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I'm very interested in transferring to USC because of their excellent business and communications programs however I was wondering if they had programs for telecommunications and marketing in particular. A search done at gradschools.com told me that USC had telecommunications and marketing majors but I don't see those listed at the USC website. And if not at USC, what other schools have good undergraduate studies for telecommunications and marketing?

By Carolyn (Carolyn) on Wednesday, December 03, 2003 - 11:10 pm: Edit

USC has very good programs in marketing. I'm surprised you couldn't find information about it on their web site - look under the business school. As I recall at USC you have a concentration not a major in specific business areas so that might have been why you had difficulty. Give it another try.

I'm not sure what you are looking for when you say "telecommunications" If you mean telecommunications as in working for a television or radio station, the correct term is broadcast communications or broadcast journalism - USC has a broadcast journalism program. At the USC web site, click on academics, than undergraduate programs then look for broadcast journalism

However, if you're talking about a major so you can work in the telecommunications (i.e. phones, satellites, etc.) industry, Pepperdine has a major in that as does Pennsylvania State. Pepperdine also has a good business school with a major in marketing. In fact, I believe they also have a broadcast communications major as well. I am sure there are other schools if it's really telecommunications you're looking for, not broadcast communications. If so, try this: do a search at www.google.com for "telecommunications major" or "telecommunications degree" and see what turns up. If it's broadcast communications, let us know and we can give you a few more schools to check out.

By Crimzin (Crimzin) on Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 01:41 am: Edit

The latter Telecom is what I meant, sorry for that miscommunication. Pepperdine was one of the other schools I was looking into because of their business. Thank you so much for your advice!

By Carolyn (Carolyn) on Thursday, December 04, 2003 - 02:51 pm: Edit

Crimzin - that sounds like it would be a VERY interesting field. Good luck!