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First ( Fall ) Semester ( TOTAL = 18 cr )
CHEM 110
General Chemistry 1
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: A study of the fundamental principles of atomic structure, radiation and nuclear chemistry, valence theory, coordination chemistry, and the periodic table.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Fall
- Prerequisites/corequisites: College level mathematics and physics or permission of instructor; CHEM 120 is not a prerequisite
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Terms
- Instructors
- Pallavi Sirjoosingh, Ashok K Kakkar, Maureen H McKeague, Irina Denisova
MATH 133
Linear Algebra and Geometry
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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. Linear transformations. Eigenvalues and diagonalization.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- 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, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
- Restriction C: Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 134.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MATH 150
Calculus A
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Functions, limits and continuity, differentiation, L'Hospital's rule, applications, Taylor polynomials, parametric curves, functions of several variables.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Fall
- 3 hours lecture, 2 hours tutorial
- Students with no prior exposure to vector geometry are advised to take MATH 133 concurrently. Intended for students with high school calculus who have not received six advanced placement credits
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CEGEP objective 00UN or equivalent
- Restriction Note B: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 122, except by permission of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics
- MATH 150 and MATH 151 cover the material of MATH 139, MATH 140, MATH 141, MATH 222
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
PHYS 131
Mechanics and Waves
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: The basic laws and principles of Newtonian mechanics; oscillations, waves, and wave optics.
Offered by: Physics
- 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
XXXX xxx (3) General Complementary I
Second ( Winter ) Semester ( TOTAL = 18 cr )
CHEM 120
General Chemistry 2
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Chemistry: A study of the fundamental principles of physical chemistry.
Offered by: Chemistry
- Winter
- Prerequisites/corequisites: College level mathematics and physics, or permission of instructor: CHEM 110 is not a prerequisite
- Each lab section is limited enrolment
- Terms
- Instructors
- Pallavi Sirjoosingh, Samuel Lewis Sewall, Paul W Wiseman, Irina Denisova
COMP 202
Foundations of Programming
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): Introduction to computer programming in a high level language: variables, expressions, primitive types, methods, conditionals, loops. Introduction to algorithms, data structures (arrays, strings), modular software design, libraries, file input/output, debugging, exception handling. Selected topics.
Offered by: Computer Science
- 3 hours
- Prerequisite: a CEGEP level mathematics course
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking COMP 204, COMP 208, or GEOG 333; not open to students who have taken or are taking COMP 206 or COMP 250.
- COMP 202 is intended as a general introductory course, while COMP 204 is intended for students in life sciences, and COMP 208 is intended for students in physical sciences and engineering.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Faten M'hiri
- Faten M'hiri
EDEC 206
Course not available
MATH 152
Course not available
PHYS 142
Electromagnetism & Optics
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Physics: The basic laws of electricity and magnetism; geometrical optics.
Offered by: Physics
- 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
Third ( Fall ) Semester (TOTAL = 17 cr )
CIVE 281
Analytical Mechanics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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.
Offered by: Civil Engineering
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ECSE 200
Electric Circuits 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Electrical Engineering: Circuit variables. Analysis of resistive circuits, network theorems (Kirchhoff’s laws, Ohm’s 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.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
- (4-2-3)
- Prerequisite: PHYS 142 or CEGEP equivalent.
- Corequisite: MATH 263
- Tutorials assigned by instructor.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Marwan Kanaan
- Marwan Kanaan
ECSE 221
Course not available
MATH 263
ODEs for Engineers
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- (3-1-5)
- Corequisite: MATH 262.
- Restrictions: Open only to students in the Faculty of Engineering. Not open to students who are taking or have taken MATH 315 or MATH 325.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MATH 264
Adv Calculus for Engineers
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Mathematics & Statistics (Sci): Review of multiple integrals. Differential and integral calculus of vector fields including the theorems of Gauss, Green, and Stokes. Introduction to partial differential equations, separation of variables, Sturm-Liouville problems, and Fourier series.
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MIME 221
Course not available
Fourth ( Winter ) Semester ( TOTAL = 17 cr )
COMP 250
Intro to Computer Science
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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.
Offered by: Computer Science
- 3 hours
- Prerequisites: Familiarity with a high level programming language and CEGEP level Math.
- Students with limited programming experience should take COMP 202 or equivalent before COMP 250. See COMP 202 Course Description for a list of topics.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Giulia Alberini
- Giulia Alberini
ECSE 210
Electric Circuits 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
- Terms
- Instructors
- Sharmistha Bhadra
- Sharmistha Bhadra
ECSE 211
Design Principles and Methods
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
- Terms
- Instructors
- Benoit Boulet, Marwan Kanaan, AJung Moon
- Benoit Boulet, Marwan Kanaan, AJung Moon
ECSE 291
Course not available
ECSE 322
Course not available
MATH 270
Course not available
Fifth ( Fall ) Semester ( TOTAL = 17 cr )
COMP 431
Course not available
ECSE 306
Course not available
ECSE 323
Course not available
ECSE 330
Introduction to Electronics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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 single-stage amplifiers with discrete biasing. Introduction to SPICE. Simulation experiments.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
- (3-2-4)
- Prerequisite: ECSE 210
- Tutorials assigned by instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
MATH 381
Course not available
Sixth ( Winter ) Semester ( TOTAL = 18 cr )
ECSE 305
Probability & Random Signals 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Electrical Engineering: The basic probability model, the heuristics of model-building and the additivity of probability; classical models; conditional probability and Bayes rule; random variables and vectors, distribution and density functions, expectation; statistical independence, laws of large numbers, central limit theorem; introduction to random processes and random signal analysis.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ECSE 321
Intro. to Software Engineering
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Electrical Engineering: Design, development and testing of software systems. Software life cycle: requirements analysis, software architecture and design, implementation, integration, test planning, and maintenance. The course involves a group project.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
- Terms
- Instructors
- Lili Wei
- Jessie Galasso-Carbonnel
ECSE 425
Computer Architecture
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
- (3-1-5)
- Prerequisites: ECSE 324
- Tutorials assigned by instructor.
ECSE 427
Operating Systems
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
MATH 363
Course not available
XXXX xxx (3) General Complementary II
Seventh ( Fall ) Semester ( TOTAL = 16 cr )
COMP 535
Computer Networks
4 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Computer Science (Sci): Fundamental design principles, elements, and protocols of computer networks, focusing on the current Internet. Topics include: layered architecture, direct link networks, switching and forwarding, bridge routing, congestion control, end-to-end protocols application of DNS, HTTP, P2P, fair queuing, performance modeling and analysis.
Offered by: Computer Science
OR
ECSE 414
Course not available
ECSE 334
Intro. to Microelectronics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
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.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ECSE 353
Electromagnetic Fields&Waves
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Electrical Engineering: Divergence, gradient and curl. The divergence theorem and Stokes’ theorem. Maxwell’s equations in integral and differential form. Waves in free space and on transmission lines. Electric and magnetic force and energy. Magnetic materials. Faraday's law. Applications to engineering problems. S-parameters.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
- Terms
- Instructors
- Thomas Szkopek
- Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur
ECSE 426
Microprocessor Systems
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Electrical Engineering: Introduction to current microprocessors, their architecture, programming, interfacing and operating systems. The course includes lectures, use of crossassemblers, and simulators as well as laboratory experiments on actual microprocessor hardware.
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr
- (1-5-3)
- Prerequisites: (CCOM 206 or WCOM 206) and ECSE 323.
- This course may be counted as a technical complementary or a lab complementary.
- Limited Enrolment (50)
- Lab hours assigned by instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
ECSE 474
Course not available
ECSE 4xx (3) Technical Complementary I
Eighth( Winter ) Semester ( TOTAL = 16 cr )
MIME 310
Course not available
ECSE 475
Course not available
ECSE 4xx (3) Technical Complementary II
ECSE 4xx (3) Technical Complementary III
ECSE 4xx (3) Lab Complementary
XXXX xxx (3) General Complementary III
NOTES
All courses are core courses except for technical complementaries, laboratory complementaries and general complementaries. Core courses are shown in boldface above. All core courses must be passed with a grade "C" or better. Also, a grade of "C" is required for an ECSE xxx core course in order to proceed with its follow-on ECSE xxx course(s), and a grade of "C" is required for a MATH xxx course in order to proceed with its follow-on MATH xxx course(s). A grade of "D" is only acceptable for non-core courses (ie - technical, laboratory, and general complementaries).
Laboratory complementaries are normally taken in conjuction with a technical complementary. Technical complementaries are selected from the list of 400-level courses offered by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (see next page).
General complementary studies requirements:
1) U0, freshman students, must complete 3 credits from a special list which relate to the Impact of Technology on Society and 6 credits from a special list of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Administrative Studies and Law (see Section 7.3.4, Page 213 of the 2006-2007 McGill University Calendar).
2) U1, students from Quebec CEGEP, must complete 3 credits from a special list which relate to the Impact of Technology on Society and 3 credits from a special list of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Administrative Studies and Law (see Section 7.3.4, Page 213 of the 2006-2007 McGill University Calendar).
This sample curriculum is only for students who wish to complete their degree requirements in 8 semesters. Students may, at any time, deviate from this structure. However, it will be the student's responsibility to devise a study plan that has no course conflicts or prerequisite/corequisite violations. Academic advisors are available for course selection.