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Engineering
601
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Professional Development I
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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
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Engineering
603
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Professional Development II
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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
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Engineering
661
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Introduction to Geospatial Data Analytics
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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)
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Engineering
680
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Introduction to Digital Engineering
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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)
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Engineering
681
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Engineering Tools
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The theory and use of numerical computational procedures to solve engineering problems.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-2)
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Engineering
682
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Sustainability Engineering
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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)
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Engineering
683
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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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)
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Engineering
684
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Introduction to Project Management
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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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Engineering
686
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Climate Change Adaptation for Engineers
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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)
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Engineering
687
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Ethics, Law, and the Engineering Profession
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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’s Act.
Course Hours:
3 units; (3-0)
Antirequisite(s):
Credit for Engineering 687 and 513 will not be allowed.
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