Elective Courses
Electrical Engineering (Barrie)
Electrical Engineering (Thunder Bay)
Chemical Engineering
Engineering Elective Courses
Chemical Engineering students will normally select their engineering elective courses from the following list. Not all elective courses in this list will be offered every year. Engineering elective course descriptions are available in the Lakehead University Calendar.
- ECHE 0334: Specific Topics in Chemical Engineering (Thermophysical Properties of Materials) (Fall)
- ECHE 0334: Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (Nanomaterials) (Fall)
- ECHE 0335: Air Pollution Control Methods and Analysis (Fall)
- ECHE 0339: Process Optimization
- ECHE 0631: Bioprocess Engineering (Fall)
- ECHE 0653: Fundamentals of Petroleum Recovery (Winter)
- ECHE 0671: Pulp and Paper Manufacture
- ECHE 0673: Biological Treatment Processes (Winter)
- ECHE 0674: Design and Analysis of Experiments (Winter)
- ECHE 0676: Mineral Processing
NOTE: EMEC 0657 Energy Conversion Engineering may be available as a Chemical Engineering elective with permission of the Chair of the Chemical Engineering Department. You must consult and receive permission from the Chair of Chemical Engineering prior to registration.
On the advice of the Chair of the Chemical Engineering Department students may interchange the position of Complementary Studies Electives and Engineering electives from one year to another in their program to accommodate course selection.
Complementary Studies Elective Courses
Effective July 1, 2023
2023-2024 Complementary Studies Elective Courses List
Civil Engineering
Engineering Elective Courses
Civil Engineering students will normally select their engineering elective courses from the following list. Not all elective courses in this list will be offered every year. The proposed course offerings for the 2021/2022 academic year are indicated below. They may change depending on timetabling and resource restraints. Engineering elective course descriptions are available in the Lakehead University Calendar.
Fall 2021:
- ECIV 0113: Wind Engineering
- ECIV 0553: Traffic Engineering
- ECIV 0652: Wood Structures Design
Winter 2022:
- ECIV 0135: Bridge Engineering
- ECIV 0233: Structural Design Topics
- ECIV 0235: Water Resources and Hydropower Development
- ECIV 0336: Special Topics in Civil Engineering (Hydraulic Structures)
- ECIV 0510: Rock Engineering
- ECIV 0637: Geotechnical Engineering Topics
On the advice of the Chair of the Civil Engineering Department students may interchange the position of Complementary Studies Electives and Engineering electives from one term to another in their program to accommodate course selection.
Complementary Studies Elective Courses
Effective July 1, 2023
2023-2024 Complementary Studies Elective Courses List
Electrical Engineering (Barrie)
Engineering Elective Courses
Electrical Engineering students will normally select their engineering elective courses from the following list. Not all elective courses in this list will be offered every term. Engineering elective course descriptions are available in the Lakehead University Calendar.
The Electrical Engineering Electives for the 2023/2024 academic year are:
- EELE 0138: Control Systems III
- EELE 0139: Analog CMOS Design (Offered Winter 2024)
- EELE 0531: Special Topics in Electrical Engineering – WBB Advanced power systems (Offered Winter 2024)
- EELE 0531: Special Topics in Electrical Engineering – WBA Antenna design (Offered Winter 2024)
- EELE 0550: Optical Communications (Offered Fall 2023)
- EELE 0573: Fuzzy Logic Expert Systems (Offered Fall 2023)
- EELE 0578: Wireless Communications (Offered Fall 2023)
- EELE 0651: Computer Organization
- EELE 0654: Advanced Electronic Devices
Complementary Studies Elective Courses
Effective July 1, 2023
2023-2024 Complementary Studies Elective Courses (Lakehead-Georgian Partnership)
Electrical Engineering (Thunder Bay)
Engineering Elective Courses
Electrical Engineering students will normally select their engineering elective courses from the following list. Not all elective courses in this list will be offered every term. Engineering elective course descriptions are available in the Lakehead University Calendar.
The Electrical Engineering Electives for the 2023/2024 academic year are:
- EELE 0138: Control Systems III (Offered Fall 2023)
- EELE 0139 Analog CMOS Design (Offered Winter 2024)
- EELE 0438: Electric Power Systems II (Offered Fall 2023)
- EELE 0531: Analog CMOS Design
- EELE 0550: Optical Communications (Offered Fall 2023)
- EELE 0554: Power Electronics II (Offered Winter 2024)
- EELE 0573: Fuzzy Logic Expert Systems (Offered Fall 2023)
- EELE 0578: Wireless Communications
- EELE 0651: Computer Organization
- EELE 0654: Advanced Electronic Devices
- EELE 3312: High Performance Embedded Systems (Offered Winter 2024)
Complementary Studies Elective Courses
Effective July 1, 2023
2023-2024 Complementary Studies Elective Courses List
Mechanical Engineering
Engineering Elective Courses
Please note that some of these electives listed below may not fit your schedule. It is your responsibility to resolve any course conflicts that may arise. Mechanical Engineering students will normally select their engineering elective courses from the following list. Engineering elective course descriptions are available in the Lakehead University Calendar.
On the advice of the Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department students may interchange the position of Complementary Studies Electives and Engineering electives from one year to another in their program to accommodate course selection.
- EMEC 0450: Finite Element Method in Mechanical Engineering (Fall)
- EMEC 0538: Topics in Mechanical Engineering: TBD (Fall)
- EMEC 0538: Topics in Mechanical Engineering: Modeling and Control of Mechanical Systems (Winter)
- EMEC 0575: Engineering Design Synthesis and Analysis
- EMEC 0579: Computational Methods in Mechanical Engineering
- EMEC 0656: Analysis and Application of Composite Materials (Winter)
- EMEC 0657: Energy Conversion Engineering
- EMEC 0659: Signal Processing for Mechanical Systems
- EMEC 0670: Combustion and Emissions (Winter)
Science Elective Courses
Please note that some of these electives may not be available in 2022-2023 and some may not fit your schedule. It is your responsibility to resolve any course conflicts that may arise. Also note that some courses may have prerequisites that must be met before registering in those courses. Course descriptions for these Science Electives are available in the Lakehead University Calendar.
- GEOG 2351 Geomorphology (Prerequisite: Permission of the course instructor or GEOG 1120)
- GEOL 1110 (ENST 1111) Planet Earth
- GEOL 2210 Mineralogy
- GEOL 3311 Environmental Geology
- PHYS 2311 Introduction to Optics
- PHYS 2331 Modern Physics I
- GEOG 2331 Climatology (Prerequisite: Permission of the course instructor or GEOG 1120)
- GEOL 1130 (ENST 1131) Crust of the Earth
- GEOL 2112 Principles of Geophysics
- GEOL 3110 The Earth & Life Through Time
- PHYS 2332 Modern Physics II (Prerequisite: PHYS 2331)
- PHYS 3113 Quantum Mechanics I (Prerequisite: PHYS 2331)
- PHYS 3311 Fibre Optic Communications (Prerequisite: PHYS 2311)
Complementary Studies Elective Courses
Effective July 1, 2023
2023-2024 Complementary Studies Elective Courses List
Mechatronics Engineering
Engineering Elective Courses
Complementary Studies Elective Courses
Software Engineering
Engineering Elective Courses
Not all elective courses in this list will be offered every year. Students should be aware that there may be additional laboratory hours, up to 3 hours per week, for Science or Engineering Elective Courses. Engineering elective course descriptions are available in the Lakehead University Calendar.
- Electrical Engineering 0573 – Fuzzy Logic Expert Systems
- Electrical Engineering 0651 – Computer Organization
- Software Engineering 0655 – Special Topics in Software Engineering
- Electrical Engineering 4054 – Digital VLSI Circuit Design
- Software Engineering 0151 – Large Scale Data Analytics (Fall)
- Software Engineering 0152 – Agile Software Development (Winter)
- Software Engineering 0153 – Natural Language Processing
- Software Engineering 0154 – Software Construction and Evolution (Winter)
- Software Engineering 0155 – Web Engineering
Science Elective Courses
Students should be aware that there may be additional laboratory hours, up to 3 hours per week, for Science or Engineering Elective Courses.
Stream A:
- Physics 2331 – Modern Physics I
- Physics 2332 – Modern Physics II
Stream B:
- Biology 2210 – Introductory Ecology
- Biology 2171 – Genetics
Stream C:
- Geology 1111 – Planet Earth with Laboratory
- Geology 1131 – Crust of the Earth with Lab
Complementary Studies Elective Courses
Effective July 1, 2023
2023-2024 Complementary Studies Elective Courses List