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ASU offers new Leadership in International Management degree program

Dec. 6, 2005

Degree offers extensive undergraduate international curriculum

Beginning fall 2006 Arizona State University’s School of Global Management and Leadership will offer a new Leadership in International Management undergraduate degree program. The program was developed to complement and enhance global business degree opportunities, offering students a higher level of learning and multi-cultural experiences.

The new degree program was approved by the Arizona Board of Regents at its Dec. 2 meeting.

“We are pleased that the Board approved our request to implement this new degree program,” said Leanne Atwater, dean of the School of Global Management and Leadership at ASU’s West campus. “This distinctive program was designed to give students the skills and techniques necessary to participate in international business operations.”

The Leadership in International Management degree will be offered at the West campus and expands the School of Global Management and Leadership’s focus on international management. It also fills an important opportunity for ASU as NAFTA enters its second decade and the Central American Free Trade Agreement is implemented and north-south trade and economic development continues to expand in the Americas.

“Arizona is a border state to Mexico, and its number one global export partner,” Atwater said. “The Leadership in International Management degree offers students an excellent opportunity to learn the language while studying business in Arizona’s key export country.”

Although global in nature, the undergraduate program will have a strategic focus on Spanish-speaking countries. The new program will be the first cohort degree program offered by the School of Global Management and Leadership.  The Leadership in International Management degree is different from other study abroad programs. All students in this program will spend one semester of their senior year studying with members of their cohort at a Mexican university.

For further information about the Leadership in International Management degree call 602-543-6200.

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