Graduate Electives that focus on AI in Business
The number in parentheses ( ) following each course title refers to the number of units the course is/can be worth.
| ACCT 540 | AI and Emerging Technologies in Accounting and Auditing (3) Investigate the future of data and analytics and emerging technologies in accounting and business to facilitate innovation and prediction. |
| BUCO 537 | Innovative Business Communication Technologies (1.5) Gain experience and mastery to leverage innovative technologies, including AI, to increase both competitiveness in the job market as well as relevant skillsets. |
| DSO 531 | Digital Foundations for Business Innovation (1.5) Developing a strategic perspective on emerging digital innovations shaping consumer-oriented businesses. Topics include artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, augmented/virtual reality, post-screen usability and cybersecurity. |
| DSO 564 | Generative AI & Automation: Business & Societal Implications (3) Analysis of digital transformation, industrial economics and digitization research. How companies use AI and automation technologies. Transformation of Generative AI on economy, society and business. |
| DSO 575 | Driving Business Transformation with GenAI and ML (3) Modernize cloud and big data platforms. Build and Implement long-term GenAI/ML strategies for business transformations using LLMs in the Cloud. |
| DSO 599 | AI-Assisted Statistical Rethinking (3) Design, validate, apply, create, and synthesize AI-assisted analytical workflows. Ethical reasoning, stakeholder persuasion, and managing AI-driven teams. |
| DSO 599 | The Business of AI Applications (3) Evaluate geopolitical challenges. Explain legal/ethical challenges. Quantify the cost of development. Explain how machines learn and their limitations. Comprehensive business plan for AI application development. |
| DSO 599 | Fast & Flow Strategy: Mastering Real-Time Business in AI Age (3) Real-time management. Interplay between fast-paced decision-making and continuous flow in post-digital business environments. Navigating high-velocity environments, real-time data, continuous improvisation, and strategic use of phygital capabilities. |
| DSO 599 | Human-first Engineering of Agentic Thinking (1.5) Build, evaluate, and govern agentic AI pipelines. Learn to optimize effectiveness and build human-in-the-loop judgement, at scale. |
| MKT 589 | The CMO: Driving Shareholder Value in the Intelligence Age (1.5) Explores roles of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) in driving shareholder value in an era dominated by intelligence technologies and evolving customer expectations. Prerequisite: GSBA 509 or GSBA 528. |
| MOR 558 | Technology Strategy in the Age of AI (3) Analyze technical change to craft technology strategies as integral parts of business strategy with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI). |
Graduate Certificate in AI in Business
Students who wish to receive formal recognition of their dedication to a career involving expertise in the field of artificial intelligence should consider applying for admission to the AI in Business Graduate Certificate program. .
Earning the certificate begins with a formal application and admission. For application information visit https://www.marshall.usc.edu/programs/graduate-programs/graduate-certificates.
The AI in Business Graduate Certificate requires completion of 12 units. For more information about the curriculum, search for the program in the USC Catalogue.
Units earned in the process of completing the MBA, MMS and some other master's degree programs at USC can be applied to the certificate as long as the certificate is completed before or in the same semester as the master's degree. Successful completion of the Graduate Certificate program is documented on the graduate's USC transcript and acknowledged with a diploma issued by USC.