Dean of the Faculty—Ext. 2566, Room 242, Essex Hall
Associate Dean—Ext. 2565, Room 145, Essex Hall
The Faculty of Engineering consists of the following departments:
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Mechanical and Materials Engineering
Programs are offered in the following areas:
Mechanical Engineering (Materials Option)
The Dean of the Faculty (Chair); the Associate Dean; all full-time faculty of professorial rank, including visiting professors; student representatives as agreed.
The regulations contained in this section apply to students registered in the Faculty of Engineering. Students are directed to become familiar with the general regulations of the University as described above in 2.5 which apply to all students.
Advanced standing normally will be granted only upon admission to the Faculty of Engineering.
All course changes subsequent to registration require the written approval of the Associate Dean of the Faculty.
A student, while registered in the Faculty of Engineering, may register for courses additional to those in the Engineering program only with the permission of the Head of the Department in which the student is enrolled and the Associate Dean.
Overload courses are deemed to be courses taken in addition to the prescribed term load. Such courses may be taken only with the permission of the Head of the Department in which the student is enrolled and the Associate Dean. A student carrying an academic overload will be assessed the appropriate fee.
An evaluation of the student's performance will be made each year by the Academic Standing Committee.
The Academic Standing Committee shall consist of the heads of the departments with the Associate Dean as Chair.
1) A student's academic evaluation is based on a cumulative average of grades weighted as follows: The weight of a one-term course is equal to the number of lecture hours per week, plus one-half the number of tutorial or laboratory hours per week.
2) All courses taken as part of the Engineering Program, including failed and repeated courses, and supplemental evaluations will be included in the calculation of the cumulative average.
The Academic Standing Committee may grant a supplemental evaluation privilege for a failed course provided that the student:
(a)has failed only one course in the evaluation period; and
(b)has a grade in the failed course of F; and
(c)has a cumulative average of 5.0 or better.
If a supplemental evaluation privilege is granted and the student decides to exercise this privilege, the student must register for the supplemental and pay the appropriate fee. Once a student has registered for a supplemental evaluation and the required evaluation method has been prescribed, the evaluation will occur at the time and place prescribed by the Faculty of Engineering. Failure to write after registering for the supplemental evaluation will result in a grade of F being assigned. Both the resulting grade and the original grade will be shown on the student's transcript and will be included in the determination of the student's cumulative average.
1) Courses in which grades of F and F- are obtained must be repeated, unless an F has been cleared by supplemental privileges (see 8.2.7).
2) A student may not repeat a passed course for credit except as outlined below in 8.2.9.
3) Repeated courses normally must be taken in full, including lecture, tutorial, and laboratory portions of the courses.
4) Repeated courses normally will be given first priority in scheduling.
The Academic Standing Committee of the Faculty of Engineering reviews the academic records each year and makes academic decisions as appropriate in light of the cumulative average achieved.
1) The minimum requirement for continuation "in good standing" is a cumulative average of 5.0.
2) If a student has not met the minimum cumulative average requirement at the end of any term in which his/her record is not being formally reviewed, he/she automatically will be placed on probation.
3) If at the end of the term in which the student's record is being reviewed the student has not met the minimum cumulative average requirement, the student's record will be referred to the Academic Standing Committee for decision.
(a)If the cumulative average is between 4.0 and 4.9 the student normally will be allowed to continue on probation until the next evaluation period. By the subsequent evaluation period the cumulative average must be raised to at least a 5.0 or the student may be required to withdraw.
(b)If the cumulative average is below 4.0 the student will be required to withdraw.
(c)A final year student with a cumulative average of 4.0 or higher may be allowed to repeat courses as specified by the Academic Standing Committee.
4) A student who has been required to withdraw may not register in the Faculty of Engineering for twelve months.
The student must apply for re-admission through the Office of the Registrar by the appropriate deadline date for the term desired and must include a statement of rationale with the application.
Re-admission to the Faculty is not automatic and will be dependent upon the Academic Standing Committee's assessment of the applicant's prospects for successful completion of the program.
If re-admitted, the student will be placed on probation and must raise the cumulative average to 5.0 by the next evaluation period and must satisfy any additional conditions of admission which may have been imposed by the Academic Standing Committee. If the student fails to meet such requirements he/she normally will be required to withdraw.
A student who has been required to withdraw a second time will not be eligible for re-admission under any conditions.
1) Students who wish to appeal a decision requiring them to withdraw must do so in writing through the Dean's Office to the Appeals Committee of the Faculty of Engineering no later than three weeks after the decision of the Academic Standing Committee has been released by the Registrar's Office. The reasons on which the appeal is based should be clearly presented.
The Appeals Committee shall consist of one representative from each department with the Dean as Chair.
2) A final-year student who has not satisfied all the requirements for graduation may petition the Academic Standing Committee for a special review of his or her case.
3) Further regulations with regard to appeals are contained in Senate Bylaw 51.
In order to fulfill the requirements to receive a B.A.Sc. in Engineering, a student must:
(a)obtain credit in all designated courses;
(b)complete the program within six years of study from the date of first registration in the Faculty of Engineering;
(c)attain a cumulative average of 5.0 or better.
1) Second-Class Honours: A student will graduate with second-class honours if all the requirements previously described have been fulfilled and the program has been completed within the period of four years while maintaining a cumulative average of 8.0 to 10.9 in the third and fourth years.
2) First-Class Honours: A student will graduate with first-class honours if all the requirements previously described have been fulfilled, and the program has been completed within a period of four years while maintaining a cumulative average of 11.0 to 13.0 in the third and fourth years.
3) Honours with Distinction: A student will graduate with honours with distinction if all the requirements previously described have been fulfilled, and the program has been completed within a period of four years while maintaining a cumulative average of 12.0 or higher in the third and fourth years, providing that no courses were failed in any of the four years.
4) Dean's List: Any full-time Engineering student who attains a term average of 10.5 or greater will be entitled to the honour of being placed on the Dean's list.
A student whose conduct and/or attendance at lectures, tutorials, and/or laboratories is deemed to be detrimental to the best interest of the Faculty of Engineering, will be referred to the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs for appropriate action.
The Faculty reserves the right to limit enrolment in any program of study.
The Co-operative Education Program is available in the Departments of Civil and Environmental, Electrical, Industrial and Manufacturing Systems, and Mechanical and Materials Engineering.
The Faculty of Engineering Co-operative Education Program offers students the opportunity to combine their classroom experiences with related work experiences. The Co-operative Education Program is based upon the principle that the preparation of undergraduate Engineering students can be enhanced by blending career related work experience with a quality curriculum.
Admission to the Co-operative Education Program is competitive. Students who apply and are accepted into the Program will participate in four paid work experiences interspersed throughout the four-year honours program. The experience gained while participating in these structured and supervised work placements is viewed as an integral component of the student's education program. The term, "co-operative education", emphasizes the role of the Engineering student, the co-operating employer, and the University. 8.3.1APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Students seeking admission to the Co-operative Program must have been admitted initially to the Faculty of Engineering. During the Fall term of their first year, students will be eligible to apply for the Co-operative Program in the Faculty of Engineering. Positions in the Co-operative Program are limited and it may not be possible to accommodate all students who apply.
The Faculty of Engineering Co-operative program is a select program; thus, the following criteria have been established to evaluate applications:
(a)academic achievement (high school and Fall term marks);
(b)previous volunteer and paid work experience;
(c)a letter outlining the student's motivation for applying;
(d)two letters of recommendation; and
(e)an interview.
Decisions regarding participation in the Co-operative Program will be finalized by the Co-op Education and Student Placement Office in the Winter term of the student's first year of study. Actual registration in the Program and fee assessment will not occur until students obtain their first work placement in the summer after their first year.
Co-op students will apply for work placement positions advertised by the Co-operative Education and Student Placement Office. These job postings will include relevant information regarding responsibilities, location, wages, etc.
Employers will be provided with a complete listing of co-op students interested in their employment opportunities. Letters of application, résumés, and academic transcripts will be forwarded to the employers, who will select the students they wish to interview.
The Faculty of Engineering does not guarantee placement, but every reasonable effort will be made to ensure that appropriate employment is made available.
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After each study term, students' academic records will be reviewed to ensure that they meet the academic requirements necessary to remain in the Co-operative Program.
A student's performance in a Work Term will be evaluated as either "Satisfactory" or "Unsatisfactory". To obtain a "satisfactory" evaluation, a student must successfully complete all the requirements of the Co-operative Program as described in the rule and regulations hadout provided to all co-op students and available from the Co-operative Education Office.
In addition to the requirements for graduation from the regular B.A.Sc. program (see 8.2.11), students in the Co-operative Program must satisfactorily complete three work terms, including a final, Fall work term.
The engineering curriculum leading to the B.A.Sc. degree has been designed to offer students an education that is immediately valuable to them on graduation and which, at the same time, provides a foundation to accommodate their further education in industry or research.
The first year is common in order to give the student an introduction to general engineering principles and to allow investigation of a special field of interest for subsequent years of study.
While engineers must work within the technologies of the times, they are also responsible for the continual development of these technologies. The flexibility demanded of the engineer must be based upon proficiency in the physical sciences, and a confident ability to apply the sciences to the benefit of humankind. Therefore, our engineering programs are founded upon a substantial content of mathematics, physics, and chemistry; and our engineering subjects are taught with a view to familiarizing the students with contemporary practice, and teaching them those methods of analysis, design, and realization which they will be able to apply to a continually developing discipline.
The aim of the engineer is to apply the latest science and technology for the betterment of society; engineers must, therefore, realize their duties to society and, as a prerequisite, appreciate how civilizations have developed to their present states.
The independent responsibility that we wish to see in practising engineers is impressed upon our students by emphasis on laboratory work, tutorials, projects, and assignments. Further, the student is assisted in individual studies by counselling and professional development seminars.
These activities encourage a close and profitable student-professor relationship and facilitate the interchange of engineering information and experience to develop the professional maturity and integrity of the student.
Note: The baccalaureate degree programs in Civil and Environmental, Electrical, Industrial, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering (Materials Option) are accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board of the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers.
The course and program requirements for the various fields of engineering are given below.
Note: All students will follow the sequence of study terms shown in their program of study.
(Common to all Engineering programs)
Fall Term
| Lect. | Lab. | Wt. | |
|
85-111(Engrg. Mech. I) |
2 |
2 |
3.00 |
|
85-118.(Prof. Development) |
2 |
0 |
2.00 |
|
85-130.*(Graphical Comm.) |
1 |
3 |
2.50 |
|
85-132.(Comp.-Aided Analysis I) |
2 |
2 |
3.00 |
|
59-110.(Topics in General Chemistry) |
3 |
3 |
4.50 |
|
62-116.(Calculus I) |
3 |
1 |
3.50 |
|
62-126.(Matrix Algebra) |
3 |
1 |
3.50 |
Winter Term
| Lect. | Lab | Wt. | |
|
85-122.(Engrg. Mech. II) |
3 |
2 |
4.00 |
|
85-124.(Elec. & Magnetism) |
3 |
2 |
4.00 |
|
85-128.(Intro to Engrg. Materials) |
3 |
2 |
4.00 |
|
85-130.*(Graphical Comm.) |
1 |
3 |
2.50 |
|
85-131.(Comp.-Aided Design) |
2 |
2 |
3.00 |
|
62-117.(Calculus II) |
3 |
1 |
3.50 |
* 85-130 will be taken in either the Fall or the Winter term as assigned by the Faculty.
(Co-op students only)
85-198.(Work Term I)
Course descriptions for non-Engineering subjects are given in 8.10.
The Second, Third, and Fourth Years of Engineering programs may be found as follows:
Civil Engineering: see 8.6.2, 8.6.3;
Electrical Engineering: see 8.7.2;
Environmental Engineering: see 8.6.2, 8.6.5;
Industrial: see 8.8.2;
Mechanical Engineering: see 8.9.2;
Mechanical Engineering (Materials Option): see 8.9.2.
Statics of particles and rigid bodies; trusses, frames, machines; centroids and centres of gravity; friction. (2 lecture, 2 tutorial hours a week.)
The practice of engineering in various disciplines; career development; administrative processes in the profession;ethical considerations; the relationship of engineering to society. Fundamentals of expository writing, including types of exposition, planning, organization, format and style, résumé preparation, engineering reports, and other forms of written communication. Assignments using word processing. (2 lecture hours a week.)
Kinematics of particles; kinetics of particles: Newton's Second Law, work-energy and impulse-momentum methods; moments of inertia of areas and masses; kinematics of rigid bodies, plane motion. (3 lecture, 2 tutorial hours a week.)
Fundamental electrical concepts and units; source of electrical energy; terminal properties of voltage and current sources, resistors, capacitors and inductors; introduction to network analysis; network laws, network equations, solution methods; power and energy; electric and magnetic fields; measurement techniques. (3 lecture, 2 laboratory or tutorial hours a week.)
This course explains how the properties of solid materials are derived and are related to their basic crystallographic and electronic structures: Metals, ceramics, polymers, and electronic materials are covered. (3 lecture, 2 laboratory or tutorial hours a week.)
A course in the fundamentals of engineering graphic communication, including the following: orthographic projection; isometric drawing and sketching; single and double auxiliary views; sections and conventions; dimensioning; reading engineering drawings and prints; the fundamentals of descriptive geometry; introduction to computer graphics. (1 lecture hour, 3 laboratory hours a week.)
Design project organization, informational retrieval techniques, needs validation, problem identification and definition, modern problem-solving techniques, effective oral and written communication. Design evaluation using criterion functions. Application to major projects. (2 lecture, 2 laboratory hours a week.)
Mathematical analysis, including functions and graphical curve fitting. Application of the digital computer to the solution of mathematical and design problems. (2 lecture, 2 laboratory hours a week.)
Advanced Fortran programming; numerical methods; solution of linear algebraic equations with real and complex coefficients; matrix oriented methods; equations in one variable, roots of polynomials; solutions of nonlinear algebraic equations; curve-fitting techniques, numerical integration, solution of ordinary differential equations. (Prerequisite: 85-132.) (3 lecture, 1.5 tutorial hours a week.)
An introductory thermodynamics course in which fundamental principles are developed. Included are ideal gas relations, properties of pure substances, First Law for closed and steady flow systems, the Second Law with entropy relations, and an introduction to cycles. (3 lecture, 1.5 tutorial hours a week.)
Two-terminal components; Kirchhoff's laws, network analysis techniques, DC resistive networks; steady-state sinusoidal theory; power and energy; three phase systems; transient analysis; state equation methods; computer-oriented solution techniques. (Prerequisite: 85-124; corequisite: 85-211.) (3 lecture, 1.5 laboratory or tutorial hours or equivalent a week.)
An introduction to stress, stain, and stress-strain relations, and a brief discussion of mechanical properties and types of loads. A study of members subjected to axial load, flexure, and torsion. (Prerequisites: 85-111 and 62-116.) (2 lecture, 2 laboratory/tutorial hours a week.)
Treatment of engineering data using the concepts of frequency distribution; measures of central tendency and dispersion. Probability; random variables; discrete and continuous distributions. Tests of hypotheses; estimation; goodness-of-fit test; linear regression and correlation. Applications using computers in engineering design problems, quality control, and manufacturing processes. (Prerequisite: 62-116.) (3 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour a week.)
Fluid properties and basic concepts, fluid statics, equations of motion, one dimensional flows, flows in pipes in series, parallel and networks, dimensional analysis and similitude. (3 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour a week.)
Cost estimation, cost accounting, and cost control. Comparison of engineering alternatives by annual cost, present worth, and rate of return methods. Depreciation and taxes. Equipment replacement. (3 lecture, 1.5 tutorial hours a week.)
The technology-society relationship in a historical context; the nature of technological change and its consequences; the engineer's role in the control of technology. The development of the engineering profession; professional registration and the code of ethics; the duties and responsibilities of engineers; the engineer and the law. (Restricted to fourth-year students.) (3 lecture hours a week.)