Admission to Program
We expect that most students meeting the admission requirements below will apply for the program in the fall, spring, or summer semester of their third year at UGA. To be approved, a preliminary plan of study must be approved by the undergraduate advisor and the program graduate coordinator (listed on this form).
To be admitted into the dual degree pathway: Students must have completed at least 60 hours of resident credit at UGA, at least 9 hours of the 30 required political science credit hours completed or in progress, and have at least a 3.5 UGA GPA at the time of application.
Curriculum
Graduate-level courses that may be used to satisfy undergraduate and graduate program requirements.
Any four (3-hour) 8000- or 9000-level graduate courses may be used to satisfy the undergraduate elective requirements, but at least two of the four courses must be from the following list of the EDAP core courses:
- EDAP 8210 Educational Policy Analysis
- EDAP 7040E Educational Law and Ethical Leadership
- EDAP 8220 Evolution of PreK-12 Federal Education Policy from 1965 through the present
- EDAP 9018 Schools & Social Policy
Additional requirements that are unique to this Double Dawgs program:
The M.Ed. in Educational Administration and Policy’s Law and Policy track consists of 36 total credits. The full program culminates in a capstone project. Recommended electives include:
EDAP 6170E Education Law and Professional Ethics
EDAP 8150E Learning Communities and Professional Development
EDAP 8405E Leadership in a Diverse Society
EDAP 9020 Education Finance and Policy
EDLP 8100E Introduction to Educational Law and Policy
EDLP 9100E Research Seminar in Educational Law and Policy/Capstone Project
Admission to Graduate Program
Students will apply to the M.Ed. program during the fall, spring, summer of their junior year so that they are admitted and dual-enrolled as both an A.B./M.Ed. student before the fall of their 4th year at UGA. Students will follow the same guidelines and procedures as required for the current M.Ed. students (https://coe.uga.edu/academics/degrees/med-educational-administration-policy/).
To be admitted into the M.Ed. program: The admission application requires completing a Graduate School application that includes a resume and statement of purpose (conveying how this program is a good fit with career and educational goals, specifying that they are pursuing the Law and Policy Track, MED_EDAP). The application also requires students to submit their transcripts and Official GRE general test score report. (GRE requirements may be waived in a given academic year, and will be indicated as such on the website.) TOEFL scores will also be required from any applicant whose primary language is not English.