Global Management (Global Legal Studies), MGM
Global, Legal, Legal Policy, Legal Studies, Management, global management, global policies, law
Engage in experiential learning and build your skills in global management and legal analysis --- all in demand among multinational corporations, international nonprofit organizations, governments and nongovernmental organizations around the world.
The global legal studies concentration within the Master of Global Management program is designed for students who desire to work in areas that require knowledge of global legal issues but may not want to be lawyers. Other students may use this concentration as an introduction to legal studies before pursuing law school.
Offered in collaboration with the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, this program provides students with transdisciplinary global management and legal expertise that opens doors in multiple sectors within organizations operating around the world.
The first step in understanding and applying laws is developing an understanding of basic legal principles and then using those principles to identify and analyze relevant legal issues. Through the foundational courses of the MGM with a concentration in global legal studies, students master relevant legal principles while gaining legal analysis skills, mainly through case briefings; examples include identifying a particular case's legal issue, articulating the legal rule, discussing the court's analysis, and concluding. These legal analysis skills are tested on final exams in the foundational courses through hypothetical fact scenarios. Students gain a strong understanding of legal principles --- the basis of legal analysis --- and the ability to apply them in their field of interest.
About Thunderbird
Thunderbird School of Global Management has produced world-class leaders for more than 75 years. The ideal Thunderbird student is curious, globally minded, and eager to develop and advance their careers in leadership and management within the global and digital landscape of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Upon completion of this degree, graduates join a thriving global alumni network nearly 50,000 strong, managing some of the world's largest institutions, companies, nonprofits and NGOs.
- College/school:
Thunderbird School of Global Management
- Location: Downtown Phoenix
- STEM-OPT extension eligible: No
Acceptance to the graduate program requires a separate application. Students typically receive approval to pursue the accelerated master’s during the junior year of their bachelor's degree program. Interested students can learn about eligibility requirements and how to apply.
49 credit hours, a foreign language exam, including the required capstone course (TGM 597)
Required Core (3 credit hours)
TAM 582 Communicating and Negotiating in a Dynamic Global World (3) or
TGM 506 Communicating and Negotiating Across Cultures (3)
Concentration (12 credit hours)
Electives (12 credit hours)
Other Requirements (21 credit hours)
foreign language
TGM 515 Navigating Global and Regional Business Environments (3)
TGM 517 Global Accounting and Financial Management (3)
TGM 545 Global Leadership and Strategy (3)
TGM 557 Global Marketing and Data Analytics (3)
TGM 586 Global Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Business (3)
TGM 596 Thunderbird Experiential Practicum (6)
Culminating Experience (1 credit hour)
TGM 597 Thunderbird Personal Leadership Development (1)
Additional Curriculum Information
Electives are approved by the academic unit.
Except for TGM 596 and the foreign language requirement, Other Requirements courses may be substituted with approval of the academic unit.
Proficiency in a second language is required for graduation from the MGM degree program. Students whose native language is not English who meet the admission requirements for the MGM program satisfy the language requirement.
Students whose native language is English must satisfy the graduation requirement for language proficiency either through an oral proficiency interview administered by a third-party vendor or by successfully completing six credit hours of 400-level or higher foreign language coursework as part of the program electives.
Applicants must fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and the Thunderbird School of Global Management.
Applicants must have earned a bachelor's or master's degree in any subject from a regionally accredited institution.
Applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in the last 60 hours of their first bachelor's degree program or a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in an applicable master's degree program.
Applicants are required to submit:
- graduate admission application and application fee
- official transcripts
- resume
- essay response to application question
- one professional or academic reference
- interview
- proof of English proficiency
Additional Application Information
An applicant whose native language is not English must provide proof of English proficiency regardless of their current residency.
The resume should demonstrate the applicant's professional and academic history.
An interview is required. Final applicants may be asked to complete an additional interview.
Students in Thunderbird's MGM program have unique opportunities to apply and hone their learning in international settings. Experiential learning exposes students to actual problems faced by leaders of multinational businesses and governmental or nonprofit organizations that operate on an international level.
Working with Thunderbird professors, their fellow students, alumni and corporate partners, students master and apply global management principles and concepts to meet real business challenges through special courses, labs and projects. Thunderbird offers a wide variety of experiential learning engagements, giving students the ability to solve current challenges by collaborating with the school's corporate partners around the world. Options include the programs described below.
Global Challenge Lab
This is a client-facing, project-based course built on a six- to seven-week immersion assignment in a key emerging or advanced market. Projects take students to destinations all over the world. They are tailored to the client's business needs and challenge students to provide sophisticated data and market analysis, strategy recommendations and plans for sustained growth that are both practical and effective. For more information, students should visit Thunderbird's Global Challenge Lab website.
Global Field Seminar
This one- or two-week seminar exposes students to the dynamics and nuances of doing business in a focused region of the world. Teams of students go on company site visits and attend high-level meetings and presentations with business, government and cultural leaders as well as with Thunderbird alumni. Students gain invaluable hands-on experience while expanding their global business skills, enabling them to become major assets to any organization they join after graduating.
Career examples include:
- compensation and benefits manager
- compliance manager
- human resources manager
- intelligence analyst
- regulatory affairs manager
- urban and regional planner
Thunderbird School of Global Management
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3 year programs
These programs allow students to fast-track their studies after admission and earn a bachelor's degree in three years or fewer while participating in the same high-quality educational experience of a 4-year option. Students should talk to their academic advisor to get started.
Accelerated master's
These programs allow students to accelerate their studies to earn a bachelor's plus a master's degree in as few as five years (for some programs).
Each program has requirements students must meet to be eligible for consideration. Acceptance to the graduate program requires a separate application. Students typically receive approval to pursue the accelerated master’s during the junior year of their bachelor's degree program. Interested students can learn about eligibility requirements and how to apply.
