A Q&A with Rodney Ramcharan: Economic Perception versus Fact
Professor Ramcharan discussed the country’s economic health and how it differs from many people’s perceptions.
Real-World Learning
Why Marshall: Real-World Learning
Over its 100-year history, Marshall has forged deep ties with dynamic companies and business leaders, not only in southern California, but across the country and all around the world, creating unlimited opportunities for its students across a broad range of industries.
USC Marshall integrates its core curriculum with a spectrum of hands-on learning opportunities so that our students can take what they learn in the classroom and apply it to the real world, in real time. In the process, they learn more about themselves, the dynamics of teams, and the broader societal context in which business operates. Learning by doing prepares Marshall graduates to be immediately ready to thrive and excel in the workplace.
Turning Ideas Into Outcomes
More than 94 percent of MBAs found employment within three months of graduation, with nearly half landing at tech, media and entertainment companies like Google, Amazon, Disney and NBCUniversal. Investments in new career resources at the undergraduate level helped 97 percent of Marshall undergrads land jobs.
INSTITUTES + CENTERS
Marshall’s Institutes and Centers are thought leaders generating research and insights for the classroom and the real world right now.
The Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab is a Center of Excellence at the USC Marshall School of Business building an ecosystem of students and professionals equipped with the business skills and resources to advance market-based approaches to pressing societal issues. Through education, community building, research, professional development, and narrative change, the Lab is a nucleus for social impact at Marshall, USC, and beyond.
The mission of the Center for Investment Studies is to enable students to acquire experiential learning in investment management, to support faculty in conducting research, and to facilitate industry practitioner interactions with faculty and students.
The Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies is USC’s hub for entrepreneurship programming, education and thought leadership. Open to all students at any stage in their entrepreneurship journey, the Greif Center’s provides student, faculty, and staff founders with dynamic pipeline programs to help them take the next step in creating a thriving business and with an array of other programs to help develop the entrepreneurial mindset and entrepreneurial skillset. We bring the real world into the classroom in innovative and life-changing ways.
The Peter Arkley Institute for Risk Management educates the next generation of risk management leaders for an increasingly complex and interconnected business environment. A curriculum focused on stimulating critical thinking and sharpening analytical skills equips students to meet the risk challenges of tomorrow.
Born out of a collaboration with the Southern California risk management industry, the Institute emphasizes professional development through internships, mentorships, and networking events.
The USC Marshall Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute (Kendrick GSCI) exists to help predict, mitigate, and alleviate supply chain disruptions and risks. We are capitalizing upon our global network, industry experience, and renowned faculty, through Network, Education, and Advanced Research (NEAR).
The Rise of Risk Management
As managing risk has become a core component of business strategy, USC Marshall’s Arkley Institute for Risk Management is introducing a new generation of future business leaders to the field through education, mentorship, and jobs.
NEWS + EVENTS
A Q&A with Rodney Ramcharan: Economic Perception versus Fact
Professor Ramcharan discussed the country’s economic health and how it differs from many people’s perceptions.
University Park Campus Awash in Trojan Pride for Trojan Family Weekend
The annual event allows visitors experience the cardinal and gold lifestyle.
U.S. East Coast Port Strikes: Implications for Shippers, Consumers, and the Economy
Professor Nick Vyas weighs in on the strike’s short-term and long-term impacts on the global supply chain.
Marshall Faculty Publications, Awards, and Honors: September 2024
We are proud to highlight the many accomplishments of Marshall’s exceptional faculty recognized for recently accepted and published research and achievements in their field.
USC Iovine and Young Academy and USC Marshall Announce Joint Degree in Business and Innovation
BS Business of Innovation (BUIN) degree combines Marshall’s business acumen with IYA’s creativity to prepare innovators to imagine, build, and scale impact.
INSIGHT + ANALYSIS
Quoted: Larry Vincent on Marketplace
VINCENT, associate professor of the practice of marketing, tells Marketplace the delicate balance between convenience and privacy when stadiums use facial recognition tools.
Quoted: Shon Hiatt in WSJ
HIATT, director of the Business of Energy Transition, tells the Wall Street Journal that gas prices will likely reamin low and not factor into the November election.
REAL-WORLD PROGRAMS
“I created GEMS because I think a lot of learning obviously happens in class, but a lot of it also happens outside the classroom. The goal is to help propel our students toward meaningful and impactful future careers.”
“I created GEMS because I think a lot of learning obviously happens in class, but a lot of it also happens outside the classroom. The goal is to help propel our students toward meaningful and impactful future careers.”
— Michael Paranal MBT '06, Assistant Professor of Clinical Accounting
Undergraduate Investment Fund
The Undergraduate Student Investment Fund (USIF) is a primary function of the Marshall School of Business capstone Investment Management course, “Advanced Practicum in Portfolio Management.” It is designed to give students rigorous exposure to contemporary investment and portfolio theory and practice.
Global Leadership Program (GLP)
The Global Leadership Program (GLP) is an invitation-only year-long Freshman Leadership Seminar with opportunities for social activities, networking, advising, and a trip to Shanghai or Beijing during spring break.
The GLP is a groundbreaking program open by invitation only to the most academically talented students in each incoming freshmen class. GLP consists of a fall and spring course, BUAD 101 Freshman Leadership Seminar, as well as outside opportunities for social activities, networking, and advising. The experience is capped off with a visit to Shanghai or Beijing during spring break. During the trip, students meet with executives from some of the top companies in Asia and local and national government officials. In their latter years, GLP Alumni have the opportunity to plan events and mentor younger students while continuing to travel abroad to learn about the global impact of business.
Robert J. Coury Applied Leadership Program
The Robert J. Coury Applied Leadership Program is a program designed to encourage confidence, character, and courage in first-year undergraduate students within the Marshall School of Business. First-year students participate in two highly interactive seminars and skill-building cohort meetings throughout the spring semester in an effort to identify and develop their strengths and values as leaders. The program culminates in a leadership capstone experience led by students from the Marshall Masters of Business for Veterans program. Program sessions are facilitated by experienced Marshall faculty, staff, and Student Mentors.
Accounting for Good
Our society has come to exhibit and expect expanded responsibilities from all types of organizations, ranging from hiring and compensation disparities to homelessness and global warming. This is the reason sustainability reporting has become important. Two of our most distinguished professors, Patty DeChow and Richard Sloan, are not only creating new accounting courses on the impact of companies on the environment and society. But their research and advocacy will also help define both how companies will audit performance in the future and how the SEC will regulate them in the brave new world of ESG. But their research and advocacy will also help define both how companies will audit performance in the future and how the SEC will regulate them in the brave new world of ESG.
Case Competitions
The USC Marshall School of Business produces graduates who are well prepared to make significant contributions to the workforce. Participation in case competitions is both an honor and a supreme challenge where participants prepare to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing business environment.
Career Advantage Mentor Program (CAP)
The Career Advantage Program (CAP) is offered through the Marshall Undergraduate Career Services Office and provides Marshall undergraduate sophomore, junior and senior-level majors the opportunity to be paired with Marshall alumni and friends of the university. The CAP mentor will assist their mentees in developing the professional, interpersonal and networking skills critical to their career success for the entire 2022-2023 academic year.
Peer Career Advising Program
The Peer Career Advising program prepares students for recruitment across multiple functions such as investment banking, consulting, marketing, corporate finance and operations. PCAs provide valuable mentorship to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors by holding advising sessions, hosting workshops, and planning/executing other programs.
JOINT DEGREES
Joint Degrees
USC Marshall has taken the lead in creating innovative new joint-degree programs that leverage the IP of University of Southern California schools like the top-ranked Viterbi School of Engineering and the renowned School of Cinematic Arts. More partnerships are on the horizon, as Marshall continues to offer undergraduates an educational experience designed to meet student interest and marketplace demand.
BS Business of Cinematic Arts (BCA)
Students in the John H. Mitchell Business of Cinematic Arts Program (BCA) earn a joint degree recognized by the Marshall School of Business and the School of Cinematic Arts. Program-specific courses, internships, and networking give BCA students the competitive edge as business leaders in the entertainment industry.
BS Artificial Intelligence for Business (BUAI)
In partnership with the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, the AI for Business joint-degree program brings together the expertise of two of the top business and engineering schools in the country to create a new generation of technically-savvy business leaders.