The University of Southern California Marshall School of Business announced Monday it will begin offering an online MBA program this fall with a curriculum focusing on emerging online business topics such as Internet analytics, social media, virtual teams and entrepreneurial thinking.
The 21-month program will be led by members of the USC Marshall faculty. Online coursework will be conducted primarily in an asynchronous format, with weekly synchronous seminars conducted by faculty via webcam and a one-time, one- week on-campus event.
The program will incorporate live action cases, interactive exercises and virtual teams. Students will have the ability to take classes in online programs at other USC schools and enroll in additional online courses from Marshall MS programs in entrepreneurship, marketing and global supply chain management.
The curriculum was created specifically for the program, rather than taking traditional in-classroom content and putting it online.
“Online technologies continue to rapidly reshape our world. As an innovator in higher education, our new program pushes the USC Marshall MBA into the online world, allowing us to deploy new learning technologies and to reach students across the globe,” said John Matsusaka, USC Marshall Online MBA academic director.
For more information about the USC Marshall Online MBA, visit http://onlinemba.marshall.usc.edu/.