Concentrations

Introduction

• Concentrations are a new feature of the 2012-2013 ME Curriculum and are only available in the 2012-2013 ME Curriculum or later.  Students graduating under earlier curricula (catalog years) are not eligible for concentrations.
• Concentrations are optional, not required.
• Concentrations are 15 hours of classes and the classes satisfy the Design Elective, the ME Elective and 9 hours of free electives.
• Concentrations are different than minors because they allow students to specialize in a particular area within ME.
• Classes used for a concentration may not be used towards a minor or an additional concentration.
• Concentrations currently do not show up on your transcript, but we are trying to change that.  Concentrations do not show up on your diploma.

Concentration Requirements - To satisfy a concentration, students must do each of the following:

• If necessary, change your catalog year to the 2012-2013 Catalog Year.  This is done by filling out a change of major form.
  • This is only required for students who started at Georgia Tech prior to Summer 2012.
  • Click here for information about catalog years.
• Declare your concentration in OSCAR.  This must be done before you apply to graduate.
• Complete all of the required classes and the correct amount of elective classes for each concentration.  This requirement will include satisfying your Design Elective, the ME Elective and 9 hours of free electives.
• Students may use a maximum of 3 hours of approved 4699 hours towards the concentration if it is listed as an optional elective class.  The research MUST relate to the concentration and must be approved by the concentration area faculty advisor prior to performing the research.

Concentration Curriula and Advising

During fall 2013, the ME department held two types of meetings about the concentrations; over view meetings and detailed meetings.  Most of these meetings were recorded.  The overview meetings are about 5 minutes and give an introduction to the concentration.  The detailed informational meetings are 15-25 minutes and go into much greater details including classes, jobs and research in each concentration.