MLM Leadership and Management (Global Creative Industries) at Arizona State University

Programme overview

The Master of Leadership and Management program with a concentration in global creative industries program offers you leadership and management fundamentals for success across sectors in the global creative industries, as well as a digital global mindset and a holistic approach to the global creative industries.

What you will study

30 credit hours including the required capstone course (TAM 541) Required Core (3 credit hours) TAM 582 Communicating and Negotiating in a Dynamic Global World (3) TGM 506 Communicating and Negotiating Across Cultures (3) Concentration (9 credit hours) HDA 521 Counting Arts and Culture: Reasoning with Empirical Evidence (3) HDA 598 Topic: Creativity and Design Thinking (3) TGM 503 Global Marketing (3) TGM 549 Global Leadership (3) TGM 567 Career Development for the Global Creative Industries (3) TGM 568 Metaverse and the Global Enterprise (3) Electives (15 credit hours) Culminating Experience (3 credit hours) TAM 541 Strategy in a Competitive World (3)

Career pathways

Graduates are well qualified for global leadership and management careers in film, television and new media; music; augmented reality, virtual reality and extended reality; gaming; design; the arts; location-based entertainment; e-sports; advertising; branding; and Metaverse tech such as gaming, blockchain, crypto and NFTs.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must fulfill the requirements of both the Graduate College and the Thunderbird School of Global Management. Applicants are eligible to apply to the program if they have earned a bachelor's or master's degree in leadership and management or a related field 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 admissions application and application fee official transcripts one letter of recommendation professional resume written statement 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. An applicant interview is also required.

Domestic applicants: USD 13,327 a year (2026-27). Arizona resident tuition. Tuition only for the graduate on-campus (Tempe/Downtown Phoenix/Polytechnic/West Valley) rate band in the ASU tuition estimator, 2026-27: Fall 2026 plus Spring 2027 term tuition summed (full-time flat rate; part-time credit loads Source

International applicants: USD 24,780 a year (2026-27). International tuition. Tuition only for the graduate on-campus (Tempe/Downtown Phoenix/Polytechnic/West Valley) rate band in the ASU tuition estimator, 2026-27: Fall 2026 plus Spring 2027 term tuition summed (full-time flat rate; part-time credit loads ar Source

Entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer; the terms available for each programme are listed in Degree Search.

Graduate application deadlines are set by each programme office and listed in Degree Search; the application opens almost a year before the start term. The nonrefundable application fee is $75 for U.S. citizens, permanent residents, DACA and international online students outside the U.S., and $120 for international students on a nonimmigrant visa studying in the U.S. Apply with ASU's graduate application (Law applicants use the law college's site); GRE/GMAT requirements vary by programme.

Apply through the official page: https://admission.asu.edu/apply/graduate/admission

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