Degrees & Majors

Academic excellence

Learn cutting-edge skills and financial concepts from a world-class faculty. TFE Times ranks our M.S. in Finance program No. 19 in the nation and No. 9 among programs at public universities.

Networking and mentoring

Through an official mentoring program, students are provided mentors from the Financial Leadership Network and CFO Council who are leaders in international, national and local companies.

Leadership development

We ensure that graduates are fully prepared to become future industry leaders. The leadership development component of our program is guided by an executive-in-residence with extensive experience as CFO for two Fortune 500 companies, CIO for one Fortune 500 company and a consultant in private equity transactions.

Professional development

Our program positions students for lifelong learning and networking within the finance community. The program also helps prepare students for various professional exams for certifications such as the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and the Financial Risk Manager (FRM). For the latest information about required courses, view the Robinson College of Business website.

For information about this minor, visit the Undergraduate Catalog.

Program Information

The mission of the Department is to give students the opportunity to develop appropriate proficiencies in the modern and classical languages, to acquaint students with the literary and cultural productions of other countries, and to provide them the opportunity to acquire critical skills through literary and cultural analysis. For the latest information about required courses, view the Undergraduate Catalog. For more information about the Minor in French, visit the World Language & Cultures website.

The French M.A. program is in the heart of Atlanta, known for its vibrant Francophone cultures and home to several French companies. The program supports students’ professional and career needs through a distinctive modern and contemporary Francophone curriculum focused on business, intercultural, intercommunicative, humanitarian, literary and pedagogical domains. The program offers a comprehensive schedule with M.A. courses offered Monday through Friday from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., which puts our graduate students on track to complete their degree in 2 years. We also offer Graduate Teaching Assistantships (with a full tuition waiver). Our innovative approaches to teaching and learning provide interdisciplinary and comparative studies: from languages to culture, literature, the visual arts (such as film or the media), sociolinguistics, technology-enhanced learning and other disciplines. Students explore issues of identity, diversity, transnationalism and immigration with disciplines such as law, history and political science, as well as other literatures and cultures. Our students learn by doing and making in courses that engage them in their learning. Our graduate students are called to positively affect their local and global communities thanks to a curriculum that incorporates opportunities for:

• Workshops (led by prominent Francophone artists, activists and scholars)
• Internships and externships
• Practicum
• Graduate Research Assistantship with professors

Students who participate in our Francophone study abroad and exchange programs (to Africa, France, and the French Caribbean) are also exposed to unique outreach, service, and experiential learning opportunities such as externships and internships with nongovernmental organizations, community organizations, and local businesses.

Redesigned in 2016, Robinson’s three MBA programs are built on four pillars of knowledge and expertise — innovation, analytics, value creation and leadership. You’ll have the opportunity to work with colleagues and world-class faculty to solidify your leadership skills to bring greater value to your current company or your next one. Courses will test your creativity and innovative spirit and build your data analytics skills. Our programs — Flex MBA, Professional MBA and Executive MBA — specifically explore where you are today and get you where you want to go. Robinson’s internationally recognized faculty are not only experts in their fields but also prolific authors, distinguished researchers and award-winning leaders. Couple that with our vast alumni network — more than 75,000, including 45,000 in Atlanta — of movers and shakers across a wide spectrum of industries, and you’ll find Robinson the place to come to expand your network, your global mindset and your leadership skills. For the latest information about required courses, view the Robinson College of Business website.

The Department of Geosciences offers the graduate level professional level certificate in Geographic Information Science (GIS) which provides professional skills to acquire, process, analyze and appropriately display geographic data. The graduate-level Professional Certificate Program in GIS will provide the skills to acquire, process, analyze, and appropriately display geographic data, locally or on the Internet. It is designed to facilitate those students working toward graduate degrees in a variety of disciplines, as well as those who use GIS in the workplace and would like to obtain systematic training in the technology without having to complete a graduate degree. The Certificate Program consists of five courses with a total of 16-18 credit hours, including elective courses from a variety of departments/programs. The graduate level professional certificate in Geographic Information Science is designed to provide individuals who require GIS technology in their professional lives the skills to acquire, process, analyze, and appropriately display geographic data. For the latest information about required courses, view the Department of Geosciences website.

Program Information

Students earning the B.A. degree in Geosciences must choose one of two concentrations: either Geography or Urban Studies. The Geography concentration develops a broad understanding of social and environmental issues, attains depth in a specialized area within Geography, and provides skills needed to gain employment and carry out lifelong learning.  An undergraduate degree Geosciences with a Geography concentration affords many opportunities for employment in both the public and private sectors. Geographers generally find employment as cartographers, city/regional planners, conservationists, environmental managers, environmental regulators, Geographic Information System (GIS) specialists, historic preservationists, location analysts, and as physical scientists working for the government. In addition, with their broad liberal arts training, geographers also qualify for professional management positions as well as teachers. The Geography concentration also provides a solid intellectual foundation for people getting advanced degrees in either the social or natural sciences. In addition to having substantial flexibility of course selections, students in the Geography concentration are required to take multiple upper-division courses in human geography, physical geography, and geographic information science. Finally, the Geography concentration enables majors interested in geography to find their intellectual niche within geography. The Urban Studies concentration permits the students to focus on the study of cities including urban development and economics, urban politics and institutions, the urban built environment, social and environmental disparities in cities, and the changing physical and social dynamics of urbanization processes.  This interdisciplinary approach enables students to draw from a variety of courses to solve some of the most pressing challenges of the twenty-first century city.  The Urban Studies concentration draws from classes in other complementary departments, enabling the student to develop specific interests within the concentration. In addition to course content focused on different aspects of urban problems and solutions, students will gain a skill set to address such issues, including a holistic approach to understanding urban dynamics, critical thinking and writing skills to express the complexity of urban issues, and a tool kit of data collection and analysis skills, which may include Geographic Information Systems (GIS), quantitative spatial analysis, and/or qualitative analysis.  Students graduating with this concentration will be well poised to enter jobs and graduate study in urban planning, urban policy work, non-governmental organization administration, community-based work, and in urban public health, among many others. Students interested in any geography or urban studies course, or in enrolling in these concentrations within the B.A. degree in Geosciences or pursuing a minor in Geosciences, are invited to contact the Geosciences Undergraduate adviser to discuss how this degree program may best help make their college experience positive and productive. For the latest information about required courses, view the Undergraduate Catalog. For more information about the Minor in Geosciences, visit the Geosciences website.

Beginning in Fall 2012, a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Geosciences with thesis and non-thesis options will be offered. The degree will have concentrations in Geography and Geology. Students seeking this degree can have areas of focus such as environmental geosciences, geographic information science, geology, and urban studies. For the latest information about required courses, view the Department of Geosciences website.