Admission to Program
Students should apply to this pathway after they are accepted into the Entertainment and Media Studies (EMST) major, usually during their first semester of major coursework. Students must have a 3.0 overall GPA to apply and must submit a two-page statement of purpose and a supplemental application. Applications are due on the withdrawal deadline of every fall and spring semester. It is recommended that undergraduate students have at least three semesters left in their plan of study in order to complete all overlap coursework. We also encourage students to meet with Grady’s Double Dawgs advisor before applying.
Curriculum
Graduate-level courses that may be used to satisfy undergraduate and graduate program requirements.
JRMC 7940, Public Relations Foundations is required for all students in this Double Dawgs pathway.
Students will then choose three Area of Concentration courses from the list below:
- EMST 6040, 6120, or 6330
- JRMC 8000
- JRMC 8010
- JRMC 8020
- JRMC 8151
Overlap coursework will be planned out with the support of Grady’s Double Dawgs Advisor. Other graduate courses may be substituted with permission from Grady’s Double Dawgs advisor as needed.
Additional requirements that are unique to this Double Dawgs program:
Undergraduate students are required to take STAT 2000 or another undergraduate statistics course if they do not have credit from AP Statistics in order to pursue graduate study. If students cannot complete an undergraduate statistics course during undergrad, they will be required to take a graduate-level statistics course as a cognate course.
Undergraduate students are encouraged to enroll in an undergraduate graphic design course such as ADPR 3515, ADPR 3520, or ADPR 3520E before applying to the master’s program.
Students must complete a minimum of 34 credit hours for this non-thesis M.A. program.
More information can be found on Grady College’s website under the Public Relations concentration M.A. (non-thesis). https://grady.uga.edu/academics/masters-degree/
Admission to Graduate Program
Students will apply to graduate school during the final semester of year 4.
Required application materials:
• Unofficial copies of all transcripts, including any transcripts from institutions previously attended before transferring to UGA or as a dual enrollment student
• Contact information for the three people completing letters of recommendation
• Statement of purpose; students may build off of the statement that was submitted for admission to the Double Dawgs program.
• Résumé/CV
• Supplemental application
Note: students will not need to provide any test scores, including the GRE, or a writing sample to apply to the M.A. program.