ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (AEESCBASER)

YEAR 3 ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Fall Session – Year 3   Lect. Lab. Tut. Wgt.
ECE355H1: Signal Analysis and Communication F 3 - 2 0.50
ECE360H1: Electronics F 3 1.50 1 0.50
ESC301H1: Engineering Science Option Seminar Y 1 - - 0.25
MAT389H1: Complex Analysis F 3 - 1 0.50
One of:          
ECE349H1: Introduction to Energy Systems F 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE352H1: Computer Organization F 3 3 - 0.50
One of:          
ECE358H1: Foundations of Computing F 3 - 2 0.50
ECE421H1: Introduction to Machine Learning F 3 - 2 0.50
Winter Session – Year 3   Lect. Lab. Tut. Wgt.
ECE356H1: Introduction to Control Theory S 3 1.50 1 0.50
ESC301H1: Engineering Science Option Seminar Y 1 - - 0.25
Two of:          
ECE313H1: Energy Systems and Distributed Generation S 3 1.50 2 0.50
ECE318H1: Fundamentals of Optics S 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE350H1: Semiconductor Electronic Devices S 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE354H1: Electronic Circuits S 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE357H1: Electromagnetic Fields S 3 1.50 1 0.50
Two of:          
ECE334H1: Digital Electronics S 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE353H1: Systems Software S 3 3 - 0.50
ECE361H1: Computer Networks I S 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE363H1: Communication Systems S 3 1.50 1 0.50

YEAR 4 ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Year 4   Lect. Lab. Tut. Wgt.
CHE374H1: Economic Analysis and Decision Making F 3 - 1 0.50
ESC499Y1: Thesis Y 3 2 - 1.00
Two (2) Complementary Studies Electives F/S/Y       1.00
Two (2) ECE Electives and Two (2) ECE or Technical Electives F/S       2.50
and one of:          
BME498Y1: Biomedical Engineering Capstone Design Y 2 3 - 1.00
ESC472H1: Electrical and Computer Capstone Design S - - 4 0.50
  1. While a full-year thesis is recommended, students may substitute with a half-year thesis and an ECE or Technical Elective.
  2. Students who completed year 3 prior to Fall 2025 take an additional ECE Elective in place of CHE374H1.
  3. ECE Electives or Technical Electives can be taken in Year 3 or Year 4 provided that course pre-requisites have been met. Contact the Division of Engineering Science for clarification of course pre-requisites.
  4. Students enrolled in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Major may take a maximum of four (4) 300- or 400-series courses in the Department of Computer Science (CSC).
  5. Students who choose to take BME498Y1Y will take only one (1) ECE or Technical Elective.

ECE Electives

ECE Electives   Lect. Lab. Tut. Wgt.
Photonics and Semiconductor Physics          
ECE318H1: Fundamentals of Optics S 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE350H1: Semiconductor Electronic Devices S 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE427H1: Photonic Devices F 3 - 2 0.50
ECE435H1: Quantum Computing Hardware F 3 1.50 2 0.50
ECE469H1: Optical Communications and Networks S 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE484H1: Quantum Information Processing: Algorithms & Software S 3 - 2 0.50
PHY356H1: Quantum Mechanics I F 2 - 1 0.50
PHY456H1: Quantum Mechanics II F 2 - 1 0.50
PHY487H1: Condensed Matter Physics F 2 - - 0.50
Control, Communications, Signal Processing          
BME445H1: Neural Bioelectricity F 3 1.50 1 0.50
BME520H1 S 2 2 1 0.50
BME595H1: Medical Imaging F 2 3 1 0.50
ECE363H1: Communication Systems S 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE381H1: Foundations and Frontiers in Cybersecurity S 3 - 2 0.50
ECE411H1: Adaptive Control and Reinforcement Learning S 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE417H1: Digital Communication F 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE421H1: Introduction to Machine Learning S 3 - 2 0.50
ECE431H1: Digital Signal Processing F 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE441H1: Interfacing & Modulating the Nervous System F 3 3 2 0.50
ECE446H1: Audio, Acoustics and Sensing F 3 1.50 - 0.50
ECE462H1: Multimedia Systems S 3 2 - 0.50
ECE464H1: Wireless Communication S 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE470H1: Robot Modeling and Control S 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE516H1: Intelligent Image Processing S 3 3 - 0.50
ECE537H1: Random Processes F 3 - 2 0.50
ECE557H1: Linear Control Theory F 3 1.50 1 0.50
Electromagnetics and Energy Systems          
ECE357H1: Electromagnetic Fields S 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE313H1: Energy Systems and Distributed Generation S 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE349H1: Introduction to Energy Systems F 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE422H1: Radio and Microwave Wireless Systems S 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE424H1: Microwave Circuits F 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE463H1: Electric Drives S 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE520H1: Power Electronics F 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE526H1: Power System Protection and Automation S 3 1.50 1 0.50
Computer Hardware and Computer Networks          
ECE352H1: Computer Organization F 3 3 - 0.50
ECE361H1: Computer Networks I F/S 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE381H1: Foundations and Frontiers in Cybersecurity S 3 - 2 0.50
ECE435H1: Quantum Computing Hardware F 3 1.50 2 0.50
ECE461H1: Internetworking F 3 1.50 0.50 0.50
ECE466H1: Computer Networks II S 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE532H1: Digital Systems Design S 3 3 - 0.50
ECE552H1: Computer Architecture F 3 1.50 1 0.50
Analog and Digital Electronics          
ECE334H1: Digital Electronics F/S 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE350H1: Semiconductor Electronic Devices S 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE354H1: Electronic Circuits S 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE412H1: Analog Signal Processing Circuits S 3 - 2 0.50
ECE430H1: Analog Integrated Circuits F 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE435H1: Quantum Computing Hardware F 3 1.50 2 0.50
ECE437H1: VLSI Technology F 3 3 - 0.50
Software          
CSC309H1: Programming on the Web F/S 2 - 1 0.50
CSC311H1: Introduction to Machine Learning F/S 2 - 1 0.50
CSC317H1: Computer Graphics F 2 - 1 0.50
CSC318H1: The Design of Interactive Computational Media F/S 2 - 2 0.50
CSC343H1: Introduction to Databases F/S 3 - - 0.50
CSC384H1: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence F/S 2 - 1 0.50
CSC401H1: Natural Language Computing S 2 - 1 0.50
CSC428H1: Human-Computer Interaction S 2 - 1 0.50
CSC443H1: Database System Technology S 2 - 1 0.50
ECE326H1: Programming Languages F 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE353H1: Systems Software S 3 3 - 0.50
ECE358H1: Foundations of Computing F 3 - 2 0.50
ECE381H1: Foundations and Frontiers in Cybersecurity S 3 - 2 0.50
ECE421H1: Introduction to Machine Learning S 3 - 2 0.50
ECE419H1: Distributed Systems S 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE444H1: Software Engineering F 3 3 - 0.50
ECE454H1: Computer Systems Programming F 3 3 - 0.50
ECE461H1: Internetworking F 3 1.50 0.50 0.50
ECE421H1: Introduction to Machine Learning S 3 - 2 0.50
ECE467H1: Compilers & Interpreters F 3 1.50 1 0.50
ECE568H1: Computer Security F/S 3 3 - 0.50
ECE484H1: Quantum Information Processing: Algorithms & Software S 3 - 2 0.50

Technical Electives

Technical Electives   Lect. Lab. Tut. Wgt.
ECE Electives, or any of the following:          
AER336H1: Scientific Computing S 3 - 1 0.50
AER507H1: Introduction to Fusion Energy F 3 - 1 0.50
AER525H1: Robotics F 3 1.50 1 0.50
APS360H1: Applied Fundamentals of Deep Learning F/S 3 - 1 0.50
APS380H1: *Introduction to Electric Vehicle Design F 3 3 - 0.50
CSC413H1: Neural Networks and Deep Learning S 2 - 1 0.50
ECE367H1: Matrix Algebra and Optimization F 3 - 2 0.50
ECE368H1: Probabilistic Reasoning S 3 - 1 0.50
ESC384H1: Partial Differential Equations F 3 - 1 0.50
JPE395H1: Physics of the Earth S - - - 0.50
MAT301H1: Groups and Symmetries F/S 3 - - 0.50
MAT336H1: Elements of Analysis S 3 - - 0.50
MIE535H1: Electrification Via Electricity Markets S 3 2 2 0.50
PHY356H1: Quantum Mechanics I F 2 - 1 0.50
PHY358H1: Quantum Materials: from Atoms to Crystals S 2 - 1 0.50
PHY365H1: Quantum Information S 2 - 1 0.50
PHY485H1: Laser Physics S 2 - - 0.50
ROB310H1: Mathematics for Robotics F 3 - 1 0.50
ROB521H1: Mobile Robotics and Perception S 3 1.50 1 0.50