Engineering Practice is a coursework only, two-year full-time/year-round program, which has been specially designed to provide you with a combination of discipline-specific technical courses and complementary studies tailored towards accelerating your transition into Canada’s engineering job market upon graduation.
Course Structure
Coursework for the Master of Engineering: Electrical Engineering Practice program is uniquely structured into the following four categories:
1. Four Stream-Specific Technical Courses (out of eight available courses) – 2.0 Credits
*Delivered in collaboration with the Department of Electronics
- EGEN 5300 Signal Processing [0.5 credits]
- EGEN 5301 Integrated Circuits [0.5 credits]
- EGEN 5302 Modeling and Simulation of Electrical Circuits [0.5 credits]
- EGEN 5303 Sensor Systems [0.5 credits]
- EGEN 5304 Microprocessor Systems [0.5 credits]
- EGEN 5305 Power Systems [0.5 credits]
- EGEN 5306 Telecommunications Systems and Networks [0.5 credits]
- EGEN 5307 Control Systems and Robotics [0.5 credits]
2. Three Compulsory Complementary Courses – 1.5 Credits
- ECMP 5000 Engineering Communications [0.5 credits]
- ECMP 5001 Project Management [0.5 credits]
- ECMP 5002 Research Methods, and Professional and Ethical Practice [0.5 credits]
3. Three Optional Complementary Courses (out of six available courses) – 1.5 Credits
- ECMP 5003 Entrepreneurship [0.5 credits]
- ECMP 5004 Engineering Economics [0.5 credits]
- ECMP 5005 Data Analytics [0.5 credits]
- ECMP 5006 Governance, Policy Development and Decision Making [0.5 credits]
- ECMP 5007 Climate Change and Sustainability [0.5 credits]
- ECMP 5008 Risk Analysis [0.5 credits]
4. One Research Seminar Course – 0.0 Credits
- ECMP 5009 [0.0 credits]
*Applicants must have previously completed an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering to be eligible for admission to Engineering Practice (Electrical Engineering).
Entrance Requirements
1. In order to be eligible for admission, applicants must have an undergraduate degree in an engineering or equivalent field with “B+” or higher in the honours subject and “B” or higher overall.
2. Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) for International Students Admission Requirement
3. Language Proficiency for International Students : CAEL, CAEL-CE,TOEFL iBT,IELTS (Academic),Pearson Test of English (PTE) (Academic).
4. References : At least two academic referees.
6.Transcripts : Official transcripts of the applicant’s entire university record must be sent to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs. All foreign documents, e.g., transcripts, must be translated into English and be notarized.
*Here is the guide to submitting your documents.
Contact Us
Looking for additional details or have questions about our programs?
Contact our ‘Engineering Practice Team’ at ep_gradadmin@cunet.carleton.ca.
