Curriculum
The Bachelor of Science in Arts, Entertainment, and Creative Technologies program will feature a set of new core courses, including studio and capstone courses, that provide students a common foundation. Some core and elective courses from other schools and colleges across campus are included in the curriculum. The degree will take 122 credit hours across four years to complete.
When the degree launches in Fall 2026, these courses will provide a distinguished contribution to Georgia Tech’s offerings because of their unique combination of the study of the arts with emerging technologies and principles of innovation.
Program of Study
| Wellness Requirement | ||
| APPH 1040 | Scientific Foundations of Health | 2 |
| or APPH 1050 | The Science of Physical Activity and Health | |
| or APPH 1060 | Flourishing: Strategies for Well-being and Resilience | |
| Core IMPACTS | ||
| Institutional Priority | ||
| CS 1315 | Introduction to Media Computation14 | 3 |
| Mathematics and Quantitative Skills | ||
| MATH 1552 | Integral Calculus | 4 |
| Political Science and U.S. History | ||
| HIST 2111 | The United States to 1877 | 3 |
| or HIST 2112 | The United States since 1877 | |
| or INTA 1200 | American Government in Comparative Perspective | |
| or POL 1101 | Government of the United States | |
| or PUBP 3000 | American Constitutional Issues | |
| Arts, Humanities, and Ethics | ||
| Any HUM | 6 | |
| Communicating in Writing | ||
| ENGL 1101 | English Composition I | 3 |
| ENGL 1102 | English Composition II | 3 |
| Technology, Mathematics, and Sciences | ||
| Lab Science | 8 | |
| MATH 1551 | Differential Calculus | 2 |
| MATH 1553 | Intro to Linear Algebra | 2 |
| Social Sciences | ||
| Any SS | 9 | |
| Field of Study | ||
| AECT 1000 | Science and Practice of Creativity Lecture/Lab | 3 |
| AECT 2030 | Leaders in Progress and Service for the Creative Industries | 2 |
| AECT 1500 | Creative Coding and Emerging Technologies Lecture/Lab[1] | 3 |
| ECE 2806 | AI First | 3 |
| or CS 1331 | Intro to Object Oriented Programming | |
| ECE 2026 | Introduction to Signal Processing | 3 |
| or CS 1332 | Data Structures and Algorithms for Applications | |
| AECT 2000 | Storytelling Studio | 3 |
| Major Requirements | ||
| AECT 3000 | Visual Arts and Design Studio I | 3 |
| AECT 3100 | Sound for Artistic Expression | 3 |
| AECT 3200 | History and Critique of Arts and Technology | 3 |
| AECT 3400 | Visual Arts and Design Studio II[2] | 3 |
| AECT 3500 | Worldbuilding Studio[3] | 3 |
| AECT 4000 | Senior Capstone I[4] | 3 |
| AECT 4500 | Senior Capstone II[5] | 3 |
| Arts history, theory, and aesthetics elective (See List A)[6] | 3 | |
| Arts practice electives (See List B)[7] | 9 | |
| Arts + Tech ethics/law course (See List C)[8] | 3 | |
| Entrepreneurship and business elective (See List D)[9] | 3 | |
| Technology elective for the major (See List E)[10] | 3 | |
| Additional electives for the major (See List F)[11] | 9 | |
| Free Electives | ||
| Free Electives | 9 | |
| Total Credit Hours[12] | 122 | |
LIST A
Arts history, theory, and aesthetics courses
| ARCH 1060 | Introduction to Design and the Built Environment (3) |
| ARCH 3010 | Design Strategies (3) |
| ARCH 3007 | Art and Architecture in Greece (3) |
| ARCH 3008 | Art and Architecture in Italy I (3) |
| ARCH 3009 | Art and Architecture in Italy II (3) |
| ARCH 4143 | Museums: History, Theory, Design |
| ARCH 4701 | Analog-Digital Design Computing (3) |
| ARCH 4833 | Architectonics (3) |
| FREN 3697 | Paris in Cinema / Cinema in Paris (3) - taught in French |
| FREN 4011 | French Art (3) |
| FREN 4160 | Arts and Power in Paris: Architecture, Urban Art, Visual Arts, Literature, and more (3) - taught in French |
| FREN 4242 | The French New Wave (3) - taught in French |
| GRMN 3055 | German Fairy Tales: From the Grimm Brothers to Disney (3) - taught in German |
| GRMN 3110 | Television and Electronic Culture (3) - taught in German |
| GRMN 4010 | Perspectives of German Media (3) |
| GRMN 4025 | German Culture & Film (3) |
| GRMN 4026 | German Post-Wall Cinema (3) |
| ID 2241 | History of Art 1 (3) |
| ID 2242 | History of Art 2 (3) |
| ID 4206 | Culture of Objects (3) |
| JAPN 4165 | Critical Readings in Japanese Culture and Arts (3) - taught in Japanese |
| JAPN 4173 | Japanese Culture and Society Through Anime (3) - taught in Japanese |
| JAPN 4813 | Sociolinguistics through Manga (3) - taught in Japanese |
| KOR 3415 | Korea in Media: K-pop, Film, and Drama (3) |
| KOR/CHN/JAPN 3813 | East Asian Cinema Masterworks of Genre (3) |
| LMC 2400 | Introduction to Media Studies (3) |
| LMC 2410 | Introduction to Game Studies (3) |
| LMC 2450 | Introduction to Black Media Studies (3) |
| LMC 2500 | Introduction to Film (3) |
| LMC 2600 | Introduction to Performance Studies (3) |
| LMC 2720 | Principles of Visual Design (3) |
| LMC 2730 | Constructing the Moving Image (3) |
| LMC 3253 | Animation (3) |
| LMC 3254 | Film History (3) |
| LMC 3255 | Cinema and Digital Culture (3) |
| LMC 3256 | Major Filmmakers (3) |
| LMC 3257 | Global Cinema (3) |
| LMC 3258 | Documentary Film (3) |
| LMC 3259 | Experimental Film (3) |
| LMC 3262 | Performance Studies (3) |
| LMC 3263 | Music, Culture, and Society (3) |
| LMC 3352 | Film and/as Technology (3) |
| LMC 3405 | Media, Culture, and Society (3) |
| LMC 3450 | Blackness, Media, and Meaning-Making (3) |
| LMC 3451 | Race, Gender, and Digital Media (3) |
| LMC 3452 | Introduction to Black Cultural Production (3) |
| LMC 3705 | Principles of Information Design (3) |
| LMC 3710 | Principles of Interaction Design (3) |
| LMC 4720 | Interactive Narrative (3) |
| LMC 4725 | Games Design as a Cultural Practice (3) |
| LMC 4730 | Experimental Digital Art (3) |
| MUSI 2700 | Intro to Music Theory (3) |
| MUSI 3450 | Survey of Music Technology (3) |
| MUSI 3621 | Composers and their Music (3) |
| MUSI 3630 | The History of Jazz, the Roots and Evolution of an American Musical Art Form (3) |
| MUSI 4456 | Music Technology History and Repertoire (3) |
LIST B
Arts + Tech Combined Practice
| ARCH 1020 | Media + Modeling 1 (3) |
| ARCH 4415 | Photography I (3) |
| ARCH 4416 | Photography II (3) |
| CS 4455 | Video Game Design and Programming (3) |
| CS 4731 | Game AI (3) |
| CS 4480 | Digital Video Special Effects (3) |
| CS 4496 | Computer Animation (3) |
| ID 2101 | Digital Design Methods (3) |
| ID 2102 | 3D Modeling (2) |
| ID 3510 | Intro to Interactive Product Design (3) |
| ID 4062 | ID Capstone Design Studio (4) |
| ID 4510 | Wearable Product Design (3) |
| LMC 3402 | Graphic and Visual Design (3) |
| LMC 3406 | Video Production (3) |
| LMC 3407 | Advanced Video Production (3) |
| LMC 3454 | Producing Black Documentary Film and Podcasts (3) |
| LMC 4407 | Video Editing and Postproduction (3) |
| LMC 4710 | Game Studio (3) |
| LMC 4733 | Mixed Reality Experience Design (3) |
| LMC 4720 | Interactive Narrative (3) |
| MUSI 2015 | Laptop Orchestra (3) |
| MUSI 3541 | Electronic Percussion Ensemble (1) |
| MUSI 3770 | Project Studio: Technology |
| MUSI 4450 | Integrating Music Into Multimedia |
| MUSI 4458 | Computer Music Composition (3) |
| MUSI 4650 | Music and Sound Design (3) |
| MUSI 4670 | Music Interface Design (3) |
Arts Practice Electives - "Traditional Arts"
| ARCH 4412 | Drawing and the Human Figure (3) |
| ARCH 4413 | Collage Making (3) |
| ARCH 4414 | Representation in Watercolor (3) |
| ARCH 4833 | Drawing on Nature |
| ID 1418 | Introduction to Sketching and Modeling 1 (1) |
| ID 1419 | Introduction to Sketching and Modeling 2 (1) |
| ID 4418 | Design Sketching (3) |
| LMC 2661 | Theatre Production I (1) |
| LMC 2662 | Theatre Production II (1) |
| LMC 3062 | Film Acting Workshop (3) |
| LMC 3236 | Writing for the Stage and Screen (3) |
| LMC 4602 | Performance Practicum (3) |
| MUSI 3019 | Pep Band (1) |
| MUSI 3121 | Concert Band (1) |
| MUSI 3131 | Symphonic Band (1) |
| MUSI 3231 | Chamber Choir (1) |
| MUSI 3241 | Chorale (1) |
| MUSI 3251 | Glee Club (1) |
| MUSI 3261 | Treble Choir (1) |
| MUSI 3311 | Jazz Ensemble (1) |
| MUSI 3321 | Jazz Combo (1) |
| MUSI 3411 | Chamber Ensemble (1) |
| MUSI 3531 | New Music Ensemble (1) |
| MUSI 3511 | Percussion Ensemble (1) |
| MUSI 3551 | Rock and Pop Ensemble (1) |
| MUSI 3611 | Symphony Orchestra (1) |
LIST C
| MGT 2106 | Legal Aspects - Business (3) |
| PHIL 3101 | AI Ethics and Policy (3) |
| MGT 4803 | Sports and Entertainment Law (3) |
LIST D
Entrepreneurship and business electives
| COE 2701 / CS 2701 / MGT 4803 | Startup Lab (3) |
| MGT 3101 | Organizational Behavior (3) |
| MGT 3150 | Principles of Management (3) |
| MGT 3744 | Product, Service, and Technology Development (3) |
| MGT 4450 | Project Management (3) |
| MGT 4670 | Entrepreneurship (3) |
LIST E
| CS 2110 | Computer Organization and Programming (4) |
| CS 2261 | Media Device Architectures (4) |
| CS 3600 | Intro to Artificial Intelligence (3) |
| CS 4455 | Video Game Design and Programming (3) |
| CS 4480 | Digital Video Special Effects (3) |
| CS 4496 | Computer Animation (3) |
| CS 4611 | AI Problem Solving (3) |
| CS 4625 | Intelligence and Interactive Systems (3) |
| CS 4635 | Knowledge-based AI (3) |
| CS 4641 | Machine Learning (3) |
| CS 4644 | Deep Learning (3) |
| CS 4731 | Game AI (3) |
| ECE 2026 | Intro Signal Processing (3) |
| ECE 3077 | Intro to Probability and Statistics for ECE (3) |
| ECE 3084 | Signals and Systems (3) |
| ECE 3251 | Optimization for Information Systems (3) |
| ECE 3710 | Circuits and Electronics (2) |
| ECE 4252 | Fundamentals of Machine Learning (3) |
| ECE 4258 | Digital Image Processing (3) |
| ECE 4260 | Random Signals and Applications (3) |
| ECE 4270 | Fundamentals of DSP (3) |
LIST F
| All courses from lists A, B, C, D, and E plus: | |
| ARCH 3200 | Portfolio Design (3) |
| ARCH 4508 | Shape Grammars (3) |
| ARCH 4803/ID 4803/CS 4803 | Shape Grammars (3) |
| CS 2110 | Computer Organization and Programming (4) |
| CS 3790 | Introduction to Cognitive Science(3) |
| CREATE-X 2699 | Idea to Prototype (I2P) (3) |
| FREN 3110 | Comics & Graphic Arts (3) |
| FREN 4013 | French Literature and the Visual Arts (3) - taught in French |
| FREN 4105 | Francophone Cinema (3) - taught in French |
| FREN 4246 | Women in Film (3) - taught in French |
| GT1000 | Introduction to Design Thinking (1) |
| ID 2325 | User Centered Design Methods (3) |
| ID 2401 | Visual Design Thinking (3) |
| ID 3320 | Design Methods: User Centered Design (3) |
| ID 4320 | Prototyping Interaction: Designing for Experience (3) |
| LMC 3403 | Technical Communication (3) |
| LMC 3451 | Race, Gender, and Digital Media (3) |
| MGT 2250 | Management Statistics (3) |
| MGT 3000 | Finance and Managerial Accounting (3) |
| MGT 3103 | Leadership in a Changing Environment (3) |
| MGT 3150 | Principles of Management (3) |
| MGT 3300 | Marketing Management I (3) |
| MGT 3607 | Business Ethics (3) |
| MGT 3614 | Law for Entrepreneurs (3) |
| MGT 3743 | Analysis of Emerging Technologies (3) |
| MGT 3743 | Analysis of Emerging Technologies (3) |
| MGT 4311 | Digital Marketing (3) |
| MGT 4726 | Privacy, Technology, Policy, and Law (3) |
| MGT 4803 | Sports and Entertainment Practicum (3) |
| MGT 4803 | Sports and Entertainment Marketing (3) |
| MUSI 2525 | Intro to Audio Technology (3) |
| MUSI 2526 | Intro to Audio Technology 2 (3) |
| MUSI 4455 | Streaming Media (3) |
| MUSI 4457 | Audio Content Analysis (3) |
| MUSI 4459 | Digital Signal Processing for Music (3) |
| MUSI 4630 | Music Recording and Mixing (3) |
| MUSI 4670 | Music Interface Design (3) |
| MUSI 4677 | Music Perception and Cognition (3) |
| PHIL 3101 | AI Ethics and Policy (3) |
| PHIL 4752 | Philosophical 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 3790 | Intro to Cognitive Science (3) |
| PSYC 4010 | Human Abilities (3) |
| PSYC 4011 | Cognitive Psychology (4) |
| PSYC 4090 | Cognitive Neuroscience (3) |
[1] Prerequisites with concurrency: CS 1315 or CS 1301 or CS 1371
[2] Prerequisites: AECT 3000 and AECT 1500 | Prerequisites with concurrency: AECT 2000
[3] Prerequisites: AECT 1500 | AECT 2000, AECT 3000, AECT 3100
[4] Prerequisites: AECT 2000 and AECT 3400 | Prerequisites with concurrency: AECT 3500
[5] Prerequisite: AECT 4000
[6] Please see Appendix A – B.S. in AECT Degree Course of Study for full elective lists.
[7] Please see Appendix A – B.S. in AECT Degree Course of Study for full elective lists.
[8] Please see Appendix A – B.S. in AECT Degree Course of Study for full elective lists.
[9] Please see Appendix A – B.S. in AECT Degree Course of Study for full elective lists.
[10] Please see Appendix A – B.S. in AECT Degree Course of Study for full elective lists.
[11] Please see Appendix A – B.S. in AECT Degree Course of Study for full elective lists.
[12] Please note that all students must complete at least 39-hours of 3000/4000-level coursework in order to graduate. There are many ways to satisfy this requirement using the elective options for the major.