Introduction
The Global Master of Business Administration (GMBA) is a 46 credit-hour, one-year master’s degree leveraging ACM’s strategic location in Southern Europe. The program builds on the historic academic tradition of the Institute for American Universities, ACM’s parent organization, as one of the first American institutions abroad to prepare those aspiring to careers in international business and diplomacy. With our principal campus in Aix-en-Provence, France and satellite campuses and programs in Spain and Morocco, ACM is well positioned to prepare students for the many challenges of the global economy today with an emphasis on Europe, North Africa, and the Mediterranean.
Students will specialize in one of the following four tracks:
Global Wine Studies
Mediterranean Business Studies
Global Management
Global Marketing
Admissions Requirements
Students admitted to the Global MBA program must have completed a bachelors’ degree or its equivalent (120 units of academic credit) with some proficiency in at least one language other than English. Students are required to take the GMAT, and international experience and/or knowledge of other cultures is highly recommended for admission into the program. For international applicants who completed their course of study in any language other than English, a minimum TOEFL score of 79 is required. Apply Now!
Degree Requirements
The Global MBA’s 46 credits are composed of the following:
Core courses (27 credits)
Two language and culture courses (6 credits)
One elective according to the student’s chosen track (3 credits)
January Term Traveling Seminar (4 credits)
Summer consultancy/internship project (6 credits)
Core Courses
Financial Accounting
Strategic Management
Operations Management
Global Marketing
International Economics
Quantitative Methods for Decision Making
Organizational Behavior
Financial Management
Intercultural Management
Business Law and Ethics in the Global Marketplace
Sample Elective Courses
Global Brand Management
The Economics of the European Union
Luxury Management
Socially Responsible and Sustainable Fashion Management
Wine Marketing and Analysis
Regional Wine Trade and Economics
International Wine Trade
Wine, Gastronomy, and Sustainability of the Mediterranean
Language and Culture
All candidates are required to take 6 credits of language and culture courses in French, Spanish, or Arabic.
Courses
Early Start (2 credits)
Students will take the following 500-level, two-credit core course: Intercultural Management
Semester 1 (17 credits)
All students will enroll in four 500-level core courses and choose a language to study during the year to fulfill the language proficiency requirement.
Core Courses
Financial Accounting (3 Credits)
Operations Management (3 Credits)
Quantitative Methods for Decision Making (2 Credits)
Organizational Behavior (3 Credits)
Language and Culture (6 Credits)
January Term Traveling Seminar (4 credits)
All students will participate in a January Term Traveling Seminar between the Fall and Spring semesters, selected from the list below according to their chosen track.
International Business (France-Morocco-Belgium-Germany)
Diplomacy & Business (France-Belgium-Tunisia)
Wine, Gastronomy & Sustainability of the Mediterranean
Semester 2 (17 credits)
All candidates will take five 500-level core courses and choose one 500-level elective course related to their chosen track.
Core Courses
Strategic Management (3 credits)
Global Marketing (3 credits)
Business Law and Ethics in the Global Marketplace (3 credits)
Financial Management (3 credits)
International Economics (2 credits)
Sample Elective Courses (3 credits)
Global Brand Management
The Economics of the European Union
Luxury Management
Socially Responsible and Sustainable Fashion Management
Wine Marketing and Analysis
Regional Wine Trade and Economics
International Wine Trade
Wine, Gastronomy, and Sustainability of the Mediterranean
Internship & Consultancy Project (6 credits)
Starting in the fall semester, students will work with their advisor to compose and submit a prospective consultancy project proposal for approval by their committee. During this process, the student’s advisor will help determine his/her particular track of study depending on the consultancy project’s area of focus.
Beginning in May of the spring semester, ACM will help students secure internships from ACM’s business network that include corporations of the caliber of Airbus industries and CMA-CGM. Although ACM guides and supports students in this process, each student is responsible for applying and interviewing for the internship. Once the internship begins, students will continue to work closely with their advisor, submitting regular reports throughout the internship. The student will remain in the internship through mid-August and be required to submit a final report upon completion, no later than September 1st.
While students will attend the graduation ceremony in May, they will only receive their diploma upon the submission and successful completion of their consultancy report.
Total = 46 Credits
Tuition costs
*J-Term fees include tuition for three semester credits, housing, continental breakfast every day and some evening meals, activity fee, orientation, health, liability and repatriation insurance, intra-European transportation, and scheduled cultural activities. Additional student costs include round-trip airfare, lunches, textbooks, and personal expenses.
