Requirements and Electives

Wellness Requirement

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

The International Affairs Core

Student majors acquire an understanding of the core issues in international affairs by completing the following required courses: INTA 1001, 1110, 2030, 2040, 2100, 3110, 3203, and 3301. Students are encouraged to complete INTA 1110, MGT 2250, and their U.S. History requirement early to make the most of their upper-division studies. In addition, student majors are required to round out their studies with INTA/ECON 4740/4741, a two-semester capstone senior seminar. Students must achieve a C or above in the international affairs core courses.

Humanities and Fine Arts

Students are required to complete six hours of English, including ENGL 1101 and 1102. All Tech students are required to complete an additional six hours of humanities and fine arts, which EIA students satisfy through their mandatory two-semester modern language requirement.

Social Science Electives

In order to satisfy the United States/Georgia History and Constitution requirements, students must complete one of the following courses: INTA 1200, HIST 2111, HIST 2112, POL 1101, or PUBP 3000. Students are encouraged to take INTA 1200, which examines American government in relation to political and economic systems in countries around the world. EIA students satisfy a required nine hours of social science coursework with their INTA classes.

HTS Electives

As is listed on the degree checklist, every student must complete one HTS course for the INTA degree. The goal of this course is a broad study of non-U.S. history. The following courses count towards this HTS requirement:

  1. AP (Advanced Placement) World History
  2. HTS 1031: Europe since the Renaissance
  3. HTS 2033: Medieval Europe: 350 to 1400
  4. HTS 2036: Revolutionary Europe: 1789 to 1914
  5. HTS 2037: Twentieth Century Europe: 1914 to Present
  6. HTS 2041: History of the Modern Middle East
  7. HTS 2061: Traditional Asia and Its Legacy
  8. HTS 2062: Asia in the Modern World
  9. HTS 2823: History of the Islamic World to 1500
  10. HTS 3028: Ancient Greece: Gods, Heroes and Ruins
  11. HTS 3029: Ancient Rome: From Greatness to Ruins
  12. HTS 3030: Medieval Europe: 350 to 1400
  13. HTS 3035: Britain 1815 to 1914
  14. HTS 3036: Britain since 1914
  15. HTS 3038: The French Revolution
  16. HTS 3039: Modern France
  17. HTS 3041: Modern Spain
  18. HTS 3043: Modern Germany
  19. HTS 3045: Nazi German and the Holocaust
  20. HTS 3061: Modern China
  21. HTS 3062: Modern Japan
  22. HTS 3063: Outposts of Empire: Comparative History of British Colonization
  23. HTS 3069: Modern Cuba
  24. HTS XXXX: Special Topics: History of the Modern Middle East

Oftentimes, HTS will offer a special topics class (HTS 4000 level course) that may count towards the HTS requirement. If you would like to propose an alternate non-U.S. History course for this requirement or would like to use a non-Georgia Tech course to fulfill this requirement, please speak with an advisor.

The Nunn School does not guarantee that our students can enroll in these classes, just that if enrollment is possible, the class will count towards our HTS requirement.

Mathematics and Sciences

An understanding of scientific methodology and quantitative analytic skills is essential for practitioners and policymakers in today's international arena. The mathematics requirement may be satisfied by one of the following sequences: MATH 1501 and 1502; MATH 1501 and 1711; or MATH 1711 and 1712. In addition, students are required to complete eight hours of laboratory science courses. These courses do not need to be sequential. Any two of the following courses will satisfy the requirement: BIOL 1510, BIOL 1511, BIOL 1520, BIOL 1521, CHEM 1310, CHEM 1311 and 1312, EAS 1600, EAS 1601, EAS 2600, PHYS 2211, or PHYS 2212.

TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENT

All Nunn School undergraduates are required to complete two technology courses before graduation.

First technology requirement: Students should pick ONE of the following: CS 1301 or CS 1315. Students are allowed to take the unused course from the these two options as their second technology requirement. (For instance, if a student takes 1301 as her first technology requirement, she can take CS 1315 as her second technology requirement.)

Second technology requirement: Students should pick ONE of the following to fulfill the second technology requirement.

  1. AE 1770 Introduction to Engineering Graphics and Visualization
  2. ARCH 4420 Introduction to Design Computing
  3. BC 3630 Project Management I
  4. BIOL 3332 Statistical and Mathematical Biology
  5. BMED 2803 Introduction to Biostatistics
  6. CEE 1770 Introduction to Engineering Graphics and Visualization
  7. CHEM 1313 Quantitative Analysis
  8. CP 4510 Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems
  9. CS 1315 Introduction to Media Computation
  10. CS 1301 Introduction to Computing
  11. CS 1331 Intro to Object-Oriented Programming
  12. CS 1316 Representing Structure and Behavior
  13. CS 1332 Data Structures and Algorithms for Applications
  14. CS 4235 Introduction to Information Security
  15. EAS 4430 Remote Sensing and Data Analysis
  16. EAS 4610 Earth Modeling Systems
  17. ECE 2030 Introduction to Computer Engineering
  18. ID 3103 Industrial Design Computing I
  19. ID 4103 Alias Studio I
  20. LCC 3402 Graphic and Visual Design
  21. LCC 3404 Designing for the Internet
  22. LCC 3410 The Rhetoric of Nonlinear Documents
  23. ME 1770 Introduction to Engineering Graphics and Visualization
  24. ME 2016 Computing Techniques
  25. MGT 2200 Information Technology
  26. MGT 4051 Decision Support and Expert Systems
  27. MGT 4052 Systems Analysis and Design
  28. MGT 4058 Database Management Systems
  29. MGT 4661 Database Management
  30. MUSI 4630 Music Recording and Mixing
  31. PHYS 3266 Computational Physics

PLEASE NOTE: INTA does not guarantee that these classes will be offered every semester nor does INTA guarantee access to these classes since it cannot control enrollment in other departments. Some of these courses require prerequisite courses and permits. For availability of courses, prerequisites, and permits, check OSCAR or contact the permit/overload contact for the specific department or the departmental advisor.

Courses Related to the Major

The B.S. EIA curriculum is multidisciplinary, and EIA students are required to complete a total of twelve hours of courses in fields related to the major. This requirement is satisfied by completing the following courses: a statistics course, MGT 2250; one of the courses that survey non-U.S. history listed above under HTS Electives; and six credit hours of foreign language study in a single language. Students who have taken foreign language in the past must take the online placement test before enrolling in that language at Georgia Tech. Language courses taken on a letter grade basis will only count toward the foreign language requirement if they are at a C or above. Students may not enroll in 1000 level language courses after the successful completion of any 2000 , 3000 , or 4000 level course. Courses at the 3000 and 4000 level do not need to be taken in chronological order provided prerequisites are fulfilled.

Major Electives, Non-Major Cluster, and Free Electives

Economics and International Affairs majors are encouraged to use electives to tailor-fit the core education they receive with their own specific career and postgraduate objectives. Students are required to complete at least six hours of elective courses taught in the Sam Nunn School and six hours of elective courses taught in the School of Economics. Students must achieve a C or above in the major electives. Additionally, students must complete a nine-hour, non-major cluster taught outside the School. The non-major cluster elective is satisfied either through nine hours of coursework in one school or through nine hours of coursework comprising a coherent program approved by the School. Free electives are then used to fill the remaining credits needed to reach 122 credits to graduate. B.S. EIA students typically have ten hours of free elective credit.

INTA Majors:

Completing a fifteen-credit non-major cluster is MANDATORY.

IAML Majors:

Completing a twelve-credit cluster is OPTIONAL since IAML students already graduate with significant specializations in International Affairs and Modern Language. For IAML students, completing the cluster is a bonus to include on the resume, a specialization in a third area. If IAML students do not want to complete a cluster, they can use the cluster electives as additional FREE electives, with no limitations on the type of courses.

EIA Majors

Completing a nine-credit non-major cluster is MANDATORY. Please see the Economics advisor for guidance with your cluster.

Popular Clusters

Some of the more popular clusters are management (combining MGMT and ECON classes), pre-law (combining PUBP and HTS classes), History (combining HIST and HTS classes), Psychology, Language and Economics. Some students have been very creative by creating clusters in journalism (with cross-enrollment at GSU), writing (combining writing intensive courses from a variety of departments), sociology (with cross-enrollment from Emory), general sciences and engineering.