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Advanced Diploma Computer Engineering Technology (ECT)
Advanced Diploma Computer Engineering Technology (ECT)

Advanced Diploma Computer Engineering Technology (ECT)

  • ID:SC010019
  • Level:3-Year Undergraduate Advanced Diploma
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Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

  • Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, 

  • English: Grade 12 C or U, or equivalent course

  • Mathematics: Grade 12 C or U, or Grade 11 Functions (MCR3U), or equivalent course

English Requirements

  • CAEL CE and CAEL online, Minimum 60

  • Cambridge English Exams (B2 First/FCE, C1 Advanced/CAE or C2 Proficiency/CPE), Minimum 169 with no skill below 162

  • Duolingo, Minimum score 105 to 110

  • IELTS Academic, Minimum 6.0 with no skill below 5.5

  • PTE Academic, Minimum score 58

  • TOEFL iBT (including MyBest TOEFL and Home Edition), Minimum 80 with no skill below 20

  • TOEFL Revised Paper Delivered, No skill below 20

Course Information

Through this intensive three-year advanced diploma program, you will gain a solid foundation, combining the three primary branches of information and communications technology: electronics, software development and IT infrastructure.

Seneca incorporates curriculum content from a number of internationally known organizations, including CompTIA and Cisco. In addition, your professors have strong ties with major tech companies, including Microsoft, Bell, Rogers, Keysight Technologies and Freescale Semiconductors, to help you gain exposure to current industry practices and build a network prior to graduation. As a graduate of this program, your knowledge of both relevant equipment and its use will enhance your career opportunities in the computer and information technology fields.

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Semester 1

  • COM101 or COM111, Communicating Across Contexts or Communicating Across Contexts (Enriched)

  • ETY155, Electricity

  • ICO155, Introduction to Computers

  • LIN155, Electronic Lab Instrumentation and Techniques

  • MTH147 or MTH155, Mathematics with Foundations or Mathematics

  • PRG155, Programming Fundamentals Using "C"

Semester 2

  • APL255, Introduction to Microcomputing Concepts

  • HSI255, Hardware and Software Interfacing

  • IPS255, Interpersonal Skills in the Engineering Workplace

  • LNX255, Introduction to Linux

  • MTH255, Mathematics

  • PRG255, Advanced Programming Using "C"

Semester 3

  • APL355, Intermediate Computing Concepts

  • DGS266, Digital Electronics and Introduction to PLC

  • MCO455, Microprocessors I

  • NET455, Networking Essentials

  • PRG355, Object Oriented Programming Using C++

  • WTP100, Work Term Preparation (Work-Integrated Learning option only)

  • plus: General Education Course

  • Work-Integrated Learning Term 1

  • ECT331, Computer Engineering Technology, Co-op (Work-Integrated Learning option only)

Semester 4

  • ECP455, Electronics Engineering Codes and Practices

  • MTH356, Mathematics - Introductory Calculus and Statistics

  • NSP655, Network Servers and Peripherals

  • PRG455, Event Driven Programming

  • TEC400, Technical Communications

  • plus: Professional Option Course

Work-Integrated Learning Term 2

  • ECT332, Computer Engineering Technology, Co-op II (Work-Integrated Learning option only)

Semester 5

  • ETD555, Engineering Technology and Design

  • NET556, Cisco Internetworking I

  • PRG550, Programming Python with the Raspberry Pi

  • SEC555, Cyber Security

  • WCM555, Wireless Communication and Microcontrollers

  • plus: Professional Option Course

Semester 6

  • AMT453, Advanced Mathematics

  • MCO556, ARM Microcontroller for Real-time Embedded Applications

  • PRG650, Advanced Programming Concepts

  • TPJ655, Technical Project

  • plus: Professional Option Course

  • plus: General Education Course

Professional Options

  • ACC106, Accounting I

  • BAM101, Introduction to Business Administration

  • MEC355, Mechatronics: Pneumatics and Hydraulic

  • OLS655, On-line Systems

  • PHY354, Physics for Electronics

  • PPE655, Engineering Ethics and Professional Practice

  • PRF500, Production Fundamentals

  • PRG556, Internet Programming and Distributed Computing

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

When you graduate from this program, these are the types of career options that you can explore:

  • Computer engineering technologist

  • Network administrator

  • Software developer

  • Computer technologist

  • Product development technologist

  • Product support technologist

  • Technical sales representative

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