<p>What would be the differences between college of Computing and College of Engineering as far as computer courses are concerned?</p>
<p>In the College of Management they have a minor in "technology and management", this sounds pretty interesting. I am wondering if this can be a major instead?</p>
<p>1) Computing engineering, belongs to College of Engineering, is mainly deal with hardware (CPU, chips, switch, firmware). The computer language used over that is lower computer language like C, assembly language.</p>
<p>2) College of Computing is mainly deal with higher language such as Java, Lisp and others. Some projects could be Iphone applications, computer graphic game.</p>
<p>3) Technology and Management is newly jointed program between College of engineering and College of Management. It is highly competitive program. The students need to apply during the sophomore year and has 3.0 GPA.</p>
<p>4) There is another degree called Computing media. It is combination of liberal art education with computer courses. </p>
<p>5) Also, Industrial engineering major. Students essentially take combination of engineering and management courses (supply chain).</p>
<p>There are a lot of those combination at Tech. One great benefit applying Tech is that it offer relative easy transfer within different college.</p>
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<p>That GPA can be a little misleading - the program is highly competitive and that is just a minimum GPA. </p>
<p>It can not be a major.</p>
<p>Good to know the above detail, thank you.</p>
<p>Transferring between College of Mgt and Engineering is also easy? </p>
<p>Son is not sure if he wants to go towards Engineering Industrial or Mgt with Computer courses. He is designing iphone apps now so I wonder if some of those courses will be redundant or helpful. When he applies should he apple to College of Mgt if he is not sure?</p>
<p>“Transferring between College of Mgt and Engineering is also easy?”</p>
<p>Yep. That’s why Ga Tech evaluate students regardless of his/her intended major. In the other word, whether the student picks College of Computing or college of Management, the admission standard is pretty much the same. Also since everybody probably take same courses first year (i.e. even Management major require one year of Calculus, one year of Science), I don’t think that it matters which college he chooses the first year.</p>
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<p>Engineering requires Calculus I, II, and III (Math 1501, 1502, 2401). Management requires Survey of Calculus (Math 1412) and Finite Math (Math 1411). </p>
<p>You can meet the Management Math requirement with the Engineering classes, but you cannot meet the Engineering Math requirement with the Management classes. Similarly, the CS for Engineering majors meets the Management CS requirement, but the CS for non-engineering majors does not meet the Engineering CS requirement.</p>
<p>As a result, it’s generally better to start off as an Engineering major than a Management major.</p>
<p>Years ago, everyone started out taking the same classes regardless of major (Calc I and II, two science lab classes, CS I, English I and II, Health, Micro Econ, Social Science Elective, Humanities Elective), so your major did not matter. The ultimate goal was to admit all students as undecided and let them wait until the end of the first year to declare a major (which is why Tech has one admissions criteria for all colleges, and one free change of major). That plan failed because athletes couldn’t pass Calc I, Calc II, or CS I. The AA lobbied the administration and had several classes created specifically for non-technical majors. Now, if you take those non-technical classes and transfer to a technical major, you need to retake the classes.</p>
<p>Makes sense, plus son is doing AP Calc BC with Multi Var now so he can try Engineering first. He is also taking AP Physics C. </p>
<p>Despite the AP credits would you recommend that he retake some of the difficult Math/Physics courses? </p>
<p>He is really keen on GT.</p>
<p>Yes. He should at least retake Calc II and Physics I.</p>
<p>Do the kids from different colleges (Mgmt, CE) take the required math/physics courses with the same group of teachers or in their own respective colleges?</p>
<p>They’re fundamentally different classes. </p>
<p>Survey of Calculus and Calculus I are both taught in the Math department by the Math professors, but they are fundamentally different classes with different curriculums, and they cover different material. </p>
<p>The same can be said of Computer Science I for Engineering Majors and Computer Science I for non-Technical Majors.</p>