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BACKGROUND The USC Marshall School of Business was established in 1920. It is the oldest AACSB accredited school of business in Southern California . The Entrepreneur Program, the first of its kind in the United States , was established in 1972. The Pacific RIM Education (PRIME) program was implemented in 1997 as the first ever MBA course of its kind to require all first year full-time MBA students to participate in an international experience. CAMPUS The main building is $20 million, 55,000 square feet Popovich Hall (named after alumni J. Kristofer Popovich and Jane Hoffman Popovich ’65, with their $5 million gift) which opened in 1999 as the most technologically advanced business school building in the United States with eight case study rooms with audio-video teleconferencing, thirteen Experiential Learning classrooms with the ability to transmit lectures and presentations throughout the building, more than 1,100 data hookups throughout the building and courtyard and more than 15 miles of fiber-optic and cable wiring in its Modern Career Resource Center. In addition, seven story Hoffman Hall (an eight story I.M. Pei designed building named for Leslie Hoffman, father of Jane Hoffman Popovich that opened in 1973) nearby houses the Crocker Business Library and Computer Services. Marshall is related to the Leventhal School of Accounting, which was named after Elaine and Kenneth Leventhal after their $25 million gift. Ph.D. degrees in accounting are offered. Accounting classes are offered in a renovated historic building. In 2004, the Executive MBA (EMBA) program was available in Shanghai , China . Additionally, MBA.PM program (part-time) students can take first year classes at the Orange County campus in Irvine . In 2006, Marshall opened a San Diego satellite campus for the EMBA program at the La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, north of San Diego. RANKINGS The school is considered a top 25 business school by both '' U.S. News & World Report '' and '' BusinessWeek '' (at times it has been a top 20 in both publications). The degrees offered are multiple. In addition to the undergraduate (ranked 9th by ''U.S. News & World Report'', 2006) and Ph. D. programs, there are:
ALUMNI NETWORK The number of alumni is over 67,000 worldwide in 44 countries. USC has the largest population of foreign alumni of any university in the U.S., and its members are often referred to as part of the "Trojan Family Network." NOTABLE ALUMNI ''See also:'' List Of University Of Southern California People
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