Admission to Program
Students may apply to the Double Dawgs pathway once they have completed MATH 2260, STAT 4230, and 30 hours of undergraduate coursework. This will likely be in their second year.
Students who meet the following criteria will be eligible to apply for the pathway:
- Completed 30 hours of coursework towards the undergraduate degree (including AP/IB credits)
- Completed the following courses* with a grade of B (3.0) or higher:
MATH 2250, MATH 2260, STAT 2000 (or STAT 2010 or STAT 2100H), STAT 4220, and STAT 4230
*If course requirement was satisfied by AP or IB testing, criteria is not applicable.
Admission to the pathway does not guarantee admission to the graduate program.
Curriculum
Graduate-level courses that may be used to satisfy undergraduate and graduate program requirements.
- STAT 6510
- STAT 6520
- STAT 6365 (or other STAT graduate elective in place of STAT 6365)
- STAT 6800
Additional requirements that are unique to this Double Dawgs program:
The thesis track of the Statistics M.S. degree requires the development of a thesis under the supervision of a research advisor. Please review the Department of Statistics Graduate Handbook for further information regarding the thesis track: https://www.stat.uga.edu/sites/default/files/Graduate-Handbook-Fall-2021.pdf
Admission to Graduate Program
Admission to the graduate program is competitive. Application to the graduate program is required by December 1st of the last year of the undergraduate program. Students should meet the following requirements:
- Student has made a C (2.0) or better in all Mathematics (MATH) and Statistics (STAT) courses.
- Meets one of the three criteria below:
-- A GRE Quantitative score at or above the 75th percentile
-- An ACT Math Score at or above the 80th percentile
-- An SAT Math Score at or above the 80th percentile