About Master’s Degrees at UGA

The University of Georgia Graduate School offers more than 250 graduate degree programs. The Doctor of Philosophy is offered in 86 disciplines, the Master of Arts in 35 disciplines, and the Master of Science in 50 disciplines. Professional doctoral degrees are offered in education, music, and public health, and professional master’s degrees are available in 32 areas.


View Master’s Degrees & Requirements

Master of Arts

The Master of Arts degree will be conferred upon candidates who have met the requirements of this degree with major study in one of the following fields: anthropology, art history, business administration, classical languages, communication sciences and disorders, comparative literature, communication studies, communication studies non-thesis, economics, education, educational psychology, English, French, French non-thesis, geography, German, German non-thesis, Greek, history, journalism and mass communication, journalism and mass communication non-thesis, linguistics, linguistics non-thesis, mathematics, mathematics non-thesis, music, nonprofit organizations, philosophy, political science and international affairs, recreation and leisure studies, religion, Romance languages, Romance Languages non-thesis, sociology, Spanish, and Spanish non-thesis.

Master of Science

The Master of Science degree will be conferred upon candidates who have met prescribed requirements, with major study in one of the following fields: agricultural and applied economics, agricultural engineering, animal science, archaeological resource management, artificial intelligence, biochemical engineering, biochemistry and molecular biology, bioinformatics, biological engineering, cellular biology, chemistry, computer science, conservation ecology and sustainable development, crop and soil sciences, dairy science, ecology, entomology, environmental economics, environmental engineering, environmental health, food science, foods and nutrition, foods and nutrition non-thesis, forest resources, genetics, geography, geology, horticulture, housing and consumer economics, housing and consumer economics non-thesis, human development and family science, human development and family science non-thesis, kinesiology, kinesiology non-thesis, marine sciences, microbiology, pharmacy, physics, physics non-thesis, plant biology, plant breeding, genetics and genomics, plant pathology, poultry science, psychology, statistics, textiles, merchandising, and interiors, toxicology, veterinary and biomedical sciences, and veterinary pathology.

Professional Master’s Degrees

Listed below are the general requirements governing professional master’s degree programs. For policies pertaining to the Master of Laws (LLM) degree, which deviate from these general requirements, see the LLM program description.

(MAcc, MAB, MAEE, MAMS, MAT, MBA, MBB, MFA, MFAM, MFR, MHA, MHP, MIP, MLA, MMR, MMEd, MNR, MPA, MPH, MPPPM, MAED, MAHM, MAM, MBT, MFT, MM, MSAT, MSW, MUPD, MEd, LLM, MSL)

Master of Education

The master of Education degree is designed for the students whose vocational objectives require preparation for teaching, supervising, counseling, and/or front-line administration in grades P-12 and other educational or professional agencies.

 
 
 

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