IX. Graduate Programs
Engineering
Graduate Diplomas in Water Resources
The objective of the graduate diploma is to provide mid-career, engineering professionals from Canada and abroad with post graduate education and training to improve their job-related expertise within an 8 month period. The program enhances the ability of these professionals to gain employment in the field of Water Resources engineering by developing specialized knowledge in one of two areas of Water Resources. The first area will emphasize higher learning in the application of Modelling in a Water Resources context. Application of existing tools, particularly GIS, to a variety of contemporary water resources problems will be emphasized. The second area focuses on the Design of Sustainable Water Resources Systems that will be sustainable in today’s development environment.
Admission Requirements
Students with an honours degree will be considered for the Graduate Diploma program provided they have satisfactory preparation in mathematical and physical sciences. A minimum average grade of 70% for the last four full-time semesters, or the last two complete undergraduate years, prior to entry will normally be required.
Since an adequate background in undergraduate engineering courses is prerequisite for courses offered in the program, there is a requirement of the following courses or equivalent.
| ENGG*2230 | Fluid Mechanics | |
| ENGG*3650 | Hydrology | |
| ENGG*3340 | Geographic Information Systems1 |
The qualification will be assessed by transcripts supplied by the student at the time of application. Students deficient in certain areas will be required to take make-up undergraduate courses as decided by the Graduate Program Committee. The student will be admitted on probation until the requirements have been completed. These courses will not count toward the student graduate degree requirement.
1Only required for students in the Modelling Applications in Water Resources Systems
Diploma Requirements
The prescribed program consists of 2.0 credits acceptable at the graduate level.
Modelling Applications in Water Resource Engineering
The core courses consist of a total of 2.0 credits, 1.5 credits must come from the list below. One of these must be ENGG*6800.
| ENGG*6800 | [0.50] | Deterministic Hydrological Modelling |
| ENGG*6740 | [0.50] | Ground Water Modelling |
| ENGG*6840 | [0.50] | Open Channel Hydraulics |
| ENGG*6880 | [0.50] | Soil Erosion and Fluvial Sedimentation |
| ENGG*6030 | [0.50] | Finite Difference Methods |
| ENGG*6050 | [0.50] | Finite Element Methods |
| ENGG*4510 | [0.50] | Risk Assessment and Management |
| ENGG*6060 | [0.50] | Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation |
In addition, the student must complete ENGG*6910. This is a 0.5 credit, 1 semester course. This special topics course will focus on one of the following areas:
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Watershed Systems Design
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Soil-Water Conservation Systems Design
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Urban Water Systems Design
And include a project utilizing a GIS-based modeling approach.
Engineering Design of Sustainable Water Resource Systems
The courses consist of a total of 2.0 credits. Two courses (1.0 credits) must be selected from the following courses:
| ENGG*6610 | [0.50] | Urban Stormwater Management |
| ENGG*6860 | [0.50] | Stream and Wetland Restoration Design |
| ENGG*6840 | [0.50] | Open Channel Hydraulics |
| ENGG*6140 | [0.50] | Optimization Techniques for Engineering |
| ENGG*4510 | [0.50] | Risk Assessment and Management |
| ENGG*6680 | [0.50] | Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment |
| ENVS*6280 | [0.50] | Soil Physics |
| RPD*6310 | [0.50] | Environmental Impact Assessment |
| ENGG*4250 | [0.50] | Watershed Systems Design2 |
| ENGG*4360 | [0.50] | Soil-Water Conservation Systems Design2 |
| ENGG*4370 | [0.50] | Urban Water Systems Design2 |
In addition to the courses above, the course ENGG*6910 must be completed. This is a 0.5 credit, one semester course. For each of these an area of emphasis from one of the following three areas3 must be selected:
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Watershed Systems Design
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Soil-Water Conservation Systems Design
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Urban Water Systems Design
For this special topics course the project must focus on sustainability of water resources within the area of emphasis selected.
2Only one of these courses may be selected.
3If one of the undergraduate courses listed above are selected, the area of emphasis for this course must differ from the undergraduate course.