academic programs
Joint MAGES/Undergraduate Degrees
The Center also offers both a five-year B.S. in Foreign Service BSFS/MAGES program for Georgetown undergraduates in the School of Foreign Service and a five-year A.B. in Languages AB/MAGES program for undergraduates in the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics who plan to pursue an education in international affairs at the graduate level.
Requirements
Third-year students who have maintained an honors academic average are eligible to apply. Candidates for these joint degree programs must complete all requirements for the respective undergraduate program as well as for the MAGES degree. Candidates matriculate fully into the MAGES program in their senior year and receive the Undergraduate and MAGES degrees simultaneously upon completion of two years of coursework. Appropriately selected MAGES elective coursework will be accepted in fulfillment of undergraduate divisional requirements and free electives.
Students seriously considering a BSFS/MAGES or AB/MAGES program are encouraged to select their junior year divisional courses in consultation with the Director of the MAGES program. SFS students interested in exploring this joint degree should be in contact with their undergraduate dean's office for further information. FLL students should contact the chair of their major department.
Admissions
Joint Undergraduate/MAGES Program applicants must complete all application procedures and fulfill all entrance requirements for the MAGES program with the following variations:
- Applicants are exempt from submitting scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
- Each applicant must be interviewed by the Director of the MAGES program (except those studying abroad).
BSFS/MAGES
Applications for the BSFS/MAGES program must be submitted for preliminary review by the SFS Undergraduate Committee on Standards and Student Academic Programs for endorsement. Students who have not completed undergraduate philosophy or theology requirements during the first three years will be expected to fulfill them in summer school. In some cases, the English requirement may be satisfied by foreign language literature courses that also fulfill MAGES field or humanities elective requirements.
AB/MAGES
Applications for the AB/MAGES program must be submitted to the Chair of the major department for endorsement, which will be contingent upon the student's completion of the FLL general education requirements as well as satisfactory progress in major and minor.
Students who are interested in this program should strongly consider declaring an undergraduate minor in Economics, Government, or History, or pursuing a European Studies Certificate, for greatest flexibility in course selection.