Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

Engineering Physics (BS)

 

Bachelor of Science Degree

 

General Education

Category I: The Individual (11 hours)

IA: Rhetoric

 

ENGL 1101

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rhetoric and Composition

3

IB: Mathematical Reasoning

 

MATH 2450

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calculus I

4

 

 

MATH 2450L 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calculus I Lab

 0

IC: Critical Thinking 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list

3

ID: Scientific Method

 

CHEM 1101L

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Chemistry I Lab

1

Category II: Western Civilization (15 hours)

IIA: Freshman Composition

 

ENGL 1102

           

Literature and Composition

3

IIB: Speaking

 

MCOM 1110

           

Public Speaking

3

IIC: Social and Behavioral Sciences

 

BUSA 1210

           

Introduction to Microeconomics 

3

IID: Humanities 

 

Students must 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 

 

IIE: Government 

 

POSC 1101

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Government

3

Category III: World Citizen (12 hours)

IIIA: Modern Language

 

 

           

Choose sequence from approved list

6

IIIB: History of Other Cultures

 

HIST 1111

           

World History to the Mid-17th 
     Century

3

IIIC: Fine Arts

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

 Category IV: The Natural World (7 hours)

 IVA: Natural Science

 

CHEM 1101

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Chemistry I

3

 

 

CHEM 1102

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Chemistry II

3

 

 

CHEM 1102L

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Chemistry II Lab

1

Category V: Ethical Perspectives (3 hours)

VA: Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics

 

PHRG 3305

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ethics

3

 Category VI: Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

VIA: First-Year Experience

 

PDMT 1101

 

 

 

 

 

 

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

1

Total Credit Hours: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: 121