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Architecture
Creating environments that are beautiful and functional is a complex and exciting process. Whether you are interested in interior or exterior spaces, these courses can introduce you to the principles, practices, and skills that contribute to effective design.
Biology
Biology is the study of living organisms and systems, including tissues, cells, and the structure and function of macromolecules. These courses introduce you to the basic principles of biology, ecological and environmental issues, human biology, and microbiology. Pre-medicine and professional health career courses are taught.
Biomedical Sciences
Chemistry
These courses are of interest to professionals in the chemical and biological fields as well as those seeking to upgrade their skills and theoretical background in specific topics. Pre-medicine and professional health career courses are taught.
Computer Science
The following courses can develop your computer expertise in two key areas. Some courses focus on language programming and operating systems; these are particularly recommended if your interests lie in technical or system support. Other courses focus on using computers to solve engineering or technical problems. In these, the emphasis is on learning how to translate problems into an appropriate mathematical form. In addition, computer security, digital forensics, and 3-D printing, visualization, and agile product prototyping are taught.
Note: Written approval is required before undergraduate degree program students can register in these courses. See Engineering Students.
Disaster Emergency Management
This program is designed for existing and aspiring disaster management and emergency services professionals and first responders who wish to upgrade their education, pursue career opportunities, or perform volunteer work. Courses provide broad knowledge, case studies, and hands-on application within the local, provincial, federal, and international sectors of disaster and emergency response.
Important Note: Students registered in the Disaster and Emergency Management certificate should be aware that many of the Required Courses are listed under the Science subject area.
Energy Management
In the energy management sector, for every two people retiring from the workforce, there is only one who is qualified in joining. The next leaders in the energy management sector require the knowledge and emerging skill sets vital to dealing with the technical and non-technical demand and response issues, fiscal oversight, project management, regulatory policy, and risk assessment that impacts energy generation, transport, distribution, and consumption.
Important Note: Students registered in the Energy Management and Innovation certificate should be aware that the Required Courses are listed under the Technology Studies subject area.
For more information, visit www.ryerson.ca/ce/energy.
Engineering
These courses and workshops are ideally suited to technicians, technologists, or others working in engineering-related fields who wish to broaden their knowledge of current practices in engineering, upgrade their professional qualifications, or develop new skills that can be usefully applied in their work.
Note: Written approval is required before undergraduate degree students can register in these courses. See Engineering Students for more information.
Aerospace Engineering
CKAE 100 — CATIA Engineering Design I
CKAE 101 — CATIA Engineering Design II
CKAE 102 — CATIA Engineering Design III
Civil Engineering
Civil engineers plan, design, and build the infrastructure which we all use every day. If you're intrigued by technology and fascinated by building, these courses will introduce you to the major areas – structures, environments, transportation, geotechnical elements, and geomatics, that come together to form the field of civil engineering.
CKCV 735 — Highway Design
CKCV 902 — Traffic Operations and Management
CKCV 910 — Transportation Planning
Industrial Engineering
These courses will provide you with an introduction to the field of industrial engineering, where the interactions of people, machines, materials, information technology, and management are like pieces of a puzzle. Finding the best fit takes creativity and a great deal of technical knowledge. Once it all comes together, there's improved productivity, efficiency, quality control, service, and safety. As a result, business saves time and money.
CIND 108 — Data Analytics for Non-Data Analysts
CIND 110 — Data Organization for Data Analysts
CIND 119 — Introduction to Big Data
CIND 123 — Data Analytics: Basic Methods
CIND 719 — Big Data Analytics Tools
Mechanical Engineering
CKME 103 — Machine Shop Practice
CKME 136 — Data Analytics: Capstone Course
CKME 999 — Data Analytics Fast Track
Environmental Sciences
The environment is the natural, social, and built condition in which we live, and it is shaped by the interaction of the elements that surround us. Human impact on the environment requires effective management practices to protect the environment. Environmental sciences and management offer an increasing number of career opportunities in fields as varied as ecology, occupational health and safety, physical science, bioremediation, engineering, law, and management.
Facility and Property Management
The facility and property manager is responsible for the integration of the workplace with the people and work of the organization. This program will provide knowledge and analytical skills for those who are being prepared by an organization to assume a role in facility and property management, those who are newly appointed to a facility or property management department, and those who wish to upgrade their credentials within the facility or property management department or to implement a career change. For more information, visit www.ryerson.ca/ce/fm.
Geography
The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies offers a wide range of courses on demographic analysis, digital geography, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and their various applications. These courses give a broad perspective on human/environment interactions in different contexts. For more information, visit www.ryerson.ca/ce/gis.
Infrastructure Asset Management
Infrastructure asset management is a field in high demand, as much of our infrastructure is in need of renewal. Good infrastructure asset managers are required to achieve sustainable outcomes by applying holistic, systematic, and risk-based analyses and processes to decisions concerning an organization's or government's physical assets, including fixed plant and mobile equipment along with infrastructure. For more information, visit www.ryerson.ca/ce/infrastructure.
Infrastructure Asset Management
Infrastructure asset management is geared toward the strategic knowledge and hands-on skills required for analyzing problems and providing long-range solutions associated with evaluation, preservation, rehabilitation and renewal of existing structures, together with repair materials, strategies, and risk, fiscal and asset management oversight. Infrastructures needing management during their repair, renewal, and maintenance cycles include roads, airports, railroads, transit systems, tunnels, water systems, levees, canals, dames, solid waste, broadband, and public spaces.
CKAM 160 — Infrastructure Repair
CKAM 170 — Sustainable Building Design
CKAM 180 — Preservation and Future Assets
Landscape Design
Landscape Design combines the fields of art, science, and humanities. The certificate program offers an excellent education in the fundamental components that comprise the field of landscape design. Through course offerings, you will learn how to analyze, plan, design, manage, and sustain the built and natural environment. For more information, visit www.ryerson.ca/ce/landscape.
Mathematics
The mathematics courses outlined here will introduce you to new concepts and problem-solving skills that are relevant to a variety of personal and professional interests.
Mining Management
Mining is an incredibly diverse sector, with more than 120 occupations ranging from skilled trades to high-tech professionals, including managers, financial analysts, environmental coordinators, and community developers. There is an urgent need in the mining industry for employees who have practical as well as theoretical skills such as project management, and who understand and have been exposed to real-world cases and simulations. This program will prepare students to work in a global environment and use cross-disciplinary skills to span the disconnects between science and business and community development and business. For more information, visit www.ryerson.ca/ce/mining.
Physics
These introductory courses in physics have applications across a wide variety of professional fields. A basic understanding of the principles of physics is an important step in your understanding of science.
Program and Portfolio Management
These courses cover the distinct body of knowledge, skills, and strategies relevant to managing multiple projects and programs. For more information, visit www.ryerson.ca/ce/ppm.
Project Management
These courses in project management provide you with an opportunity to acquire a level of knowledge and expertise that will permit you to contribute effectively to the management and the control of costs within any project environment.
Important Note: Students registered in the Project Management certificate should be aware that the Introductory Required Course (CTEC 210) is listed under the Technology Studies subject area.
For more information, visit www.ryerson.ca/ce/pm.
Robotics and Embedded Systems
These components – mobile, miniature, or standard – are utlized in different types of applications, including telecommunications, power distribution, electrical and electronic products, transport, and factory, medical, or commercial automation systems. Embedded systems are present in a wide range of manufactured products and system components. The infusion of this technology is expected to grow at a phenomenal pace and has increased the demand for professionals who are technologists with simultaneous expertise in both software and hardware.
Important Note: Students registered in the Robotics and Embedded Systems certificate should be aware that the introductory course (CSCI 130) is listed under the Science subject area.
For more information, visit www.ryerson.ca/ce/robotics.
Sustainability Management
Sustainability is regarded as a global issue that will impact society and the world we live in. These courses provide you with an opportunity to acquire cross-disciplinary knowledge of sustainability-related issues. For more information, visit www.ryerson.ca/ce/sustain.
