These electives can be used to deepen the student's knowledge in a specialization or to broaden exposure to additional areas of planning. Students may take electives within the Program, within the College of Architecture, in other schools at Georgia Tech or at other area universities, most commonly, Georgia State University. Students take courses from a variety of other departments at Tech, such as Architecture and Civil Engineering, but also from Public Policy, Information Systems, Engineering, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and others. Through the cross-registration system students are allowed to enroll in a liberal number of courses that are not comparable to those taught at Georgia Tech. Two popular enhancements to the MCP degree involve cross-enrollment coursework at Georgia State University resulting in a real estate certificate or a historic preservation certificate.
Many more possibilities exist.