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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching Methods:

Case Study: 30  %
Distance Learning: 0  %
Experiential Learning: 10  %
Lectures: 25  %
Simulations: 5  %
Team Projects: 30  %
Other: 0  %

Estimated number of hours per week students spend working in class and outside the classroom:
20

Teachers in the part-time program:
117

Tenured teachers in the part-time program:
40

Faculty also teaching in full-time program:
100  %

Average core class size:
64

Average elective class size:
35

Electives available:
86

Recently added electives:
Sales Management: The Art and Science of Sales
Strategy and Operations through the Lens of a CFO

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Last curriculum revision:
2001

Recent curriculum changes:
N/A

  Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program?
No

Leading areas of study:

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Marketing

Portfolio Management

Real Estate

Graduation requirements:

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/letter grade average

Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties


Credits required to graduate:
63

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TECHNOLOGY
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
Disaster recovery site, wireless coverage, Thin Client laptops, Behavioral Lab created, interactive ethics module, disk & data duplication, remote access to all lab software, doubled email quotas for students, on-demand CRM, SharePoint, web accessible file storage, public calendar, emergency contact system, bidding-style course registration system, online real-time study room reservations for graduate students, online testing for graduate prerequisites, enhanced classroom AV/technology

Amount spent:
$  21,000,000

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
24,500

Active MBA alumni clubs:
67

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
22

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:
6  %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:
$  1,688

Median gift from MBA alumni:
$  425

  Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year?
No

  Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni?
Yes

  Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site?
Yes

University alumni networking site:
http://www.usc.edu/alumni

  Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site?
Yes

Business school alumni networking site:
http://www.marshall.usc.edu/alumni

  Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?
Yes

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CAREER SERVICES
  Do part-time MBAs have access to career development office?
Yes

  If yes, at what point in the degree process are part-time MBA students able to use the service?
After completing a certain number of credits

  Are part-time MBAs permitted to interview for full-time jobs?
Yes

  Are part-time students included in resume drops?
Yes

Organizations that send the most participants to the part-time MBA program:

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USC Marshall is a high quality school that exceeds its reputation. From the quality of professors and classes to the quality of students, Marshall provides its graduates with a firm business base that is supported by real life working experiences.

My MBA from USC Marshall has opened more doors for me than I could have imagined upon applying. With the part-time program, you are constantly interfacing with impressive people from a variety of industries and backgrounds.

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It was an amazing period of personal and professional growth. Additionally, the USC name affords graduates with an enormous pool of potential referral sources, clients, friends, etc.

The MBA program at USC was awesome. There were amazing networking opportunities and very knowledgeable, industry-experienced professors.

The ways that the USC MBA Program developed me intellectually, professionally and socially is invaluable to me. I would not choose any other institution to attend, if I had the opportunity.

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Depending on the situation I might recommend the full time program. It is obvious that the part-time program is just a money maker for the school, and their emphasis is on the success of the full time program. It is disappointing that we get lesser care and services, especially since we pay more.

The professors were excellent, the classes were insightful, the opportunities were great and the USC network is huge.

Instructors were very good and provided relevant information that we were able to incorporate quickly into our current job functions.

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The part-time curriculum is dynamic and continuously evolving. I feel that USC Marshall does all it can to keep up with the pace of the Business world and industry changes.

The program gave most part-time students the impression that they just didn't care about you and their priorities were elsewhere. Part-time students had an equal priority with full-time and executive MBA students.

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Part-time MBA students were treated like 2nd class citizens in relation to the full-time MBA students. The part-time students didn't receive the same assistance with internships and career changes.

I wish the program was more discerning of the types of students it admitted. I have no problem with a diverse class, but it would be nice to have classmates with a decent amount of work experience. As part-time students, it is difficult to be engaged on campus. The school needs to do more to encourage participation and sense of team.