Electives

Wellness Requirement

All undergraduate students attending Georgia Tech must satisfactorily complete a wellness requirement (HPS 1040 or equivalent).

Humanities/Social Sciences Electives

ENGL 1101 and 1102 apply toward satisfaction of the 12 hour humanities requirement. An additional 6 hours of Institute-approved humanities courses are required to fulfill the 12 hour humanities requirement. To satisfy the state requirements regarding coursework in the history and constitutions of the United States and Georgia, students must complete one of the following courses: HIST 2111, HIST 2112, POL 1101, PUBP 3000, or INTA 1200. 3 hours each of economics (ECON 2100) and history/political science, combined with an additional 6 hours of Institute-approved social science courses, will satisfy the 12 hour social sciences requirement.


chemical and biomolecular engineering electives

ChBE elective(s) may be chosen from the below list of ChBE courses at the 4000-level or higher. Some courses are offered once a year, whereas others are offered only every other year. You should discuss the offering schedule with Ms. Susan McCoy (ChBE Academic Advisor for the Undergraduate Program).

  1. ChBE 4020 Chemical Engineering in Nano-scale Systems
  2. ChBE 4310 Bioprocess Engineering (required course for biotech option)
  3. ChBE 4535 Product Design
  4. ChBE 4752 Integrated Circuit Fabrication
  5. ChBE 4757 Biofluid mechanics
  6. ChBE 4760 Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering
  7. ChBE 4763 Pulping & Chemical Recovery
  8. ChBE 4764 Bleaching & Paper-making
  9. ChBE 4765 Drug Design, Development, and Delivery
  10. ChBE 4770 Nuclear Chemical Engineering
  11. ChBE 4775 Polymer Science and Engineering I
  12. ChBE 4776 Polymer Science and Engineering II
  13. ChBE 4791 Mechanical Behavior of Composites
  14. ChBE 4793 Composite Materials and Processes
  15. ChBE 4794 Composite Materials and Manufacturing
  16. ChBE 4803 Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
  17. ChBE 4803 Surfaces and Colloids
  18. ChBE 4803 Data-Driven Modeling & Analyses for Chemical and Biomolecular Systems

All ChBE courses at 6000 level or higher may be taken as ChBE elective, but permit may be required for registration (see Ms. Susan McCoy, ChBE Academic Advisor).

Undergraduate Research (ChBE 4699) will not count as ChBE elective, but may be used as technical electives.

Effective Communication for Professional Engineers (ChBE 4600) will not count as technical or ChBE elective, but it may be used as free elective.

No two courses will be allowed towards satisfying the degree requirements if there is more than 20% overlap in their course content.


BIOTECHNOLOGY ELECTIVE

One biotechnology elective (3 credit hours) must be chosen to include engineering topics. Thus, the following courses would be acceptable towards satisfying the biotechnology electives requirements.

  1. ChBE 4699 Undergraduate Research (must be in the biotech area)
  2. ChBE 4757 Biofluid Mechanics
  3. ChBE 4760/6760 Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering
  4. ChBE 4765/6765 Drug Design, Development, and Delivery
  5. ChBE 4803/8803 Microfluidics/ Nanofluidics
  6. ChBE 6794 Tissue Engineering
  7. BMED 3510 Biomedical Systems and Modeling
  8. BMED 4477 Bio Networks and Genomics
  9. BMED 4699 Undergraduate Research
  10. BMED 4751 Biomaterials
  11. BMED 4783 Intro Medical Image Processing
  12. BMED 4784 Engineering Electrophysiology

No two courses will be allowed towards satisfying the degree requirements if there is a more than 20% overlap in their course content.

Technical Electives-Standard Program

6 hours of technical electives are required for the standard program. To qualify as a technical elective, a course must be chosen from the list below. Students may count up to 6 hours of undergraduate research (CHBE 4699) toward fulfilling the technical elective requirements, and research credit in excess of 6 hours may be used to satisfy the free elective requirement.

  1. AE 2020 Low Speed Aerodynamics
  2. AE 2120 Introduction to Mechanics
  3. AE 4451 Jet & Rocket Propulsion
  4. AE 4461 Intro. to Combustion
  5. AE 4883 Micro-renewable Energy Syst.
  6. BMED 2400 Intro. Bioengr. Stats.
  7. BMED 3400 Intro. To Biomechanics
  8. BMED 3510 Biomed Systems & Modeling
  9. BMED 4477 Bio Networks & Genomics
  10. BMED 4751 Intro. to Biomaterials
  11. BMED 4784 Engr. Electrophysiology
  12. CEE 2040 Dynamics
  13. CEE 2300 Environ. Engr. Principles
  14. CEE 4300 Environ. Engr. Systems
  15. CEE 4330 Air Pollution Engr.
  16. CEE 4620 Environ. Impact Assessment
  17. ChBE 4020 Chem. Eng. in Nanoscale Sys.
  18. ChBE 4310 Bioprocess Engineering
  19. ChBE 4535 Product Design
  20. ChBE 4752 Integrated Circuit Fabrication
  21. ChBE 4757 Biofluid Mechanics
  22. ChBE 4763 Pulping & Chemical Recovery
  23. ChBE 4764 Bleaching & Paper-making
  24. ChBE 4765 Drug Design, Development & Delivery
  25. ChBE 4770 Nuclear Chemical Engr.
  26. ChBE 4775 Polymer Science & Engineering I
  27. ChBE 4776 Polymer Science & Engineering II
  28. ChBE 4791 Mechanical Behavior of Composites
  29. ChBE 4793 Composite Materials & Processes
  30. ChBE 4794 Composite Materials & Manufacturing
  31. ChBE 4803 Data-Driven Modeling & Anal. For Ch
  32. ChBE 4803 Microfluidics/BioMEMS
  33. ChBE 4803 Surface & Colloid Chemistry & Engr.
  34. ChBE 6120 Molecular Modeling
  35. ChBE 6794 Tissue Engineering
  36. CoE 2001 Statics
  37. CoE 3001 Deformable Bodies
  38. CoE 3002 Intro. to the Microelectronics & Nanote
  39. ECE 2025 Intro. to Signal processing
  40. ECE 2030 Intro. to Computer Engr.
  41. ECE 2040 Circuit Analysis
  42. ECE 3025 Electromagnetics
  43. ECE 3040 Microelectronic Circuits
  44. ECE 3065 Electromagnetic Applications
  45. ECE 3071 Modern Electric Energy Systems
  46. ECE 3080 Semiconductor Devices
  47. ECE 3710 Circuits & Electronics
  48. ECE 3741 Instrum & Electronic Lab
  49. ISyE 2027 Probability w/Applications
  50. ISyE 2028 Basic Statistical Methods
  51. ISyE 3025 Engineering Economy
  52. ISyE 3039 Methods of Quality Improvement
  53. ISyE 3133 Engineering Optimization
  54. ISyE 3232 Stochastic Manufact & Svc.
  55. ISyE 4803 EDA Supply Chain Econom.
  56. ISyE 4803 Leadership Skills for Tech. Org.
  57. ISyE 4803 Regression/ Forecasting
  58. ME 2202 Dynamics of Rigid Bodies
  59. ME 3057 Experimental Methodology
  60. ME 4011 IC Engines
  61. ME 4210 Mfg Processes & Engr.
  62. MSE 2020 Characterization of Materials
  63. MSE 3002 Structural Trans. in Metallic, Ceram
  64. MSE 3003 Mech. Behavior of Materials
  65. MSE 4751 Introduction to Biomaterials
  66. MSE 4803 Biologically Inspired Design
  67. MSE 4803 Fund. of Nanomater.& Struct.
  68. NRE 3301 Radiation Physics
  69. NRE 4204 Nuclear Reactor Physics
  70. NRE 4328 Radiation Sources & Applic.
  71. NRE 4610 Plasma Phys. & Fusion Engr.
  72. NRE 4803 Nuclear & Radiation Technol.
  73. NRE 4803 Probabilistic Risk Assessment
  74. NRE 6501 Nuclear Fuel Cycle
  75. PTFE 2200 Str. & Prop. of Fibers & Poly.
  76. PTFE 3720 Intro. To Fiber Enterprise
  77. PTFE 4100 Chem. Proc. of Text. Mater.
  78. PTFE 4140 Poly. Solns & Surfaces
  79. PTFE 4141 Instr. Methods of Poly. Char.

Technical Electives-Biotechnology Option

There are no technical electives for the Biotechnology Option.


Free Electives

Any course may be used to satisfy the three credit hour requirement for free electives. Elective courses (ChBE, technical, biotechnology, social sciences, humanities, free) must not have significant overlap with any other course being used towards the degree requirements.


Pass/Fail Courses

Up to 9 hours of undesignated humanities, social sciences, or free electives may be taken on a pass/fail basis. All other courses in the chemical and biomolecular engineering curriculum must be taken on a letter-grade basis. Transfer students are restricted to fewer pass/fail hours.