{"id":2072,"date":"2026-03-06T10:28:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/csit\/?page_id=2072"},"modified":"2026-03-16T10:02:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:02:49","slug":"suggested-elective-courses-mnet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/csit\/graduate-studies\/current-students\/suggested-elective-courses-mnet\/","title":{"rendered":"Suggested Elective Courses for MNET"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/csit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/01\/Current_Students_bg-1024x448.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Suggested Elective Courses for MNET\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                    \n\n<p>Graduate Studies<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"potential-list-of-itec-electives\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Potential List of ITEC Electives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"1-mnet-courses\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">1) MNET Courses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Core courses that are not taken as part of your core requirements may be taken as electives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ITEC 5100 &#8211; Planning and Design of Computer Networks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5101 &#8211; Cross Layer Design for Wireless Multimedia Networks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5102 &#8211; Designing Secure Networking and Computer Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5103 &#8211; Cloud and Datacentre Networking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5205 &#8211; Design &amp; Development of Data-intensive Applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5910 F &#8211; Special Topics in Systemization of Knowledge in Comp. and Network Security<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5910 B &#8211; Special Topics in Software for Mobile Networks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5910 W &#8211; Special Topics in 5G Networks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"2-digital-media-courses\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">2) Digital Media Courses:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To take one of the courses below as electives, please explain your reasons and get approval from your academic advisor first. Your <a href=\"#Override-Request\" type=\"internal\" id=\"#Override-Request\">override request<\/a> will be granted once your academic advisor has approved it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ITEC 5200 &#8211; Entertainment Technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5201 &#8211; Computer Animation Technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5203 &#8211; Game Design and Development Technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5204 &#8211; Emerging Interaction techniques<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5206 &#8211; Data Protection and Rights Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5208 &#8211; VIrtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5209 &#8211; Empirical Research Methodes in HCI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5920 &#8211; Selected Topics in Digital Media<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"3-other-electives-at-carleton-pre-approved-for-mnet-course-based\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">3) Other Electives at Carleton &#8211; Pre-Approved for MNET Course-Based<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The courses listed below are offered by other departments. Given that these courses are related to networking, they have been pre-approved as potential electives. To enroll in any of the courses listed below, students must submit an <a href=\"#Override-Request\">override request<\/a> (no need for advisor approval).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"computer-science\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Computer Science<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>COMP&nbsp;5114 &#8211;&nbsp; Quantum Communications and Networking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>COMP 5340 &nbsp;&#8211; Introduction to Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning &nbsp;\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">This course is offered exclusively to students in the Ottawa\u2013Carleton Joint Institute. MNET students who wish to take this course may register at University of Ottawa (course code: CSI 5340)<\/em>.<em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\"> Please see <a href=\"#UofO\" type=\"internal\" id=\"#UofO\">4) University of Ottawa<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>COMP&nbsp;5343&nbsp; &#8211; AI-Enabled Communications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>COMP 5500 &#8211; Internet Measurement and Security<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>COMP&nbsp;5700&nbsp; &#8211; Introduction to Convex Optimization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"electronics\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Electronics<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ELEC 5703 O &#8211; &nbsp;Advanced Topics in Solid State Devices and IC Technology: Introduction to Quantum Communication Engineering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"systems-computer-eng\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Systems &amp; Computer Eng.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SYSC 5001 &#8211; Simulation and Modeling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SYSC 5103 &#8211; Software Agents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SYSC 5104 &#8211; Methodologies For Discrete-Event Modeling and Simulation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SYSC 5608 &#8211; Wireless Communications Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SYSC5703 &#8211; Integrated Database and Cloud Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SYSC 5801 &#8211; Advanced Topics in Computer Communications: Advanced Network Routing Technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SYSC 5805 &#8211; Advanced Topics in Communications Systems: Security Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SYSC 5809 &#8211; Advanced Topics Computer Communication: The Internet of Things<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"UofO\">4) University of Ottawa<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/gradstudents.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/U-of-O-Exchange-Form.pdf\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/gradstudents.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/U-of-O-Exchange-Form.pdf\">Grad Student Exchange Form<\/a>&nbsp; is required to register for courses offered at the University of Ottawa. Please complete the form and submit it to the <a href=\"mailto:riaakaiwa@cunet.carleton.ca\">CSIT Administrator<\/a> for departmental signature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>EACJ 5208 &#8211; Wireless Ad Hoc Networking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EACJ 5607 &#8211; Computer Communication Network<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EACJ 5808O &#8211; Topics in Computers II: Software Defined Networks &amp; Cloud<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EACJ 5201 &#8211; Optical Communication Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CSI 5340 &#8211; Introduction to Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Override-Request\">Override Request<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When attempting to add the above courses, you may encounter a registration error stating \u201cDepartmental Permission Required\u201d. This occurs when you try to register for courses offered by other departments, and you must submit an override request.<br>How to submit an override request: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yWo_IGIEpVE\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yWo_IGIEpVE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Potential List of ITEC Electives 1) MNET Courses Core courses that are not taken as part of your core requirements may be taken as electives. 2) Digital Media Courses: To take one of the courses below as electives, please explain your reasons and get approval from your academic advisor first. 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