GENE 100 Co-ordination OrientationF,W 1S 0.0
Given by the Department of Co-ordination for students in Year 1 Engineering. !ts purpose is to introduce the students to the various features of the co-operative programme and engineering as a profession.
General Engineering (GENE)
7 courses in the 1980–81 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Notes
Instructor J. Lowe, BSc (Carleton) Recipient of Distinguished Teacher Award
Course Descriptions
GENE 061 History and Philosphy of ScienceF,W 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 1 students.
GENE 062 Introduction to Human Communications 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 7 students.
GENE 114 Application of Mathematics to Engineering ProblemsW,S 1C0,3L 0.25
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 ' 323 General Engineering
GENE 115 Engineering Concepts 1F 2C,4L 0.75
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.
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.