Georgia State is among the first universities in the country to offer an exciting new option to a select group of high caliber students. With our dual undergraduate/graduate degree programs, you can complete both the bachelor’s degree and one of several prestigious graduate degrees in up to a year’s less time than it would take to pursue the two degrees consecutively.
This joint program in foreign language and international business is a rigorous, cross-disciplinary program for highly motivated students with an interest in languages, intercultural study, and international business. This innovative program combines an undergraduate degree in French, German, Spanish or the BIS in Japanese/Asian Studies with the Master of International Business (MIB) offered through the Robinson College of Business. Graduates are uniquely equipped with both global marketplace management skills and intercultural business language expertise. Interested students should contact the Department of Modern and Classical Languages.
Honors students who plan to go to law school are eligible to apply to the dual BA/JD program offered by the Honors College and the GSU College of Law. In brief, this program will enable eligible and highly-motivated students to complete the Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees in six years rather than seven by satisfying the last year of the undergraduate program while attending their first year at GSU’s highly-ranked College of Law. Prospective students should consult the complete description of the program here [PDF], and contact the advising staff in the Honors College.
Academically outstanding students have the opportunity to complete both a Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Accounting and a Master of Science in Information Systems Audit and Control in the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University in approximately one year less than it would take if the degrees were pursued consecutively. This program is a joint endeavor of the School of Accountancy and the Department of Computer Information Systems in the Robinson College of Business. Prospective students should consult the complete description of the program here [PDF] and contact Dr. Bala Ramesh, Director of the MSISAC program, at msisac@gsu.edu or (404) 413-7272.
In partnership with the Department of Middle-Secondary Education and Instructional Technology (MSIT) in the College of Education, the Department of Physics and Astronomy offers the BS Physics / MAT Science Education option. This program allows completion of both degrees and teacher certification requirements in approximately 5 years. Prospective students should consult the complete description of the program here [PDF], and contact the Department of Physics and Astronomy.
The Department of Middle-Secondary Education and Instructional Technology (MSIT) has established an opportunity for students at the Georgia Institute of Technology to complete a BS degree at Georgia Tech and a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) at Georgia State. This program allows academically outstanding Georgia Tech students who plan to become teachers certified in grades 6-12 or 4-8 to apply six hours of graduate credit to both their BS degree at Georgia Tech and their MAT degree at Georgia State. Prospective students should consult a description of the program here [PDF], and contact the MSIT department at Georgia State.