Double Dawg Down on Your Degree
The University of Georgia offers a program known as “Double Dawgs” which is a way for students to economically maximize their ability to receive a competitive education. This is done by allowing students to earn both a Bachelor’s Degree and a Master’s Degree at the same time in five years or less. This is aimed at helping students save both time and money and fully use their time at UGA wisely. There are over 115 different options within the Double Dawgs Program and they are always adding new programs per student requests and interests.
There is a very specific timeline necessary for the Double Dawgs Program, so it is smart to know about it prior to your freshman year so you can go into UGA with it already planned out. It is very difficult to begin Double Dawgs after your freshman year because there is strict planning that goes into achieving those two degrees in the five-year timeline.
The first year spent at UGA is spent reviewing the Double Dawgs options and choosing the one that is the best fit for you. The second-year is spent talking to your undergraduate advisor and your program contact to help you in planning a schedule that is rigorous and helpful in achieving Double Dawgs status. The third-year is spent applying to the Double Dawgs program. Then, if admitted, the fourth year is for working with the graduate contact and applying to the specified graduate program. You graduate with your Undergraduate Degree during the fourth year. Then, the fifth and final year is geared towards admission to the graduate program and pursuing the graduate classes, and you end the year graduating with your Graduate Degree.
The UGA Law School is a part of the Double Dawgs Program but is different from the typical timeline because it is a six-year timeline. This program allows students to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in the first three years and a Juris Doctor Degree in the last three years; it is known as the 3 + 3 Program. The application for this 3 + 3 Program is the exact same as the typical UGA Law School Application, it is just completed during your third year at UGA, rather than your fourth year.
The other different aspect to this program is the ability to create your own Double Dawgs Pathway strictly by contacting the undergraduate and graduate coordinators to the respective programs in which you are trying to achieve degrees in. This can typically be easily achieved and if not, there are people in the Double Dawgs program you can email for assistance.
The Program has its own Financial Aid system and can receive both undergraduate and graduate assistance. While in their undergraduate program, students pay undergrad tuition fees, and while they are in their graduate program, they pay graduate tuition. HOPE and Zell Miller are applicable to in-state student’s undergraduate tuition if they are eligible. This program is a great way to save money while also maximizing your educational possibilities as a student at the University of Georgia. It is a very reputable program and students who graduate from it are very successful in the workforce after completing the program.
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