Master Your Career with USC Online

[The Academy] helped me so much, the different professors that I get to meet and run my idea by, and the support that they've given me, it's been really amazing. They're there for you because they want to see you succeed and that's some advice you'd have to pay a lot of money for if you were just a regular entrepreneur looking for a consultant.

I found my experiences as a DEN@Viterbi graduate student pleasant and enriching. Although I was an online student, I had access to every resource my resident peers did. The live streaming of classes were of great quality, email/phone access to my professors and teaching assistants was always available and the ease at which I could rent books from the library was/is commendable. I was initially skeptical about the process and unsure of what to expect as an online student at USC. However, having experienced it from a front row seat I must say at no time did I feel disconnected from USC’s campus and all the opportunities available to graduate students. I highly recommend the program to anyone considering furthering his or her education remotely.

The professors and my classmates pushed me to think more strategically and encouraged me to look internally at the employee and teammate I wanted to be. Each week I learned something that I could apply that advanced the practice of HR at my organization — a new process, program, or philosophy that added value right away

I've worked on a number of business concepts before joining [the Academy]. It always felt like some perspective or concept or key insight was missing. I'm getting it now — how exciting it is to feel like you've got this inside information that really unlocks an idea that allows it to breathe and grow. I get that from working with phenomenal people around me every day.

I have even more respect and appreciation for other disciplines like design, marketing, and finance and I hope I can have that type of talent in all my teams.