MIAGE Program Information

Imagine the following. In a typical week as a manager, you may have to interact directly with your supplier in China and your software unit in India, coordinate with your subsidiary head in Tokyo, make contact with a government official in Germany, and network with an alliance partner in Argentina. And you would do all this while administering your responsibilities in the United States. This describes tomorrow's successful manager, one who is confronted with and expected to steer their company through the web of immensely challenging and relentlessly changing national and international political and economic activities, and one who is at ease and able to function effectively in vastly different environments.

Business leaders familiar with the increasingly important international market have endorsed the need for more globally sensitive graduates who show a deeper and more sophisticated appreciation of the global issues confronting businesses and non-governmental organizations today. MIAGE prepares graduate students to serve this need.

What will an International Affairs and Global Enterprise degree do for me?

You will gain skills to operate and navigate in dynamic global environment

Businesses, governments and non-governmental organizations have become global in their content and operations and need people with an understanding of the global context. This includes, among other things, a more sophisticated knowledge and skills to analyze global and geographic area-specific social, legal, political and economic issues as well as greater multicultural understanding of the various environments within which organizations function. MIAGE will equip you with these skills through an interdisciplinary approach to graduate education so you can contribute effectively in a world of accelerating change.

You will benefit from taking courses in several academic disciplines, including law, business, and social science

Most students who complete an undergraduate degree in social sciences and have international interests eventually end up working in non-governmental organizations (NGOs), government or the private sector operating in an international environment. Similarly, many students who complete their undergraduate degree in business eventually end up working in a situation where more in-depth knowledge of international affairs would be useful. The University of Utah MIAGE degree combines knowledge of general international business studies and international law with knowledge about the socio-cultural and political-economic context within which global business occurs.

You can earn the degree in 18 - 24 months as a full time student

MIAGE is designed to take 18 to 24 months for a full time student. Part time students have up to four years to complete the degree. The 36 credit hour program consists of courses from the David Eccles School of Business, the S.J. Quinney College of Law and the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. You will complete a total of 12 courses: six core and six electives. In addition, a culminating project (independent research thesis, internship report or written comprehensive examination) is required. The program focus is on concepts and tools of analysis for global and cross-regional comparisons rather than area studies (only two courses focusing on any specific geographic area may be included in meeting the degree requirements).

Graduates earn a Master of Science degree in International Affairs and Global Enterprise.

The MIAGE program has four major components:

The required core curriculum
Electives taken from the College of Law, David Eccles School of Business and the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
An independent research and writing project
A written comprehensive examination, a thesis or an international internship with a written report.