Program overview

The first three years of the Mechatronics Engineering program consist primarily of "core" courses that must be taken by all students. Non-technical or "complementary studies" elective courses (CSEs) are distributed throughout the program to give academic breadth; however, elective courses are not included every term. In the final year, five technical electives (TE) are scheduled. These five courses must be chosen from a list of approved courses, and this enables the student to focus on a particular Mechatronics area of interest.

First-Year Courses

The first year of the mechatronics engineering program is run primarily by the first year engineering office in E2-1778. Courses in first year concentrate on basic mathematics, physics, computation and engineering materials. The course MTE100: Mechatronics Engineering is focused on fundamental knowledge and skills essential for academic and professional development in mechatronics engineering.

*Term*	*Course and Title*
1A (Fall)	CHE 102 Chemistry for Engineers
	MTE 121 Digital Computation
	MATH 115 Linear Algebra for Engineering
	MATH 116 Calculus 1 for Engineering
	MTE 100 Mechatronics Engineering
1B (S/W)	MATH 118 Calculus 2 For Engineering
	MTE 111 Structure and Properties of Materials
	MTE 119 Statics
	MTE 120 Circuits
	MTE 140 Algorithms and Data Structures

Second-Year & Third-Year Courses

Second and third-year courses go more deeply into Mechatronics Engineering and include topics such as electromechanical devices, kinematics and dynamics of machines, computer interfacing, real-time operating systems, electromechanical machine design, and control systems.

Term	Course and Title
2A (Winter)	MTE 200A Seminar
	MTE 201 Experimental Measurement and Statistical Analysis
	MTE 202 Ordinary Differential Equations
	MTE 219 Mechanics of Deformable Solids
	MTE 262 Introduction to Microprocessors and Digital Logic
	SYDE 182 Physics 2 (Dynamics)
	CSE - Complementary Studies Elective
2B (Fall)	MTE 200B Seminar
	MTE 203 Advanced Calculus
	MTE 204 Numerical Methods
	MTE 220 Sensors and Instrumentation
	MTE 241 Introduction to Computer Structures and Real-Time Systems
	SYDE 252 Linear Systems and Signals
	WKRPT 200 Work-term Report
3A (Spring)	MTE 309 Introduction to Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
	MTE 325 Microprocessor Systems and Interfacing for Mechatronics Engineering
	ME 321 Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines
	MTE 300A Seminar
	MTE 320 Actuators and Power Electronics
	SYDE 351 Systems Models 1
	WKRPT 300 Work-term Report
3B (Winter)	ME 351 Fluid Mechanics 1
	MTE 300B Seminar
	MTE 322 Electromechanical Machine Design
	MTE 360 Automatic Control Systems
	MTE 380 Mechatronics Engineering Design Workshop
	MSCI 261 Engineering Economics: Financial Management for Engineers
	CSE - Complementary Studies Elective

Fourth-Year Courses

In the final year, students typically choose a set of five high-level technical elective courses from Mechanical, Electrical, and Systems Design Engineering. Students will also have to complete the capstone design project (MTE481 and MTE482). Two additional CSEs, and ECE 484: Digital Control Applications.

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Program overview

First-Year Courses

Second-Year & Third-Year Courses

Fourth-Year Courses

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