Admission to Program
After a student has 60-90 hours in the Computer Science B.S. program, they will be eligible to apply to the Double Dawgs (B.S./M.S.) pathway program.
Students with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher and who have completed the following courses or equivalent with a C grade or better will be eligible for admission to the Double Dawgs pathway program:
CSCI 1302 Software Development, CSCI 2670 Introduction to Theory of Computing, CSCI 2720 Data Structures, MATH 2250 Calculus I.
Students who are currently enrolled in CSCI 2670 Theory and CSCI 2720 Data Structures can also apply. Admissions to the pathway for students who have not yet completed CSCI 2670 and CSCI 2720 will be considered on a case-by-case basis by a faculty admissions committee. Students who have not yet completed these courses and are denied admission will be encouraged to try again after completing the courses.
It is recommended that students apply to the pathway in the fall semester of their third year.
All students interested in applying directly for Computer Science BS/MS pathway must apply on Athena and online by the stated deadline: https://cs.uga.edu/pathways-application.
Curriculum
Graduate-level courses that may be used to satisfy undergraduate and graduate program requirements.
Students need to take one course from each of the three groups below:
Group 1) CSCI 6050 Software Engineering or CSCI 6370 Database Management
Group 2) CSCI 6720 Computer Systems Architecture
Group 3) CSCI 6470 Algorithms or CSCI 6480 Approximation Algorithms or CSCI 6610 Automata and Formal Languages
Additional requirements that are unique to this Double Dawgs program:
Students in the fifth year must take one of these courses: CSCI 6570: Compilers (4) or CSCI 6760: Computer Networks (4) or CSCI 6730: Operating Systems (4).
Students in the 5th year must take at least 12 CSCI credit hours at the 8000 level (i.e., at least 3 CSCI 8000-level courses).
Candidates must register for CSCI 7200 Master's Project for at least 4 hours of credit while working on research.
Admission to Graduate Program
Acceptance to the pathway does not guarantee acceptance into the graduate program. For that, a separate application to the Graduate School is needed. Admission to the graduate program is competitive and requires completion of the bachelor’s degree with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, three letters of recommendation, a personal statement, and a resume. The GRE is optional and not required for MS graduate application for admission.
It is recommended that students apply to the graduate program early in the spring semester of their fourth year.
For more information on pursuing this graduate degree, please visit the School of Computing website at https://computing.uga.edu/ms-computer-science-non-thesis-option.