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Curriculum
Foundations
This mandatory 1-week course emphasizes key aspects of leadership, team building, motivation, ethics and cross-cultural communication. You join a learning group to meet and work with your peers from other countries. And receive self-assessment tools and career management strategies to achieve your career objectives.
Core Curriculum
Your MA-GAM curriculum features coursework in international relations, political economy and area studies and also includes accounting, finance, marketing, management and entrepreneurship — all from a global perspective.
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Winterims and Summerims
You select a two to three-week Winterim (January) or Summerim (May) either on or off campus. Off campus Global Experience courses provide the opportunity to examine management issues and challenges up close, through a cultural and global lens - an opportunity to apply your knowledge in an international setting.
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Second Language Proficiency
To graduate, you must demonstrate proficiency in a second language of your choice — English (if it is your second language), Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Russian to name a few.
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