, the program provides the flexibility of self-paced, asynchronous coursework with the depth and connection of live, interactive learning.
Online MBA At A Glance
Intentional Groups
Students are grouped into cohorts comprising driven professionals from diverse industries and backgrounds. This intentional selection promotes rich discussions and varied perspectives, enhancing the learning experience.
Flexibility That Matters
The Online MBA offers the flexibility to earn a degree without putting career or personal life on hold. With a blend of self-paced coursework and live online sessions, students can learn on your schedule while immediately applying new skills at work.
International Exposure
Students participate in a week-long international trip that brings global business to life. By visiting leading companies, engaging with executives, and experiencing new cultures firsthand, students learn how business is done across borders.
Learning Experience
Built-In Support Network
Students progress together, forming strong bonds that provide both personal encouragement and professional collaboration.
Shared Learning Experience
Working through challenges as a group fosters open discussion, diverse perspectives, and deeper understanding.
Lifelong Connections
The trust and camaraderie developed within the cohort often extend well beyond graduation, becoming a lasting professional and personal network.
At USC Marshall, the Online MBA is built to fit seamlessly into the lives of busy professionals. The program’s flexible format, combining asynchronous coursework with live online sessions, makes it possible to keep advancing your career while earning your degree. Students gain the advantage of applying classroom insights directly to their work, turning academic learning into immediate professional impact.This balance allows graduates to accelerate their career growth without putting their professional momentum on hold.
Faculty
Ayse Imrohoroglu is a macroeconomist who specializes in understanding business cycles, inflation, unemployment insurance, and social security. Her work has been published in the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, and Journal of Monetary Economics. She received a National Science Foundation grant in 1992 to investigate the effects of social security programs on economies with imperfect insurance. From 2004 to 2007, she was Chair of the Department of Finance and Business Economics.
Peter Kim studies the dynamics of interpersonal perceptions and their implications for negotiations, work groups, and dispute resolution. His research has been published in numerous scholarly journals, received ten national/international awards, and has been featured by the New York Times, Washington Post, and National Public Radio. He serves as an Associate Editor for the Academy of Management Review and the Journal of Trust Research, on the editorial boards of Organization Science and Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, and as Chair of the Academy of Management’s Conflict Management Division. He received a teaching award from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
Dina Mayzlin research focuses on how businesses manage social interactions. She also studies advertising and communication strategies. Professor Mayzlin's research has won a number of awards, including the John D.C. Little Best Paper Award, the ISMS Long Term Impact Award, the O'Dell Long Term Impact Award, and the Frank M. Bass Outstanding Dissertation Award. She served as an Associate Editor at Marketing Science and Journal of Marketing Research and serves on the editorial boards of several marketing journals. Prior joining USC, Professor Mayzlin served on the faculty of Yale University's School of Management.
Shane Heitzman specializes in the economic consequences of corporate and individual taxation, mergers and acquisitions, and information quality in capital markets. His research is published in top accounting and finance journals and he serves an associate editor for the Journal of Accounting and Economics and The Accounting Review.
NEWS + ANALYSIS
NEWS + EVENTS
AI-Assisted Emails May Put Trustworthiness at Risk in Workplace Communications
New research from Professor Peter Cardon suggests managers may undermine their trustworthiness when they use medium to high levels of AI assistance in email communication.
Marshall Boosts MBA Consulting Track with New Resources and Industry Connections
MBA students accepted in top Pre-MBA consulting programs have increased twenty-fold in just a year’s time.
The USC Marshall MBA Student Experience
MBA students sharpen business fundamentals, technological fluency, and leadership skills while expanding their professional network to transform their careers.
Marshall Minds Ep. 7: “Divergent Reactions to Perceived Gender Discrimination Among Women and Men”
Associate Professor Leigh Tost and PhD student Jacob Roberson explore the narratives and impacts of perceived gender discrimination between men and women.
ExCEL Program Offers Once-in-a-lifetime Learning in Cuba
The ExCEL program provided Jose Roca-Leon (MBAPM Class of 2025) and classmates an immersive, hands-on learning experience in Cuba, focusing on the country's culture and complicated economic realities.
INSIGHT + ANALYSIS
Cited: Peter Cardon in Minnesota Star Tribune
Business leaders who utilized AI say integrity will matter most in the age of artificial intelligence, according to a survey conducted by Cardon.
Cited: Dina Mayzlin in The Economist
Mayzlin’s research shows that small, independently owned hotels generated more fake positive reviews than major hotel brands.
Quoted: Kerry Fields in Law360
Fields explains that if labor costs and home construction prices go up, it could also result in an increase in insurance premiums.
Quoted: Peter Kim in Christian Science Monitor
With new tariff threats, Kim says other nations are looking beyond the U.S. market to sell their goods.
Quoted: Kerry Fields in L.A. Times
With an acquisition by Skydance looming, Fields says that Paramount’s settlement with President Trump was a matter of survival for the studio.
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