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Graduate Courses
Engineering 601
Professional Development I
Topics covered include: health and safety, communication styles, supervisory relationships and respect in the lab, presentation skills including presentation planning and voice projection, reference gathering and management, awareness of plagiarism, and writing abstracts.
Course Hours:1.5 units; (3S-0) Prerequisite(s):Admission to an engineering thesis-based graduate program. NOT INCLUDED IN GPA
Topics covered include: presentation skills, skills for writing scientific manuscripts, peer review process, defense and candidacy, engineering design, intellectual property, and networking basics.
Course Hours:1.5 units; (3S-0) Prerequisite(s):Admission to an engineering thesis-based graduate program. NOT INCLUDED IN GPA
This course provides an introduction to gGeospatial data analytics using gGeographic iInformation sSystems and rRemote sSensing technologies. The course is designed for students without previous knowledge in geospatial data handling but with interest in data science. Course Hours:3 units; (3-3) Also known as:(Engineering 461)
Fundamental components of a digital engineering system. Basic programming constructs for implementing digital engineering systems. Programming techniques to facilitate data analysis. Obtaining and cleaning data. Data validation. Data visualization. Introduction to basic machine learning techniques and data-driven modeling. Applications chosen from all engineering disciplines.
Course Hours:3 units; (3-0)
Sustainability in ancient and modern societies; UN sustainable development goals; risk assessment, life cycle analysis, and sustainability indices; global reporting initiative; mapping the scope of sustainability challenges in industrial/agrarian economies; analysis of the relationship among economic systems, growth and sustainable alternatives; sustainable innovations in the food, energy, water and materials sectors.
Course Hours:3 units; (3-0)
Definitions, contexts, language, dynamics, historical and contemporary examples of Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship; innovation process from a multidisciplinary perspective; Engineering inventive processes.
Course Hours:3 units; (3-3)
Application of management principles to the project environment; planning, control, scope, time and cost processes; project organization and human resource issues. Students review aspects of a current major capital project and submit and defend a project report.
Course Hours:3 units; (3-0) Antirequisite(s):Credit for Engineering 684 and any of Civil Engineering 691, Engineering 515 or Manufacturing Engineering 527 will not be allowed.
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Introduction to climate, climate variability, climate change. Climate data sources. Climate change adaptation for engineers: principles and applicable sectors. The Canadian Public Infrastructure Engineering Vulnerability Committee (PIVEC) protocol and its application for assessing climate change vulnerability and developing adaptation strategy.
Course Hours:3 units; (3-0)
The professional duties and responsibilities of the engineer as they relate to society. Ethics and the engineering profession. Public and worker safety and health. Design for safety. Sustainable development. The engineer and the environment. Environmental stewardship. Essentials of leadership. Gender issues. Employment equity. Fundamentals of Engineering Law. Professional organizations. The Engineering Profession鈥檚 Act.
Course Hours:3 units; (3-0) Antirequisite(s):Credit for Engineering 687 and 513 will not be allowed.