States to offer forensic accounting courses to both undergraduate and graduate students.
Georgia Southern's Department of Writing and Linguistics is the only freestanding writing department in the State of Georgia.
The Ph.D. in Logistics/Supply Chain Management is the first of its kind to be offered in the state of Georgia through the university's Parker College of Business. Classes began in the fall of 2010.
=== Enrollment statistics ===
In the fall of 2014 the university enrolled 18,004 students in undergraduate programs and 2,513 students in graduate programs. The student population was 52% female and 48% male. With the consolidation with Armstrong State University, the university's overall student population was 27,459 for the 2017–2018 school year.
For incoming freshmen in fall 2018 the average SAT score was 1139, average ACT score was 23, and the average high school GPA was 3.36.
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Georgia Southern is involved in energy-related issues in a move toward …