Admission to Program
Students typically apply to the Double Dawgs program in Fall Year 2. Because of the extensive prerequisites, students must be on-track early in their undergraduate careers to complete both degrees in a timely manner. Students who are interested in the Double Dawgs program must attend an information session that is offered at least once per term. If students cannot make the session, we schedule a second to make sure that everyone who expresses interest can attend. After attending the information session, students interested in the program must contact the Undergraduate Advisor for Finance, the Undergraduate Advisor for Economics, and the Graduate Coordinator for Economics to arrange a meeting to map out an appropriate program of study.
To prepare program participants for these graduate-level courses, we require that they complete 15 credit hours of undergraduate Mathematics and 6 credit hours of undergraduate Statistics, and excel in the core undergraduate major courses in Finance and Economics.
Students apply and must be admitted to the Terry College for the BBA Finance and International Business Co-Major:
http://www.terry.uga.edu/undergraduate/admissions
Curriculum
Graduate-level courses that may be used to satisfy undergraduate and graduate program requirements.
ECON 8010, ECON 8020, and ECON 8080.
Additional requirements that are unique to this Double Dawgs program:
To earn the M.A. degree, a student must complete 30 graduate-level credit hours in Economics. At least 21 credit hours must be from 8000-level courses.
Admission to Graduate Program
Candidates for the M.A. degree must apply to the Graduate School by May 15th, before they complete 12 credit hours of graduate-level coursework. To apply, students must have completed the Mathematics requirements during years 1 and 2 and have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.7. Most students who enter the program have a cumulative grade point average above 3.8.
Admissions decisions will be made by the Department's Graduate Admissions Committee, which is typically comprised of the Graduate Coordinator, the Department Head, and the Chair of the Graduate Programs Committee. This admissions committee makes decisions by June 15th. After being admitted, students continue to be advised by both the Undergraduate Advisor in Finance and the Graduate Coordinator in Economics.