Complementary Studies
COMPLEMENTARY STUDIES REQUIREMENTS
The Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) of the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (CCPE) requires that an accredited undergraduate engineering degree program must include a minimum of one half year of Complementary Studies which appropriately complement the technical content of the engineering curriculum. To fulfil this requirement, CEAB Criteria for Accreditation require studies in the following:
(a) engineering economics; (b) the impact of technology on society; (c) subject matter that deals with central issues, methodologies and thought processes of the humanities and social sciences; (d) oral and written communications; (e) health and safety; (f) professional ethics, equity and law; and (g) sustainable development and environmental stewardship.
For more information on accreditation of engineering education in Canada, visit the CCPE/Engineers Canada website (http://www.engineerscanada.ca/) and go to the Accreditation Board link.
To satisfy the complementary studies (COST) requirements of CEAB, every student is required to take a minimum of six half courses or the equivalent. Four of these courses are specifics and two are options taken from the list below, Acceptable Courses for Complementary Studies Credit.
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Number
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Content | Course Name and Number |
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1, 2
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COST options | Two half courses or equivalent selected from the List of Acceptable Courses for Complementary Studies Options Credit. These are intended to meet CEAB requirement (c) in the above list. |
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3
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Engineering Economics Not open to frosh students currently registered in first-year engineering program. |
ENGG 209 Effective Fall 2008, students in Chemical Engineering and Oil and Gas Engineering may not use ECON 209 or ENGG 209 as a Complementary Studies course; these students must take three general complementary studies options. Students in ENCH and ENOG who obtained credit for ECON 209 or ENGG 209 prior to the Fall 2008 may have that course counted as a general complementary studies option. |
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4
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Oral and Written Communication |
COMS 363 Not open to first year students. |
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5
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Technology and Society |
One of ENGG 481 or STAS 341 or STAS 325 or STAS 327 or STAS 343 Credit will not be permitted in the engineering degree program for more than one of ENGG 481, STAS 341, STAS 325, STAS 327, and STAS 343. |
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6
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Engineering Profession |
ENGG 513 To be taken in the third or fourth year of studies. |
LIST of ACCEPTABLE COURSES for Complementary Studies Option Credits, offered in the Faculty of Arts
| All courses in: |
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African Studies (AFST) |
| All literature and culture courses in the following, whether taught in translation or the primary language: |
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Chinese (CHIN) Japanese (JPNS) Foreign language courses are weighted according to literature/culture content. Students MUST confirm the acceptability of any foreign language course with the Associate Dean (Student Affairs) before registering. Note the CEAB regulations state: "Curriculum content that principally imparts language skills [...] cannot be used to satisfy the requirements for subject matter that deals with central issues, methodologies, and thought processes of the humanities and social sciences."
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| Selected courses in: |
| Anthropology (ANTH) - All courses except 201, 311, 402, 404, 413, 435, 451, 501, 505, 523, 535, 552, 553, 571, 589 |
| Archaeology (ARKY) - All courses except 203, 306, 413, 415, 417, 453, 493, 501, 506, 507, 517, 523, 531, 533, 555, 589, 595, 596, 597, 599 |
| Dance (DNCE) - 341, 345 |
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Drama (DRAM) -240, 340, 342, 344, 355, 357, 371, 440, 471, 571* (see note re special topics) |
| Economics (ECON) - All courses except 305, 307, 311, 387, 389, 395, 453, 495, 497, 523 |
| Fine Arts (FINA) - 203, 205 |
| General Studies (GNST) - All courses except 313, 345 |
| Geography (GEOG) - 205, 213, 251, 253, 321, 341, 351, 361, 365, 367, 371, 377, 381, 394, 395, 397, 421, 425, 429, 451, 463, 479, 521, 525, 529, 551, 553, 555, 561, 565, 575, 592 |
| Psychology (PSYC) - All courses except 312, 365, 369, 375, 407, 411, 469, 471, 477, 478, 479, 501, 503, 504, 505, 521, 531, 591, 598 |
| Social Sciences (SOSC) - 201 |
| Sociology (SOCI) - All courses except 311, 313, 315, 413 |
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Note that courses are included or excluded based on the criterion of "subject matter that deals with central issues, methodologies, and thought processes of the humanities and social sciences". Examples: ANTH 201, GEOG 211, and many others are not allowed because they are mostly natural science; many DNCE and DRAM courses are not allowed because they are technical training in performance art. |
Note: Courses must be graded for inclusion in the GPA to be acceptable for complementary studies credit. Students should confirm the acceptability of any courses described as "special topics" or "research topics", for which the content may change from year to year, with the Associate Dean (Student Affairs) before registering.
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