University of Georgia Graduate School

The University of Georgia Graduate School is a college within the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia, United States. The UGA Graduate School administers and confers all professional and research master's degrees and doctoral degrees.

History

Graduate studies began at UGA in the 19th century under the supervision of a graduate studies faculty committee. The first Master of Arts curriculum was put in place in 1868 during the administration of Chancellor Andrew A. Lipscomb, and the first graduate degrees were awarded in 1871 (with future UGA Chancellor Walter Barnard Hill being one of that first group of master's degree graduates).

In 1872, graduate degree programs in Civil Engineering and Civil and Mining Engineering were also added. The Master of Agriculture was authorized in 1875, and the Master of Science followed in 1890. The first official mention of "the graduate schools" appeared in the University's 1901 spring catalog.

In 1910, the Board of Regents and Chancellor David Barrow formally established the Graduate School and appointed Dr. Willis Henry Bocock as its Dean.

The Master of Science in Agriculture was also authorized in that inaugural year, followed by the Master of Science in Forestry (1917), the Master of Science in Economics (later renamed to the Master of Business Administration) (1923), the Master of Science in Chemistry (1932), and the Master of Science in Social Work (1934).

Additional Masters programs (Master of Science in Education, Master of Science in Agricultural Engineering, Master of Education, Master of Fine Arts with a major in Music or Art) were established in 1937 as well as the first Doctoral programs ( Doctor of Education, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in History or English). Biological Science and Chemistry doctoral programs were the next to be established. The first Ph.D. degrees were conferred in 1940.

As of 2006, the UGA Graduate School offered Master of Arts in 32 disciplines, the Master of Science in 42 disciplines, and the Doctor of Philosophy in 76 disciplines, professional master’s degrees in 27 areas, professional doctoral degrees in education and music, the Master of Education in 32 areas, the Specialist in Education in 21 areas and the Doctor of Education in 16 areas.

List of Deans

*Willis Henry Bocock (1910-1927)
*Roswell Powell Stephens (1927-1943)
*George Hugh Boyd (1943-1959)
*Gerald Boone Huff (1959-1968)
*Thomas Hillyer Whitehead (1968-1972)
*Hardy Malcolm Edwards, Jr. (1972-1979)
*John Clarkson Dowling (1979-1989)
*Gordhan L. Patel (1989-2002)
*Maureen Grasso (2002-Present)

References

* [http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/cgi-bin/ebind2html.pl/reed_c13?seq=163"History of the University of Georgia by Thomas Walter Reed", Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia, ca. 1949, pp.2249-2259]
* [http://www.uga.edu/gm/artman/publish/0605schools.html Georgia Magazine]
* [http://www.uga.edu/gradschool/about/history.html UGA Graduate School History]
* [http://www.uga.edu/gradschool/programs/ UGA official listing of Graduate Programs of Study]
* [http://dbs.galib.uga.edu/cgi-bin/write_stats.cgi?stattype=fulltext&dbscode=getd&format=pdf&redirect=http://getd.galib.uga.edu/public/knox_david_k_200408_phd/knox_david_k_200408_phd.pdf Non Sibi Sed Aliis: The Dawn of The University of Georgia Graduate School by David K. Knox, 2004]