Faculty of Engineering and Design
Engineering Core (ECOR) Courses
ECOR 1031 [0.5 credit]
Programming and Data Management
Software development as an engineering discipline, modern programming language. Syntax and semantics. Tracing and visualizing program execution. Style and documentation. Testing and debugging. Binary number system. Container data types for data management. Introduction to designing and implementing numerical algorithms. Modules. Data files. Incremental, iterative development.
Programming and Data Management
Software development as an engineering discipline, modern programming language. Syntax and semantics. Tracing and visualizing program execution. Style and documentation. Testing and debugging. Binary number system. Container data types for data management. Introduction to designing and implementing numerical algorithms. Modules. Data files. Incremental, iterative development.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Precludes additional credit for COMP 1005, COMP 1405, ECOR 1041 (no longer offered), ECOR 1042 (no longer offered), ECOR 1051 (no longer offered), ECOR 1606 (no longer offered), SYSC 1005 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): This course may not be taken concurrently with ESLA 1300 or ESLA 1500.
Lectures three hours per week, laboratories three hours per week.
Precludes additional credit for COMP 1005, COMP 1405, ECOR 1041 (no longer offered), ECOR 1042 (no longer offered), ECOR 1051 (no longer offered), ECOR 1606 (no longer offered), SYSC 1005 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): This course may not be taken concurrently with ESLA 1300 or ESLA 1500.
Lectures three hours per week, laboratories three hours per week.
ECOR 1032 [0.5 credit]
Circuits and Mechatronics
Electrical circuit fundamentals: resistance, capacitance, inductance, voltage and current sources, Ohm’s law, nodal analysis, mesh analysis, source transformation, superposition. Components for mechatronics: filters, operational amplifiers, digital logic gates and combinatorial circuits, analog to digital converters, sensors, actuators, simple control schemes. Project in microcontroller-embedded mechatronic system:.
Circuits and Mechatronics
Electrical circuit fundamentals: resistance, capacitance, inductance, voltage and current sources, Ohm’s law, nodal analysis, mesh analysis, source transformation, superposition. Components for mechatronics: filters, operational amplifiers, digital logic gates and combinatorial circuits, analog to digital converters, sensors, actuators, simple control schemes. Project in microcontroller-embedded mechatronic system:.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Precludes additional credit for ECOR 1043 (no longer offered), ECOR 1044 (no longer offered), and ECOR 1052 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): This course may not be taken concurrently with ESLA 1300 or ESLA 1500.
Lectures three hours per week, laboratories three hours per week.
Precludes additional credit for ECOR 1043 (no longer offered), ECOR 1044 (no longer offered), and ECOR 1052 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): This course may not be taken concurrently with ESLA 1300 or ESLA 1500.
Lectures three hours per week, laboratories three hours per week.
ECOR 1033 [0.5 credit]
Statics
Force vectors, Dot product. Forces components and resultants. Particle equilibrium. Moments. Cross product. 2D Truss analysis. Centre of gravity and centroids. Rigid body equilibrium. 2D Frames and machines. Internal loads at a point.
Statics
Force vectors, Dot product. Forces components and resultants. Particle equilibrium. Moments. Cross product. 2D Truss analysis. Centre of gravity and centroids. Rigid body equilibrium. 2D Frames and machines. Internal loads at a point.
Precludes additional credit for ECOR 1045 (no longer offered), ECOR 1046 (no longer offered), ECOR 1053 (no longer offered), ECOR 1101 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): This course may not be taken concurrently with ESLA 1300 or ESLA 1500.
Lectures three hours per week, tutorials and problem analysis three hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): This course may not be taken concurrently with ESLA 1300 or ESLA 1500.
Lectures three hours per week, tutorials and problem analysis three hours per week.
ECOR 1034 [0.5 credit]
Dynamics
Kinematics and Kinetics of a particle. Position velocity and acceleration using cartesian path and polar coordinates. Force and Acceleration. Mechanical work and energy conservation of energy. Principle of impulse and momentum, conservation of momentum. Systems of particles. Harmonic motion. Design Project on Projectile motion.
Dynamics
Kinematics and Kinetics of a particle. Position velocity and acceleration using cartesian path and polar coordinates. Force and Acceleration. Mechanical work and energy conservation of energy. Principle of impulse and momentum, conservation of momentum. Systems of particles. Harmonic motion. Design Project on Projectile motion.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Precludes additional credit for ECOR 1047 (no longer offered), ECOR 1048 (no longer offered), ECOR 1054 (no longer offered), ECOR 1101 (no longer offered), ECOR 1010 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): This course may not be taken concurrently with ESLA 1300 or ESLA 1500.
Lectures three hours per week, laboratories three hours per week.
Precludes additional credit for ECOR 1047 (no longer offered), ECOR 1048 (no longer offered), ECOR 1054 (no longer offered), ECOR 1101 (no longer offered), ECOR 1010 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): This course may not be taken concurrently with ESLA 1300 or ESLA 1500.
Lectures three hours per week, laboratories three hours per week.
ECOR 1055 [0.0 credit]
Introduction to Engineering Disciplines I
Overview of professional activities oriented to the student's discipline of study: Architectural Conservation and Sustainability. Civil and Environmental. Aerospace and Mechanical. Electrical. Engineering Physics. Computer Systems, Communications and Software. Biomedical (Electrical and Mechanical). Sustainable and Renewable Energy. Graded SAT/UNS.
Introduction to Engineering Disciplines I
Overview of professional activities oriented to the student's discipline of study: Architectural Conservation and Sustainability. Civil and Environmental. Aerospace and Mechanical. Electrical. Engineering Physics. Computer Systems, Communications and Software. Biomedical (Electrical and Mechanical). Sustainable and Renewable Energy. Graded SAT/UNS.
Prerequisite(s): This course may not be taken concurrently with ESLA 1300 or ESLA 1500.
Lectures 1.5 hours per week.
Lectures 1.5 hours per week.
ECOR 1056 [0.0 credit]
Introduction to Engineering Disciplines II
Selected lectures designed to provide students with exposure to the breadth of Engineering disciplines. Graded SAT/UNS.
Introduction to Engineering Disciplines II
Selected lectures designed to provide students with exposure to the breadth of Engineering disciplines. Graded SAT/UNS.
Online course.
ECOR 1057 [0.0 credit]
Engineering Profession
Professional Engineers Act. Engineering documentation. History of the profession. Engineering practice: system life cycle, practice within the discipline, designing with others. Health and safety. Engineering Ethics, Equity and Diversity. Introduction to engineering law : Business, Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property. Graded SAT/UNS.
Engineering Profession
Professional Engineers Act. Engineering documentation. History of the profession. Engineering practice: system life cycle, practice within the discipline, designing with others. Health and safety. Engineering Ethics, Equity and Diversity. Introduction to engineering law : Business, Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property. Graded SAT/UNS.
Online course
ECOR 2050 [0.5 credit]
Design and Analysis of Engineering Experiments
Statistics and the design of engineering experiments. Basic exploratory data analysis. Central limit theorem. Hypothesis testing: t-test, chi-square test, type-I and type-II errors, multiple-comparison problem. Statistical bias. Design of experiments: randomization, blocking and replication, randomized blocking designs, factorial design. Statistical software packages.
Design and Analysis of Engineering Experiments
Statistics and the design of engineering experiments. Basic exploratory data analysis. Central limit theorem. Hypothesis testing: t-test, chi-square test, type-I and type-II errors, multiple-comparison problem. Statistical bias. Design of experiments: randomization, blocking and replication, randomized blocking designs, factorial design. Statistical software packages.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Prerequisite(s): MATH 1004.
Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis and laboratory three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 1004.
Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis and laboratory three hours a week.
ECOR 2606 [0.5 credit]
Numerical Methods
Numerical algorithms and tools for engineering and problem solving. Sources of error and error propagation, solution of systems of linear equations, curve fitting, polynomial interpolation and splines, numerical differentiation and integration, root finding, solution of differential equations. Software tools.
Numerical Methods
Numerical algorithms and tools for engineering and problem solving. Sources of error and error propagation, solution of systems of linear equations, curve fitting, polynomial interpolation and splines, numerical differentiation and integration, root finding, solution of differential equations. Software tools.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Precludes additional credit for SYSC 2606 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): MATH 1005 and (ECOR 1606 or SYSC 1005) and (ECOR 1010 or ELEC 1908).
Lectures three hours a week, laboratory one hour a week.
Precludes additional credit for SYSC 2606 (no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): MATH 1005 and (ECOR 1606 or SYSC 1005) and (ECOR 1010 or ELEC 1908).
Lectures three hours a week, laboratory one hour a week.
ECOR 2995 [0.0 credit]
Engineering Portfolio
Students will be asked to reflect on their skills, strengths and weaknesses as preparation for the professional practice course. Engineering students must submit samples of their writing and communications (including, for example, laboratory reports and professional memos).
Engineering Portfolio
Students will be asked to reflect on their skills, strengths and weaknesses as preparation for the professional practice course. Engineering students must submit samples of their writing and communications (including, for example, laboratory reports and professional memos).
Online
ECOR 3800 [0.5 credit]
Engineering Economics
Introduction to engineering economics; cash flow calculations; methods of comparison of alternatives; structural analysis; replacement analysis; public projects; depreciation and income tax; effects of inflation; sensitivity analysis; break-even analysis; decision making under risk and uncertainty.
Engineering Economics
Introduction to engineering economics; cash flow calculations; methods of comparison of alternatives; structural analysis; replacement analysis; public projects; depreciation and income tax; effects of inflation; sensitivity analysis; break-even analysis; decision making under risk and uncertainty.
Prerequisite(s): ECOR 1031, ECOR 1032, ECOR 1033, ECOR 1034, ECOR 1055, ECOR 1056, ECOR 1057 and third-year standing in Engineering.
Lectures three hours a week.
Lectures three hours a week.
ECOR 4907 [1.0 credit]
Multidisciplinary Engineering Project
Student teams develop professional-level experience by applying, honing, integrating, and extending previously acquired knowledge in an approved major multidisciplinary engineering design project. Lectures devoted to discussing project-related issues and student presentations. A project proposal, interim report, oral presentations, and comprehensive final report are required.
Multidisciplinary Engineering Project
Student teams develop professional-level experience by applying, honing, integrating, and extending previously acquired knowledge in an approved major multidisciplinary engineering design project. Lectures devoted to discussing project-related issues and student presentations. A project proposal, interim report, oral presentations, and comprehensive final report are required.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Precludes additional credit for ACSE 4918, CIVE 4918, ELEC 4907, ELEC 4908, ENVE 4918, MAAE 4907, SREE 4907, SYSC 4907, SYSC 4917, SYSC 4927, SYSC 4937.
Prerequisite(s): (ECOR 3800 or SYSC 4106), fourth-year standing in Engineering and permission of the faculty.
Precludes additional credit for ACSE 4918, CIVE 4918, ELEC 4907, ELEC 4908, ENVE 4918, MAAE 4907, SREE 4907, SYSC 4907, SYSC 4917, SYSC 4927, SYSC 4937.
Prerequisite(s): (ECOR 3800 or SYSC 4106), fourth-year standing in Engineering and permission of the faculty.
ECOR 4995 [0.5 credit]
Professional Practice
Presentations by faculty and external lecturers on the Professional Engineers Act, professional ethics and responsibilities, practice within the discipline and its relationship with other disciplines and to society, health and safety, environmental stewardship, principles and practice of sustainable development. Communication skills are emphasized.
Professional Practice
Presentations by faculty and external lecturers on the Professional Engineers Act, professional ethics and responsibilities, practice within the discipline and its relationship with other disciplines and to society, health and safety, environmental stewardship, principles and practice of sustainable development. Communication skills are emphasized.
Precludes additional credit for MAAE 4905, CIVE 4905, SYSC 3905 or ELEC 3905 (all no longer offered).
Prerequisite(s): ECOR 2995 (allowed concurrently) and fourth-year standing in Engineering.
Lectures three hours a week.
Prerequisite(s): ECOR 2995 (allowed concurrently) and fourth-year standing in Engineering.
Lectures three hours a week.
Note: Not all courses listed are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for the current session and to determine the term of offering, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca.
Summer session: some of the courses listed in this Calendar are offered during the summer. Hours and scheduling for summer session courses will differ significantly from those reported in the fall/winter Calendar. To determine the scheduling and hours for summer session classes, consult the class schedule at central.carleton.ca