ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING: PROGRAMS OF STUDY
Electrical Engineering (Second- and Third-Year)
Electrical Engineering with Computer Option
Electrical Engineering with Communications Option
Electrical Engineering with Electronics Option
Electrical Engineering with General Option
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Electrical Engineering encompasses a large number of exciting and diverse areas of study. Areas such as: electronics, computer systems and networks; communications; energy systems; computer-aided design; control systems, robotics and multimedia are only a few of the directions that Electrical Engineering students can choose after graduation. The program of study includes co-operative work terms for qualified students that are designed to enhance the knowledge and professionalism of the student.
The program of study encompasses courses outside Electrical Engineering and provides a professional education sufficiently fundamental in nature so as to allow the student to choose his or her specific area of professional specialization after graduation. This philosophy of education recognizes that the professional responsibilities of graduate engineers evolve throughout their careers. Student may select the Computer Option, Communications Option, Electronics Option or the General Option during the fourth year so as to meet their needs more effectively.
Graduates of this program are able to engage, from the outset of their career, in decision making with a much broader perspective than is possible when excessive specialization at the undergraduate level is permitted. The program of study also provides excellent preparation for those students who may wish to continue their formal education with graduate study and research.
Students must participate in a fourth-year team-based capstone design project that develops leadership skills and professionally maturity. Students are encouraged to participate in seminars and in other professional development activities as organized by the Department, as well as off-campus professional activities. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has a student chapter on campus.
Note: The baccalaureate degree program in Electrical Engineering is accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board of the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers.
FIRST YEAR
Common to all Engineering programs (see 8.0). In the Summer term, Co-op students will also register in 85-198 (Work Term I).
SECOND YEAR
Fall Term
 | Lect. | Lab. | Wt. |
85-211.(Comp.-Aided Analysis II)
85-214.(Circuit Analysis II)
85-222.(Treatment of Expt. Data)
88-217.(Digital Logic Design I)
62-215.(Vector Calculus)
64-220.(EM Fields & Photons) | 3
3
3
3
3
3 | 1.5
1.5
1
1.5
1
1.5 | 3.75
3.75
3.5
3.75
3.5
3.75 |
Winter Term
| Lect. | Lab. | Wt. |
88-225.(Physical Electronics)
88-226.(Electronics I)
88-227.(Digital Computer Arch.)
88-228.(EM Waves & Rad. Syst.)
62-216.(Differential Equations)
Non-Technical Elective (see 8.0)* | 3
3
3
3
3 | 1.5
1.5
1
1.5
1 | 3.75
3.75
3.75
3.75
3.5 |
Summer Term
(Co-op students only)
85-298. (Work Term II)
THIRD YEAR
Fall Term
| Lect. | Lab. | Wt. |
85-313.(Engrg. Economy)
88-313.(Electromech. Sys. I)
88-316.(Electronics II)
88-330.(Dig. Logic Design II) | 3
3
3
3 | 1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5 | 3.75
3.75
3.75
3.75 |
Technical or Non-Technical Elective (see 8.0)*
Winter Term
(Co-op students only)
85-398. (Work Term III)
Summer Term
| Lect. | Lab. | Wt. |
88-324.(Control Syst. I)
88-327. (Microprocessors)
88-329.(Analog Comm.)
42-200.(Resource Mgmt.) | 3
3
3
3 | 1.5
1.5
1.5
0 | 3.75
3.75
3.75
3 |
Technical or Non-Technical Elective (see 8.0)
*Students must select a total of one technical and one non-technical elective during the third year from the approved list available in the Department.
FOURTH YEAR
Fall Term
(Co-op students only)
85-498. (Work Term IV)
Winter Term
| Core Subjects - All Students | Lect. | Lab. | Wt. |
88-400.(Capstone Design)
88-431.(Control Sys. II)
88-457.(Dig. Sig. Processing) | 0
3
3 | 6
1.5
1.5 | 3
3.75
3.75 |
| Computer Option | Lect. | Lab. | Wt. |
88-437.(Intelligent Computing)
88-441.(Software Engineering) | 3
3 | 1.5
1.5 | 3.75
3.75 |
| Communications Option | Lect. | Lab. | Wt. |
88-419.(Dig. Communications)
88-436.(Computer Comm.) | 3
3 | 1.5
1.5 | 3.75
3.75 |
| Electronics Option | Lect. | Lab. | Wt. |
88-444.(Analog Int. Circuits)
88-445.(Power Electronics) | 3
3 | 1.5
1.5 | 3.75
3.75 |
General Option
Any two courses selected from two different options from among the Computer Option, Communications Option and Electronics Option.
Summer Term
| Core Subjects - All Students | Lect. | Lab. | Wt. |
85-421.(Engrg. & Society)
88-400.(Capstone Design)
88-432.(EM waves & Rad. Sys. II) | 3
0
3 | 0
6
1.5 | 3
3
3.75 |
| Computer Option | Lect. | Lab. | Wt. |
88-442.(Adv. Comp. Arch.)
88-446.(Adv. Comp. Soft. Sys.)
88-447.(Comp. Net. & Security) | 3
3
3 | 1.5
1.5
1.5 | 3.75
3.75
3.75 |
| Communications Option | Lect. | Lab. | Wt. |
88-438.(Coding & Info. Theory)
88-439.(Multimedia Sys.)
88-440.(Wireless Comm.) | 3
3
3 | 1.5
1.5
3 | 3.75
3.75
3.75 |
| Electronics Option | Lect. | Lab. | Wt. |
88-433.(Dig. Int. Circuits)
88-434.(Automotive Electronics)
88-435.(Microelectromech. Sys.) | 3
3
3 | 1.5
1.5
1.5 | 3.75
3.75
3.75 |
General Option
Three courses selected from at least two different options, from among the Computer Option, Communications Option and Electronics Option.
Special Directed Study
The additional directed study courses listed below are available only to fourth-year students with a GPA of 11.0 or better in their third year and with the permission of the Department Head. Each may be used to satisfy one (1) course requirement in the General Engineering Option.
88-410.(Directed Study I) Wt. 3.0
88-420.(Directed Study II) Wt. 3.0 |