Electives and Course Options

Electives and Course Options

Electives and Course Options

The AECT degree draws on the many strengths of disciplines across campus, and you will take courses in many departments across the Institute.  The AECT curriculum is one of the most flexible offerings at Georgia Tech, with a lot of room for electives. Explore majors from electrical engineering to business; literature, media, and communication to architecture; computer science to psychology – and many more!

ARCH 1060 Introduction to Design and the Built Environment (3)
ARCH 3010 Design Strategies (3)
ARCH 3007Art and Architecture in Greece (3)
ARCH 3008Art and Architecture in Italy I (3)
ARCH 3009Art and Architecture in Italy II (3)
ARCH 4143 Museums: History, Theory, Design 
ARCH 4701Analog-Digital Design Computing (3)
ARCH 4833Architectonics (3)
FREN 3697Paris in Cinema / Cinema in Paris (3) - taught in French
FREN 4011French Art (3) 
FREN 4160Arts and Power in Paris: Architecture, Urban Art, Visual Arts, Literature, and more (3) - taught in French
FREN 4242The French New Wave (3) - taught in French
GRMN 3055German Fairy Tales: From the Grimm Brothers to Disney (3) - taught in German
GRMN 3110Television and Electronic Culture (3) - taught in German
GRMN 4010Perspectives of German Media (3)
GRMN 4025German Culture & Film (3)
GRMN 4026German Post-Wall Cinema (3)
ID 2241 History of Art 1 (3)
ID 2242 History of Art 2 (3)
ID 4206Culture of Objects (3)
JAPN 4165Critical Readings in Japanese Culture and Arts (3) - taught in Japanese
JAPN 4173Japanese Culture and Society Through Anime (3) - taught in Japanese
JAPN 4813Sociolinguistics through Manga (3) - taught in Japanese
KOR 3415Korea in Media: K-pop, Film, and Drama (3)
KOR/CHN/JAPN 3813East Asian Cinema Masterworks of Genre (3)
LMC 2400Introduction to Media Studies (3)
LMC 2410Introduction to Game Studies (3)
LMC 2450Introduction to Black Media Studies (3)
LMC 2500Introduction to Film (3)
LMC 2600 Introduction to Performance Studies (3)
LMC 2720Principles of Visual Design (3)
LMC 2730Constructing the Moving Image (3)
LMC 3253Animation (3)
LMC 3254Film History (3)
LMC 3255Cinema and Digital Culture (3)
LMC 3256Major Filmmakers (3)
LMC 3257Global Cinema (3)
LMC 3258Documentary Film (3)
LMC 3259Experimental Film (3)
LMC 3262Performance Studies (3)
LMC 3263Music, Culture, and Society (3)
LMC 3352Film and/as Technology (3)
LMC 3405Media, Culture, and Society (3)
LMC 3450Blackness, Media, and Meaning-Making (3)
LMC 3451Race, Gender, and Digital Media (3)
LMC 3452Introduction to Black Cultural Production (3)
LMC 3705Principles of Information Design (3)
LMC 3710Principles of Interaction Design (3)
LMC 4720Interactive Narrative (3)
LMC 4725Games Design as a Cultural Practice (3)
LMC 4730Experimental Digital Art (3)
MUSI 2700Intro to Music Theory (3)
MUSI 3450Survey of Music Technology (3)
MUSI 3621Composers and their Music (3)
MUSI 3630The History of Jazz, the Roots and Evolution of an American Musical Art Form (3)
MUSI 4456Music Technology History and Repertoire (3)
ARCH 1020 Media + Modeling 1 (3)
ARCH 4415 Photography I (3)
ARCH 4416 Photography II (3)
CS 4455Video Game Design and Programming (3)
CS 4731Game AI (3)
CS 4480Digital Video Special Effects (3)
CS 4496Computer Animation (3)
ID 2101Digital Design Methods (3)
ID 21023D Modeling (2)
ID 3510Intro to Interactive Product Design (3)
ID 4062ID Capstone Design Studio (4)
ID 4510Wearable Product Design (3)
LMC 3402Graphic and Visual Design (3)
LMC 3406Video Production (3)
LMC 3407Advanced Video Production (3)
LMC 3454 Producing Black Documentary Film and Podcasts (3)
LMC 4407Video Editing and Postproduction (3)
LMC 4710Game Studio (3)
LMC 4733Mixed Reality Experience Design (3)
LMC 4720Interactive Narrative (3)
MUSI 2015 Laptop Orchestra (3) 
MUSI 3541 Electronic Percussion Ensemble (1) 
MUSI 3770Project Studio: Technology
MUSI 4450Integrating Music Into Multimedia 
MUSI 4458Computer Music Composition (3)
MUSI 4650Music and Sound Design (3)
MUSI 4670Music Interface Design (3)
ARCH 4412 Drawing and the Human Figure (3) 
ARCH 4413 Collage Making (3) 
ARCH 4414Representation in Watercolor (3) 
ARCH 4833 Drawing on Nature 
ID 1418Introduction to Sketching and Modeling 1 (1)
ID 1419Introduction to Sketching and Modeling 2 (1)
ID 4418Design Sketching (3)
LMC 2661Theatre Production I (1)
LMC 2662Theatre Production II (1)
LMC 3062 Film Acting Workshop (3)
LMC 3236Writing for the Stage and Screen (3)
LMC 4602Performance Practicum (3)
MUSI 3019Pep Band (1)
MUSI 3121 Concert Band (1) 
MUSI 3131Symphonic Band (1) 
MUSI 3231Chamber Choir (1) 
MUSI 3241Chorale (1) 
MUSI 3251Glee Club (1)
MUSI 3261Treble Choir (1)
MUSI 3311 Jazz Ensemble (1) 
MUSI 3321Jazz Combo (1) 
MUSI 3411Chamber Ensemble (1) 
MUSI 3531 New Music Ensemble (1) 
MUSI 3511Percussion Ensemble (1) 
MUSI 3551 Rock and Pop Ensemble (1) 
MUSI 3611Symphony Orchestra (1)
MGT 2106Legal Aspects - Business (3)
PHIL 3101AI Ethics and Policy (3)
MGT 4803Sports and Entertainment Law (3)
COE 2701 / CS 2701 / MGT 4803Startup Lab (3)
MGT 3101Organizational Behavior (3)
MGT 3150Principles of Management (3)
MGT 3744Product, Service, and Technology Development (3)
MGT 4450 Project Management (3)
MGT 4670 Entrepreneurship (3)
CS 2110Computer Organization and Programming (4)
CS 2261Media Device Architectures (4)
CS 3600Intro to Artificial Intelligence (3)
CS 4455Video Game Design and Programming (3)
CS 4480Digital Video Special Effects (3)
CS 4496Computer Animation (3)
CS 4611AI Problem Solving (3)
CS 4625Intelligence and Interactive Systems (3)
CS 4635Knowledge-based AI (3)
CS 4641Machine Learning (3)
CS 4644Deep Learning (3)
CS 4731 Game AI (3)
ECE 2026 Intro Signal Processing (3)
ECE 3077Intro to Probability and Statistics for ECE (3)
ECE 3084 Signals and Systems (3)
ECE 3251Optimization for Information Systems (3)
ECE 3710 Circuits and Electronics (2)
ECE 4252Fundamentals of Machine Learning (3)
ECE 4258Digital Image Processing (3)
ECE 4260Random Signals and Applications (3)
ECE 4270Fundamentals of DSP (3)
ARCH 3200Portfolio Design (3)
ARCH 4508Shape Grammars (3)
ARCH 4803/ID 4803/CS 4803Shape Grammars (3)
CS 2110Computer Organization and Programming (4)
CS 3790Introduction to Cognitive Science(3)
CREATE-X 2699Idea to Prototype (I2P) (3)
FREN 3110Comics & Graphic Arts (3)
FREN 4013French Literature and the Visual Arts (3) - taught in French
FREN 4105Francophone Cinema (3) - taught in French
FREN 4246Women in Film (3) - taught in French
GT1000 Introduction to Design Thinking (1)
ID 2325User Centered Design Methods (3)
ID 2401 Visual Design Thinking (3)
ID 3320Design Methods: User Centered Design (3)
ID 4320Prototyping Interaction: Designing for Experience (3)
LMC 3403Technical Communication (3)
LMC 3451Race, Gender, and Digital Media (3)
MGT 2250Management Statistics (3)
MGT 3000Finance and Managerial Accounting (3)
MGT 3103Leadership in a Changing Environment (3)
MGT 3150Principles of Management (3)
MGT 3300Marketing Management I (3)
MGT 3607Business Ethics (3)
MGT 3614 Law for Entrepreneurs (3)
MGT 3743Analysis of Emerging Technologies (3)
MGT 3743Analysis of Emerging Technologies (3)
MGT 4311Digital Marketing (3)
MGT 4726Privacy, Technology, Policy, and Law (3)
MGT 4803Sports and Entertainment Practicum (3)
MGT 4803Sports and Entertainment Marketing (3)
MUSI 2525 Intro to Audio Technology (3)
MUSI 2526 Intro to Audio Technology 2 (3)
MUSI 4455Streaming Media (3)
MUSI 4457Audio Content Analysis (3)
MUSI 4459 Digital Signal Processing for Music (3)
MUSI 4630 Music Recording and Mixing (3)
MUSI 4670Music Interface Design (3)
MUSI 4677Music Perception and Cognition (3)
PHIL 3101AI Ethics and Policy (3)
PHIL 4752Philosophical Issues in Computation (3)
PSYC 2280 Psychology of Creativity and Art (3)
PSYC 3040 Sensation and Perception (3)
PSYC 3750 Human Computer Interface Design and Evaluation (3)
PSYC 3790Intro to Cognitive Science (3)
PSYC 4010Human Abilities (3)
PSYC 4011 Cognitive Psychology (4)
PSYC 4090Cognitive Neuroscience (3)

What does the typical 4-year journey look like?

there is plenty of room for flexibility, 
but you can get an idea of your course progression!

 

What are the AECT-specific courses?

Check out the Core of the Major

                                              

What are all of the courses required for the major?

Full degree requirements