Undergraduate Catalog 2025-2026

Engineering Physics (BS)

For successful application from Pre-Engineering:

  • 3.0 overall GPA
  • 3.0 GPA in the following 6 courses:

MATH 2450 and MATH 2460

   CHEM 1101 and CHEM 1102

   PHYS 2110 and PHYS 2120

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 

               

Choose course from approved list

3

II. Humanities and Fine Arts (15 hours)

Modern Languages

               

Choose sequence from approved list

6

                     

English Literature

 

 

            Choose one 2000-level English Literature course
(except for ENGL 2225 and ENGL 2226 which

3

                   meet the General Education Ethics requirement, below)  
                     

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

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

Government

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

Social Science

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IV. Mathematics and Natural Sciences (11 to 12 hours)

Mathematics*

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3 to 4

                     
Natural Science                 Choose a pair in sequence from approved list  8
                     

V. Ethics (3 hours)

                     
Ethics                  Choose course from approved list 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:47-49

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

Engineering Foundations

MATH 2450Calculus I

4

MATH 2460Calculus II

4

MATH 2470Calculus III

4

MATH 2480Differential Equations

3

MATH 2600Linear Algebra

3

CHEM 1101General Chemistry I

3

CHEM 1101LGeneral Chemistry I Lab

1

CHEM 1102General Chemistry II

3

CHEM 1102LGeneral Chemistry II Lab

1

PHYS 2110University Physics I

4

PHYS 2110LUniversity Physics I Lab

0

PHYS 2120University Physics II

4

PHYS 2120LUniversity Physics II Lab

0

PENG 2000Engineering Statics

3

 

CSCI 1301Programming Principles I

3

OR

CSCI 1371Computing for Engineers

3

Total Credit Hours:40

Engineering Electives

Choose two from: (6 hours)

PHYS 3000 level or higher

Total Credit Hours:6

Capstone Experience

Choose one capstone experience (1-3 hours):

ART 4440Advanced Studies I

3

CSCI 4950Senior Capstone

3

MASC 4930Internship in Mathematical Sciences

1-3

MATH 4950Senior Capstone I

3

NASC 4980Senior Research

3

PHYS 4950Senior Capstone I

1

Total Credit Hours:1-3

Engineering Major

Georgia Institute of Technology Engineering Coursework

30

Total Credit Hours:30

Total Credit Hours: 124-128