The Guggenheim School of Aeropsace Engineering requires that students who earn a MS degree complete at least 33 credit hours of course work beyond that of a bachelors degree. Those earning a PhD are required to earn 50 credits beyond their bachelors degree. The specifics of these requirements can be found in the Graduate Student Handbook.   The following is an example of the classes typically taken by an SSDL student in their first two years.

  While Georgia tech offers some courses in the summer semester, most SSDL graduate students opt for summer employment in the space industry.