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Program Requirements
Program credit weight: 134-139 credits
Program credit weight for Quebec CEGEP students: 109-114 credits
This program gives students a broad understanding of the key principles that are responsible for the extraordinary advances in the technology of computers, micro-electronics, automation and robotics, telecommunications, and power systems. These areas are critical to the development of our industries and, more generally, to our economy. A graduate of this program is exposed to all basic elements of electrical engineering and can function in any of our client industries. This breadth is what distinguishes an engineer from, for example, a computer scientist or physicist.
In addition to technical complementary courses, students in the Electrical Engineering program take general complementary courses in social sciences, administrative studies, and humanities. These courses allow students to develop specific interests in areas such as psychology, economics, management, or political science.
Required Year 0 (Freshman) Courses
25 credits
Generally, students admitted to Engineering from Quebec CEGEPs are granted transfer credit for these Year 0 (Freshman) courses and enter a 109- to 114-credit program.
For information on transfer credit for French Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate exams, Advanced Placement exams, Advanced Levels, and Science Placement Exams, see and select your term of admission.
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CHEM 120 General Chemistry 2 (4 credits)
Overview
Chemistry : A study of the fundamental principles of physical chemistry.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Huot, Mitchell; Sewall, Samuel Lewis; Gauthier, Jean-Marc; Siwick, Bradley; Ghoshdastidar, Avik (Winter)
Winter
Prerequisites/corequisites: College level mathematics and physics, or permission of instructor: CHEM 110 is not a prerequisite
Each lab section is limited enrolment
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MATH 133 Linear Algebra and Geometry (3 credits)
Overview
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci) : 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; quadratic loci in two and three dimensions.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: Kelome, Djivede; Dolce, Francesco; Qiu, Guohuan; Sharma, Amit (Fall) Wang, Haining (Winter) Patrias, Rebecca (Summer)
3 hours lecture, 1 hour tutorial
Prerequisite: a course in functions
Restriction A: Not open to students who have taken MATH 221 or CEGEP objective 00UQ or equivalent.
Restriction B: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 123, MATH 130 or MATH 131, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Restriction C: Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 134.
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MATH 140 Calculus 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci) : Review of functions and graphs. Limits, continuity, derivative. Differentiation of elementary functions. Antidifferentiation. Applications.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: Trudeau, Sidney; Meng, xianchang; Hu, Ying (Fall) Sektnan, Lars (Winter) Abdenbi, Brahim (Summer)
3 hours lecture, 1 hour tutorial
Prerequisite: High School Calculus
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MATH 120, MATH 139 or CEGEP objective 00UN or equivalent
Restriction: 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
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MATH 141 Calculus 2 (4 credits)
Overview
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci) : The definite integral. Techniques of integration. Applications. Introduction to sequences and series.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: Gobin, Damien (Fall) Trudeau, Sidney; Gaster, Jonah; Fox, Thomas F (Winter) Nica, Bogdan Lucian; Causley, Broderick (Summer)
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MATH 121 or CEGEP objective 00UP or equivalent
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
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PHYS 131 Mechanics and Waves (4 credits)
Overview
Physics : The basic laws and principles of Newtonian mechanics; oscillations, waves, and wave optics.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Ragan, Kenneth J (Fall)
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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PHYS 142 Electromagnetism and Optics (4 credits)
Overview
Physics : The basic laws of electricity and magnetism; geometrical optics.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Hilke, Michael (Winter)
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
AND 3 credits selected from the approved list of courses in Humanities and Social Sciences, Management Studies, and Law, listed below under Complementary Studies (Group B)
Note: FACC 100 (Introduction to the Engineering Profession) must be taken during the first year of study.
Required Non-Departmental Courses
23 credits
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CCOM 206 Communication in Engineering (3 credits)
Overview
Communication (CCE) : Written and oral communication in Engineering (in English): strategies for generating, developing, organizing, and presenting ideas in a technical setting; problem-solving; communicating to different audiences; editing and revising; and public speaking. Course work based on academic, technical, and professional writing in engineering.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: Dechief, Diane; Filion, Marianne; Sacks, Steven; Macmillan, Stuart; Popova, Emilia Marinova; Sundberg, Ross; Atallah, Bassel; Bider, Noreen Jane; Churchill, Andrew; Baskind, Alana (Fall) Dechief, Diane; Baskind, Alana; Bider, Noreen Jane; Scheer, Kodi; Filion, Marianne; Sacks, Steven; Churchill, Andrew; Abram, Zachary (Winter) Atallah, Bassel; Dechief, Diane; Bider, Noreen Jane; Churchill, Andrew; Popova, Emilia Marinova (Summer)
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CIVE 281 Analytical Mechanics (3 credits)
Overview
Civil Engineering : 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.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Chu, Vincent H; Babarutsi, Sofia (Fall)
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COMP 250 Introduction to Computer Science (3 credits)
Overview
Computer Science (Sci) : Mathematical tools (binary numbers, induction, recurrence relations, asymptotic complexity, establishing correctness of programs), Data structures (arrays, stacks, queues, linked lists, trees, binary trees, binary search trees, heaps, hash tables), Recursive and non-recursive algorithms (searching and sorting, tree and graph traversal). Abstract data types, inheritance. Selected topics.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Langer, Michael (Fall) Gonzalez Oliver, Carlos; Waldispuhl, J茅r么me (Winter)
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FACC 100 Introduction to the Engineering Profession (1 credit) *
Overview
Faculty Course : 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 McGill.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Chen, Lawrence R (Fall) Ehrlicher, Allen (Winter)
(1.5-0-1.5)
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FACC 250 Responsibilities of the Professional Engineer
Overview
Faculty Course : A course designed to provide all Engineering students with further training regarding their responsibilities as future Professional Engineers. Particular focus will be placed on three professional characteristics that future engineers must demonstrate: i) professionalism, ii) ethical and equitable behaviour, and iii) consideration of the impact of engineering on society and the environment.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Restriction(s): Restricted to undergraduate students registered in the Bioengineering, Bioresource Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering, and Software Engineering (Faculty of Engineering) program.
(0-0-0.5)
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FACC 300 Engineering Economy (3 credits)
Overview
Faculty Course : Introduction to the basic concepts required for the economic assessment of engineering projects. Topics include: accounting methods, marginal analysis, cash flow and time value of money, taxation and depreciation, discounted cash flow analysis techniques, cost of capital, inflation, sensitivity and risk analysis, analysis of R and D, ongoing as well as new investment opportunities.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: Jassim, Raad (Fall) Jassim, Raad (Winter) Jassim, Raad (Summer)
(3-1-5)
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken MIME 310.
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FACC 400 Engineering Professional Practice (1 credit)
Overview
Faculty Course : 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.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Boulet, Benoit (Fall) Kokkolaras, Michael (Winter)
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MATH 262 Intermediate Calculus (3 credits)
Overview
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci) : 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.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: Trudeau, Sidney; Lu, Xinyang (Fall) Drury, Stephen W (Winter) Trudeau, Sidney (Summer)
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MATH 263 Ordinary Differential Equations for Engineers (3 credits)
Overview
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci) : 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.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: Hurtubise, Jacques Claude; Lin, Jessica (Fall) Meng, xianchang; Jain, Rohit (Winter) McGregor, Geoffrey (Summer)
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MIME 262 Properties of Materials in Electrical Engineering (3 credits)
Overview
Mining & Materials Engineering : 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.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Quitoriano, Nathaniel (Fall) Bevan, Kirk H. (Winter)
(3-1-5)
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking ECSE 212.
* Note: FACC 100 (Introduction to the Engineering Profession) must be taken during the first year of study.
Required Electrical Engineering Courses
57 credits
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ECSE 200 Electric Circuits 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : 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.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Liboiron-Ladouceur, Odile (Fall) Szkopek, Thomas (Winter)
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ECSE 202 Introduction to Software Development (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Software development practices in the context of structured and object-oriented programming. Introduces the formalisms inherent in medium-to-large scale object-oriented programming. Introduction to tools and practices employed in commercial software development.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Ferrie, Frank P (Fall) Ferrie, Frank P (Winter)
(3-2-4)
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ECSE 205 Probability and Statistics for Engineers (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Probability: basic probability model, conditional probability, Bayes rule, random variables and vectors, distribution and density functions, common distributions in engineering, expectation, moments, independence, laws of large numbers, central limit theorem. Statistics: descriptive measures of engineering data, sampling distributions, estimation of mean and variance, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, linear regression.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Caines, Peter Edwin (Fall) Davis, Donald Peter; Saboune, Jamal (Winter)
Not open to students who have taken ECSE 305.
(3-2-4)
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ECSE 206 Introduction to Signals and Systems (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Review of complex functions. Discrete-and continuous-time signals, basic system properties. Linear time-invariant systems, convolution. Fourier series and Fourier transforms, frequency-domain analysis, filtering, sampling. Laplace transforms and inversion, transfer functions, poles and zeros, solutions of linear constant-coefficient differential equations, transient and steady-state response. Z-transforms.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Le-Ngoc, Tho (Fall) Chen, Lawrence R (Winter)
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ECSE 210 Electric Circuits 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : 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.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: Bhadra, Sharmistha (Fall) Davis, Donald Peter (Winter) Davis, Donald Peter (Summer)
(4-2-3)
Prerequisite: ECSE 200
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ECSE 211 Design Principles and Methods (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Engineering process: design specifications, parameters, optimization, implementation, troubleshooting and refinement; project management: scheduling, risk analysis, project control; case studies; design examples and project.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Lowther, David Alister; Ferrie, Frank P (Fall) Lowther, David Alister; Ferrie, Frank P (Winter)
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ECSE 222 Digital Logic (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : An introduction to digital logic, binary numbers and Boolean algebra, combinational circuits, optimized implementation of combinational circuits, arithmetic circuits, combinational circuit building blocks, flip-flops, registers, counters, design of digital circuits with VHDL, and synchronous sequential circuits.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Nowrouzezahrai, Derek (Fall) Davis, Donald Peter (Winter)
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ECSE 251 Electric and Magnetic Fields (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Divergence, gradient and curl. The divergence theorem and Stokes鈥� theorem. Maxwell's equations, electrostatics, magnetostatics and induction for power-frequency electrical engineering problems.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Rochette, Martin (Fall) Giannacopoulos, Dennis (Winter)
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ECSE 307 Linear Systems and Control (4 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Modelling and simulation of control systems, review of LTI systems, impulse response, step response, BIBO stability, internal stability, Routh's stability criterion, gain and phase margins, feedback control, proportional control, integral control, derivative control, PID control, Root locus, Bode plots, Nyquist plots, Nyquist stability criterion, stability of digital systems, system discretization, zero-order hold, matched pole-zero method. Lab work involving identifying frequency response, step response, and applications of PI and PID control.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Mahajan, Aditya (Fall) Mahajan, Aditya (Winter)
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ECSE 308 Introduction to Communication Systems and Networks (4 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Information and bandwidth, signals, modulation and noise, transmission and switching. Principles of layered design and the OSI model, measures of performance. Information sources and services. Application, Presentation and Session layers. Transport and Network layers. Data link layer and multi-user communication. Physical layer and transmission techniques. Wireline and wireless transmission media. Core (Backbone), and Access Communication Networks. Communication network classification. Laboratory work involving analog and digital transmission techniques.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Le-Ngoc, Tho (Winter)
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ECSE 324 Computer Organization (4 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Basic computer structures; instruction set architecture; assembly language; input/output; memory; software; processor implementation; computer arithmetic. Lab work involving assembly language level programming of single-board computers.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Gross, Warren (Fall) Amini, Marzieh (Winter)
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ECSE 331 Electronics (4 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : 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 amplifiers with discrete biasing. Introduction to SPICE. Lab work involving simulation experiments and testing of simple circuits using discrete transistors.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Roberts, Gordon W (Fall) Plant, David V (Winter)
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ECSE 354 Electromagnetic Wave Propagation (4 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Transient and steady state wave propagation in transmission lines; telephone and radio frequency lines; Smith's chart and impedance matching; Maxwell's equations, Helmholtz's equations, Poynting's theorem; plane waves, polarization, Snell's law, critical and Brewster's angle; rectangular waveguides, optical fibres, dispersion; radiation and antennas; S-parameters; lab work involving the Smith chart, communication transmission lines, reflection and refraction, and optical waveguides.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Rochette, Martin (Winter)
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ECSE 362 Fundamentals of Power Engineering (4 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Characteristics and components of power systems. Generation, transmission and utilization of electric power. 3-phase ac and dc systems. Fundamentals of electromechanical energy conversion. Ampere and Faraday's law. Magnetic circuits. Mutual inductance and transformers. Torque and force. Rotating magnetic fields. Basic rotating machines. Lab work involving techniques of electric power, efficiency, torque, and speed measurements.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Bouffard, Fran莽ois (Fall) Wang, Xiaozhe (Winter)
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ECSE 443 Introduction to Numerical Methods in Electrical Engineering (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Symbolic vs. numerical computation. Number representation and numerical error; curve fitting and interpolation; numerical differentiation and integration; solutions of systems of linear equations and nonlinear equations; solutions of ordinary and partial differential equations; optimization. Applications in electrical engineering analysis and design. Evaluation of numerical software packages.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Michalska, Hannah (Winter)
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ECSE 456 ECSE Design Project 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : 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.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Labeau, Fabrice; Psaromiligkos, Ioannis (Fall) Labeau, Fabrice; Psaromiligkos, Ioannis (Winter)
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ECSE 457 ECSE Design Project 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : 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 ECSE 456.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Labeau, Fabrice; Psaromiligkos, Ioannis (Fall) Labeau, Fabrice; Psaromiligkos, Ioannis (Winter)
Prerequisite: ECSE 456
Technical Complementaries
23-28 credits (7 courses) must be taken, chosen as follows:
8 credits (2 courses) from List A
15 credits (5 courses) from List A or List B
List A: Technical Complementaries with Laboratory Experience
8-28 credits
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ECSE 335 Microelectronics (4 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : 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. Lab work on designing, building, and debugging electronic hardware using discrete transistors and circuit building blocks
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: El-Gamal, Mourad N (Winter)
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ECSE 403 Control (4 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Stability of linear and non-linear systems, controllability, state space models, canonical forms, state space design of controllers, pole placement, LQR, observability, Luenberger observer, separation principle and certainty equivalence, loop transfer recovery, correspondence between system theoretic results for continuous- and discrete-time systems. Lab work involving applications of PID, lead-lag, full state feedback and LQR controllers to robotic devices.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
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ECSE 408 Communication Systems (4 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Communication system models; AM and FM modulation, performance of AM and FM systems in noise; sampling, FDM and TDM multiplexing systems; baseband and pass-band digital transmission over noisy band-limited channels, digital modulation and detection techniques and their quantitative performance; concepts of entropy and channel capacity, selected data compression and error-control coding techniques. Illustrative examples taken from subscriber loop telephone systems, evolution of internet modems and wireless cellular phone standards. Lab work involving measurement of the performance of AM and FM systems with noise, digital modulation techniques and spectra, experiments with basic error control coding systems.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
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ECSE 416 Telecommunication Networks (4 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Architecture and protocols of contemporary networks; wired and wireless access systems; flow and congestion control; network optimization; randomized multiple access protocols; queueing disciplines; low-power wireless networks. Examples: Ethernet, TCP/IP, 802.11, 802.15.4. Lab experiments addressing routing protocols, TCP, queuing disciplines and quality-of-service, and network security.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
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ECSE 433 Physical Basis of Transistor Devices (4 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Quantitative analysis of diodes and transistors. Semiconductor fundamentals, equilibrium and non-equilibrium carrier transport, and Fermi levels. PN junction diodes, the ideal diode, and diode switching. Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT), physics of the ideal BJT, the Ebers-Moll model. Field effect transistors, metal-oxide semiconductor structures, static and dynamic behaviour, small-signal models. Laboratory experiments.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
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ECSE 444 Microprocessors (4 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Design techniques for developing modern microprocessor-based systems, multiple state-of-art instructions set architectures (ISAs) and associated assembly languages, use of tools for compiling, linking, memory overlay; debug techniques for start-stop and real-time debugging, together with debug infrastructure and interfaces: flash patching, variable watching and instruction stream tracing. Use of coprocessors and computer peripherals, such as SPI, I2C, I2S, SAI, USB, wireless standards, timers, DMA units and FLASH accelerators. Interfacing and processing sensor data including multi-sensor integration. Design techniques that promote structured approaches for separation of concerns in computing and communication. Real-time systems and software engineering for tightly integrated hardware.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
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ECSE 470 Electromechanical Systems (4 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Lumped parameter concepts of electromechanics. Energy, co-energy in the derivation of torques and forces. Examples of ac electric machines: synchronous and induction types. Steady-state, transient and stability analysis. Power electronic controllers. Laboratory work involving electric machine operation and control.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
List B: Technical Complementaries
0-15 credits
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ECSE 310 Thermodynamics of Computing (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : An introduction to thermodynamics from the perspective of computer engineering. The first and second laws of thermodynamics; elementary information theory (bits, entropy); energy storage and dissipation in electrical circuits; effects of noise in switching circuits; the fluctuation-dissipation theorem; Landauer鈥檚 principle; reversible and irreversible computation; energy costs of communication; thermal resistance, heat sinking, and cooling technologies for computing circuits.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Kirk, Andrew G (Winter)
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ECSE 325 Digital Systems (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Design of digital systems. Implementation technologies; arithmetic modules; synthesis and advanced modelling techniques; verification; timing analysis; design for testability; asynchronous circuits; hardware/software co-design.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Clark, James J (Winter)
Prerequisite(s): ECSE 324
(3-2-4)
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ECSE 405 Antennas (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Fundamentals of antenna theory: sources, radiation pattern and gain. Classification of antennas. Main antenna types and their characteristics. Antenna temperature, remote sensing and radar cross-section. Self and mutual impedances. Special topics include adaptive antennas, very large array (VLA) used in radio astronomy and biomedical applications.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
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ECSE 412 Discrete Time Signal Processing (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Discrete-time signals and systems; Fourier and Z-transform analysis techniques, the discrete Fourier transform; elements of FIR and IIR filter design, filter structures; FFT techniques for high speed convolution; quantization effects.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Bajcsy, Jan (Fall)
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ECSE 413 Communications Systems 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Introduction to radio communications; satellite communication systems; the cellular concept; fading channel models, digital modulation techniques over fading channels, diversity systems, spread spectrum techniques; fixed assignment multiple access (FDMA, TDMA, CDMA), duplexing methods (FDD, TDD); illustrative examples of terrestrial mobile systems, fixed wireless systems, LEOs, etc.; overview of standardization activities.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
(3-1-5)
Prerequisite: ECSE 411
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ECSE 415 Intro to Computer Vision (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : An introduction to the automated processing, analysis, and understanding of image data. Topics include image formation and acquisition, design of image features, image segmentation, stereo and motion correspondence matching techniques, feature clustering, regression and classification for object recognition, industrial and consumer applications, and computer vision software tools.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Arbel, Tal (Fall)
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ECSE 420 Parallel Computing (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Modern parallel computing architectures for shared memory, message passing and data parallel programming models. The design of cache coherent shared memory multiprocessors. Programming techniques for multithreaded, message passing and distributed systems. Use of modern programming languages and parallel programming libraries.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Giannacopoulos, Dennis (Fall)
(3-2-4)
Prerequisite: ECSE 427
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ECSE 421 Embedded Systems (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Definition, structure and properties of embedded systems. Real-time programming: interrupts, latency, context, re-entrancy, thread and process models. Microcontroller and DSP architectures, I/O systems, timing and event management. Real-time kernels and services. Techniques for development, debugging and verification. Techniques for limited resource environments. Networking for distributed systems.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Cooperstock, Jeremy (Winter)
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ECSE 422 Fault Tolerant Computing (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Introduction to fault-tolerant systems. Fault-tolerance techniques through hardware, software, information and time redundancy. Failure classification, failure semantics, failure masking. Exception handling: detection, recovery, masking and propagation, termination vs. resumption. Reliable storage, reliable communication. Process groups, synchronous and asynchronous group membership and broadcast services. Automatic redundancy management. Case studies.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
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ECSE 423 Fundamentals of Photonics (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Introduction to the fundamentals of modern optical and photonic engineering. Topics covered include the propagation of light through space, refraction, diffraction, polarization, lens systems, ray-tracing, aberrations, computer-aided design and optimization techniques, Gaussian beam analysis, micro-optics and computer generated diffractive optical elements. Experiments on physical and geometric optics.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Kirk, Andrew G (Winter)
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ECSE 424 Human-Computer Interaction (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : The course highlights human-computer interaction strategies from an engineering perspective. Topics include user interfaces, novel paradigms in human-computer interaction, affordances, ecological interface design, ubiquitous computing and computer-supported cooperative work. Attention will be paid to issues of safety, usability, and performance.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Cooperstock, Jeremy (Fall)
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ECSE 425 Computer Architecture (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Trends in technology. CISC vs. RISC architectures. Pipelining. Instruction level parallelism. Data and Control Hazards. Static prediction. Exceptions. Dependencies. Loop level paralleism. Dynamic scheduling, branch prediction. Branch target buffers. Superscalar and N-issue machines. VLIW. ILP techniques. Cache analysis and design. Interleaved and virtual memory. TLB translations and caches.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Mellah, Hakim (Winter)
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ECSE 427 Operating Systems (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Operating system services, file system organization, disk and cpu scheduling, virtual memory management, concurrent processing and distributed systems, protection and security. Aspects of the DOS and UNIX operating systems and the C programming language. Programs that communicate between workstations across a network.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Harmouche, Rola (Fall) Harmouche, Rola (Winter)
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ECSE 430 Photonic Devices and Systems (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Introduction to photonic devices and applications. Semiconductor lasers, optical amplifiers, optical modulators, photodetectors and optical receivers, optical fibers and waveguides, fiber and waveguide devices. Photonic systems (communications, sensing, biomedical). Experiments on characterizing photonic devices and systems. Optical test-and-measurement instrumentation.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
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ECSE 431 Introduction to VLSI CAD (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : The computer-aided design of digital VLSI circuits. Hardware description languages, automatic synthesis, design for testability, technology mapping, simulation, timing analysis, generation of test vectors and fault coverage analysis.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
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ECSE 435 Mixed-Signal Test Techniques (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Purpose and economics of mixed-signal test, DC measurements. Accuracy and repeatability. DSP-based theory and its applications to parametric testing of analog filters, DACs, and ADC. Timing and PLL measurements. Design for Testability.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Roberts, Gordon W (Winter)
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ECSE 436 Signal Processing Hardware (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Review of basic concepts in signals and microprocessors. Digital Signal Processing microprocessor architecture. Finite precision effects, real-time constraints, assembly language optimization. Implementation of DSP algorithms on a DSP microprocessor platform. Lab experiments on FIR filtering, IIR filtering, FFT computation, LPC analysis, circular and bit-reversed addressing, ping-pong buffering and frame-based processing.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Bajcsy, Jan (Winter)
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ECSE 450 Electromagnetic Compatibility (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), regulations and EMC requirements of electronic systems, non-ideal behaviour of circuit components, signal spectra, radiated emission and susceptibility, conducted noise, crosstalk, differential mode and common mode, shielding, and system design for EMC.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
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ECSE 451 EM Transmission and Radiation (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Microwave transmission through waveguides: impedance matching, microwave devices, filters and resonators; microwave transmission though free space; near and far field behaviour of electromagnetic radiators, simple antennas, antenna arrays, practical antenna parameters; the physics of the radio communication channel: reflection, diffraction and scattering and their macroscopic impact (multipath, fading).
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
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ECSE 460 Appareillage 茅lectrique (Electrical Power Equipment) (3 credits) *
Overview
Electrical Engineering : 脡l茅ments d'un r茅seau de transport. Lignes: mod茅lisation et param猫tres. Transformateurs: circuits 茅quivalents, pertes, enclenchement, protection. Disjoncteurs: fonctionnement et dimensionnement. 脡quipements de compensation: condensateurs, branchement s茅rie et shunt, inductances. Coordination d'isolement.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Joos, Geza (Winter)
(3-2-4)
Prerequisite: ECSE 464.
Taught in French.
This course is offered by the Power Engineering Institute.
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ECSE 463 Electric Power Generation (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Primary energy resources, conventional and renewable. Electric power generation principles. Rotating and static power conversion, frequency and voltage control. Synchronous and induction generators, design and operation, grid integration requirements of central and distributed generation. Static power converter interfaces, principles and operation. Wind generation principles, control and wind farms. Electrochemical and pumped storage.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Joos, Geza; Bouffard, Fran莽ois (Winter)
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ECSE 464 Power Systems Analysis (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Basic principles of planning and operating interconnected power systems with emphasis on Canadian conditions. Mathematical models for system. Steady-state analysis of power systems, load flow formulation and solution algorithms. Operating strategies, economic dispatch, voltage reactive power regulation, frequency and tie-line power control.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Bouffard, Fran莽ois (Fall)
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ECSE 465 Power Electronic Systems (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Introduction to power electronics: definition, applications and classification of converters. Review of analytical techniques. Overview of power semiconductor switches. Line communicated rectifiers and inverters. Switch mode power converters and modulation techniques. Choppers, inverters and rectifiers. Resonant mode converters. Application to power systems and energy conversion.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Joos, Geza (Fall)
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ECSE 466 R茅seaux de distribution (3 credits) *
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Les r茅seaux de distribution d'茅lectricit茅. Concepts de base. Lignes et c芒bles de distribution, caract茅ristiques physiques. R茅seau de neutre. Techniques de protection des r茅seaux de distribution. Coordination de la protection, d茅faillance des 茅quipements. Continuit茅 de service, normes, 茅tendue et dur茅e des pannes. Architectures de r茅seau. Production distribu茅e, 茅tudes d'int茅gration au r茅seau protection. Qualit茅 de l'onde, exigences de raccordement, harmoniques, creux de tension papillotement. Logiciels d'analyse des r茅seaux de distribution, 茅coulement de puissance d茅s茅quilibr茅, r茅gime perturb茅.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Joos, Geza (Winter)
(3-0-6)
Prerequisite(s): ECSE 361
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ECSE 467 Comportement des r茅seaux 茅lectriques (3 credits) *
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Introduction: classification des ph茅nom猫nes, structure d'un r茅seau 茅lectrique. Mod茅lisation des composants: lignes, transformateurs, machines 茅lectriques, charges. Syst猫mes d'excitation des machines. R茅gime permanent. Stabilit茅 de transitoire, de tension, des petits signaux. M茅thodes de compensation: stabilisateurs, compensation s茅rie et shunt. Oscillations sous synchrones. Ph茅nom猫nes 茅lectromagn茅tiques transitoires. M茅thodes et outils de simulation num茅rique.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Joos, Geza (Winter)
(3-0-6)
Prerequisite: ECSE 464.
Note: Taught in French. This course is offered by the Power Engineering Institute.
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ECSE 468 Electricit茅 industrielle (Industrial Power Systems) (3 credits) *
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Structure des r茅seaux 茅lectriques industriels. Niveau de tension. Installations 茅lectriques, codes et normes. Court-circuits, protection et coordination. Mise 脿 la terre. Qualit茅 de l'onde. Facteur de puissance, tarification et gestion de l'茅nergie 茅lectrique.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Joos, Geza (Winter)
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ECSE 469 Protection des r茅seaux 茅lectriques (3 credits) *
Overview
Electrical Engineering : G茅n茅ralit茅s sur les syst猫mes de protection. Calculs de d茅fauts sym茅triques et asym茅triques. Transformateurs de mesure. Syst猫me de mise 脿 la terre. Types de relais de protection. Protection de transformateur, de barres, de ligne de transport : philosophie et application. Conception des syst猫mes de protection. Homologation et essais de relais.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Joos, Geza (Winter)
(3-0-6)
Prerequisite: ECSE 464.
Note: Taught in French. This course is offered by the Power Engineering Institute.
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ECSE 472 Fundamentals of Circuit Simulation and Modelling (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Principles of circuit simulation. Formulation of network equations. Frequency domain analysis. Nonlinear networks. Transient analysis. Sensitivity analysis. Harmonic balance. Shooting method. Model order reduction. Macromodelling.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
(3-0-6).
Restriction(s): Not open to students who are taking or have taken ECSE 597.
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PHYS 434 Optics (3 credits)
Overview
Physics : Fundamental concepts of optics, including applications and modern developments. Light propagation in media; geometric optics and optical instruments; polarization and coherence properties of light; interference and interferometry; diffraction theory and applications in spectrometry and imaging; Fourier optics; selected special topics such as holography, lasers, beam optics, photonic crystals, advanced spectroscopy, stellar interferometry, quantum optics.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Haggard, Daryl (Winter)
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PHYS 446 Majors Quantum Physics (3 credits)
Overview
Physics : de Broglie waves, Bohr atom. Schroedinger equation, wave functions, observables. One dimensional potentials. Schroedinger equation in three dimensions. Angular momentum, hydrogen atom. Spin, experimental consequences.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Dasgupta, Keshav (Fall)
* Courses taught in French.
Complementary Studies
6 credits
Group A - Impact of Technology on Society
3 credits from the following:
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ANTH 212 Anthropology of Development (3 credits)
Overview
Anthropology : Processes of developmental change, as they affect small communities in the Third World and in unindustrialized parts of developed countries. Problems of technological change, political integration, population growth, industrialization, urban growth, social services, infrastructure and economic dependency.
Terms: Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: Paquet, Pierre-Alexandre (Winter) Fox, Graham (Summer)
Winter
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BTEC 502 Biotechnology Ethics and Society (3 credits)
Overview
Biotechnology : Examination of particular social and ethical challenges posed by modern biotechnology such as benefit sharing, informed consent in the research setting, access to medical care worldwide, environmental safety and biodiversity and the ethical challenges posed by patenting life.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Restriction: U3 and over.
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CIVE 469 Infrastructure and Society (3 credits)
Overview
Civil Engineering : Infrastructure systems, historical background and socio-economic impact; planning, organization, communication and decision support systems; budgeting and management; operations, maintenance, rehabilitation and replacement issues; public and private sectors, privatization and governments; infrastructure crisis and new technologies; legal, environmental, socio-economic and political aspects of infrastructure issues; professional ethics and responsibilities; case studies.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
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ECON 225 Economics of the Environment (3 credits)
Overview
Economics (Arts) : A study of the application of economic theory to questions of environmental policy. Particular attention will be given to the measurement and regulation of pollution, congestion and waste and other environmental aspects of specific economies.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Galiana, Isabel (Fall)
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken 154-325 or 154-425
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ECON 347 Economics of Climate Change (3 credits)
Overview
Economics (Arts) : The course focuses on the economic implications of, and problems posed by, predictions of global warming due to anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. Attention is given to economic policies such as carbon taxes and tradeable emission permits and to the problems of displacing fossil fuels with new energy technologies.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
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ENVR 201 Society, Environment and Sustainability (3 credits)
Overview
Environment : This course deals with how scientific-technological, socio-economic, political-institutional and behavioural factors mediate society-environment interactions. Issues discussed include population and resources; consumption, impacts and institutions; integrating environmental values in societal decision-making; and the challenges associated with, and strategies for, promoting sustainability. Case studies in various sectors and contexts are used.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Manaugh, Kevin; Badami, Madhav Govind; Cardille, Jeffrey; Garver, Geoffrey (Fall)
Fall
Section 001: Downtown Campus
Section 051: Macdonald Campus
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GEOG 200 Geographical Perspectives: World Environmental Problems (3 credits)
Overview
Geography : Introduction to geography as the study of nature and human beings in a spatial context. An integrated approach to environmental systems and the human organization of them from the viewpoint of spatial relationships and processes. Special attention to environmental problems as a constraint upon Third World development.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Meredith, Thomas C (Fall)
Fall
3 hours
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GEOG 203 Environmental Systems (3 credits)
Overview
Geography : An introduction to system-level interactions among climate, hydrology, soils and vegetation at the scale of drainage basins, including the study of the global geographical variability in these land-surface systems. The knowledge acquired is used to study the impact on the environment of various human activities such as deforestation and urbanisation.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Moore, Timothy R; Chmura, Gail L (Fall)
Fall
3 hours
Restriction: Because of quantitative science content of course, not recommended for B.A. and B.Ed. students in their U0 year.
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GEOG 205 Global Change: Past, Present and Future (3 credits)
Overview
Geography : An examination of global change, from the Quaternary Period to the present day involving changes in the physical geography of specific areas. Issues such as climatic change and land degradation will be discussed, with speculations on future environments.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Chmura, Gail L; MacDonald, Graham (Winter)
Winter
3 hours
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GEOG 302 Environmental Management 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Geography : An ecological analysis of the physical and biotic components of natural resource systems. Emphasis on scientific, technological and institutional aspects of environmental management. Study of the use of biological resources and of the impact of individual processes.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Meredith, Thomas C (Fall)
3 hours
Prerequisite: Any 200-level course in Geography or MSE or BIOL 308 or permission of instructor.
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MGPO 440 Strategies for Sustainability (3 credits) *
Overview
Management Policy : This course explores the relationship between economic activity, management, and the natural environment. Using readings, discussions and cases, the course will explore the challenges that the goal of sustainable development poses for our existing notions of economic goals, production and consumption practices and the management of organizations.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Etzion, Dror (Fall) Robitaille, Jad (Winter)
Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
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PHIL 343 Biomedical Ethics (3 credits)
Overview
Philosophy : An investigation of ethical issues as they arise in the practice of medicine (informed consent, e.g.) or in the application of medical technology (in vitro fertilization, euthanasia, e.g.)
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Hirose, Iwao (Fall)
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RELG 270 Religious Ethics and the Environment (3 credits)
Overview
Religious Studies : Environmental potential of various religious traditions and secular perspectives, including animal rights, ecofeminism, and deep ecology.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Goodin, David (Winter)
Fall: Macdonald Campus (Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue). Winter: Downtown Campus.
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SOCI 235 Technology and Society (3 credits)
Overview
Sociology (Arts) : An examination of the extent to which technological developments impose constraints on ways of arranging social relationships in bureaucratic organizations and in the wider society: the compatibility of current social structures with the effective utilization of technology.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Smith, Michael R (Fall)
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SOCI 312 Sociology of Work and Industry (3 credits)
Overview
Sociology (Arts) : The development of the world of work from the rise of industrial capitalism to the postindustrial age. Responses of workers and managers to changing organizational, technological and economic realities. Interrelations between changing demands in the workplace and the functioning of the labour market. Canadian materials in comparative perspective.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Eidlin, Carl (Fall)
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URBP 201 Planning the 21st Century City (3 credits)
Overview
Urban Planning : The study of how urban planners respond to the challenges posed by contemporary cities world-wide. Urban problems related to the environment, shelter, transport, human health, livelihoods and governance are addressed; innovative plans to improve cities and city life are analyzed.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
(3-1-5)
*Note: Management courses have limited enrolment and registration dates. See Important Dates at .
Group B - Humanities and Social Sciences, Management Studies, and Law
Revision, February 2018. Start of revision.
3 credits at the 200 level or higher from the following departments:
Anthropology (ANTH)
Economics (any 200- or 300-level course excluding ECON 227 and ECON 337)
History (HIST)
Philosophy (excluding PHIL 210 and PHIL 310)
Political Science (POLI)
Psychology (excluding PSYC 204 and PSYC 305, but including PSYC 100)
Religious Studies (RELG) (excluding courses that principally impart language skills, such as Sanskrit, Tibetan, Tamil, New Testament Greek, and Biblical Hebrew) ***
School of Social Work (SWRK)
Sociology (excluding SOCI 350)
OR 3 credits from the following:
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ARCH 528 History of Housing (3 credits)
Overview
Architecture : Indigenous housing both transient and permanent, from the standpoint of individual structure and pattern of settlements. The principal historic examples of houses including housing in the age of industrial revolution and contemporary housing.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
(2-0-7)
Prerequisite: ARCH 251 or permission of instructor
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BUSA 465 Technological Entrepreneurship (3 credits) *
Overview
Business Admin : Concentrating on entrepreneurship and enterprise development, particular attention is given to the start-up, purchasing and management of small to medium-sized industrial firms. The focal point is in understanding the dilemmas faced by entrepreneurs, resolving them, developing a business plan and the maximum utilization of the financial, marketing and human resources that make for a successful operation.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Younkin, Peter (Fall) Avedesian, Michael M (Winter)
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CLAS 203 Greek Mythology (3 credits)
Overview
Classics : A survey of the myths and legends of Ancient Greece.
Terms: Fall 2017, Summer 2018
Instructors: Kaloudis, Naomi (Fall) Gauthier, Fran莽ois (Summer)
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ENVR 203 Knowledge, Ethics and Environment (3 credits)
Overview
Environment : Introduction to cultural perspectives on the environment: the influence of culture and cognition on perceptions of the natural world; conflicts in orders of knowledge (models, taxonomies, paradigms, theories, cosmologies), ethics (moral values, frameworks, dilemmas), and law (formal and customary, rights and obligations) regarding political dimensions of critical environments, resource use, and technologies.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Mikkelson, Gregory Matthew; Freeman, Julia (Fall) Hirose, Iwao; Vaccaro, Ismael (Winter)
Fall - Macdonald Campus; Winter - Downtown
Section 001: Downtown Campus
Section 051: Macdonald Campus
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ENVR 400 Environmental Thought (3 credits)
Overview
Environment : Students work in interdisciplinary seminar groups on challenging philosophical, ethical, scientific and practical issues. They will explore cutting-edge ideas and grapple with the reconciliation of environmental imperatives and social, political and economic pragmatics. Activities include meeting practitioners, attending guest lectures, following directed readings, and organizing, leading and participating in seminars.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Freeman, Julia; van der Ven, Hamish (Fall) Mikkelson, Gregory Matthew; Lovejoy, Shaun MacDonald; Barney, Darin (Winter)
Fall - Macdonald Campus; Winter - Downtown
Section 001: Downtown Campus
Section 051: Macdonald Campus
Prerequisite: ENVR 203
Restriction: Open only to U3 students, or permission of instructor
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FACC 220 Law for Architects and Engineers (3 credits)
Overview
Faculty Course : Aspects of the law which affect architects and engineers. Definition and branches of law; Federal and Provincial jurisdiction, civil and criminal law and civil and common law; relevance of statutes; partnerships and companies; agreements; types of property, rights of ownership; successions and wills; expropriation; responsibility for negligence; servitudes/easements, privileges/liens, hypothecs/ mortgages; statutes of limitations; strict liability of architect, engineer and builder; patents, trade marks, industrial design and copyright; bankruptcy; labour law; general and expert evidence; court procedure and arbitration.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: B茅dard, Eric; Dobrota, Bogdan (Fall)
(3-0-6)
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FACC 500 Technology Business Plan Design (3 credits)
Overview
Faculty Course : This course combines several management functional areas such as marketing, financial, operations and strategy with the skills of creativity, engineering innovation, leadership and communications. Students learn how to design an effective and winning business plan around a technology or engineering project in small, medium or large enterprises.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Avedesian, Michael M (Fall)
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FACC 501 Technology Business Plan Project (3 credits)
Overview
Faculty Course : Students work in teams to develop a comprehensive business plan project based on a technological or engineering innovation while utilizing site visits.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Avedesian, Michael M (Winter)
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HISP 225 Hispanic Civilization 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Hispanic Studies (Arts) : A survey of historical and cultural elements which constitute the background of the Hispanic world up to the 18th century; a survey of the pre-Columbian indigenous civilizations (Aztec, Maya and Inca) and the conquest of America.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Ceia, Vanessa (Fall)
Fall
Taught in English
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HISP 226 Hispanic Civilization 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Hispanic Studies (Arts) : A survey of the constitution of the ideological and political structures of the Spanish Empire in both Europe and America until the Wars of Independence; a survey of the culture and history of the Hispanic people from the early 19th Century to the present.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Jouve-Martin, Jose (Winter)
Winter
Taught in English
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INDR 294 Introduction to Labour-Management Relations (3 credits) *
Overview
Industrial Relations : An introduction to labour-management relations, the structure, function and government of labour unions, labour legislation, the collective bargaining process, and the public interest in industrial relations.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: Westgate, Chantal; Guerin, Richard (Fall) Westgate, Chantal (Winter) Westgate, Chantal (Summer)
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INTG 201 Integrated Management Essentials 1 (3 credits) **
Overview
INTG : Essentials of management using an integrated approach. Three modules (managing money, managing people and managing information) cover fundamentals of accounting, finance, organizational behaviour and information systems; and illustrate how the effective management of human, financial and technological resources contributes to the success of an organization. Emphasizes an integrated approach to management, highlighting how organizations function as a whole and the importance of being able to work across functional and organizational boundaries.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Tsang, Desmond; Madan, Sujata; Westgate, Chantal; Bassellier, Genevieve; Schumacher, David (Fall)
Only open to U1, U2, U3 non-Management students. Not open to students in the Desautels Faculty of Management or students who have taken two or more of courses MGCR 211, MGCR 222 or MGCR 341.
Limited enrolment; priority registration to students in Minors in Entrepreneurship. Note: this course is not part of the Desautels Minors in Management, Finance, Marketing or Operations Management (for non-Management students).
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INTG 202 Integrated Management Essentials 2 (3 credits) **
Overview
INTG : Essentials of management using an integrated approach. Four modules (managing customer relationships, managing processes, managing digital innovation and managing the enterprise) cover fundamentals of marketing, strategy, operations and information systems; and illustrate how this knowledge is harnessed in an organization to create value for customers and other stakeholders. Emphasizes an integrated approach to management, highlighting how organizations function as a whole and the importance of being able to work across functional and organizational boundaries.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Donovan, Richard George; Bassellier, Genevieve; Mishra, Saurabh; Gumus, Mehmet; Phelps, Corey (Winter)
Restriction(s): Only open to U1, U2, U3 students. Not open to students in the Desautels Faculty of Management or students who have taken two or more of courses MGCR 331, MGCR 352, MGCR 423 or MGCR 472.
Limited enrolment; priority registration to students in Minors in Entrepreneurship. It is suggested that students take INTG 201 prior to INTG 202, but is not required. Note: this course is not part of the Desautels Minors in Management, Finance, Marketing or Operations Management (for non-Management Students).
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MATH 338 History and Philosophy of Mathematics (3 credits)
Overview
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci) : Egyptian, Babylonian, Greek, Indian and Arab contributions to mathematics are studied together with some modern developments they give rise to, for example, the problem of trisecting the angle. European mathematics from the Renaissance to the 18th century is discussed in some detail.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Fox, Thomas F (Fall)
Fall
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MGCR 222 Introduction to Organizational Behaviour (3 credits) *
Overview
Management Core : Individual motivation and communication style; group dynamics as related to problem solving and decision making, leadership style, work structuring and the larger environment. Interdependence of individual, group and organization task and structure.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: Westgate, Chantal; Jaeger, Alfred M; Sepinwall, Sharyn; Sharma, Maya; Sylvain, Nathalie-Michele (Fall) Westgate, Chantal; Sharma, Maya; Malo, Katherine; Al Hajj, Raghid; Banerjee, Mallika (Winter) Banerjee, Mallika; Westgate, Chantal (Summer)
Continuing Studies: requirement for CMA, CGA, the EA of AACI, and the Institute of Internal Auditors
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MGCR 352 Principles of Marketing (3 credits) *
Overview
Management Core : Introduction to marketing principles, focusing on problem solving and decision making. Topics include: the marketing concept; marketing strategies; buyer behaviour; Canadian demographics; internal and external constraints; product; promotion; distribution; price. Lectures, text material and case studies.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: Etemad, Hamid; Dotzel, Thomas; Han, DaHee; Dellar, Mary; Kim, Hee Ryung (Fall) Lu, Yi; Yang, Nathan; Royce, Charles; Soroka, Robert H S (Winter) Dellar, Mary; Lee, June Soo (Summer)
Continuing Studies: requirement for the Institute of Internal Auditors, and the Canadian Institute of Management
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ORGB 321 Leadership (3 credits) *
Overview
Organizational Behaviour : Leadership theories provide students with opportunities to assess and work on improving their leadership skills. Topics include: the ability to know oneself as a leader, to formulate a vision, to have the courage to lead, to lead creatively, and to lead effectively with others.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Hewlin, Patricia (Fall) Gagnon, Suzanne (Winter)
Prerequisite: MGCR 222 or permission of Instructor and approval of the BCom Program Office.
Restrictions: Restricted to U2 and U3 students.
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ORGB 423 Human Resources Management (3 credits) *
Overview
Organizational Behaviour : Issues involved in personnel administration. Topics include: human resource planning, job analysis, recruitment and selection, training and development, performance appraisal, organization development and change, issues in compensation and benefits, and labour-management relations.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: Daoud, Maha (Fall) Daoud, Maha; Ruel, Stefanie (Winter) Westgate, Chantal (Summer)
Prerequisite: MGCR 222
Requirement for the Institute of Internal Auditors
* Note: Management courses have limited enrolment and registration dates. See Important Dates at .
** Note: INTG 201 and INTG 202 are not open to students who have taken certain Management courses. Please see the INTG 210 and INTG 202 course information for a list of these courses.
*** If you are uncertain whether or not a course principally imparts language skills, please see an adviser in the McGill Engineering Student Centre (Frank Dawson Building, Room 22) or email an adviser.
Note regarding language courses: Language courses are not accepted to satisfy the Complementary Studies Group B requirement, effective for students who entered the program as of Fall 2017.
Revision, February 2018. End of revision.
Enhanced Power Concentration
Students following this program must complete 15 credits of technical complementary courses.
The Institute for Electrical Power Engineering was recently established as a province-wide centre for electrical power engineering education. It is funded by industry, mostly Hydro-Qu茅bec, and provides a comprehensive program, state-of-the-art laboratory facilities, and a point of contact between industry and universities involved in power engineering.
Note: This program is open to students in the regular Electrical Engineering program only.
Here are some benefits of the concentration:
A complete and up-to-date final-year program in electrical power engineering, with industry-sponsored and supported courses
Access to industry-sponsored projects, internships, and new employment opportunities
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
To be considered in September 2018, the applicant must:
- be registered in the B.Eng. program (regular Electrical Engineering);
- have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5;
- have completed or be registered in ECSE 361 (Power Engineering);
- be able to complete the degree requirements by December 2018;
- agree to follow the curriculum requirements set out below.
SELECTION CRITERIA
The number of students selected, expected to be between five and ten, will be subject to a specific agreement between the University and the Institute. Selection criteria for admission to the Institute will be based on the CGPA and on the curriculum vitae. The selection process for the scholarship may involve an interview with the committee presided by Hydro-Qu茅bec and the industrial partners. There is a possibility of an internship with Hydro-Qu茅bec.
CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS FOR SELECTED STUDENTS
Generally, unless the University has authorized specific substitutions, students must complete the degree requirements set out in this eCalendar with the following specifications:
Technical Complementaries and Laboratories (15 credits)
All students must take (or have taken) five courses from the following:
Required Courses
9 credits
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ECSE 462 Electromechanical Energy Conversion (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Lumped parameter concepts of electromechanics. Energy, co-energy in the derivation of torques and forces. Examples of electric machines: - dc, synchronous and induction types. Steady-state, transient and stability analysis. Power electronic controllers.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Joos, Geza (Fall)
(3-0-6)
Prerequisite: ECSE 361
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ECSE 464 Power Systems Analysis (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Basic principles of planning and operating interconnected power systems with emphasis on Canadian conditions. Mathematical models for system. Steady-state analysis of power systems, load flow formulation and solution algorithms. Operating strategies, economic dispatch, voltage reactive power regulation, frequency and tie-line power control.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Bouffard, Fran莽ois (Fall)
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ECSE 465 Power Electronic Systems (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Introduction to power electronics: definition, applications and classification of converters. Review of analytical techniques. Overview of power semiconductor switches. Line communicated rectifiers and inverters. Switch mode power converters and modulation techniques. Choppers, inverters and rectifiers. Resonant mode converters. Application to power systems and energy conversion.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Joos, Geza (Fall)
Students must also complete ECSE 456 and 457 (Electrical Engineering Design Projects 1 and 2) on a practical project in power engineering, preferably at the Institute or with a company sponsoring the Institute.
Complementary Courses
6 credits from the following:
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ECSE 404 Control Systems (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Modelling and simulation of control systems; basic concepts of linear systems; open and closed loop control; classical design of controllers - specifications in the step response and the frequency domain; state space design of controllers - pole placement and LQR; sampled data systems.
Terms: Fall 2017
Instructors: Michalska, Hannah (Fall)
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ECSE 460 Appareillage 茅lectrique (Electrical Power Equipment) (3 credits) *
Overview
Electrical Engineering : 脡l茅ments d'un r茅seau de transport. Lignes: mod茅lisation et param猫tres. Transformateurs: circuits 茅quivalents, pertes, enclenchement, protection. Disjoncteurs: fonctionnement et dimensionnement. 脡quipements de compensation: condensateurs, branchement s茅rie et shunt, inductances. Coordination d'isolement.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Joos, Geza (Winter)
(3-2-4)
Prerequisite: ECSE 464.
Taught in French.
This course is offered by the Power Engineering Institute.
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ECSE 463 Electric Power Generation (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Primary energy resources, conventional and renewable. Electric power generation principles. Rotating and static power conversion, frequency and voltage control. Synchronous and induction generators, design and operation, grid integration requirements of central and distributed generation. Static power converter interfaces, principles and operation. Wind generation principles, control and wind farms. Electrochemical and pumped storage.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Joos, Geza; Bouffard, Fran莽ois (Winter)
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ECSE 466 R茅seaux de distribution (3 credits) *
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Les r茅seaux de distribution d'茅lectricit茅. Concepts de base. Lignes et c芒bles de distribution, caract茅ristiques physiques. R茅seau de neutre. Techniques de protection des r茅seaux de distribution. Coordination de la protection, d茅faillance des 茅quipements. Continuit茅 de service, normes, 茅tendue et dur茅e des pannes. Architectures de r茅seau. Production distribu茅e, 茅tudes d'int茅gration au r茅seau protection. Qualit茅 de l'onde, exigences de raccordement, harmoniques, creux de tension papillotement. Logiciels d'analyse des r茅seaux de distribution, 茅coulement de puissance d茅s茅quilibr茅, r茅gime perturb茅.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Joos, Geza (Winter)
(3-0-6)
Prerequisite(s): ECSE 361
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ECSE 467 Comportement des r茅seaux 茅lectriques (3 credits) *
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Introduction: classification des ph茅nom猫nes, structure d'un r茅seau 茅lectrique. Mod茅lisation des composants: lignes, transformateurs, machines 茅lectriques, charges. Syst猫mes d'excitation des machines. R茅gime permanent. Stabilit茅 de transitoire, de tension, des petits signaux. M茅thodes de compensation: stabilisateurs, compensation s茅rie et shunt. Oscillations sous synchrones. Ph茅nom猫nes 茅lectromagn茅tiques transitoires. M茅thodes et outils de simulation num茅rique.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Joos, Geza (Winter)
(3-0-6)
Prerequisite: ECSE 464.
Note: Taught in French. This course is offered by the Power Engineering Institute.
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ECSE 468 Electricit茅 industrielle (Industrial Power Systems) (3 credits) *
Overview
Electrical Engineering : Structure des r茅seaux 茅lectriques industriels. Niveau de tension. Installations 茅lectriques, codes et normes. Court-circuits, protection et coordination. Mise 脿 la terre. Qualit茅 de l'onde. Facteur de puissance, tarification et gestion de l'茅nergie 茅lectrique.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Joos, Geza (Winter)
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ECSE 469 Protection des r茅seaux 茅lectriques (3 credits) *
Overview
Electrical Engineering : G茅n茅ralit茅s sur les syst猫mes de protection. Calculs de d茅fauts sym茅triques et asym茅triques. Transformateurs de mesure. Syst猫me de mise 脿 la terre. Types de relais de protection. Protection de transformateur, de barres, de ligne de transport : philosophie et application. Conception des syst猫mes de protection. Homologation et essais de relais.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Joos, Geza (Winter)
(3-0-6)
Prerequisite: ECSE 464.
Note: Taught in French. This course is offered by the Power Engineering Institute.
* Courses taught in French.
Note: ECSE 460, ECSE 464 (Fall semester), ECSE 465, ECSE 467, ECSE 468, and ECSE 469 are courses sponsored by the Institute and taught at 脡cole Polytechnique de Montr茅al.
Faculty of Engineering—2017-2018 (last updated Aug. 23, 2017) (disclaimer)
