The John Munro Godfrey, Sr. Department of Economics offers a Bachelor’s/Master’s degree for UGA undergraduates through the Double Dawgs Program. Undergraduate students must have a 3.6 GPA to be considered. The program is designed for students who plan to pursue a Ph.D. in economics, finance, public policy or statistics or who are looking for private- or public-sector positions that require significant technical research skills. The M.A. degree is not offered as a terminal or stand-alone graduate degree in economics. Only Ph.D. students who discontinue work toward their doctorate are eligible to terminate their studies with the M.A. degree.
A combined Bachelor’s/Master’s degree calls for a carefully coordinated four-year or five-year plan of study and close cooperation among several academic advisors. This is especially true in economics where a joint degree student must take many math and statistics courses in their first few years at UGA. Therefore, students interested in the combined degree program should discuss the opportunity with a departmental advisor while they are first-year students, and these advisors will help each student develop a plan of study. There are two tracks to obtaining the M.A. degree, a thesis track and a non-thesis track. For those students interested in attending graduate school, the thesis track is strongly recommended. The non-thesis track is more appropriate for students seeking a career in the private sector.
This major is part of a Double Dawgs pathway: Economics AB/Economics MA Economics and International Business Co-Major BBA/Economics MA Economics BBA/Economics MA Finance and International Business Co-major BBA/Economics MA Finance BBA/Economics MA Economics and International Business Co-Major BBA/Economics MA(non-thesis) Finance and International Business Co-Major BBA/Economics MA(non-thesis) Finance BBA/Economics MA(non-thesis) For more information, go to doubledawgs.uga.edu.
Director of Graduate Studies Meghan Skira, Associate Professor skira@uga.edu Graduate Program Advisor/Graduate Program Administrator Autumn Bailey Bryant econasst@uga.edu