Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Engineering Physics (BS)

 

Bachelor of Science Degree

 

General Education

I. Communication (9 hours)

Rhetoric and Composition

 

ENGL 1101*

           

Rhetoric and Composition

3

                     
Literature and Composition 
ENGL 1102*             Literature and Composition 3
                     
Communication    MCOM 1110             Public Speaking 3

II. Humanities and Fine Arts (15 hours)

Modern Languages

               

Choose sequence from approved list

6

                     
English Literature                  Choose one of the following courses: 3
                     
    ENGL 2203             British Literature to 1790  
    ENGL 2204              British Literature from 1790  
    ENGL 2211              United States Literature from 1865  
                     

Philosophy and Religion

                Choose one PHIL or RELG course at the
1000-2000 level

3

                     

Fine Arts

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

 3

III. History and Social Sciences (9 hours)

                     
World History    HIST 1111             World History to the Mid-17th Century 3
                     
Government    POSC 1101             American Government 3
                     
Social Science    BUSA 1210             Introduction to Microeconomics 3

IV. Mathematics and Natural Sciences (12 hours)

                     
Mathematics    MATH 2450*             Calculus I 4
    MATH 2450L*             Calculus I Lab 0
                     
Natural Science    CHEM 1101             General Chemistry I 3
    CHEM 1101L              General Chemistry I Lab 1
    CHEM 1102              General Chemistry II 3
    CHEM 1102L              General Chemistry II Lab 1

V. Ethics (3 hours)

                     
Ethics    PHRG 3305             Environmental Ethics 3
                     

VI. Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

First-Year Experience

 

*Grade of C or higher required.

 

PDMT 1101

           

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

 

1

Total Credit Hours:48-49

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

Engineering Physics Foundations

CSCI 1301Programming Principles I

3

OR

CSCI 1371Computing for Engineers

3

 

MATH 2460Calculus II

4

MATH 2460LCalculus II Lab

0

MATH 2470Calculus III

4

MATH 2470LCalculus III Lab

0

MATH 2480Introduction to Differential Equations

3

MATH 2600Linear Algebra

3

PENG 2000Engineering Statics

3

PHYS 2110University Physics I

4

PHYS 2110LUniversity Physics I Lab

0

PHYS 2120University Physics II

4

PHYS 2120LUniversity Physics II Lab

0

3000-Level or Above Physics (PHYS) Electives

6

Total Credit Hours:34

Engineering Major

Georgia Institute of Technology Engineering Coursework

30

Total Credit Hours:30

General Electives

General Electives

8

Total Credit Hours:8

Total Credit Hours: 120-121