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Process Automation

Automotive Technology | Biotechnology

Develop highly tuned analytical and design skills and gain specialized knowledge in sensors, instruments, actuators, industrial networks, process control and automation, SCADA, programming, statistical process control, Internet technologies, and the integration of plant floor data with business systems.  Take a multidisciplinary approach with subjects in chemical, mechanical, electrical, electronics, and computer engineering.

Careers: Graduates use hardware and software to improve the efficiency of plants and labs in industries such as  petrochemicals,  power  generation,  pharmaceuticals, and primary steel.  They may design control systems and assembly lines, develop and program robotics, or advise on safety policies and procedures for automated technologies.

In addition to the courses listed in the curriculum shown below, this four-year program requires 3 mandatory 4-month co-op work terms.

Process Automation Curriculum

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Level IA
ENG TECH 1A00      Safety Training
ENG TECH 1CH3 Chemistry
ENG TECH 1CP3 C++ Programming
ENG TECH 1MC3 Mathematics 1
ENG TECH 1PH3 Physics
GEN TECH 1CS3 Communication Skills I
ENG TECH 1EE0 Intro to the Eng Tech Co-op Program
 
Level IB
ENG TECH 1AC3 Analytical Chemistry
ENG TECH 1EL3 Electricity & Electronics 1
ENG TECH 1MT3 Mathematics 2
ENG TECH 1PR3 Object-Oriented Programming 
GEN TECH 1CZ3 Communication Skills II
 
Level IIA
PROC TECH 2CA3 CAD for Design
PROC TECH 2CE3 Chemical Engineering 1
PROC TECH 2EE3 Electricity & Electronics 2
PROC TECH 2IC3 Instrumentation & Control
ENG TECH 2MA3 Mathematics 3
GEN TECH 2PW3 Professional Workplace Practices 
ENG TECH 2EE0 Four-Month Co-op Experience I
 
Level IIB
PROC TECH 2EC3 Chemical Engineering 2
PROC TECH 2IO3 Industrial Organic Chemistry
PROC TECH 2PL3 PLCs and Automation 1
ENG TECH 2MT3 Mathematics 4
GEN TECH 2EE3 Engineering Economics
 
Level IIIA
PROC TECH 3CT3 Control Theory 1
PROC TECH 3PL3 PLCs and Automation 2
PROC TECH 3SC3 System Control and Data Acquisition 1
ENG TECH 3ES3 Engineering Statistics
GEN TECH 3L03 Technology and Labour
GEN TECH 3MT3 Management of Technology Projects
ENG TECH 3EE0 Four Month Co-op Experience II
ENG TECH 4EE0 Four Month Co-op Experience III
 
Level IIIB
PROC TECH 3CE3 Chemical Engineering 3
PROC TECH 3MC3 Motion Control and Robotics
PROC TECH 3SD3 System Control and Data Acquisition 2
ENG TECH 3MN3 Modelling & Numerical Solutions
GEN TECH 3FT3 Formulating Technology Strategy
GEN TECH 3TO3 Technology and Management 
 
Level IVA
PROC TECH 4CT3 Control Theory 2
PROC TECH 4IC3 Industrial Networks and Controllers
PROC TECH 4IT3 Internet Technologies and Databases
PROC TECH 4MT2 Materials Technology
PROC TECH 4TR1 Technical Report I (continues through Level 4B)
GEN TECH 4SS3 Statistical Process Control
GEN TECH 4TP3 Technology and Politics
 
Level IVB
PROC TECH 4AS3 Advanced Systems Components and Integration
PROC TECH 4MS3 Manufacturing Systems
PROC TECH 4SS3 System Specification and Design
PROC TECH 4TR3 Technical Report II (continues from Level 4A)
GEN TECH 4SC3 Supply Chain Management and Resource Planning
GEN TECH 4T03 Technology Leadership