GENE 010 OrientationF,W 1S 0
Given by the Department of Co-ordination for students in Year 1 Engineering. Its purpose is to introduce the students to the various features of the co-operative programme.
General Engineering (GENE)
11 courses in the 1977–78 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
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Undergraduate Course Descriptions
GENE 061 History and Philosophy of ScienceW 3C 0.5
The major conceptual transformations in evolution of science and technology: Greek, modern classical, contemporary periods. Scientific technology as a determining characteristic of global civilization and some critical questions it poses.
Not open to Year 7 students.
GENE 062 Introduction to Human Communication SystemsF 3c 0.5
The processes involved in man-man, man-machine and mass communications will be discussed. Models of communication systems. The contributions and points of view of the various disciplines which make up the spectrum of communication studies today.
Not open to Year 1 students.
GENE 101 Topics from Scientific Thought
Listed without a description.
GENE 102 Introduction to the Sciences of ManF,W,S 2C,1T 0.5
The course is intended to introduce engineering, mathematics and science undergraduates to some of the sciences of man (anthropology, sociology and psychology).
GENE 103 Topics from the Arts and HumanitiesF,W,S 2CiT 0.5
The course will explore some of the major movements of thought which are shaping modern affairs and modern consciousness. The topics may vary but examples would be Marxism, racism, Freudianism, existentialism, the meaning of civilization, artistic expression and Christianity.
GENE 114 Applications of Mathematics to Engineering ProblemsW,S 4L 0.5
A laboratory and problems course giving practice in the mathematical formulation and solution of elementary engineering problems.
Prereq: Math 110A and Math 114 or equivalent
Course Descriptions 303 General Engineering
GENE 115 Engineering Concepts |F 2C,4L 0.5
An introduction to some of the basic methods and principles used by engineers including fundamentals of graphics, projections, spatial co-ordinate plotting, free-hand sketching, vector graphics; nature of measurement, errors, elementary sampling, concepts of accuracy, precision and formulation of measurement specification.
GENE 121 Digital ComputationW,S 3C,2T 0.5
Introduction to electronic digital computers, hardware and software organization; basic features of FORTRAN IV; examples of efficient numerical algorithms for basic scientific computations.
GENE 122 Electricity and MagnetismW,S 3C,2L,1T 0.5
Introduction to fundamentals of electromagnetics, circuits, wave motion and propagation.
GENE 250 Basic Concepts of Engineering and Applied Science
Listed without a description.