Options
Complete details of designated options available to Engineering students are provided in the Calendar in the section entitled Options, Specializations and Electives for Engineering Students. Students who satisfy the option requirements will have the appropriate designations appear on their transcript and diploma. Options often require taking extra courses during an academic term. Associated with each option is a co-ordinator who can assist you in determining how the courses may fit the best with your program.
To add or remove an option, students must complete a Plan Modification Form.
Students who wish to follow an option are strongly encouraged to declare their intent before starting the 2B term.
- Artificial Intelligence Option
- Biomechanics Option
- Computer Engineering Option
- Computing Option
- Entrepreneurship Option
- Environmental Engineering Option
- International Studies in Engineering Option
- Life Sciences Option
- Management Sciences Option*
- Mechatronics Option
- Physical Sciences Option
- Software Engineering Option
- Statistics Option
*This option may be of particular interest to Architectural Engineering students. The Management Sciences Option provides an understanding of the issues, concepts, and techniques related to the management of technology.
Specializations
The Faculty of Engineering recognizes specializations with the Architectural Engineering BASc degree. Students who satisfy the specialization requirements (courses and grades) will have the specialization designation shown on their transcript and diploma. Specializations are intended to recognize success in a concentration of electives within the Architectural Engineering degree specification. In other words, specializations focus the selection of electives required for the base degree and do not require extra courses.
The Architectural Engineering plan has two specializations recognized by the Faculty of Engineering. Each specialization requires students to select technical electives with a common theme. Students are responsible for meeting the TE requirements of the Architectural Engineering degree when pursuing a specialization. Each specialization requires the successful completion of a minimum number of TEs specified by the specialization with a minimum average of 60%. Students must declare a specialization for it to be recognized as part of their degree and appear on the transcript and diploma.
The specialization course requirements are provided below. Exceptions to the listed courses require the approval of the CEE Department. See the Academic Calendar for more information
Building Structures Specialization
The Building Structures Specialization course requirements are:
- At least five TEs from the list below.
- At least one of CIVE 413 or CIVE 414 must be taken in the five TEs.
| Course | Title | Term | TE List |
|---|---|---|---|
| AE 315 | Building Structural Systems | W | A |
| CIVE 413 | Structural Steel Design | S | B |
| CIVE 414 | Structural Concrete Design | S | B |
| CIVE 415 | Structural System Design | W | B |
| CIVE 422 | Finite Element Analysis | W | C |
| CIVE 460 | Engineering Biomechanics | W | B |
| CIVE 505 | Structural Dynamics | S | C |
| CIVE 512 | Rehabilitation of Structures | W | B |
| CIVE 596 | Construction Engineering | S | B |
Building Systems Specialization
The Building Systems Specialization requires at minimum of four TEs from the list below.
| Course | Title | Term | TE List |
|---|---|---|---|
| AE 301 | Building Enclosure Systems | W | A |
| AE 315 | Building Structural Systems | W | A |
| AE 405 | Building Performance Measurement Lab | S | A |
| AE 450 | Building Service Systems | S | A |
| AE 572 | Building Energy Analysis | F, S | A |
| AE 573 | HVAC Systems, Equipment, and Energy Efficiency | W | A |
| ME 452 | HVAC Load Analysis and Design Fundamentals | W | A |