Requirements and Electives

Wellness Requirement

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

The Modern Languages Core

Student majors must complete a program of twenty-four hours of language courses beyond 2002 (beyond 2001 for CHIN and JAPN) in a single language; in addition, students entering Georgia Tech with little or no language preparation in high school may need to complete the 1000 or 2000 sequence(s). Students who have taken foreign language in the past must take the online placement test (www.modlangs.gatech.edu/student_resources/registration/placement_test.php) before enrolling in that language at Georgia Tech. Students may not enroll in 1000- or any 2000- level language courses after the successful completion of 3000- or 4000-level courses. Courses at the 3000- and 4000-level do not need to be taken in chronological order provided prerequisites are fulfilled. IAML majors are strongly encouraged to enroll in the intensive summer programs (LBAT) offered by the School of Modern Languages (CHIN 3691-2-3, taught in Yangzhou, China; FREN 3691-2-3, taught in Toulouse, France; GRMN 3695-6-7, taught in Weimar and Munich, Germany; JAPN 3691-2-3, taught in Fukuoka, Japan; and SPAN 3691-2-3-4, taught in Mexico City, Mexico and Madrid, Spain) or a comparable study, work, or research abroad experience. Classes taken in the Modern Languages core will only count toward degree requirements if they are at a grade of C or above.

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, 2010, 2030, 2040, 2100, 2210, 3110, 3203, and 3301. Students are encouraged to complete INTA 1110, INTA 2010, 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 4400, a 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 6 hours of English, including ENGL 1101 and 1102. All Tech students are required to complete an additional 6 hours of humanities and fine arts, which IAML students satisfy through their modern languages requirements.

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. IAML majors are encouraged to take INTA 1200, which examines American government in relation to political and economic systems in countries around the world. IAML students satisfy a required 9 hours of social science coursework with their INTA classes.

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 CHEM 1312 , EAS 1600, EAS 1601, EAS 2600, PHYS 2211, or PHYS 2212 .

TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENT

All IAML 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, the student can take CS 1315 as his or her second technology requirement.)

For the 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 2400 Introduction to Bioengineering Statistics
  6. CEE 1770 Introduction to Engineering Graphics and Visualization
  7. CP 4510 Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems
  8. CS 1315 Introduction to Media Computation
  9. CS 1301 Introduction to Computing
  10. CS 1316 Representing Structure and Behavior
  11. CS 1331 Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
  12. CS 1332 Data Structures and Algorithms for Applications
  13. CS 4235 Introduction to Information Security
  14. EAS 4430 Remote Sensing and Data Analysis
  15. EAS 4610 Earth Modeling Systems
  16. ECE 2030 Introduction to Computer Engineering
  17. ID 3103 Industrial Design Computing I
  18. ID 4103 Alias Studio I
  19. LCC 3402 Graphic and Visual Design
  20. LCC 3404 Designing for the Internet
  21. LCC 3410 The Rhetoric of Nonlinear Documents
  22. ME 1770 Introduction to Engineering Graphics and Visualization
  23. ME 2016 Computing Techniques
  24. MGT 2200 Information Technology
  25. MGT 4051 Decision Support and Expert Systems
  26. MGT 4052 Systems Analysis and Design
  27. MGT 4058 Database Management Systems
  28. MGT 4661 Database Management
  29. MUSI 4630 Music Recording and Mixing
  30. PHYS 3266 Computational Physics

PLEASE NOTE: INTA/ML does not guarantee that these classes will be offered every semester nor does INTA/ML guarantee access to these classes since we 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.

HTS Electives

As is listed on the degree checklist, every student must complete one HTS course for the IAML 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
  13. HTS 3033 Medieval Englad 350 to 1400
  14. HTS 3035 Britain 1815 to 1914
  15. HTS 3036 Britain Since 1914
  16. HTS 3038 The French Revolution
  17. HTS 3039 Modern France
  18. HTS 3041 Modern Spain
  19. HTS 3043 Modern Germany
  20. HTS 3045 Nazi German and the Holocaust
  21. HTS 3061 Modern China
  22. HTS 3062 Modern Japan
  23. HTS 3063 Outposts of Empire Comparative History of British Colonization
  24. HTS 3069 Modern Cuba
  25. HTS XXXX Special Topics History of the Modern Middle East

Courses Related to the Major

The BS IAML curriculum is multidisciplinary, and IAML students are required to complete a total of 6 hours of courses in fields related to the major. This requirement is satisfied by completing the following courses: ECON 2100, 2101, 2105, or 2106; and one of the courses that survey non-U.S. history listed under the HTS Electives.

Non-Major Cluster and Free Electives

IAML majors are encouraged to use electives to tailor-fit the core education they receive with their own specific career and postgraduate objectives. Students are strongly encouraged to complete a 12 hour , non-major cluster taught outside the School. The non-major cluster elective is satisfied either through 12 hours of coursework in one school or through 12 hours of coursework comprising a coherent program approved by both INTA and ML. Free electives are then used to fill the remaining credits needed to reach 12 hour 2 credits to graduate. BS IAML students typically have sixteen hours of free elective credit.