Nanotechnology Minor (B.Eng.)

21–22 credits · Faculty of Engineering · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Complementary Courses (21-22 credits)

Group A (3 credits)

Students must complete a minimum of 3 credits from the following list of courses:

  • BIEN 510 Engineered Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • BMDE 508 Introduction to Micro and Nano-Bioengineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CHEE 521 Nanomaterials and the Aquatic Environment (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CHEM 534 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CIVE 521 Nanomaterials and the Aquatic Environment (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ECSE 535 Nanoelectronic Devices (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MIME 570 Micro- and Nano-Fabrication Fundamentals (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • PHYS 534 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Group B

Students will be required to take up to 18-19 credits of courses from Group B, depending on how many courses from Group A were taken. 1

Bioengineering

  • BIEN 420 Biodevices Design for Diagnostics and Screening (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • BIEN 550 Biomolecular Devices (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Chemical Engineering

  • CHEE 380 Materials Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CHEE 515 Interface Design: Biomimetic Approach (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CHEE 543 Plasma Engineering (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CHEE 582 Polymer Science and Engineering (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CHEE 585 Foundations of Soft Matter (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Chemistry

  • CHEM 334 Advanced Materials (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 531 Chemistry of Inorganic Materials (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 582 Supramolecular Chemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CHEM 585 Colloid Chemistry (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Electrical Engineering

  • ECSE 423 Fundamentals of Photonics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 430 Photonic Devices and Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 433 Physical Basis of Transistor Devices (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 519 Semiconductor Nanostructures and Nanophotonic Devices (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ECSE 536 RF Microelectronics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECSE 571 Optoelectronic Devices (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ECSE 596 Optical Waveguides (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIME 262 Properties of Materials in Electrical Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Mechanical Engineering

  • MECH 500 Selected Topics in Mechanical Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MECH 553 Design and Manufacture of Microdevices (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MECH 556 Microfluidics and BioMEMS (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MIME 260 Materials Science and Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

Materials Engineering

  • MIME 261 Structure of Materials (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 467 Electronic Properties of Materials (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
  • MIME 515 (Bio)material Surface Analysis and Modification (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 542 Transmission Electron Microscopy (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MIME 569 Electron Beam Analysis of Materials (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 571 Surface Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Pharmacology

  • PHAR 504 Drug Discovery and Development 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Physics

  • BIOL 319 Introduction to Biophysics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 319 Introduction to Biophysics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • PHYS 346 Majors Quantum Physics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 558 Solid State Physics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

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