Internationalize Your Experience at Tech
At Georgia Tech, undergraduate students from all majors can internationalize their college experience on campus and beyond through the study of business, culture, language, economics, engineering, politics, regional studies, and more. Society’s most consequential challenges require global collaboration and solutions. Hence, Georgia Tech aspires to prepare students to be culturally competent, globally-minded leaders. Students may gain formal global and intercultural experience through one or more of the credentialed opportunities listed below.
Major: Subject area of focus that results in bachelor's degree award.
Minor: A defined program of study outside of an undergraduate student's major field. Minors are intended to broaden the student's education by encouraging and officially recognizing knowledge obtained by the student in fields other than their major.
Degree Designation: Degree-long academic program through which students can earn a special annotation on their diploma and final transcript.
Certificate: Certificates are intended to encourage students to use the elective course requirements in their degree program to form a coherent package of coursework in a specified area.
Blockchain credential: A blockchain-powered academic credential, housed on a mobile application, that is decentralized, secure, and verified. These credentials demonstrate completion of and participation in a program.
Global Credential | Credential Type | Coursework | Eligibility | International (Abroad) Requirement | Foreign Language Requirement | Managed by | More Information |
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Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies | Major | 122 credit hours for degree. See major website for requirement breakdown. | All Majors | Yes | Proficiency in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, or Spanish beyond 2002 level | School of Modern Languages | More Information |
Economics and International Affairs | Major | 122 credit hours for degree. See major website for requirement breakdown. |
All Majors |
No | 12 credit hours of the same language |
School of Economics & Sam Nunn School of International Affairs |
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Global Economics and Modern Languages | Major | 122 credit hours for degree. See major website for requirement breakdown. |
All Majors |
Yes | Proficiency beyond 2002 level for French, German, Korean, or Spanish; Proficiency beyond 2001 level for Chinese, Japanese and Russian |
School of Economics & School of Modern Languages |
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International Affairs | Major | 122 credit hours for degree. See major website for requirement breakdown. |
All Majors |
No | 12 credit hours of the same language |
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs |
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International Affairs and Modern Languages | Major | 122 credit hours for degree. See major website for requirement breakdown. |
All Majors |
Yes | Proficiency beyond 2002 level for French, German, Korean, or Spanish; Proficiency beyond 2001 level for Chinese, Japanese and Russian |
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs & School of Modern Languages |
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East Asian Studies | Minor | 15 credit hours |
All Majors |
No | At least one course presented for the minor must be a Chinese, Japanese, or Korean course from a provided list. |
School of Modern Languages & Literature, Media, and Communication |
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European Studies | Minor | 15 credit hours |
All Majors |
No | One upper-level language course in Spanish, French, German, or Russian |
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs |
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Global Development | Minor | 15 credit hours |
All Majors |
No | None |
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs |
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Global Engineering Leadership | Minor | 17-18 credit hours | College of Engineering Majors | Yes | None | School of Civil and Environmental Engineering | More Information |
African Studies | Minor | 15 credit hours | All Majors | No | None | School of Modern Languages | More Information |
International Affairs | Minor | 18 credit hours |
All Majors |
No | None |
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs |
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Latin American and LatinX Studies | Minor | 15 credit hours | All Majors | No | 9 credit hours of upper level Spanish. | Multiple Schools in Ivan Allen College | More Information |
International Business, Language and Culture | Minor | 15 credit hours |
All Majors |
No | Must take 2 - 3 upper level courses in the same language out of Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, or Spanish |
Scheller College of Business & School of Modern Languages |
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Language Studies | Minor | 15 credit hours |
All Majors |
No | Proficiency in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, or Spanish beyond 2002 level |
School of Modern Languages |
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Linguistics | Minor | 15 credit hours |
All Majors |
No | None |
School of Modern Languages |
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Middle Eastern and North African Studies | Minor | 15 credit hours |
All Majors |
No | Proficiency in Arabic or Persian through 2002 level |
School of Modern Languages |
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International Plan | Degree Designation | 3 classes and a capstone course (12+ credit hours) |
AE, ALIS, ARCH, BCHM, BIO, BMED, BA, CHEM, CHBE, CE, CM, CS, EAS, ECON, EIA, GEML, ISYE, IA, IAML, LMC, ME, PSYC |
Yes | Proficiency through 2002 level in language that connects with international experience |
Office of International Education |
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European Affairs | Certificate | 12 credit hours |
All Majors |
No | None |
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs |
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International Affairs | Certificate | 12 credit hours |
All Majors except INTA, IAML, & EIA |
No | None |
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs |
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International Business | Certificate | 12 credit hours |
All Majors |
No | None |
Scheller College of Business |
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Language | Certificate | 12 credit hours |
All Majors |
No | Proficiency in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, or Spanish beyond 2002 level |
School of Modern Languages |
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Latin American Affairs | Certificate | 12 credit hours |
All Majors |
No | None |
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs |
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Linguistics | Certificate | 12 credit hours |
All Majors |
No | None |
School of Modern Languages in partnership with the School of Psychology and School of Interactive Computing |
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Scenarios, Models, and Military Games | Certificate | 12 credit hours |
All Majors |
No | None |
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs |
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Global Engagement Certificate (GEC) | Certificate | 12 credit hours. See website for details. | All (Undergrad.) Majors | Yes | None | Partnership: Office of International Education; Sam Nunn School of International Affairs; School of Modern Languages | More Information |
Asian Affairs | Certificate | 12 credit hours |
All Majors |
No | None |
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs |
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ICEBERG | Blockchain Credential | None; 3 workshops required |
All Majors |
No | None |
Office of International Education |
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