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First ( Fall ) Semester ( TOTAL = 15 cr )
CHEM 110. General Chemistry 1.
Credits: 4
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A study of the fundamental principles of atomic structure, radiation and nuclear chemistry, valence theory, coordination chemistry, and the periodic table.
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Fall
- Prerequisites/corequisites: High school mathematics and physics or permission of the instructor; CHEM 120 is not a prerequisite
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
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MATH 140. Calculus 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Review of functions and graphs. Limits, continuity, derivative. Differentiation of elementary functions. Antidifferentiation. Applications.
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- 3 hours lecture, 1 hour tutorial
- Prerequisite: High School Calculus
- Restriction(s): 1) Not open to students who have taken MATH139 or MATH 150 or CEGEP objective 00UN or equivalent. 2) Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 122, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
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PHYS 131. Mechanics and Waves.
Credits: 4
Offered by: Physics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The basic laws and principles of Newtonian mechanics; oscillations, waves, and wave optics.
- Fall
- 3 hours lectures; 1 hour tutorial, 3 hours laboratory in alternate weeks; tutorial sessions
- Corequisite: MATH 139 or higher level calculus course.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking PHYS 101, or who have taken CEGEP objective 00UR or equivalent.
- Laboratory sections have limited enrolment
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MATH 133. Linear Algebra and Geometry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Systems of linear equations, matrices, inverses, determinants; geometric vectors in three dimensions, dot product, cross product, lines and planes; introduction to vector spaces, linear dependence and independence, bases. Linear transformations. Eigenvalues and diagonalization.
- Restriction B: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 123, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
- Restriction C: Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 134.
- 3 hours lecture, 1 hour tutorial
- Prerequisite: a course in functions
- Restriction(s): 1) Not open to students who have taken CEGEP objective 00UQ or equivalent. 2) Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 123, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
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FACC 100. Introduction to the Engineering Profession.
Credits: 1
Offered by: Engineering - Dean's Office (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduction to engineering practice; rights and code of conduct for students; professional conduct and ethics; engineer's duty to society and the environment; sustainable development; occupational health and safety; overview of the engineering disciplines taught at 黑料社.
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Second ( Winter ) Semester ( TOTAL = 18 cr )
CHEM 120. General Chemistry 2.
Credits: 4
Offered by: Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A study of the fundamental principles of physical chemistry.
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Winter
- Prerequisites/corequisites: High school level mathematics and physics, or permission of the instructor; CHEM 110 is not a prerequisite
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
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MATH 141. Calculus 2.
Credits: 4
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
The definite integral. Techniques of integration. Applications. Introduction to sequences and series.
- Restriction Note B: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 122 or MATH 130 or MATH 131, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- Restriction Note B: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 122 or MATH 130 or MATH 131, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
- Prerequisites: MATH 139 or MATH 140 or MATH 150.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CEGEP objective 00UP or equivalent.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 122,except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
- Each Tutorial section is enrolment limited
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PHYS 142. Electromagnetism and Optics.
Credits: 4
Offered by: Physics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The basic laws of electricity and magnetism; geometrical optics.
- Winter
- 3 hours lectures, 3 hours laboratory in alternate weeks; tutorial sessions
- Prerequisite: PHYS 131.
- Corequisite: MATH 141 or higher level calculus course.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking PHYS 102, or who have taken CEGEP objective 00US or equivalent.
- Laboratory sections have limited enrolment
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Third ( Fall ) Semester (TOTAL = 18 cr )
CIVE 281. Analytical Mechanics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Civil Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Kinematics of particles, dynamics of particles. Work, conservative forces, potential energy. Relative motion and general moving frames of reference. Central force fields and orbits. Dynamics of a system of particles. General motion of rigid bodies, angular momentum and kinetic energy of rigid bodies. Generalized coordinates and forces, Lagrange's equations.
- (3-1-5)
- Corequisites: MATH 262, MATH 263.
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COMP 202. Foundations of Programming.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Introduction to computer programming in a high level language: variables, expressions, primitive types, methods, conditionals, loops. Introduction to algorithms, data structures (arrays, strings), modular software design, libraries, file input/output, debugging, exception handling. Selected topics.
- Restriction Note N: COMP 202 cannot be taken for credit with or after COMP 250.
- 3 hours
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking COMP 204, COMP 208, or GEOG 333; not open to students who have taken or are taking COMP 206 or COMP 250.
- COMP 202 is intended as a general introductory course, while COMP 204 is intended for students in life sciences, and COMP 208 is intended for students in physical sciences and engineering.
- To take COMP 202, students should have a solid understanding of pre-calculus fundamentals such as polynomial, trigonometric, exponential, and logarithmic functions.
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ECSE 200. Electric Circuits 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Circuit variables. Analysis of resistive circuits, network theorems (Kirchhoff鈥檚 laws, Ohm鈥檚 law, Norton and Thevenin equivalent). Ammeters, Voltmeters, and Ohmmeters. Analysis methods (nodal and mesh analysis, linearity, superposition). Dependent sources and Op-Amps. Energy storage elements. First and second order circuits.
- Corequisite: MATH 261 or MATH 263 or MATH 325.
- Tutorials assigned by instructor.
- This course in the Faculty of Engineering is open only to 黑料社 students.
- (4-2-3)
- Prerequisite: PHYS 142 or CEGEP equivalent.
- Corequisite: MATH 263
- Tutorials assigned by instructor.
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Credits: 3
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Engineering)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Series and power series, including Taylor's theorem. Brief review of vector geometry. Vector functions and curves. Partial differentiation and differential calculus for vector valued functions. Unconstrained and constrained extremal problems. Multiple integrals including surface area and change of variables.
- Restrictions: Open only to students in the Faculty of Engineering. Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 151, MATH 152, OR MATH 222.
- (3-1-5)
- Prerequisites: MATH 141, MATH 133 or equivalent.
- Restrictions: Open only to students in the Faculty of Engineering. Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 151, MATH 152, OR MATH 222.
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MATH 263. Ordinary Differential Equations for Engineers.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Engineering)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
First order ODEs. Second and higher order linear ODEs. Series solutions at ordinary and regular singular points. Laplace transforms. Linear systems of differential equations with a short review of linear algebra.
- Restrictions: Open only to students in the Faculty of Engineering. Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 315 or MATH 325.
- (3-1-5)
- Corequisite: MATH 262.
- Restrictions: Open only to students in the Faculty of Engineering. Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 315 or MATH 325.
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Fourth ( Winter ) Semester ( TOTAL = 17 cr )
ECSE 210. Electric Circuits 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr (Faculty of Engineering)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Second-order circuits. Sinusoidal sources and phasors. AC steady-state analysis. AC steady-state power. Laplace transform. Circuit analysis in the s-Domain. Two-port circuits. Elementary continuous signals, impulse functions, basic properties of continuous linear time-invariant (LTI) systems. Frequency analysis of continuous-time LTI systems.
- This course in the Faculty of Engineering is open only to 黑料社 students.
- Tutorials assigned by instructor.
- This course in the Faculty of Engineering is open only to 黑料社 students.
- For Fall Term: Limited to Electrical Honours and Computer Engineering students only.
- For Winter Term: Limited to Regular Electrical Engineering students only.
- Tutorials assigned by instructor.
- (4-2-3)
- Prerequisite: ECSE 200
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ECSE 211. Design Principles and Methods.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Engineering process: design specifications, parameters, optimization, implementation, troubleshooting and refinement; project management: scheduling, risk analysis, project control; case studies; design examples and project.
- Corequisite: ECSE 291.
- (2-6-1)
- Prerequisite(s): ECSE 200 and (ECSE 202 or COMP 202)
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MATH 264. Advanced Calculus for Engineers.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Engineering)
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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Description
Review of multiple integrals. Differential and integral calculus of vector fields including the theorems of Gauss, Green, and Stokes. Introduction to partial differential equations, separation of variables, Sturm-Liouville problems, and Fourier series.
- Restrictions: Open only to students in the Faculty of Engineering. Not open to students taking or having taken MATH 248, MATH 265 or MATH 314.
- Restrictions: Open only to students in the Faculty of Engineering. Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 319 or MATH 375.
- (3-1-5)
- Prerequisite: MATH 262 or MATH 151 or MATH 152 or equivalent.
- Corequisite: MATH 263
- Restrictions: Open only to students in the Faculty of Engineering. Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 319 or MATH 475.
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Fifth ( Fall ) Semester ( TOTAL = 17 cr )
ECSE 303. Signals and Systems 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Elementary continuous and discrete-time signals, impulse functions, basic properties of discrete and continuous linear time-invariant (LTI) systems, Fourier representation of continuous-time periodic and aperiodic signals, the Laplace transform, time and frequency analysis of continuous-time LTI systems, application of transform techniques to electric circuit analysis.
- (3-2-4)
- Prerequisites: ECSE 210, MATH 247 or MATH 270 or MATH 271.
- Corequisite: MATH 249 or MATH 381
- Tutorials assigned by instructor.
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ECSE 330. Introduction to Electronics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduction to electronic circuits using operational amplifiers, PN junction diodes, bipolar junction transistors (BJTs), and MOS field-effect transistors (MOSFETs), including: terminal characteristics, large- and small-signal models; configuration and frequency response of single-stage amplifiers with discrete biasing. Introduction to SPICE. Simulation experiments.
- (3-2-4)
- Prerequisite: ECSE 210
- Tutorials assigned by instructor.
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Sixth ( Winter ) Semester ( TOTAL = 18 cr )
Course information not available.
ECSE 305. Probability and Random Signals 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The basic probability model, the heuristics of model-building and the additivity of probability; classical models; conditional probability and Bayes rule; random variables and vectors, distribution and density functions, expectation; statistical independence, laws of large numbers, central limit theorem; introduction to random processes and random signal analysis.
- (3-2-4)
- Prerequisite: ECSE 303 or ECSE 306.
- Tutorials assigned by instructor.
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ECSE 334. Introduction to Microelectronics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Single-stage integrated-circuit amplifiers; differential and multistage amplifiers, integrated-circuit biasing techniques; non-ideal characteristics, frequency response; feedback amplifiers, output stages; digital CMOS logic circuits.
- (3-2-4)
- Prerequisites: ECSE 291, ECSE 303 or ECSE 306, ECSE 330.
- Tutorials assigned by instructor.
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PHYS 271. Introduction to Quantum Physics.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Physics (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The observed properties of atoms and radiation from atoms. Electron waves. The Schroedinger Equation in one dimension. Quantum mechanics of the hydrogen atom. Angular momentum and spin. Quantum mechanics of many electron systems. Basic ideas of electrons in solids and solid state physics.
- Winter
- (3-0-6)
- Prerequisite: PHYS 251 or CIVE 281
- Restriction: This course is not available to any student enrolled in any Majors or Honours program involving Physics.
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ECSE 4xx t1 (3) Technical Complementary 1
Seventh ( Fall ) Semester ( TOTAL = 17 cr )
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ECSE 456. ECSE Design Project 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A design project undertaken with close mentorship by a staff member and under the supervision of the course instructor. The project consists of defining an engineering problem, reviewing relevant background, acquiring/analyzing data, and seeking solutions using appropriate simulation/analysis tools and experimental investigations. Professional engineering practices will be followed.
- Prerequisites: ECSE 211, ECSE 322, (ECSE 323, ECSE 330) OR (CCOM 206 or WCOM 206, COMP 302, ECSE 306, ECSE 321)
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MIME 262. Properties of Materials in Electrical Engineering.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mining & Materials Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Properties of a material continuum and crystalline state; properties of atoms in materials; conduction electrons in materials; electronic properties of semiconductors and metals; magnetic and thermal properties of materials; applications of electronic materials in semiconductor technology, recording media and transducers.
- (3-1-5)
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ECSE 212.
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ECSE 4xx t2 (3) Technical Complementary 2
Eighth( Winter ) Semester ( TOTAL = 18 cr )
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ECSE 457. ECSE Design Project 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A design project undertaken with close mentorship by a staff member and under the supervision of the course instructor. The course is a continuation of .
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FACC 400. Engineering Professional Practice.
Credits: 1
Offered by: Engineering - Dean's Office (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Laws, regulations and codes governing engineering professional practice. Responsibility and liability. Environmental legislation. Project and organization management. Relations between engineer and client. Technical practice - analysis, design, execution and operation.
- (1.5-1-0.5)
- Prerequisites: FACC 250 and [at least 60 program credits for B.Eng./B.S.E. students in the Faculty of Engineering or 45 program credits for B.Eng.(Bioresource) students].
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MIME 221.
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ECSE 4xx t3 (3) Technical Complementary 3
ECSE 4xx (2 or 3) Lab Complementary
听 XXXX xxx (3) Humanities and Social Science 2 *
NOTES Courses听shown in boldface above must be passed with a grade "C" or better. A听"D" is听only acceptable in the courses not in boldface.听 Also, a grade of 鈥淐鈥� is required in all prerequisites in order to proceed with the follow-on courses.
Technical Complementary courses are selected from this list.
The Lab Complementary course is normally taken in conjunction with a technical complementary. The courses ECSE 426 - Microprocessor Systems, ECSE 431 - Intro. to VLSI CAD, ECSE 435 - Mixed Signal Test Techniques, ECSE 436 - Signal Processing Hardware and ECSE 450 - Electromagnetic Compatibility, can be taken as a technical complementary or a lab complementary. If taken as a lab, they are still 3 credit courses.
* For instructions on selecting valid 鈥淗umanities and Social Sciences鈥� courses, see the ECE website
(Undergraduate Studies > Program Information > Complementary Studies).
** For instructions on selecting valid 鈥淚mpact of Technology on Society鈥� courses, see the
ECE website
(Undergraduate Studies > Program Information > Complementary Studies).
This sample curriculum is only for students who wish to complete their degree requirements in 7 semesters. Students may, at any time, deviate from this structure. However, it will be the student's responsibility to devise a study plan that has no course conflicts or prerequisite/corequisite violations. Academic advisors are available for help with course selection.