Diploma - Electrical Engineering Technician (Co-op and Non Co-op Version)

Level: 01

• DAT8942

• Computer Applications - Electrical

• Students are introduced to the College computer network, spreadsheet applications, word processing software and electrical design software, including Multisim electronic workbench and AutoCAD. Focus is on AutoCAD, in particular electrical applications. 

• ELE8909

• Electrical Principles I

• Students are introduced to the fundamentals of direct current circuit analysis. The standards for electrical measurement are studied and practiced. Electrical circuit design, construction and documentation are also practiced. The first module is a compulsory orientation to safe electrical work practices. 

• ELE8913

• Codes and Regulations

• Students locate and interpret the Canadian Electrical Code rules that ensure that electrical systems and equipment do not create hazardous conditions to person or property. This forms the basis for building electrical system design. 

• ELE8919

• Achieving Success in the 21st Century

• Rapid changes in technology have created new employment and business opportunities that challenge each of us to find our place as citizens in the emerging society. Life in the 21st century presents significant opportunities, creates potential hazards, and demands that we face new responsibilities in ethical ways. Students explore the possibilities ahead, assess their own aptitudes and strengths, and apply critical thinking and decision making tools to help resolve some of the important issues present in our complex society with its competing interests. 

• ENL1813T

• Communications I

• Communication remains an essential skill sought by employers, regardless of discipline or field of study. Using a practical, vocation-oriented approach, students focus on meeting the requirements of effective communication. Through a combination of lectures, exercises, and independent learning, students practise writing, speaking, reading, listening, locating and documenting information and using technology to communicate professionally. Students develop and strengthen communication skills that contribute to success in both educational and workplace environments. 

• MAT8100

• Essential Mathematics

• Students review the manipulation of algebraic expressions as a foundation for advanced mathematical concepts. Students solve 2x2 and 3x3 systems of linear equations, and factor algebraic expressions using common factors and techniques for factoring trinomials. They simplify, add, subtract, multiply and divide rational expressions and solve equations involving algebraic fractions. Students study the properties of right triangles and trigonometric functions of obtuse angles. Students graph polynomial and sinusoidal functions using tables of values and stretches, shifts and shrinks. They also add and subtract vectors and convert between complex numbers in rectangular, polar and exponential forms. Delivered in a modular format, this course is equivalent to the completion of all of the following modules in MAT8100 - a, b, c, d, e, f, g and i. 

Level: 02

• DAT8921

• Introduction to Programming

• Students learn to create structured programs in a high-level language to solve engineering problems. This course emphasizes problem-solving strategies, program design, debugging method and program documentation. Students are introduced to available (std) library resources for a particular language, how to write appropriate user functions, and how to apply code control structures and work with supported data-types and structures, such as arrays. 

• ELE8921

• Electromagnetic Control

• Students cover the design, installation and troubleshooting of relay logic, electronic logic, electromagnetic controls and AC motor control methods using full voltage starters and selection and installation of variable frequency drivers (VFD's). Students also study the design of motor power circuits, using the Canadian Electrical Code.

• Prerequisites: ELE8909 

• ELE8922A

• Electrical Principles - II

• Resistive, inductive and capacitive circuits in both DC and AC (including power factor correction) are covered. Operation of basic electronic components, such as diodes, zener diodes, SCRs, voltage regulators, single phase and three phase rectifiers and power supplies are also studied. Students learn to design, construct, analyze and test electronic circuitry at the "breadboard" level.

• Prerequisites: ELE8909 

• ELE8923

• Electrical Machinery

• Beginning with electromagnetism and induction, single phase and three phase transformers are studied. Schematic representation using single line diagrams is introduced. Students learn the construction, selection and operational characteristics of the most common single phase and three phase motors and generators, including high efficiency designs. The operation of primary and secondary batteries and related technologies are covered. The time-current characteristics of fuses and breakers are studied.

• Prerequisites: ELE8909 

• PHY8201

• Environmental Impact of Technology

• Every day newspaper headlines, movies, and television have warnings of the dire consequences of some environmental issues, such as global warming, acid rain, climate change and a host of other problems. Students are provided some of the science behind the headlines so they can make informed decisions as citizens, consumers and professionals. 

Level: 03

• ELE8930

• Power Electronics

• This course extends the study of analog circuits and digital logic building blocks from previous courses. Students study the principles and applications of semiconductor devices, BJTs, FETs and IGBTs with an emphasis on their application as switches within power Inverter circuits, variable frequency drives (VFDs), DC power lines, switched mode power supplies. Analog circuits are studied from general purpose operational amplifiers to basic active filters. The lab portion focuses on circuit building, the use of test equipment, collecting, recording and analyzing results, including comparison to calculated values produced by computer simulation. Safe work practices within the lab are an essential part of this course.

• Prerequisites: ELE8922A 

• ELE8932

• Programmable Controllers

• This Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) course extends the principles learned in the first year and applies them to programmable logic controllers. The emphasis is on programming and installing of the current generation of PLC technology. Industrial ladder diagrams, structured text and sequential function chart software are covered. Students develop programs to solve typical industrial applications using relay logic, counters, timers, sequencers, mathematical functions and move commands. Students configure and connect digital and analog input/output modules.

• Prerequisites: ELE8921 

• ELE8944

• Building Electrical Systems with AutoCAD

• Students develop their AutoCAD skills including the use of layers, blocks, PaperSpace, ModelSpace, block attributes, dynamic blocks, templates (DWT), drawing standards and DWF (Drawing Web Format). The application of standards, particularly the Canadian Electrical Code, specifications, and manufacturers' data to the design of both residential and commercial building electrical systems are included.

• Prerequisites: DAT8942 

• MAT8101

• Differential Calculus

• Differential Calculus is the mathematical study of rates of change. Students study derivative, its definition and interpretation and its applications. Stud limits and use first principles to find simple derivatives. The product, quotient and chain rules are used to find derivatives of algebraic functions. Students use differentiation rules to find derivatives of transcendental functions. A variety of applications of derivatives, such as curve sketching, finding the tangent to a curve and finding an approximate solution to an equation using Newton's method, are also studied.

• Prerequisites: MAT8100 or MAT8100P or MAT8050 and MAT8051 or MAT8050P and MAT8051 

• Choose one from equivalencies:

• GED0317

• General Education Elective

• Visit the general education electives site for details about how to select these courses.

• Students choose one course, from a group of general education electives, which meets one of the following five theme requirements: Arts in Society, Civic Life, Social and Cultural Understanding, Personal Understanding, and Science and Technology.

• Equivalencies: ARC9001 or DSN2001 or ENV0002 or FAM1218 or FIN2300 or GED5002 or GED5004 or GED5005 or GED5006 or GED5200 or GED5300 or GED6022 or GEN1001 or GEN1957 or GEN2000 or GEN2003 or GEN2007 or HIS0001 or HIS2000 or HOS2228 or LIB1982 or MGT7330 or MVM8800 or RAD2001 or SOC2003 or GED1896 or GED5009 or PSI0003 or GED5003 

Co-op: 01

• WKT2101E

• Co-op Work Term Electrical

• This course includes a work placement, a weekly recording of the activities done in a journal and a final summary report of the overall experience to be submitted before returning to school. The placement has to be in an electrical related industry, preferably to electrical engineering. The timing of the placement depends on the progression pattern of the program and cannot be done before completion of the second level of the Electrical Engineering Technician program. The placement is monitored by the College. Feedback from the employer is considered in the final evaluation of the course. All assignments (journal entries and final report) must be provided to pass the course. The College Coop office assist in finding a placement. However, it is the student responsibility to find, apply and get the work term as if they were applying for a job. 

Level: 04

• ELE8931

• Industrial Instrumentation

• The procedures for the selection, connection and calibration of instruments are covered. Instruments are used to measure quantities, such as temperature, pressure, fluid flow and level. Students learn standard testing and calibration procedures of instrumentation and sensing devices. Students connect and program PLCs to measure and control temperature, pressure, flow and level. In addition, students are introduced to process control systems and to the design of instrumentation systems.

• Prerequisites: ELE8932 

• ELE8940

• Industrial Telecommunications

• Students are introduced to the basic concepts and theories utilized in modern electronic communications. This includes basic signal and information theory, analog and digital modulation, and data communications technologies. In the lab, students gain hands on experience using industry standard communications test equipment. Students conduct experiments in frequency response measurement, signal power measurement, time domain reflectometry, and data communications at both the protocol and physical level. 

• ELE8941

• Robotics and Controls

• Robotics is approached as a special case within the larger area of interactive, software-driven devices. Students are introduced to the basics of robotics and feedback control, setting up and programming a microcontroller, designing and programming actuation and sensing devices associated with a robot, analogue and digital control and DC motor control using Pulse Width Modulation (PWM).

• Prerequisites: DAT8921 

• ELE8949

• Project Management for Electrical Engineering Technicians

• Students develop the planning, scheduling, budgeting and organizing skills required to manage projects. Relevant industrial examples are used.

• Prerequisites: ENL1813T

• Co-requisites: ENL2019T and ENL8720 

• ENL2019T

• Technical Communication for Engineering Technologies

• The ability to communicate effectively in a technically-oriented interdisciplinary workplace is a foundational skill in an innovation-driven economy. Students are exposed to exercises and assignments designed to foster independent and collaborative critical thinking, research, writing, visual communication and presentation skills related to technical topics.

• Prerequisites: ENL1813T 

• Elective: choose 1

• ELE8945

• Distributed Power Systems

• Students examine power generation, transmission and distribution with particular emphasis on the province of Ontario. This includes an understanding of standard voltage levels, energy sources, cost of electricity, environmental impact, major system components, reactive loads, power quality, arc flash safety, effects of weather on the delivery of electricity and organizational structures that control electricity in Ontario. 

• ELE8946

• Fire Alarm Systems

• Students are introduced to the fire alarm industry, the applicable codes and standards, the nature of fire and extinguishment processes, different types of systems, verification and inspections. An overview of fire alarm systems emphasizes requirements for initiating devices, signal appliances, and control panels together with the different types of field wiring and microprocessor-based systems. 

• Approved Other Electives

• ELE8942T

• Technician Skills

• Using a series of guided, hands-on exercises learners acquire the practical skills sought by employers. Key skills include lighting, alarm installation, telecommunications and home automation. 

• MAT8102

• Integral Calculus

• Integral calculus is the study of the definitions, properties and applications of two related concepts, the indefinite integral and the definite integral. Students find the area under a curve and the area between two curves. Students calculate both indefinite and definite integrals, and use the Trapezoidal Rule and Simpson's Rule to perform numerical integrations. Students integrate polynomial, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions by substitution. Integration by parts and partial fractions are employed to perform complex integrations.

• Prerequisites: MAT8101