Catalogue 2004-05

• USC Marshall School of Business
  • Undergraduate Degrees
  • Areas of Concentration
  • Graduate Degrees
  • Master’s Degree Programs
  • Doctor of Philosophy
  • Special Programs
  • Courses of Instruction
    • Business Administration
    • Business Entrepreneurship
    • Business Communication
    • Finance and Business Economics
    • Food Industry Management
    • Graduate School of Business Administration
    • Information and Operations Management
    • Management and Organization
    • Marketing
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  USC Leventhal School of Accounting
  • Undergraduate Degree
  • Graduate Degrees
  • Courses of Instruction

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Courses of Instruction

Business Communication (BUCO)

221 Cross-Cultural Business Communication for Non-Native Speakers (2, FaSpSm) Written, spoken and cultural business communication skills for non-native speakers of English. Emphasis on individualized skills development according to need. Graded CR/NC.

333m Communication in the Working World -- Managing Diversity and Conflict (4, FaSp) Communication strategies to manage workplace diversity and conflict. Historical, social, legal precedents. Institutional barriers to diversity. Race, gender, sexual orientation, age, physical disabilities, culture.

445 Oral Communication in Business (4, Fa) Oral reporting; management briefings; listening; interviewing; conference and committee leadership; employee training in communication; laboratory cases and simulations. Prerequisite: BUAD 302.

460 International Business Communication (4, FaSp) Interpersonal, cultural and organizational communication skills needed for international or global business settings. Recommended preparation: BUAD 302.

485 Business Communication Management (4, Sp) Communication environment; managing communication activities; communication through intrafirm publications; research methods; report and proposal preparation; communicating institutional policy. Prerequisite: BUAD 302.

533 Managing Communication in Organizations (3, FaSp) Analyze, design, develop, and present theory-based communication solutions and strategies to sophisticated interpersonal, group, organizational, and environmental communication issues and problems. Recommended preparation: GSBA 502 or GSBA 523 or GSBA 542.

555 E-Communication -- Communicating Your Message in the New Economy (3, FaSp) Strategies/skills to create, build, share and manage personal/corporate brand messages when marketplaces become conversations across platforms -- e-teams, Web sites, business plans/models and funding presentations. Prerequisite: GSBA 502 or GSBA 523 or GSBA 542.

590 Directed Research (1-12, FaSpSm) Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.

597 Business Field Project in Business Communication (1-6, FaSp) Individual or team projects solving real business problems for companies; situation analyses; research proposal composition; field research techniques; statistical analysis; oral and written presentations. Graded CR/NC.