Concentrations

• Concentration Overview
• Declare a Concentration
• Concentration Curricula and Informational Videos
• Faculty Advising for Concentrations

Concentration Overview

• 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 typically 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 they may be on your transcript in the future.  Concentrations do not show up on your diploma.

Declare a Concentration

• If necessary, change your catalog year to the Effective Catalog Year in the chart below or a later catalog year.  You can change your catalog year by filling out a change of major form.
  • The Effective Catalog Year for each concentration is in the chart below and indicates the eariest catalog year that the concentration is available.
  • This is only required for students who started at Georgia Tech prior to the effective catalog year.
  • Students on the 2011-2012 catalog year and any earlier catalog year are not eligible to complete a concentration.
  • Students who want to pursue the Nuclear Energy concentration must graduate summer 2014 or later. 
  • Click here for information about catalog years.
• Declare your concentration in OSCAR.  This must be done before you apply to graduate.

Concentration Curricula and Informational Videos

During fall 2013, the ME department held two types of meetings about the concentrations; overview 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. 

Faculty Advising for Concentrations

Faculty members have volunteered to meet with students to discuss the concentrations.  The faculty members are available to discuss:

• The best selection of classes to reach your personal goals for the concentration.
• The types of jobs that are available within the concentration.
• Research opportunities available in the concentration.
• Benefits of the concentration.

In order to meet with a faculty member students need to:

• Watch the videos about the concentration of interest prior to meeting with the faculty member.
• Prepare a potential plan of classes and have specific questions prepared prior to attending the meeting.
• Each meeting will be 15 minutes long.  Be on time and respectful of the length of the meeting.
• Register for a meeting time using the ME Concentration t-square site.  Make sure you click on the Expand All Recurring Meetings box at the top of the page to see all meeting times. Click on the concentration meeting topic, date and time you are interested in to schedule an appointment.
  • This is only available for current Georgia Tech students. 
  • If the t-square site says it is not available, then you must first join the ME Concentration Advising t-square site before you can sign up for an appointment.