Today’s employers give preference to job candidates who are team players with strong verbal communication skills. This course will help students find their voice and develop their ability to work in teams, giving them the competitive advantage they need in today’s job market. It will also strengthen reading comprehension, writing ability, presentation skills and computer application proficiency, all of which are skills fundamental to success in college and in the workplace.

This a practical lab subject that is intended to give science and engineering technology students the spreadsheet and documentation skills that they will need in their college and professional careers.  The students will gain experience using WINDOWS 7 and MICROSOFT WORD/EXCEL/POWERPOINT.  This subject consists of one two hour lab per week which is accompanied by extensive home assignments.  It is the students’ responsibility to ask for help for any parts of the assignments that they don’t understand.

This lecture-based course introduces students to the foundations of engineering drawings. Topics include orthographic projection, auxiliary views, section views, freehand sketching, working drawings, dimensions and tolerances, specifications, notes and revisions.

This lab-based course focuses on the creation of engineering drawings using AutoCAD. Topics include 2D AutoCAD drawing and editing techniques, construction of orthographic views, layers and appearance, AutoCAD layouts, basic dimensioning and drawing annotation.

This course is designed to give the Student a fundamental, entry-level introduction to some of the many varied processes utilized in a conventional machine/fabrication shop.  Student will also apply some of this theoretical information while performing safe, effective operation of hand and machine tools by practical demonstration within a "shop" environment.  Safety will be an integral, on-going topic.   

This introductory mathematics course helps students develop the analytical and, problem-solving skills required for success in their ongoing study of mathematics. The primary focus of the course is numeracy development and pre-algebraic operations. Topics include numerical computation, introduction to algebra, right triangles & vectors, and ratios & proportions.

This course introduces students to the concepts of kinematics, dynamics, gravity, work, energy, torque, power, momentum, circular motion, sound, light and heat through an extensive use of formulas to calculate various physical quantities within these topics.  As a result, the ability to perform algebraic manipulation is an essential skill to succeed in this course and students must also develop a firm understanding and ability to specify the correct units for all of their calculations.  

In this course, the student will study forces and their effects on machines and in different engineering structures. Concepts such as vectors, equilibrium, stress and stain are studied and used in helping to understand what is happening inside and outside of a machine part or a structure. Typically, once the forces acting in a member are determined, the physical characteristics represented by centroids and moments of inertia can be established. An example might be a truss member found to be in a state of tension can be considered a cable whereas in compression it would be considered a beam with determined minimum physical properties. Emphasis throughout the course is placed on developing a systematic approach to solving problems, based on fundamentals principles. This will include the use of basic algebra, calculator skills, and sketching of properly completed free body diagrams.

Electrical Control Fundamentals is designed to educate students at an introductory level, the theory of electricity fundamentals primarily applied to an industrial environment. Key concepts of Ohm’s Law are explored to provide students with a necessary foundation in the investigation of Direct Current (DC) and Alternating Current (AC) circuit theory.

Electric motors, VFDs and associated control devices are studied along with schematics reading and electrical symbols. The course concludes with an introduction to relay ladder logic. The laboratory component of this course provides practical experience with electrical devices that can be directly related to industrial control components found in industry. This course is a prerequisite for Automation Fundamentals, OPER 3133.

This course focuses on the creation of working drawings as well as introductory drawing office and engineering procedures. Topics include conventional dimensioning, detail drawings, assembly drawings, limits and fits, drawing office procedure, datums and positioning, engineering changes, and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.

The used of fluid under pressure to transmit power and control motion are studied in this course. The principles of fluid power are presented to relate the laws of physics to practical hydraulic control systems and applications. The operation of various fluid power components (pumps, valves, actuators and system accessories applications) is covered in depth. The fundamental concepts and basic skills necessary to develop a logical approach to the design and troubleshooting of hydraulic controls systems will be emphasized in this course.

This course is a continuation of Mathematics I for Technician (MATH 1124). Topics include plane geometry, solid geometry, factoring, algebraic fractions, fractional equations and systems of linear equations.

Technical Communication is the “art and science of making complex technical information accessible, usable and relevant to most people in most settings.”  This course reinforces and expands on technical communication skills introduced in first semester, which students will require in the workplace. Students will learn to select and use appropriate research, language, and layout for different technical documents, while further developing their written and verbal communication skills and their ability to work in a team.

This course introduces the student to the Siemens NX modeling software. Students begin by learning to create only 2-Dimensional models and drawings and the progress to constructions of 3-Dimensional models using primitives and features. This includes efficient use of Layers, Coordinate Systems, Datum Features, and the Part Navigator. Finally, students are shown how 2D parametric sketches can be used to create 3D models. Emphasis is also placed on creating basic engineering drawings from the 3-D models that are created.

The goal of this course is two-fold.  Primarily it assists students in developing a well planned and organized job search plan. In order to accomplish this, students develop professional cover letters, resumes, portfolios and career action plans. The second goal of this course is to introduce students to subject matter which will assist them to meet today’s workforce challenges. An introduction of Organizational Behaviour is explored including; Understanding and working with management to attain company and career goals, working and communicating in a team environment, functioning and managing stress in today’s workplace and understanding why organizational change and development take place.

This course establishes the basis for understanding the behaviour and characteristics of engineering materials. The course focuses on the materials properties and their relationship to the atomic structures, plastic deformation and recrystallization, principles of mechanical and non-destructive testing and thermal equilibrium diagrams.

Learn more about the prominent environmental issues of our time.  This course will focus on timely issues in the environmental field that present varying degrees of risk to the health of humans, ecosystems and our planet.  It will be a look beyond the media headlines at the policies, politics and basic science of our most interesting environmental challenges.  Topics will include climate change, arctic ecosystems, water conservation and water quality, endocrine disrupting substances (gender benders), renewable energy, resource depletion, the dilemma of pesticide use and natural toxins. The course will begin with a brief look at the responsibilities of the federal, provincial and municipal governments as they relate to environmental matters.  Then, each issue will be considered in the Canadian and global context.

Students learn about the production of finished parts in metal and non-metal substances, and how planning a manufactured product can affect the decision to use or not to use a particular process. Topics include casting and forming, non-metallic materials, non-traditional machining processes, manufacturing systems and automation, production systems, and jigs and fixtures.

The course is designed to refresh and reinforce students’ skills in the fundamental mathematics required in their other subject areas. Parallel to this primary purpose is the exercising and strengthening of students’ abilities to reason and resolve verbal problems into forms that can be solved by mathematical means.

In this dimensional metrology course, students examine the theory and applications of various measuring devices and their application to industrial quality assurance. Topics include standards, calibration and traceability, tolerancing systems, the principles of measurement, amplifying devices, sources of error, and manual and CNC co-ordinate measuring machines.

This course continues to introduce more advanced modeling concepts such as swept shapes. It also introduces the modeling tools required to correctly model injection moulded plastic parts. Assemblies of parts using parametric constraints are also covered.

In recognition for the need to interchange CAD data between incompatible programs, the course teaches methods of data exchange such as STEP and IGES. In addition, synchronous modeling techniques are covered that allow editing of interchanged data.

Finally, with an increasing emphasis of design techniques, the course introduces the use of standard supplier parts and NX part families.

This course is an introduction to computer-aided manufacturing (CAM). Students are introduced to the concepts of using a computer to control a machine tool. Exposure is given to fundamental programming techniques for Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machines. These techniques are further expanded to include computer assisted programming using the APT language. The final portion of the course introduces programming techniques using NX CAM software. Throughout the course, hands-on experience is provided using CNC machines in the Internet Manufacturing Lab.

This course introduces students to the elements of mechanical design. Topics include mechanical engineering components (e.g. fasteners, bearings, and springs) and basic machine elements (e.g. gears, belts and pulleys, chains and sprockets). Students exercise their knowledge and ability via design assignments in assembly and machine design.

Elective general education courses appear in your program of study as GNED 0000. This is called a “placeholder.” This placeholder is replaced by an actual course that you will select from a list of available "elective" general education courses when you register in the relevant semester.

Please note that the type and number of elective courses available will vary from semester to semester and from year to year.

Please visit the General Education website for more information.

This course will introduce students to the fundamental legal principles applicable to businesses in Canada.  Students will gain an understanding of the Canadian Legal System, Dispute Resolution, Contract Law, Business Torts, Property Law, Employment Law, Intellectual Property Law, as well as the key distinctions between Civil and Criminal Law.  Students will examine the legal theory in a practical manner through case scenarios and case analyses.

This course continues the study of engineering materials and their properties. The knowledge of material structure and theories of deformation developed in the course METL 1131 is applied to the discussion of the high temperature behaviour of the materials. Topics of the course include thermal, creep, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties of engineering materials. Various aspects of corrosion and oxidation mechanisms as well as ways of protection are considered. In the second part of the course students will research various aspects of interrelationship between materials and environment, learn the eco-audit tools and sustainable development concepts.

This course deals with basic statistics for technical personnel and some of the topics in statistical process control (SPC). Students will learn to describe data graphically and numerically; how probability applies to statistics and quality control; normal, binomial, and Poisson probability distributions. They will also study linear regression and correlation. Students will then learn how to apply statistics to process control, including how to use and interpret various control charts for variables and attributes.