Aerospace Engineering Minor (B.Eng.)

21 credits · Faculty of Engineering · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Courses (9 credits)

  • AERO 401 Introduction to Aerospace Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • AERO 410 Aerospace Design and Certification Process (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • AERO 520 Introduction to Aerospace Design (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Complementary Courses (12 credits)

12 credits from one of the following streams. Students may take one complementary course outside of their stream, but their selection must be approved by the Minor Advisor prior to the registration for the course.

Aerodynamics and Propulsion Stream

  • MECH 447 Combustion (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MECH 516 Computational Gasdynamics (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MECH 532 Aircraft Performance, Stability and Control (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MECH 533 Subsonic Aerodynamics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MECH 535 Turbomachinery and Propulsion (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MECH 539 Computational Aerodynamics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MECH 562 Advanced Fluid Mechanics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MECH 566 Fluid-Structure Interactions (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MECH 579 Numerical Optimization (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Aircraft Structures Stream

  • MECH 530 Mechanics of Composite Materials (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MECH 536 Aerospace Structures (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MECH 543 Design with Composite Materials (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MECH 544 Processing of Composite Materials (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MECH 560 Eco-design and Product Life Cycle Assessment (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MECH 567 Structural Dynamics of Turbomachines (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MIME 560 Joining Processes (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MIME 565 Aerospace Metallic-Materials and Manufacturing Processes (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Spacecraft and Systems Stream

  • GEOG 308 Remote Sensing for Earth Observation (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MECH 513 Control Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MECH 536 Aerospace Structures (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MECH 542 Spacecraft Dynamics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MECH 559 Engineering Systems Optimization (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 565 Aerospace Metallic-Materials and Manufacturing Processes (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 320 Introductory Astrophysics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Material and Processes Stream

  • CHEE 515 Interface Design: Biomimetic Approach (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CHEE 541 Electrochemical Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CHEE 543 Plasma Engineering (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MECH 544 Processing of Composite Materials (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 512 Corrosion and Degradation of Materials (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIME 515 (Bio)material Surface Analysis and Modification (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 559 Aluminum Physical Metallurgy (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIME 560 Joining Processes (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MIME 563 Hot Deformation of Metals (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MIME 565 Aerospace Metallic-Materials and Manufacturing Processes (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIME 571 Surface Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIME 580 Additive Manufacturing Using Metallic and Ceramic Materials (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Avionics Stream

  • ECSE 403 Control Systems (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 408 Communication Systems (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 412 Discrete Time Signal Processing (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 420 Parallel Computing (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 421 Embedded Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 422 Fault Tolerant Computing (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ECSE 425 Computer Architecture (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 427 Operating Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 429 Software Validation (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 444 Microprocessors (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 465 Power Electronic Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 501 Linear Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 507 Optimization and Optimal Control (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 508 Multi-Agent Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 512 Digital Signal Processing 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 516 Nonlinear and Hybrid Control Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 525 Satellite Navigation Systems (4 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ECSE 541 Design of Multiprocessor Systems-­on-­Chip (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 593 Antennas and Propagation (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

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