Appendix 2.14 COURSE INFORMATION SHEETS for courses in the

Appendix 2.14

COURSE INFORMATION SHEETS for courses in the “new” EP Program

COURSE INFORMATION SHEET COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: COMM 102.3 Intro. to Business Management CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 146 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Common Core TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 4 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 175 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 0 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: not applicable MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Managers and Organizations (1 lecture) 2. The Evolution of Management (2 lectures) 3. Organizational Culture and Environment (3 lectures) 4. Managing in a Global Environment (1 lecture) 5. Social Responsibility and Managerial Ethics (1 lecture) 6. Decision Making: The Essence of a Manager’s Job (2 lectures) 7. Foundations of Planning (1 lecture) 8. Strategic Management (2 lectures) 9. Planning Tools and Techniques (2 lectures) 10. Organizational Structure and Design (2 lectures) 11. Human Resource Management (2 lectures) 12. Managing Change and Innovation (2 lectures) 13. Foundations of Behaviour (2 lectures) 14. Understanding Groups and Teams (2 lectures) 15. Motivating Employees (3 lectures) 16. Leadership ( 2 lectures) 17. Foundations of Control (2 lectures) 18. Operations Management (2 lectures) 19. Control Tools and Techniques (1 lecture) PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Management (Canadian Sixth Ed.) Robbins, Coulter, Stuart-Kotze; Prentice Hall (2000) INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: None LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: None PROFESSORS-IN-CHARGE: T. S. Feltham, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Marketing, C.B. Dobni, Ph.D., CMC, Associate Professor of Management & Marketing OTHER INSTRUCTORS: J. Dart, Ph.D., Professor of Marketing TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 4/144 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units – 36.6 lectures (36.6 lectures) Complementary Studies – 36.6 AU AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 68.0/5% DATE: May 2, 2001

COURSE INFORMATION SHEET

COURSE NUMBER AND TITLE: CHEM 111.3, Introduction to Modern Chemistry CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 70 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Common Core TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: Three of eight sections available for Engineering students. Engineering students were in the majority in three sections. MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 119/202 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 4 lab times for Engineering MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 20/48 MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Introduction and review. (2 hrs) 2. Stoichiometry. (3 hrs) 3. Solutions. (1.5 hrs) 4. Gases. (2 hrs) 5. Thermochemistry. (3.5 hrs) 6. Electronic structure of atoms and periodicity. (4 hrs) 7. Structure and bonding. (5 hrs) 8. Intermolecular forces, liquids and solids. (4 hrs) 9. Kinetics. (3 hrs) 10. Equilibrium. (8 hrs) PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Chemistry (6th Edition), McGraw Hill, 1998; CHEM 111.3 Lab Manual, U of S, 2000. INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture, 3.5 laboratory per week COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: nil LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: 1. Laboratory and safety orientation; Getting Started exercise. 2. Titration and weighing practice. 3. Acetic acid content of vinegar. 4. Molar mass of an unknown metal. 5. Problem session 1. 6. Thermochemistry of hot and cold packs. 7. Structure and bonding. 8. Problem session 2. 9. Kinetics. 10. Equilibrium. 11. Problem session 3. PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: J.W. Quail, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry, Chair of Instructional Committee T1 2000-2001.

OTHER INSTRUCTORS: 2000-2001: H.-B. Kraatz, Ph.D, Assistant Professor of Chemistry; P.G. Mezey, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry; R.S. Reid, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry; R. Silerová, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemistry; R.E. Verrall, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry; W.L. Waltz, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry; and sessional lecturer K.C. Brown, Ph.D. Patricia Gillies (Lab coordinator). TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 16 for EN sections/104 hours each CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units = 60.6 (36.6 lecture, 48 lab/tutorial) Basic Science = 60.6 AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 65.5/15.6% (Data for EN students only) DATE: June 15, 2001

COURSE INFORMATION SHEET COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: MATH 110.3 Calculus I CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 111 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Common Core TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 8 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 60/105 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 8 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER

LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 60/105 MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Functions (5 lectures) 2. Limits (6 lectures) 3. Derivatives (10 lectures) 4. Implicit Differentiation (2 lectures) 5. Maximum/Minimum (5 lectures) 6. Applications (6 lectures) 7. Anti-Derivatives (3 lectures) PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Single Variable Calculus (Early Transcendentals) (4th Ed.), J. Stewart, Brooks/Cole Publishing Co. Pacific Grove, Calif. (1994) INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lectures and 1.5 tutorial hours COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: None LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: Problem solving in tutorials PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: M. Marshall, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics OTHER INSTRUCTORS: B. Friberg, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Mathematics

and Statistics; E. James, Sessional Lecturer of Mathematics and Statistics; M. Khoshkam, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics; D. W. MacLean, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics; S. Singh, Ph. D., Sessional Lecturer of Mathematics and Statistics; C.E. Soteros, Professor of Mathematical and Statistics; J. Tavakoli, Sessional Lecturer of Mathematics and Statistics; E.D. Tymchatyn, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics

TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 8/19.5 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units – 45.6 (36.6 lectures, 18 hr labs) Mathematics – 45.6 AUs AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 69.67/18.45% DATE: May 1, 2001

COURSE INFORMATION SHEET COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: G E 124.3 Mechanics I CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 188 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Common Core TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 2 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 180/182

TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 5 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 64/84 MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Newton's Laws; units; problem solving (2 lectures) 2. Force Vectors, i, j, k, vectors, Dot Product, (6 lectures) 3. Particle Equilibrium (5 lectures) 4. Force System Resultants, Cross Products (6 lectures) 5. Rigid Body Equilibrium (5 lectures) 6. Structural Analysis (5 lectures) 7. Friction (5 lectures) 8. Review, Math Skills Quiz, Class Quizzes (2 lectures) PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Engineering Mechanics:Statics and Dynamics

(8th Ed.), R. C. Hibbeler, Prentice-Hall (1997); Study Guide and Problems Supplement: Engineering Mechanics Statics, R. C. Hibbeler, Prentice-Hall (1997)(Optional); A Laboratory Manual for General Engineering 124.3 and General Engineering 125.3 (Revised 2000), Department of Physics Engineering Physics, Univ. of Sask.

INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture, 3 laboratory/ tutorial hours, optional 4 2-hour help sessions per week (total 8 hrs/week)

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: Class web page (physics.usask.ca/~hussey/ge124) with solutions, classnotes, etc. LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: 3 experiments:1) static friction, 2) static equilibrium, 3) 3-D Torque. PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: G.C. Hussey, Ph.D., P.Eng., Assistant Professor of Physics and Enginering Physics OTHER INSTRUCTORS: S. L. Barbour, Ph. D., P. Eng., Professor of Civil Engineering; P. B. Hertz, M. Sc., P. Eng., Professor of Mechanical Engineering TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 12/903 (Lab Technicians and graduate student assistants are present in all laboratories. Students graded laboratory reports and tutorials.) CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT:

Total Number of Accreditation Units – 51.6 (36.6 lectures.; 5 3-hr. laboratories; 5 3-hr. tutorials.) Mathematics - 8 AUs Basic Science – 18.6 AUs Eng’g Science - 25 AUs

AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 63.0/16.6%

DATE: May 7, 2001

COURSE INFORMATION SHEET COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: G E 110.3, Engineering I CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 188 of the 2001-2001 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Common Core TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 6 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 55/65 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 14 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 30 MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Introduction to Problem Solving (2 lectures) 2. Application of Geometry and Trigonometry to Word Problems (6 lectures) 3. Estimation (3 lectures) 4. 3-D Graphics, Orthographics, Isometrics (5 lectures) 5. Graphs and Graphing (4 lectures) 6. Coordinate Systems and Vectors (3 lectures) 7. Sketching (3 lectures) PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): An Introduction to Engineering I, G E 110 Custom Publishing, McGraw-Hill INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture, 1 practical lab, 2 computer lab COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: word processing, e-mail, spread sheets LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: (workshop integrated as part of the lectures) PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: T. Muench, M.Sc., Associate Professor of Engineering and The Listwin Family Chair in Innovative Teaching OTHER INSTRUCTORS: C.M. Sargent, Ph. D., P. Eng., Professor of Mechanical Engineering, A Phoenix, M.J. Reeves, Ph.D., P.Eng., Professor of Civil Engineering, C. Berthelot, Ph.D. P.Eng., Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 4 TA’s 13 hrs/week/TA/12 weeks CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT Math 3AU Total Number of Accreditation Units - : 54.6 AUs (36.6 lectures, 12 practicum and 24 computer laboratory) Mathematics – 3 AUs Complementary Studies – 4.6 AUs Engineering Science – 47.0 AUs AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 65%

DATE: June 11, 2001

COURSE INFORMATION SHEET COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: MATH 124.3 Calculus II for Engineers CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 111 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Common Core TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 4 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 67/97 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 4 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER

LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 67/97 MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Review,Definite Integral,Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (3 lect) 2. Areas between curves, Volume, Cylindrical Shells (3 lectures) 3. Work, Average Value, Inverse Functions (3 lectures) 4. Exponential and Log functions, derivatives and integrals (3 lect) 5. Growth and Decay, Inverse Trig functions (3 lectures) 6. Techniques of Integration (6 lectures) 7. Improper Integrals, arc length, surface area (3 lectures) 8. Moments, Centres of Mass, Hydrostatic Pressure, Force (3 lectures) 9. Polar Coordinates (3 lectures) 10. Complex numbers (3 lectures) 11. Review (3 lectures) PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Calculus (4th Ed.), James Stewart, Brooks/Cole

Publishing Co. Pacific Grove, Calif. (1999) INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture and 1-1/2 tutorial hours COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: None LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: Problem Solving Tutorials PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: D.W. MacLean, Ph. D. Professor of

Mathematics and Statistics OTHER INSTRUCTORS: B. Friberg, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Mathematics

and Statistics; G.J. Griffith, Ph. D., Professor of Mathematics and Statistics; S. Singh, Ph. D., Sessional Lecturer of Mathematics and Statistics TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 8/286 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units – 45.6 (36.6 lectures, 18 hr labs) Mathematics – 45.6 AUs AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 65/11.2% DATE: May 15, 2001

COURSE INFORMATION SHEET COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: G E 120.3 Engineering II CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 188 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Common Core TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 3 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 120/140 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 6 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 60/70 MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Linear algebra 2. Design (problem-solving) process 3. Numerical techniques for mathematical problems 4. Spatial geometry and transformations PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Custom Publication for General Engineering, McGraw (Primis) INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture, 3 design problem lab COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: word processing, spreadsheets LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: design problem lab – eight department specific – open-ended group problems PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: T.G. Crowe, Ph.D., E.I.T., Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Bioresource Engineering OTHER INSTRUCTORS: R.J. Bolton, Ph.D., P.Eng., Professor of Electrical Engineering; H.C. Wood, Ph.D., P.Eng., Professor of Electrical Engineering TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 3/156 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units – 53.1 (36.6 lecture, 33 problem design laboratory) Mathematics – 18 AUs Engineering Science – 17.1 AUs Design – 18 AUs AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 70.0/4.3%

DATE: May 15, 2001

COURSE INFORMATION SHEET COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: G E 125.3 Mechanics II CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 188 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Common Core TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 2 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 150/190 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 6 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER

LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 45/64 MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Kinematics of a Particle (8 lectures) 2. Kinematics of a Particle:Force and Acceleration (5 lectures) 3. Kinematics of a Particle: Work and Energy (6 lectures) 4. Impulse and Momentum/Impact (5 lectures) 5. Center of Gravity and Centroid (4 lectures) 6. Moments of Inertia - Integral Calculus (6 lectures) 7. Review (2 lectures) PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Engineering Mechanics:Statics and Dynamics

(8th Ed.), R. C. Hibbeler, Prentice-Hall (1998); Study Guide and Problems Supplement: Engineering Mechanics Statics, R. C. Hibbeler, Prentice-Hall (1995)(Optional)

INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 hours of lectures,1 three- hour problem laboratory and 1 optional tutorial hour per week.

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: Computer network access to assignments, labs, notes, outlines, etc.

LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: Problem Solving in Laboratories PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: C. M. Sargent, Ph. D., P. Eng., Professor of Mechanical Engineering OTHER INSTRUCTORS: D. Stilling, Ph.D., Sessional Lecturer; B. Zettl, M.Sc., Sessional Lecturer TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 3/792 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units – 51.6 (36.6 lectures, 10 3-hr labs) Mathematics - 3 AUs Basic Science – 24.6 AUs Engineering Science - 24 AUs AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 64/14.4% DATE: June 1, 2001

COURSE INFORMATION SHEET COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: E P 155.3 Electric and Magnetic Circuits I CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 187 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Common Core TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 2 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 121/214 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 10 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER

LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 28/34 MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Coulomb's Law, Ohm's Law, power, energy (3 lectures) 2. Resistance, resistivity, conductivity (2 lectures) 3. Kirchhoff's laws, series and parallel circuits (4 lectures) 4. Network analysis, Thevenin's theorem, maximum power transfer theorem (3 lectures) 5. Meters (1 lectures) 6. Capacitance, electric fields (4 lectures) 7. R-C transients, time constants (2 lectures) 8. Magnetic Fields, magnetic flux, Faraday.s Law, Lenz's law (2 lect.) 9. Self-inductances, inductances in series and parallel (2 lectures) 10. L-R transients (2 lectures) PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Circuit Analysis; Theory and Practice, A. H.

Robbins and W. C. Miller, Delmar Publishers, Albany, NY (1995); A Laboratory Manual for General Engineering Physics and Engineering Physics 155.3, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics (1995)

INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 2 1-1/2-hr lectures, and 1 3-hr lab every second week

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: None LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: Two problem labs related to practical

applications of voltage, current and power; Measurement of Voltage and Current; DC Measurement of Simple Resistance Networks; The Maximum Power Transfer Theorem, Thevenin's Theorem of Circuit Analysis

PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: D.A. Degenstein, Ph.D., Professor of Physics and Engineering Physics

OTHER INSTRUCTORS: R. Huff, B.E, Sessional Lecturer in Electrical Engineering, J. E. Salt, Ph. D., P. Eng., Professor of Electrical Engineering;

TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 8/742 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units – 44.1 (36.6 lecture., 15 hr labs) Basic Science - 30 AUs Engineering Science – 14.1 AUs AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 64.0/21.7%

DATE: May 15, 2001


COURSE NUMBER AND TITLE: CHEM 242.3, Physical Chemistry I CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 71 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Program Compulsory (Chem Eng); Basic Science Elective for all other programs. TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 2 (1 per term) MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: (no max / min imposed) TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: T2: 7 lab sections, 1 tutorial section MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: Lab: 8-16 students / section Tutorial: No limit MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Definitions, Intermolecular Forces, Liquids, Solids, Gases 2. Thermodynamics: First Law, Second Law and Third Law 3. Conditions for Equilibrium (Ideal and Non-Ideal) 4. Phases and Solutions (Ideal and Non-Ideal) 5. Kinetics PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Physical Chemistry (6th Edition), P. Atkins, W.H. Freeman and Company, 1998; Chemistry 242.3, Physical Chemistry Laboratory Manual, Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan (2001). INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 2 1-1/2 hour lectures, 1 hour tutorial (optional), 3 hour lab COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: Use of spreadsheets for calculation of experimental

data, regression analyses and graphing. Use of computer-controlled density meter in one experiment.

LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: Six experiments are performed. The remainder of the laboratory periods are problem-solving sessions.

Experiments: 1. Enthalpy of vaporization 2. Enthalpy of reaction and solution 3. Partial molar volume 4. Heat capacity ratios of gases 5. Adsorption from solution 6. Energy band gap determination PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: R. Silerova, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemistry OTHER INSTRUCTORS: R. E. Verrall, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry taught Term 1 section. Patricia Currie (Lab coordinator). TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 7/104 per TA CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT:

Total Number of Accreditation Units = 61.5 (36.6 lectures, 48 labs/tutorials Basic Science – 60.6 AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 60.0/10% (from 2000) DATE: June 15, 2001

COURSE INFORMATION SHEET COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: PHYS 128.3 Contemporary Physics CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 125 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Basic Science Elective TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 2 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 87/150 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 9 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER

LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 30/30 MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Simple Harmonic Motion and Waves (7 lectures) 2. Superposition and Interference of Waves (4 lectures) 3. Interference and Diffraction of Light (4 lectures) 4. Doppler Effect (including relativistic case) (3 lectures) 5. Special Relativity (4 lectures) 6. Quantum Physics (4 lectures) 7. Atoms (4 lectures) 8. Nuclear Physics (5 lectures) 9. Structure of Solids (time permitting) PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Physics: The Nature of Things, S.M Lea and J.R. Burke, Brooks/Cole Publishing (1997) INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 hours of lectures and 1 three-

hour lab every second week COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: None LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: Harmonic Motion; Standing Waves;

Interference; Hydrogen Spectrum; Radiation Absorption PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: T. G. Steele, Ph. D., Professor of

Physics and Engineering Physics OTHER INSTRUCTORS: E.J. Llewellyn, Ph. D., P. Eng., Professor of

Physics and Engineering Physics TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 9/500 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units – 44.1 (36.6 lectures, 15 hr. labs) Basic Science – 40.1 AUs Engineering Science – 4.0 AUs AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 63.5/13.3%

DATE: May 15, 2001

COURSE INFORMATION SHEET COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: GEOL 121.3 Physical Geology CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 90 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Elective TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 1 (Term 2) MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 5 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER

LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 20/35 MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Minerals 2. Igneous Rocks 3. Sedimentary Rocks 4. Metamorphic Rocks 5. Radioactive Decay and Geological Time 6. Geophysics and Interior of the Earth 7. Geological Structure 8. Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics 9. Earthquakes 10. Volcanic Hazards 11. Surface Processes: Sediments, Weathering and Erosion 12. Mineral and Petroleum Resources 13. Groundwater PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Understanding Earth (3rd Ed.), F. Press and R. Siever, WH Freeman and Co. New York (2000) INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lectures and 1 3-hour lab COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: Netscape required for course outline LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: 1. Geology and Resources of

Saskatchewan; 2/3. Minerals and Their Properties; 4. Identification of Igneous Rocks; 5. Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks; 6. Rock and Mineral Exam; 7. Geologic Time, History of Western Canada, Correlation, Dating; 8. Topographic Map; 9/10. Structural Geology and Geologic Maps; 11. Glacial Landforms; 12. Lab Review

PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: K. Ansdell, Ph.D., P.Geo., Associate Professor of Geological Sciences

OTHER INSTRUCTORS: C. Holmden, Ph. D., P. Geo., Associate Professor of Geological Sciences; R. Renaut, Ph. D., P. Geo., Professor of Geological Sciences

TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 10/45 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units – 54.6 (36.6 lectures, 36 hr labs) Basic Science – 38.6 AUs Engineering Science - 16 AUs AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 67.0/4%

DATE: May 15, 2001

COURSE INFORMATION SHEET COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: G E 210.3 Probability and Statistics CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 188 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Program Compulsory (Ag and Bio, Chem, Civil,

Elect, Geol) TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 142 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 2 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER

LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 56/86 MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Probability (9 lectures) 2. Distributions (12 lectures) 3. Testing of Hypotheses (12 lectures) 4. Regression, Correlations (3 lectures) PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Notes on Probability and Statistics with Engineering Applications, W.J. DeCoursey, U of S Printing Services (1998) INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lectures and 1 1/2 hours

problem laboratory per week COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: None LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: Problem solving PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: W.J. Stolte, Ph. D., P. Eng., Professor of Civil Engineering OTHER INSTRUCTORS: None TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 2/96 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units – 45.6 (36.6 lecture, 18 hr labs) Mathematics - 33 AUs Engineering Science – 12.6 AUs AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 68.2/10% DATE: May 15, 2001

COURSE INFORMATION SHEET COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: G E 226 Mechanics III CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 189 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Program Compulsory (Mechanical, Engineering Physics) TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 83/83 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 5 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER

LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 8/22 MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Relative Velocity, Relative Acceleration (9 lectures) 2. Moment of Inertia (3 lectures) 3. Kinetics of Rigid Bodies (Force-mass-acceleration; Work-energy; Impulse- momentum) (24 lectures) PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Engineering Mechanics - Dynamics

(8th Edition), R.C. Hibbeler, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey (1998); A Laboratory Manual for General Engineering 226.3, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics (1996)

INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture hours and 1.5 lab hours COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: Use of programmable calculators and

computers encouraged LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: 1. Moment of Inertia and Parallel Axis Theorem 2. Energy and its conservation 3. Atwood's Machine 4. Angular acceleration using torque and Moment of Inertia 5. Conservation of angular momentum for an inelastic collision PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: G.J. Sofko, Ph.D., P.Eng., Professor of Physics

and Engineering Physics OTHER INSTRUCTORS: A.T. Dolovich, Ph.D., Associate Professor of

Mechanical Engineering TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 4/150 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units – 44.1 (36.6 lectures and 15 hr labs Engineering Science – 44.1 AUs AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 66.0/10% DATE: June 19, 2001

COURSE INFORMATION SHEET COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: MATH 223.3 Intermediate Calculus CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 111 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Common Core TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 3 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: TBA TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 3 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER

LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: TBA MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Two and three dimensional vectors 2. Differentiation of vector-valued functions with application to the geometry of curves 3. Partial differentiation and gradients, optimal values and Lagrange multipliers 4. Multiple integration and applications 5. Line Integrals and Green's Theorem PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Multivariable Calculus (4th Ed.), James Stewart,

Brooks/Cole Publishing Co. Pacific Grove, Calif. (1991) INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture and one tutorial hour COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: None LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: Question and answer sessions and homework assignments PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: TBA OTHER INSTRUCTORS: TBA TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 4/52 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT:

Total Number of Accreditation Units – 42.6 (36.6 lectures and 12 hr tutorials) Mathematics – 42.6 AUs

AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: DATE: May 15, 2001


COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: MATH 224.3 Differential Equations CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 111 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Common Core TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 3 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 60/100 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 3 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER

LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 60/100 MAJOR TOPICS: 1. First and second order differential equations with applications 2. Infinite sequences and series. Taylor series and applications PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Multivariable Calculus (4nd Ed.), James Stewart,

Brooks/Cole Publishing Co. Pacific Grove, Calif. (1999) INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lectures and 1 tutorial hour COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: None LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: Tutorials PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: A. Chigogidze, D. Sc., Professor of Mathematics and Statistics OTHER INSTRUCTORS: B. Friberg, Ph. D., Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics; H. Teismann, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics; TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 3/496 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units - 42 (36 lectures and 12 1-hour tutorials) Mathematics - 42 AUs AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 56% DATE: June 28, 2001

COURSE INFORMATION SHEET COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: CMPT 116.3 Computing I CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 75 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar and page 185 of the Engineering section CEAB COURSE TYPE: Common Core TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 3 sections MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 80/120 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 10 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER

LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 30/30 MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Structured Program Design (4 lectures) 2. Procedures (4 lectures) 3. Control Structures (5 1/2 lectures) 4. Problem Solving Techniques (11 1/2 lectures) PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): C++ for Engineer and Scientist, G. Bronson, Brooks/Cole/Nelson Publishing, 1999. INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: Three 1-hour lectures and one 1 ½-hour laboratory per week (initially 1/week moving to approx. 1/2weeks midterm) COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: Basic concepts of programming in C++ LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: 12 computing exercises PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: J. Vassileva, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Computer Science OTHER INSTRUCTORS: G. Koehn, M.Sc., Instructional Support TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 11/234 (A student assistant is assigned to each laboratory group.) CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units - 45 (36.6 lectures; 9 labs) Engineering Science – 41.1 AUs AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 71/0.4 % DATE: June 15, 2001


COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: Phys 251.3 – Relativistic Mechanics & Quantum Physics CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 188 of the 2001-02 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Program Compulsory TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 46 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 2 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 10/12 MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Special Relativity: Experimental and Theoretical Motivations, Relativity Principle, Inertial

Frames, Transformations between Inertial Observers, Relativistic Kinematics and Dynamics.

2. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics: Experimental Motivation, Wave-Particle Duality, Schrodinger Equation, Uncertainty Principle, Hydrogen Atom, Many-Electron Atoms, Applications in Solid State, Nuclear and Particle Physics.

3. Outline of Contemporary Problems in Physics PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): R.A. Serway, C.J. Moses & C.A. Moyer: Modern Physics Modern Physics I Laboratory Manual, U of S. 1995 INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture, 3 laboratory hours COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: MCA (Multi Channel Analyzer) Program on Apple Microcomputer, Word Processing, Spreadsheets and Graphics programs LABORATORY EXPERIENCE:

1. Millikan Oil Drop Experiment 2. Hydrogen Spectrum 3. Franck-Hertz Experiment 4. X-Ray Spectra 5. Determination of Planck’s Constant 6. Compton Scattering 7. Electron Diffraction 8. Range of Alpha Particles 9. Absorption of Gamma Rays 10. Measurement of Half-life

PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: R. Dick, Ph.D., Professor (Physics & Engineering Physics) OTHER INSTRUCTORS: B. Zulkoskey, M.Sc., Laboratory Coordinator (Physics & Engineering Physics) TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 3/210 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT:

Total Number of Accreditation Units – 54.6 Basic Science - 27.3 Eng’g Science – 21.8 Eng’g Design - 5.5

AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 72.6% / 6.5%

DATE: 25th June 2001


COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: EP 225.3 Waves, Fields and Optics CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 187 of the 1996-97 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Program Compulsory for Engineering Physics, Elective for

Electrical Engineering TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 30 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 4 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 16/25 MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Review of mechanical and electromagnetic oscillations (3 lectures) 2. Basic properties of waves (3 lectures) 3. Mechanical waves (9 lectures) 4. Electromagnetic waves (10 lectures) 5. Optics (7 lectures) 6. Introduction to quantum mechanical waves (4 lectures) PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Introduction to Wave Phenomena by A. Hirose and K.E. Lonngren; Krieger, Malabar, 1991 INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture, 3 laboratory on alternate weeks COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: none LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: 1. LC Transmission Line 2. Microwave Optics 3. Single- and Multiple-slit Interference-Diffraction Patterns 4. Prism Spectrometer 5. Optical Instruments PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: A. Hirose, Ph.D., Professor (Physics & Engineering Physics) OTHER INSTRUCTORS: B. Zulkoskey, M.Sc., Laboratory Coordinator (Physics & Engineering Physics) TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 4/97 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units - 45.6 (36.6 hours lectures, 18 hours lab) Basic Science: 27.4 Engineering Science: 13.7 Engineering Design: 4.6 AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 76% / no failures



COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: EP 228.3 Computer Project Laboratory CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 188 of the 2001-02 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Program Compulsory TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 26 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 2 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 12/14 MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Complex numbers 2. Vector and Matrix Manipulation 3. Series Expansions 4. Numerical Techniques 5. Fourier Analysis PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): none INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture , 4.5 laboratory COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: extensive use of mathematical analysis programs, C programming, spreadsheets, word processing, and graphics programs LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: 1. Familiarization, file read/write procedures 2. Angle conversion - radians, degrees, inverse trig functions 3. A contract bid for an Engineering development in the northern part of the province or an initial assessment on a water dam in the southern part of the province. 4. Numerical solution of equations, 3-D rigid body analysis, or equivalent system 5. Cubic spline. Comparison with numerical differentiations 6. Fourier analysis. Spectral content of different waves, beats, Michelson interferometer. 7. (Optional): Least Squares Fitting PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: D. Degenstein, Ph.D., Professor (Physics & Engineering Physics) OTHER INSTRUCTORS: none TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 2 / 100 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT:

Total Number of Accreditation Units - 72.6 Aus 36.6 hours lectures & 72 hours lab) Math - 2.9 Eng’g Science - 25.4 Eng’g Design 18.1

AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 68.9% / 12%



COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: Physics 227.3 Electricity and Magnetism I CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 125 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Program Compulsory TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 30 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 2 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 5/15 MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Coulomb’s Law, Electric Fields (4 lectures) 2. Gauss’ Law (3 lectures) 3. Electric Potential (3 lectures) 4. Capacitors, Dielectrics (3 lectures) 5. Currents, Resistance (2 lectures) 6. DC Circuits (3 lectures) 7. Magnetic Fields ( 3 lectures) 8. Ampere’s Law (3 lectures) 9. Faraday’s Law (3 lectures) 10. Magnetic Properties of Matter (3 lectures) 11. Inductance (3 lectures) 12. AC Circuits (2 lectures) 13. Maxwell’s Equations (1 lecture) PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Physics, Vol. 2, Halliday, Resnick and Krane, Wiley publisher INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture, 3 laboratory on alternate weeks COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: none LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: 1. Electrolysis & Mapping of Equipotential Surfaces 2. The Ballistic Galvanometer 3. The Measurement of e/m by the Bainbridge Method 4. The Phase Response Curve 5. Natural and Forced Oscillations (Resonance) in Electrical Circuits PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: C. Xiao, Ph.D., Professor of Physics & Engineering Physics OTHER INSTRUCTORS: B. Zulkoskey, M.Sc., Laboratory Coordinator (Physics & Engineering Physics) TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 3 / 100 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units - 54.6 (36.6 lectures and 36.0 labs) Math - 5.5 Basic Science - 27.3 Eng’g Science -21.8 AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 75.6% / no failures



COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: EP 271.3 Heat, Kinetic Theory and Thermodynamics CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 188 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Program Compulsory TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 36 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 2 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER

LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 16/20 MAJOR TOPICS: Approaches to thermodynamics: Empirical, Microscopic/statistical, Axiomatic. Elastic Properties of Solids. Fluids: Pressure, Pressure measurement, Archimedes & Flotation. Thermometry, Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics Thermometers and the Celsius Temperature Scale. Empirical Gas Laws. The Constant-Volume Gas Thermometer and the Absolute Temperature Scale. The Ideal Bas Law, Moles, Avogadro’s Number. Calorimetry, Heat and Internal Energy. The Calorie and Mechanical Equivalent of Heat. Heat Capacity and Specific Heat. Change of Phase, Latent Heat. Thermal Expansion of Solids and Liquids. Relation to elastic properties. Equation of state. Heat Transfer Mechanism. Conduction. Convection. Radiation. Newton’s Law of cooling. Heat conduction, dynamic case for linear geometry (Fourier Problem). Work and Heat in Thermodynamic Processes. The First Law of Thermodynamics. Application of the First Law of Thermodynamics. Adiabatic Processes in an Ideal Gas. Kinetic Theory: Molecular Model of an Ideal Gas. Molar Specific Heat, Equipartition of Energy. Boltzmann Distribution. Maxwell Distribution of Molecular Speeds. Van der Waals Equation. Transport Phenomenon. Mean free path, viscosity and diffusion. Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics. Reversible and Irreversible Processes. The Carnot Engine. Heat Pumps and Refrigerators. Gasoline and Diesel Engines. System with more than one phase. Steam Engines, Heat Pumps and Refrigerators revisited. Limit on Efficiency. Clausius-Clapeyron Equation. Taste of Statistical Mechanics. Entropy on a Microscopic Scale. Boltzmann’s Equation. Entropy and Equilibrium. significance of Absolute Zero. The 3rd Law of Thermodynamics. Enthalpy, Gibbs Function, Free Energy, Maxwell’s Thermodynamic Relations. PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Halliday, Resnick, Walker. Fundamentals of Physics, plus others INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture, 1.5 laboratory COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: Use data taking software LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: Learn difference between the real and the textbook world. PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: H. Caplan, Ph.D., P.Eng., Professor (Physics & Engineering Physics) OTHER INSTRUCTORS: none TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 2/200 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units - 45 AUs Math - 5 Basic Science - 20 Eng’g Science - 25 AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 65.6% / 12.5%



COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: EP 311.3 Electronics I CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 188 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Program Compulsory TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 18 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 2 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER

LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 8 / 10 MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Kirchoff’s Laws (3 lectures) 2. AC Circuits: filters, phase shift networks, resonant circuits (7 lectures) 3. Semiconductors, Junction Diodes (5 lectures) 4. Transistors: field-effect and bipolar junction (3 lectures) 5. RC-Coupled Amplifiers (7 lectures) 6. Small Signal Analysis: four terminal networks, h-parameters, frequency response (7 lectures) 7. Operational Amplifiers (3 lectures) PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Electronics: Circuits and Devices, R.J. Smith, 1987 INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture, 4 laboratory COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: ICAP Lite Circuit Design Software, spreadsheets LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: 1. Thevenin Circuits and Solar Energy 2. Passive Filters

3. Introduction to Circuit Simulation 4. Resonant Circuits 5. Diode Characteristics, Voltage Regulator Design

6. Audio RC Coupled Bipolar Junction Transistor Amplifier 7. Operational Amplifier Circuits PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: G. Husseyr, Ph.D., P.Eng., Professor (Physics & Engineering Physics) OTHER INSTRUCTORS: A. Ortlepp, B.E., P.Eng., Laboratory Coordinator (Physics & Engineering Physics) TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 1 / 38.5 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units - 54.6 AUs Eng’g Science - 27.3 Eng’g Design - 21.8 Basic Science - 5.5 AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 62.9% / 22%



COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: Phys 371.3 Statistical and Thermal Physics CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 126 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Program Compulsory TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: new course TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: none MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: N/A MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Statistical Description of Systems of Particles 2. Statistical Thermodynamics 3. Basic Methods and Results of Statistical Mechanics 4. Simple Applications of Statistical Mechanics 5. Implications of Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Statistics 6. Reactions PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Reif, F., 1965, Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics, McGraw-Hill, New York INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: none LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: N/A PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: K. Tanaka, Ph.D., Professor (Physics & Engineering Physics) OTHER INSTRUCTORS: none TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): none CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units - 42.6 Math - 8.5 Basic Science - 17.0 Eng’g Science - 17.0 AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: new course


COURSE INFORMATION SHEET COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: G E 300.3 Oral and Written Communications CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 189 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Common Core TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 18 (4 Term One; 14 Term Two) MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 19/19 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: Not applicable MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: Not applicable MAJOR TOPICS: 1. The Rhetoric Triangle (4 lectures) 2. Rhetorical Foundations of Technical Communications (4 lectures) 3. Communicative Competence in Establishing Professional Credibility (3 lect.) 4. Memos, Report Memos ( 4 lectures) 5. Letters of Complaint ( 3 lectures) 6. Proposals (3 lectures) 7. Informal, Semi-Formal and Formal Reports (6 lectures) 8. Oral Presentations (9 lectures) PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Technical Communication (2nd Ed.), L. Rodman, Harcourt Brace Canada (1996) INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 hours (lectures/discussion sessions combined) COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: Not applicable LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: Not applicable PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: J. MacLennan, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Engineering and D.K. Seaman Chair in Technical and Professional Communication OTHER INSTRUCTORS: TBA TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): None CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units - 36.6 AU Complementary Studies - 36.6AUs AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 73% DATE: May 1, 2001

COURSE INFORMATION SHEET COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: G E 348.3 Engineering Economics CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 189 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Common Core TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 2 (1 each term) MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 73/174 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: None MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER

LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: Not Applicable MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Time Value of Money Concepts & Definitions - Interest and Equivalence - Cash Flows -Compounding Frequency & Effective Interest Rate - Loans, Mortgages, Bonds 2 Economic Evaluation of Alternatives - Payback, Net Present Worth & Future Worth - Exclusivity & Study Period - Economic Life - Annual Worth Method - Rate of Return Method 3. Real World Considerations and Applications - Depreciation Methods - The Income Statement - After Tax Cash Flow Analysis - Inflation - Equity and Lease Financing - Replacement Analysis - Breakeven Analysis 4. Term Project (worth 30%) - Design PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): On-line material, J. Herbert Smith Centre, Technology, Management and Entrepreneurship, University of New Brunswick. Created and supported by Professor Barry Bisson. INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture hours per week COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: Word processing, computer graphics and spreadsheets required for projects LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: None PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: G. A. Sparks, Ph. D., P. Eng., Professor of Civil Engineering OTHER INSTRUCTORS: None TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 2/132 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT:

Total Number of Accreditation Units – 36.6 (36 lectures) Engineering Design – 8.6 AUs Complementary Studies - 28 AUs AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 75.7/1.0% DATE: May 15, 2001


COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: EP 320.3 Discrete Linear Systems and Applied Information Theory CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 188 of the 2001-02 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Program Compulsory TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 27 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 2 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 13/14 MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Discrete Data Series – sampling, aliasing, convolutions, operators, linearity, causality,

stability and inverses. 2. Z and Fourier Transforms 3. Digital Filter Design – design of convolution operators that have a desired frequency

response. 4. Deconvolutions and Inverses 5. Image Processing – practical applications of the above techniques. PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Karl, J.H., An Introduction to Digital Signal Processing, Academic Press, 1989, and supplementary web materials INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture, 4 hours laboratory COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: Extensive programming in Pascal or C LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: The laboratory alternates between a problem-based lab and a computer-based lab on alternate weeks. Topics for the computer-based labs are: 1. Computing Solutions to a Set of Simultaneous Linear Algebraic Equations 2. Minimum Cross-Entropy Solution to the Underdetermined Moments Problem 3. Experiments Involving the DFT 4. Experiments Involving Digital Filtering 5. Demonstration of Single-pole, Single-zero Filters PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: D. Degenstein, Ph.D., Professor (Physics & Engineering Physics) OTHER INSTRUCTORS: None TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 2/100 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units - 54.6 (39 hours lectures & 10 4 hour labs) Basic Science – 19.1 Eng’g Science – 35.5 AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 66.8% / 18.5 %



COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: EP 321.3 Electronics II CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 188 of the 2001-2001 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Program Compulsory TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 15 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 2 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER

LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 7 / 8 MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Electronic Logic Elements: logic operation and implementation, memory elements (8 lectures) 2. Electronic Digital Devices: binary numbers, Boolean algebra, logic circuits (adders,

counters, etc., ROM, RAM, etc. (8 lectures) 3. Microprocessors (2 lectures) 4. Data Acquisition: instrumentation and transducers (8 lectures) 5. Feedback Systems: block diagram representation, positive and negative feedback,

oscillators (4 lectures)

6. Amplifier Configurations and Characteristics (3 lectures) 7. Modulation and Frequency Converters: AM, FM, mixers (3 lectures) PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Electronics: Circuits and Devices, R.J. Smith; Wiley publisher 1987 INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 hours lecture, 4 hours laboratory COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: spreadsheets, word processing LABORATORY EXPERIENCE:

1. Discrete Component Astable/Bistable Multivibrator 2. Multifunction 555 Timer IC 3 Asynchronous Decade and Divide by N Counters 4 Data Entry and Display 5 Analog-to-Digital Conversion 6 Digital Design Project PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: G Hussey, Ph.D., Professor (Physics & Engineering Physics) OTHER INSTRUCTORS: A. Ortlepp, B.E., P.Eng., Laboratory Coordinator (Physics &

Engineering Physics) TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 1 / 33 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units - 54.6 Basic Science - 5.5 Eng’g Science - 21.8 Eng’g Design - 27.3 AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 65.1% / 6.7%



COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: EP 324.3 Mechanics IV CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 188 of the 2001-02 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Program Compulsory TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 17 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: none MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: None MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Velocity analysis of various linkages for inertial and non-inertial systems. (3 hours) 2. Acceleration analysis for various linkages and mechanisms. (4.5 hours) 3. Dynamics of mechanisms and dynamic balancing. (4.5 hours) 4. Vibrations in cantilevers and spiral springs. (6 hours) 5. Fluid properties, statics, kinematics and forces. (3 hours) 6. Differential equations for fluid flow. (3 hours) 7. Incompressible fluid flow. (3 hours) 8. Laminar and turbulent flow, boundary layers. (6 hours) 9. Dimensional analysis. (6 hours) PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Engineering Fluid Mechanics., Robertson & Crowe, Wiley, 6th Ed Vector Mechanics for Engineers, Beer & Johnston, McGraw-Hill, 5th Ed. INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: none LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: N/A PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: Roman Makarevitch, M.Sc., Ph.D. student, Sessional Lecturer (Physics & Engineering Physics) OTHER INSTRUCTORS: N/A TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 1 / 33 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units – 36.6 Basic Science = 7.2, Engineering Science = 25.6, Engineering Design = 3.7 AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 68.9% / No failures



COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: EP 356.3 Electric and Magnetic Field Theory CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 188 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Program Compulsory TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 20 (EP only) TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: none MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: N/A MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Introduction, Elements of Vector Analysis 2. Electrostatic fields in vacuum 3. Electrostatic fields in matter 4. Magnetostatic fields in vacuum 5. Magnetostatic fields in matter, magnetic forces and magnetic materials 6. Electrodynamics 7. Electromagnetic waves and radiation PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Griffiths, D.J.: Electrodynamics, Prentice Hall, 3rd Ed. 1999

Sodiku, Elements of Electromagnetics, Saunders College, 1994 INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: none LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: N/A PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: Dr. A. Moewes, Ph.D., Professor (Physics & Engineering Physics) OTHER INSTRUCTORS: none TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 1 / 44 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units - 36.6 Basic Science - 18.3 Engineering Science - 18.3 AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 67.8% / 6.3%

DATE: June 25th 2001


COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: Phys 381.3 Quantum Mechanics I CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 126 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Program Compulsory TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 12 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: N/A MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: None MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Simple Models of the Atom 2. Wave-particle Duality 3. Quantum Mechanics in One Dimension 4. Time Dependence of States 5. Scattering and Tunneling Phenomena 6. Angular Momentum 7. Quantum Mechanics in Three Dimensions PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): An Introduction to Quantum Physics, A.P. French & Edwin F. Taylor INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture 3 laboratory COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: none LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: 1. The Geiger-Muller Tube and the Statistics of Radioactivity 2. Gamma Ray Spectrometer 3. Beta Ray Spectrometer 4. Bubble Chamber Analysis 5. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 6. Electron Spin Resonance 7. X-ray Diffraction and Photographic Darkroom Techniques 8. Semiconductor Behaviours and the Hall Effect PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: N. Kolb, Ph.D., Professor (Physics & Engineering Physics) OTHER INSTRUCTORS: B. Zulkoskey, M.Sc., Laboratory Coordinator (Physics & Engineering Physics) TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 2 / 81 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units - 60.6 Basic Science - 30.3 Eng’g Science - 30.3 AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 74.7% / No failures



COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: EP 413.3 Instrumentation and Design CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 188 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Program Compulsory TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 19 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: N/A MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: N/A MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Introduction, review of binary arithmetic and logic 2. The C programming language 3. Serial I/O 4. Real-time programming 5. RTEMS - Real-time executive for multiprocessor systems 6. Motorola MC68360 Quad Integrated Communications Controller 7. Analog to digital, digital to analog, conversion 8. Signal conditioning, Transducers 10. Rotary position I/O 11. ETHERNET PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Kernighan, Brian W. and Ritchie, Dennis, The C Programming Language, 2nd Ed., Printice Hall, 1988 INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: A considerable portion of this class is devoted to the concepts of embedded microprocessor design and C programming. As such almost the entire course deals with computers. The students are expected to submit two major reports. Production of these reports requires some literature searching and some word processing. The students must also write and assemble some programs for inclusion in the reports. LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: N/A PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: W.E. Norum, Ph.D., P.Eng., Associate Member (Electrical Engineering) OTHER INSTRUCTORS: none TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): none CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units - 36.6 Eng’g Science - 14.6 Eng’g Design - 22.0 AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 77.8% / no failures



COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: EP 414.3 Instrumentation Laboratory CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 188 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Program Compulsory TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: None MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: N/A TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 19 MAJOR TOPICS: See laboratory experience PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Instrumentation Design Laboratory Manual: EP 414, U of S, 1995 INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 4 hours laboratory COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: see information for EP 413.3 LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: Lab 1. Introduction to the Motorola MC68360 Lab 2. Simple I/O and Multitasking Lab 3. Serial Peripheral Interface Analog to Digital Conversion Lab 4. A Simple Network Server Application Lab 5. Variable Speed Stepper Motor Drive PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: W.E. Norum, Ph.D., P.Eng., Associate Member (Electrical Engineering) OTHER INSTRUCTORS: A. Ortlepp, B.E., P.Eng., Laboratory Coordinator (Physics & Engineering Physics) TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): none CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units - 24 (48 hours lab) Eng’g Science - 9.6 Eng’g Design - 14.4 AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 90.3% / No failures



COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: EP 421.3 Optical Systems and Materials CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 188 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Program Compulsory TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 20 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 20 MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Physical Optics: Maxwell’s equations / electromagnetic waves 2. Geometric Optics 3. Polarization of Electromagnetic Waves 4. The Optical Properties of Isotropic Matter 5. Anisotropic Processes and Materials, and their effect on the Polarization State 6. Interference of Light 7. Diffraction of Light PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Eugene Hecht, Optics, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. 3rd Ed., 1998 INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture 4 laboratory COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: word processing, mathematical analysis programs LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: 1. Measurement of Refractive Index 2. The Michelson Interferometer and Abbe Refractometer 3. The Fabry-Perot Interferometer 4. Polarimetry PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: G.J. Sofko, Ph.D., P.Eng., Professor (Physics & Engineering Physics) OTHER INSTRUCTORS: A. Ortlepp, B.E., P.Eng., Laboratory Coordinator (Physics & Engineering Physics) TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 1/33 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units - 60.6 (36 hours lectures & 48 hours lab) Basic Science - 15.1 Eng’g Science - 30.3 Eng’g Design 15.1 AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 72.3% / No failures



COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: Phys 404.3 Techniques of Experimental Physics CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 126 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Program Compulsory TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 18 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER

LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: 18 MAJOR TOPICS:

1. Experimental Procedure and Report Guidelines 2. Scientific Method 3. Sources of Error, distributions, and propagation of errors 4. Curve Fitting 5. Oral presentations by students on experimental results

PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): None INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 1 hour lecture, 7 hours lab COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: Data taking and data analysis LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: 1. Environmental Radioactivity 2. Superconductivity 3. Holographic Interferometry 4. Thermal Radiation (Wien’s Law) 5. Optical Modulation 6. Spectroscopy 7. Microwave Interferometer 8. Vacuum Diode and Langmuir-Child’s Law 9. Curie Temperature Measurement 10. Radiation Safety: Radon Contamination Measurements 11. Radiation Safety: Surveying Radioactive Materials PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: N.R. Kolb, Ph.D., Professor (Physics & Engineering Physics) OTHER INSTRUCTORS: A. Ortlepp, B.E., P.Eng., Laboratory Coordinator (Physics & Engineering Physics) TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): none CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units - 43.0 (13 hours lectures & 60 hours lab) Basic Science - 4.3 Eng’g Science - 21.5 Eng’g Design - 17.2 AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 80.0% / No failures)



COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: Phys 463.3 Electricity and Magnetism III CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 126 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Program Compulsory TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 19 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: none MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: N/A MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Electrostatics Review 2. Applied Electrostatics - Special Techniques 3. Magnetostatics Review and Magnetic Vector Potential 4. Electric and Magnetic Fields in Matter - Review 5. Electrodynamics 6. Conservation Laws 7. Potentials and Fields 8. Radiation 9. Electrodynamics and Relativity 10. Electromagnetic Waves 11. Electron Storage Rings and Synchrotron Radiation PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Introduction to Electrodynamics, D.J. Griffiths, 3rd Ed. INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: mathematical analysis programs LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: N/A PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: Dr. C. Mitchell, Professor (Physics & Engineering Physics) OTHER INSTRUCTORS: none TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): 1/49.5 CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units - 36.6 Math - 3.7 Basic Science - 20.1 Eng’g Science - 12.8 AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 72% / 5.3%

DATE: 15th August 1996

COURSE INFORMATION SHEET COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: G E 400.3 Rhetoric: Theory and Practice of Persuasion CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 189 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Elective TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 5/20 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: Not applicable MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: Not applicable MAJOR TOPICS: 1. What is rhetoric 2. Theoretical foundations 3. Principles of rhetorical analysis 4. Readings for analysis 5. Principles of extemporaneous speaking 6. Oral presentation PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Inside Language, J.M. MacLennan & G.J. Moffatt, Prentice Hall Canada (2000); Reading Packet for Rhetoric, J. M. MacLennan, U of S INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture hours per week COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: Not applicable LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: Not applicable PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: J. MacLennan, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Engineering and D.K. Seaman Chair in Technical and Professional Communication OTHER INSTRUCTORS: Not applicable TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): Not applicable CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units – 36.6 AU Complementary Studies – 36.6 AUs AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 65-70/0% DATE: May 15, 2001

COURSE INFORMATION SHEET COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: G E 449.3 Engineering in Society CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 189 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Common Core TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 3 (2 first term, 1 second) MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 52/66 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: none MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER

LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: Not applicable MAJOR TOPICS: (Section 2)

1. Engineering as a Profession(4 lectures) 2. Code of Ethics (3 lectures) 3. Engineering and Technology (2 lectures) 4. Ethics and Morality (4 lectures) 5. Professionalism (4 lectures) 6. Risk and Liability (1 lecture) 7. Engineering and the Environment (3 lectures) 6. Presentation of Reports (4 lectures)

PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Ethics in Engineering (3rd Ed.), M. W. Martin and R. Schinzinger, McGraw-Hill, (1996)

INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 2 1-1/2 hour lectures per week COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: Word Processor LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: None PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: J. A. Gillies, M. Sc., P. Eng., Professor of Agricultural and Bioresource Engineering OTHER INSTRUCTORS: TBA TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): Not applicable CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units - 36.6 (36.6 lectures) Complementary Studies - 36.6 AUs AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 76.9/1.7%

DATE: May 10, 2001


COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: Phys 490 - Physics Seminars CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 126 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Program Compulsory TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 23 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: N/A MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: N/A MAJOR TOPICS: Departmental Seminars every two weeks Lectures by research groups on other weeks PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): N/A INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: none LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: N/A PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: C. Rangacharyulu, Ph.D., Professor (Physics & Engineering Physics) OTHER INSTRUCTORS: many TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): none CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units: 18 Complementary Studies - 1.8 AU’s Eng’g Science - 8.1AUs Eng’g Design - 8.1

AUs AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: Pass/Fail (Pass required),No failures



COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: Phys 470.3 Atomic, Molecular & Solid State Physics CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 126 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Elective TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: 18 TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: none MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: N/A MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Introduction - scope of condensed matter physics 2. Chemical Binding in Solids 3. Crystal Structure 4. Electrons in Crystals 5. Semiconductors 6. Magnetism 7. Lattice Vibrations 8. Dielectric Properties of Materials 9. Superconductivity PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): Hook, J.R. and Hall, H.E.., Solid State Physics, 2nd Ed. INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: none LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: N/A PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: C. Mitchell, Ph.D., Professor (Physics & Engineering Physics) OTHER INSTRUCTORS: none TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): none CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units - 36.6 Basic Science - 11.0 Eng’g Science - 22.0 Eng’g Design - 3.7 AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: 71.2% / 5.6%



COURSE NUMBER & TITLE: EP 431.3 Optical Systems and Materials CALENDAR REFERENCE: Page 188 of the 2001-2002 University Calendar CEAB COURSE TYPE: Program Compulsory TOTAL NUMBER OF LECTURE SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER SECTION: new course TOTAL NUMBER OF LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTIONS: 1 MINIMUM/MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER LABORATORY/TUTORIAL SECTION: new course MAJOR TOPICS: 1. Advanced Diffraction Theory and Geometric Optics 2. Anisotropic Materials and their Application in Polarimetry and Optical Modulation 3. Lasers 4. Fiber Optical Waveguides 5. Optical Communication Systems 6. Statistical Optics: Interferometry and coherence, partially polarized light, holography PRESCRIBED TEXT(S): John Wilson, Optoelectronics, Prentice Hall, 1998 INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS PER WEEK: 3 lecture COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: word processing, mathematical analysis programs LABORATORY EXPERIENCE: several experiments in lasers, fiber optics and optical modulation PROFESSOR-IN-CHARGE: G.J. Sofko, Ph.D., P.Eng., Professor (Physics & Engineering Physics) OTHER INSTRUCTORS: A. Ortlepp, B.E., P.Eng., Laboratory Coordinator (Physics & Engineering Physics) TEACHING ASSISTANTS (NUMBER/HOURS): new course CEAB CURRICULUM CATEGORY CONTENT: Total Number of Accreditation Units - 36.6 (36.6 hours lectures) Basic Science - 7.3 Eng’g Science - 22 Eng’g Design 3.7 AVERAGE GRADE/FAILURE RATE: new course


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