With a MSSE degree, students will experience a business education geared to the unique aspects of social impact and they will be able to build essential business and entrepreneurship skills. This program is the first of its kind at a U.S. business school and is among the very few graduate degrees available worldwide that directly addresses social entrepreneurship. The program curriculum includes an exploration of the field of social enterprise and practice in feasibility analysis, impact investing, cause-related marketing, environmental sustainability, and global social impact.

Some of the distinctive benefits are:

• Gain business skills and education to make a social impact
• 2 year course plans (part time available) with program starting in mid-May 2025
• No GRE/GMAT required
• Build community with the MSSE network and cohort and the USC Trojan Family
• All undergraduate disciplines accepted
• Work experience not required and career changers welcome
• 7 core courses and 4 electives allow flexibility in concentrations (business communication, entrepreneurship, marketing, finance and business economics, data sciences and operations, management and organization, risk management)