Double Dawgs

The Master of Public Administration (MPA) can be paired with:

• Criminal Justice AB
• Geography AB
• Management Information Systems BBA
• Psychology BS
• Religion AB
• Women’s Studies AB

The Master of Public Administration (MPA) non-thesis can be paired with:

• Criminal Justice AB
• English AB
• History AB
• International Affairs AB 
• Political Science AB
• Public Relations AB
• Sociology AB 

The Master of International Policy (MIP) can be paired with:

• Economics AB
• International Affairs AB
• Mechanical Engineering B.S.M.E.
• Political Science AB
• Russian AB (Intensive Language Track)

The Master of Arts (MA) in Political Science & International Affairs can be paired with:

• International Affairs AB
• Political Science AB

The Master of Arts (MA) non-thesis in Political Science & International Affairs can be paired with:

• International Affairs AB
• Political Science AB

The Master of Arts (MA) in Political Science & International Affairs – Applied Political Analysis track can be paired with:

• International Affairs AB
• Political Science AB

The following programs can be paired with non-SPIA master’s programs at UGA:

• Political Science AB & Social Studies Education MAT
• Political Science AB and Public Health MPH (Health Policy and Management (non-thesis))
• Political Science AB/ Educational Administration and Policy M.Ed. (non-thesis)
• Political Science A.B./Public Health M.P.H. (Disaster Management) (non-thesis)
• International Affairs AB & Journalism and Mass Communication MA (non-thesis)

• All of these programs have a two-step application process. The first step is the Application to the Pathway. The requirements to apply to the Pathway are:
  • Minimum 3.5 UGA GPA
  • Minimum 60 hours in-progress with at least 30 hours of UGA coursework (excluding AP, IB, or transfer credits)
  • 9 hours of major coursework completed or in-progress
• Once those requirements are met, an interested student submits an application to Paul Welch in 103 Candler Hall for initial eligibility review. Eligible applications are forwarded to the Double Dawg Coordinator of the graduate program for approval. Admission to the Pathway does not imply admission to the graduate program. The Pathway allows students to take graduate courses and the graduate program to test the student.
• Accepted Pathway students begin graduate coursework as early as the fall term of the third year. 12 hours of graduate coursework applies towards both degrees, but only as general electives for the A.B. Graduate courses may not apply towards undergraduate major requirements. Students may take more than 12 hours of graduate courses before graduating with the A.B., but those credit hours beyond the 12 apply to the graduate program only. Students must graduate with the A.B. at the end of their fourth year.
• SPIA will host further events with information specific to each graduate Double Dawgs program covering in-depth descriptions of the academics of each graduate program, differences in the Pathway, and time-lines for application to the Graduate School. There will also be information available via https://spia.uga.edu in the near future.
• SPIA Double Dawgs Program Contacts:
  • Eligibility and A.B. Questions: Paul Welch [email protected]
  • Double Dawg Coordinators:
    • MPA Programmatic Questions: Presley Morello [email protected]
    • MA and MIP Programmatic Questions: Ashley Tiller [email protected]
    • MA Graduate Coordinators: Dr. Shane Singh (International Affairs) and Dr. Geoffrey Sheagley (Political Science)