International Plan

Georgia Tech offers both an Internatonal Certification and Designation for College of Computing undergraduates.

The Global Engagement Certificate builds on students’ international experiences to form a cohesive 12-hour credit certificate.

To earn the Global Engagement Certificate, a student must:

Complete 6 academic credit hours on a study, internship, or research abroad program.

And:

Take two globally oriented courses*. Here is a breakdown of how to fulfill this requirement:
1 course (3 credits) from the International Plan Course list [link to https://catalog.gatech.edu/academics/special-academic-programs/international-plan/]

And:

1 course (3 credits) from the following list:

And:

Apply for the Certificate HERE.

To earn the IP designation, a student completes the following:

Apply to be a part of the International Plan
Go abroad for 26 weeks via two international programs that connect cohesively (ex, same country, or studying the same subject in two countries)
Use Social Science and Humanities electives to take three globally oriented courses (or 9 credits) chosen from this list: International Plan Courses.
Show foreign language proficiency through the 2002 level
Complete a capstone course with an IP component**
Have a 2.7 GPA upon entering and completing the program

*The two courses must be from at least two different academic units.

**For CS majors, this is accomplished by completing an IP assignment or addendum (if applicable to a course project) as part of Junior Design.

For questions related to the Certificate in Global Engagement or the International Plan in the College of Computing, please contact Tara Berry.

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