Electrical Engineering Honours (B.Eng.)

138 credits · Faculty of Engineering · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Year 0 Courses (22 credits)

Generally, students admitted to Engineering from Quebec CEGEPs may be granted transfer credit for Year 0 courses.

Note: Students in the Honours Electrical Engineering program complete the Year 0 (Foundation) courses before entering the Honours program, as explained above. Generally, students admitted to Engineering from Quebec CEGEPs may be granted transfer credit for Year 0 courses. For information on transfer credit for French Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate exams, Advanced Placement exams, Advanced Levels, and Science Placement Exams, see http://www.mcgill.ca/engineering/current-students/undergraduate/new-stud... and select your term of admission.

  • CHEM 120 General Chemistry 2 (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MATH 133 Linear Algebra and Geometry (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MATH 140 Calculus 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MATH 141 Calculus 2 (4 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • PHYS 131 Mechanics and Waves (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 142 Electromagnetism and Optics (4 credits) · Offered: Winter

Required Non-Departmental Courses (26 credits)

  • COMP 202 Foundations of Programming (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • COMP 206 Introduction to Software Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • FACC 100 Introduction to the Engineering Profession (1 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • FACC 250 Responsibilities of the Professional Engineer (0 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • FACC 300 Engineering Economy (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • FACC 400 Engineering Professional Practice (1 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MATH 262 Intermediate Calculus (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MATH 263 Ordinary Differential Equations for Engineers (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MECH 216 Analytical Mechanics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 262 Properties of Materials in Electrical Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • WCOM 206 Communication in Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

Required Electrical Engineering Courses (61 credits)

  • ECSE 200 Electric Circuits 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 205 Probability and Statistics for Engineers (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 206 Introduction to Signals and Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 210 Electric Circuits 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 211 Design Principles and Methods (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 222 Digital Logic (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 250 Fundamentals of Software Development (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 251 Electric and Magnetic Fields (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 307 Linear Systems and Control (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 308 Introduction to Communication Systems and Networks (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 324 Computer Organization (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 331 Electronics (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 343 Numerical Methods in Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 354 Electromagnetic Wave Propagation (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 362 Fundamentals of Power Engineering (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 396 Honours Research Laboratory Rotation 1 (1 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 397 Honours Research Laboratory Rotation 2 (1 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 478D1 Electrical Engineering Honours Thesis (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 478D2 Electrical Engineering Honours Thesis (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 496 Honours Research Laboratory Rotation 3 (1 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 497 Honours Research Laboratory Rotation 4 (1 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

Complementary Courses (26-29 credits)

Technical Complementaries (17–20 credits)

17-20 credits (5 courses) must be taken, chosen as follows: 8 credits (2 courses) from List A 6-8 credits (2 courses) from 500-level ECSE courses 3-4 credits (1 course) from List A, List B, List C or from 500-level ECSE courses

List A: Technical Complementaries with Laboratory Experience (8–12 credits)

8-12 credits from the following:

  • ECSE 335 Microelectronics (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 403 Control Systems (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 408 Communication Systems (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 416 Telecommunication Networks (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 433 Physical Basis of Transistor Devices (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 444 Microprocessors (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 470 Electromechanical and Static Conversion Systems (4 credits) · Offered: Fall

List B: Technical Complementaries (0-3 credits)

  • ECSE 310 Thermodynamics of Computing (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 325 Digital Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 415 Introduction to Computer Vision (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • 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 424 Human-Computer Interaction (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 425 Computer Architecture (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 427 Operating Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 435 Mixed-Signal Test Techniques (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 446 Realistic Image Synthesis (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ECSE 451 EM Transmission and Radiation (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ECSE 460 Appareillage électrique (Electrical Power Equipment) (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 464 Power Systems Analysis (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 467 Comportement des réseaux électriques (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 468 Electricité industrielle (Industrial Power Systems) (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 469 Protection des réseaux électriques (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

List C: Non-departmental Complementary Courses (0-4 credits)

  • COMP 445 Computational Linguistics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • COMP 549 Brain-Inspired Artificial Intelligence (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • COMP 550 Natural Language Processing (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • COMP 551 Applied Machine Learning (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • COMP 562 Theory of Machine Learning (4 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • COMP 579 Reinforcement Learning (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MATH 247 Honours Applied Linear Algebra (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MATH 249 Honours Complex Variables (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MATH 547 Stochastic Processes (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 357 Honours Quantum Physics 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 434 Optics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 457 Honours Quantum Physics 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 558 Solid State Physics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Complementary Studies (9 credits)

Group A - Impact of Technology on Society (3 credits)

3 credits from the following:

  • ANTH 212 Anthropology of Development (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ARCH 515 Sustainable Design (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BTEC 502 Biotechnology Ethics and Society (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • COMS 200 History of Communication (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • COMS 411 Disability, Technology and Communication (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ECON 225 Economics of the Environment (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECON 347 Economics of Climate Change (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ENVR 201 Society, Environment and Sustainability (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 203 Environmental Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 205 Global Change: Past, Present and Future (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 302 Environmental Management 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • INSY 331 Managing and Organizing Digital Technology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • INSY 334 Design Thinking for User Experience (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • INSY 455 Technology and Innovation for Sustainability (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • LLCU 212 Understanding Digital and Social Media (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MGCR 331 Information Technology Management (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MGPO 440 Strategies for Sustainability (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MGPO 460 Managing Innovation (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MGPO 485 Emerging Technologies: Organizing and Societal Stakes (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHIL 343 Biomedical Ethics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SEAD 500 Foundations of Sustainability for Engineering and Design (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SEAD 530 Economics for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • SOCI 235 Technology and Society (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SOCI 312 Sociology of Work and Industry (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SOCI 325 Sociology of Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Group B - Humanities and Social Sciences, Management Studies, and Law (6 credits)

6 credits: Generally, students admitted to Engineering from Quebec CEGEPs are granted transfer credits for 3 credits (one course) from the Complementary Studies Group B list.

Faculty of Arts

200 or 300 level courses in the following departments excluding seminars, field courses, surveys, special/selected topics courses, courses with physical, natural or medical sciences, mathematics, and statistic contents, and courses reserved for major or Honours in the relative programs: Anthropology (ANTH) Art History & Communications (ARTH and COMS) East Asian Studies (EAST) Economics (ECON) (any 200- or 300-level course excluding ECON 227D1/D2 and ECON 337)* French Language & Literature (FREN)* (excluding FREN 222 and FREN 333) French Language Center (FRSL courses 200 level or higher) History and Classical Studies (HIST and CLAS) excluding HIST 339 Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (GSFS) Institute for Study of Canada (CANS, and INDG) Islamic Studies (AFRI, and ISLA) Jewish Studies (JWST) Languages, Literatures, Cultures (GERM, HISP, ITAL, LLCU and RUSS) Philosophy (PHIL) (excluding PHIL 210 and PHIL 310) Political Science (POLI) (excluding POLI 311) Religious Studies (CATH and RELG) Sociology (SOCI) (excluding SOCI 211, SOCI 331, SOCI 342, SOCI 343 and SOCI 350)

Elective Course (3 credits)

One 3-credit course at the 200-level or higher from any department at McGill, approved by the Undergraduate Programs Office in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Desautels Faculty of Management

Desautels Faculty of Management

  • BUSA 465 Technological Entrepreneurship (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • INDR 294 Introduction to Labour-Management Relations (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • INTG 215 Entrepreneurship Essentials for Non-Management Students (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MGCR 222 Introduction to Organizational Behaviour (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MGCR 352 Principles of Marketing (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • ORGB 321 Leadership (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • ORGB 420 Managing Organizational Teams (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ORGB 423 Human Resources Management (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Faculty of Science

Faculty of Science

  • ENVR 203 Knowledge, Ethics and Environment (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ENVR 400 Environmental Thought (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MATH 338 History and Philosophy of Mathematics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 100 Introduction to Psychology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

  • ARCH 528 History of Housing (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • FACC 220 Law for Architects and Engineers (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • FACC 500 Technology Business Plan Design (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • FACC 501 Technology Business Plan Project (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

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