Mechanical Engineering Electives

Wellness Requirement

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

Humanities and Social Sciences

Twelve credit hours of humanities and twelve credit hours of social sciences are required.

The twelve hours of humanities are comprised of six hours of English composition classes and six hours of humanities electives. The English composition classes are satisfied by ENG 1101 and ENG 1102.

The twelve hours of social sciences include three hours of economics, three hours of work in history and the constitutions of the United States and Georgia, and six hours of social science electives. The three hours of economics is satisfied by either ECON 2100 (Economic Analysis and Policy Problems), ECON 2105 (Principles of Macroeconomics), or ECON 2106 (Principles of Microeconomics). The three hours of history and constitutions are satisfied by selecting one of the following courses: HIST 2111 (The United States to 1877), HIST 2112 (The United States Since 1877), POL 1101 (Government of the United States), PUBP 3000 (American Constitutional Issues), or INTA 1200 (American Government in Comparative Perspective).

The six hours of social science electives and the six hours of humanities electives must include three hours of engineering ethics. The remaining hours of social science electives and humanities electives must be selected from the Institute-approved humanities courses and the Institute-approved social science courses.

ENGINEERING ETHICS ELECTIVE(S) - The ethics class can be selected from PST 3127 (Science, Technology, and Human Values), PST 3105 (Ethical Theories), PST 3109 (Ethics for Technical Professions), PST 4176 (Environmental Ethics), INTA 2030 (Ethics in International Affairs), or HTS 2084 (Technology and Society). The PST ethics courses are humanities electives, while the INTA and HTS ethics courses are social science electives.

Free Electives

The six hours of free electives must be at the 2000 level or above. In addition, classes used as free electives may not overlap any other classes used for the bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.

Mechanical Engineering Electives

Mechanical engineering electives include ME 3180 and any ME elective at the 4000 level, except for ME 4741 and ME 4742. The mechanical engineering electives cannot duplicate any other class required for the bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. Approved classes at the 6000 level or above may be scheduled if the student has an overall GPA of 3.0 and prior consent of the professor. A maximum of 4 hours of undergraduate research, ME 4699, and undergraduate special problems, ME 4903, may be used for ME electives.

Science Electives

The three-hour science elective may be satisfied by classes from the following list: CHEM 1311 (Inorganic Chemistry) and CHEM 1312 (Inorganic Chemistry Lab) taken together, or one of the following: BIOL 1510 (Biology Principles), BIOL 1520 (Introduction to Organismal Biology), EAS 1600 (Introduction to Environmental Science), EAS 1601 (Habitable Planet), or PHYS 2213 (Modern Physics).