Degrees & Majors

The undergraduate minor in Latin American Studies is intended for students who wish to gain a familiarity with Latin American history and culture in order to enrich a major in one of the academic departments of Georgia State University. Students who complete the minor will be well-prepared either to work or study in Latin America or to pursue advanced studies about the region. For information on required courses, visit the Center for Latin American & Latino/A Studies website.

To participate in the J.D./M.P.H. dual degree program, you must apply separately for admission to the College of Law and the School of Public Health. You are strongly encouraged to apply to both programs simultaneously. However, there is some opportunity to apply and enroll in the dual degree program after admission to only one of the schools, if you have not proceeded too far in that school’s program. You must take the LSAT to apply to the College of Law. The School of Public Health will accept the LSAT in lieu of the GRE. Admission into one program does not presume admission to the other. Learn more at clhs.law.gsu.edu. Questions about the J.D./M.P.H.? Contact Stacie Kershner (J.D. '08), associate director for the Center for Law, Health & Society. For the latest information about required courses, view the College of Law website.

Our literacy coach certificate addresses the growing need to support classroom teachers serving diverse populations. There is an increased demand for embedded professional development, as well as coaching and mentoring in school settings. The demand for school-based literacy coaches has increased over the past few years. The certificate program focuses on specialized coursework to prepare teachers to serve as highly qualified teacher/coaches equipped to collaborate across classrooms, with school administrators, parents and community representatives to improve student achievement. The Literacy Coach/Instructional Facilitator certificate program is an 18-hour program of study for students who already have a master’s degree or a minimum of nine hours of appropriate reading coursework. This training is restricted to those already employed as a literacy coach in a school setting.

Program Information

Skilled management is the backbone of successful enterprise. Students receiving a degree in managerial sciences will be poised to assume leadership positions in organizations and industries. Career specialties in the managerial sciences, such as business analysis, human resource management, operations management, and entrepreneurship provide students with highly qualifications to advance their careers quickly.

Organizational Behavior & Human Resources

Faculty in the organizational behavior & human resources specialization research a wide range of topics including leadership, culture, health and well-being, affect, creativity, job attitudes, negotiations, gender, socialization and social exchange. Our faculty make influential theoretical and empirical contributions that simultaneously impact organizational practice.

Strategy

Faculty in the strategy specialization research a wide range of topics including competition and corporate strategy, organizational innovation and learning, managerial and organizational cognition, organizational identity, compensation, and governance. Our faculty make influential theoretical and empirical contributions that simultaneously impact organizational practice. For the latest information about required courses, view the Robinson College of Business website.

Marketing is a dynamic and changing discipline, focusing on understanding and satisfying customer wants and needs. The marketing concentration is designed to provide students with specialized training in the use of advanced marketing techniques. Based on their interests and career objectives, students can develop expertise across a variety of themes, including brand and customer management, marketing analysis and analytics, and business-to-business marketing and professional sales. For the latest information about required courses, view the Robinson College of Business website.

Robinson’s Ph.D. program in marketing prepares students for careers in teaching and research.

Students work with an enthusiastic, research-active faculty with broad interests and excellent contacts among leading firms in a variety of industries. The Department of Marketing’s Marketing RoundTable and Sales Executive RoundTable bring leading figures in business and academics to campus. The department houses research centers such as the Center for Business and Industrial Marketing where students and affiliated faculty receive exposure to real-world business problems directly from senior marketing executives. Their research and resulting publications in scholarly journals are embedded in both marketing theory and marketing practice. For the latest information about required courses, view the Robinson College of Business website.

Choral Conducting at the Georgia State School of Music offers exceptional training to talented musicians wishing to study the choral art at an advanced level.  Intensive study with Director of Choral Activities, Dr. Deanna Joseph, and regular performance experience is the foundation for developing highly qualified, professional conductors.  Students in the program regularly conduct the Master Singers, an auditioned chamber choir of 20 to 30 voices in rehearsal and performance, and assist with the University Singers (the School of Music’s top choral ensemble) and Choral Union (open to all).  Full scholarships and graduate assistantships, including the Robert Shaw Choral Award, are available. The mission of the Georgia State School of Music is to preserve, promote and advance humanity’s rich and expanding tradition of artistic music-making through performance, composition, education and research in accordance with the urban and global initiatives of the university. The graduate programs in the School of Music offer unparalleled opportunities in one of America’s most vibrant urban centers. The school enrolls about 90 students in Master of Music degree programs, Artist Certificate programs, and Ph.D. and Ed.D. programs in music education. Students have the opportunity to work with an internationally acclaimed faculty of 40 full-time and 24 part-time faculty in concentrations such as performance, pedagogy, music education, conducting, composition and jazz studies.

The Master of Music with a concentration in guitar performance provides advanced preparation for a career as a concert performer, as both soloist and chamber musician and as a teacher of guitar. Georgia State's location in the heart of Atlanta, a cultural gem of the South, allows Master of Music guitar students to take advantage of numerous performing and teaching opportunities on and off campus. Completion of the degree normally necessitates four semesters of full-time study and requires a one-hour solo recital as well as a one-hour chamber recital. The mission of the Georgia State School of Music is to preserve, promote and advance humanity’s rich and expanding tradition of artistic music-making through performance, composition, education and research in accordance with the urban and global initiatives of the university. The graduate programs in the School of Music offer unparalleled opportunities in one of America’s most vibrant urban centers. The school enrolls about 90 students in Master of Music degree programs, Artist Certificate programs, and Ph.D. and Ed.D. programs in music education. Students have the opportunity to work with an internationally acclaimed faculty of 40 full-time and 24 part-time faculty in concentrations such as performance, pedagogy, music education, conducting, composition and jazz studies.