Nanotechnology Engineering

Nanotechnology Engineering CEAB Analysis

As a Canadian undergraduate engineering program, Nanotechnology Engineering must meet the requirements specified by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB). CEAB specifies minimum requirements for what an accreditted engineering undergraduate degree program should contain. CEAB does their measurement using AUs (Accreditation Units) where:

• 1 AU = 1 scheduled lecture hour
• 1 AU = 2 scheduled tutorial hours
• 1 AU = 2 scheduled lab hours

• 36 lecture hour course is 36 AUs
• 36 lecture hour course with 12 weekly tutorials is 42 AUs
• 36 lecture hour course with 6 biweekly 3 hour labs is 54 AUs
• 36 lecture hour course with 12 weekly tutorial and 6 biweekly 3 hour labs is 60 AUs

• 195 AUs of mathematics
• 195 AUs of fundamental science
• 225 AUs of engineering science
• 225 AUs of engineering design
• 225 AUs of completementary studies

• 420 AUs of mathematics plus fundamental science
• 900 AUs of engineering (engineering science plus engineering design)
• 1800 AUs course work

The following is such an anlysis for the proposed Nanotechnology Engineering program.

Summing up the above columns gives us the CEAB totals for the core courses in the program. The proposed Nanotechnology Engineering program requires the students to do 6 technical elective courses in addition to the above courses. Each of these technical elective courses has the meet type 3C,1T,1.5L. If we sum the core course CEAB numbers and the technical elective course CEAB numbers and subtract off the CEAB minimum requirement numbers, we see the proposed Nanotechnology Engineering program exceeds the CEAB minimum requirements.