Software Engineering Technology

3 unit(s)
Metal-casting processes and equipment; forming and shaping processes and equipment for metals, ceramics and plastics; material-removal processes and machines; joining processes and equipment; surface technology; engineering metrology and instrumentation.

Three lectures, one lab (two hours); first term

Prerequisite(s): AUTOTECH 2AE3, 2MT3, 3AE3 and registration in level IV of the Automotive and Vehicle Engineering Technology program

3 unit(s)
Fundamental discrete mathematics concepts relevant to IT: sets, relations, functions, graphs, propositional logic. State machines. Input/output specifications. Invariants.

Three lectures; one term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Software Engineering Technology

3 unit(s)
Ordinary and partial differential equations; Laplace transforms; Fourier series; vector calculus; integral theorems, with engineering applications. Three lectures; one term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Power and Energy Engineering Technology, or Software Engineering Technology

3 unit(s)
Probability and statistics for engineering and technology. Descriptive statistics, discrete and continuous random variables and probability distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, correlation and regression.
Three lectures; one term

Prerequisite(s): ENGTECH 3MA3 and registration in Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology or Software Engineering Technology

Antirequisite(s): ENGTECH 3ES3

3 unit(s)
This course is a blend of hands-on and theoretical treatment on the subject of creating new technological product and service value in our society.

Three lectures; one term; may be offered online or in-person

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Power and Energy Engineering Technology or Software Engineering Technology

Antirequisite(s): GENTECH 1DM3

3 unit(s)

Costing methods for engineering designs and processes; minimum attractive rate of return, return sensitivities, time value of money, internal rates of return, payback period, amortization of equipment and capital cost allowance structures.
Three lectures; one term; may be offered online or in-person

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Power and Energy Engineering Technology or Software Engineering Technology

Antirequisite(s): GENTECH 1EE3, 2EE3

3 unit(s)

This course introduces students to the interrelationship of entrepreneurial thinking and innovation at both the industry and firm level.

Three lectures; one term; may be offered online or in-person

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Power and Energy Engineering Technology or Software Engineering Technology

Antirequisite(s): GENTECH 2EN3, 2ET3, 3ET3, 4ET3

GENTECH 3FS3 - Financial Systems

3 unit(s)

The course focuses on departmental budget methodologies, understanding and interpretation of various financial statement components in terms of their relevance to managerial decision making.
Three lectures; one term;

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology Co-op (B.Tech.), Manufacturing Engineering Technology Co-op (B.Tech.), Power and Energy Engineering Technology or Software Engineering Technology

Antirequisite(s): GENTECH 1FS3, 1FT3, 3FF3

3 unit(s)

The course examines fundamental management principles of planning, organizing, leading and controlling in technology organizations. Emphasis is placed on understanding and application of human resource management practices to engage people in attaining organizational goals.
Three lectures; one term; may be offered online or in-person

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Technology , Power and Energy Engineering Technology or Software Engineering Technology

Antirequisite(s): GENTECH 2MP3, 3OB3

GENTECH 3TC3 - Technical Communications

3 unit(s)

This course introduces students to the best practices for essential written, spoken, and graphic communications used in technology workplaces. Emphasis is placed on how to conduct research, analyze information, and design communication materials that are succinct and customized to the readers’ needs.
Three lectures; one term

Prerequisite(s): Registration in one of Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology Co-op (B.Tech.), Manufacturing Engineering Technology Co-op (B.Tech.), Power and Energy Engineering Technology or Software Engineering Technology.

3 unit(s)

This course is an introduction to the legal, ethical, and regulatory frameworks that professional engineers and related professions must observe in the Province of Ontario.
Three lectures; one term, may be offered online or in-person

Prerequisite(s): Registration in one of Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Power and Energy Engineering Technology or Software Engineering Technology

3 unit(s)

The course focuses on lean thinking and approaches to enable the deployment and adaption of tools aimed at minimizing waste, removing non-value added activities, and pursuing incremental improvements across organizations.
Three lectures; one term, may be offered online or in-person

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Power and Energy Engineering Technology or Software Engineering Technology

Antirequisite(s): GENTECH 4LT3

3 unit(s)

Introduction to best practice in the management of technical projects including the use of planning, software and the management of people.
Three lectures; one term; may be offered online or in-person

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Power and Energy Engineering Technology or Software Engineering Technology

Antirequisite(s): GENTECH 3MT3, 3PM3

3 unit(s)

The course explores the social implications and environmental impacts of technologies and the ethical challenges they impose on technology professionals. Critical thinking skills and professional responsibility are examined using real-ethical dilemmas to help students develop a professional ethical identity that can be carried forward into their career.
Three lectures; one term; may be offered online or in-person

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Power and Energy Engineering Technology or Software Engineering Technology

Antirequisite(s): CIVTECH 4EI3

3 unit(s)

This course examines the ‘total’ view of the organization and how it relates and interacts with various factors in its environment to game long-term sustainable advantage.
Three lectures; one term; may be offered online or in-person

Prerequisite(s): GENTECH 3FS3 and registration in Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Power and Energy Engineering Technology or Software Engineering Technology

Antirequisite(s): GENTECH 3FT3, 3SF3, 4FT3

3 unit(s)

Students are offered a selection of three to four emerging issues of the day as those issues relate to current and emerging technology and management technology practices. These topics could include supply chain management, ERP, knowledge management, 6 sigma methods, etc.
Three lectures; one term; may be offered online or in-person

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Power and Energy Engineering Technology or Software Engineering Technology

3 unit(s)

Network and software security, cryptography algorithms, including symmetric and public-key encryption, malware, user authentication, firewalls, vulnerabilities, policies and best practices, attack and defense strategies.

Three lectures, one term; completely online with in-person exams

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Software Engineering Technology or permission of the Chair and registration in level 2 in any program in the DeGroote School of Business for students pursuing the Business Technology Management Certificate.
Students that do not have a Networking or IT background from college are strongly encouraged to take SFWRTECH 3IT3 before enrolling in this course.

3 unit(s)

Introductory and intermediate topics involving Layers 1-4 in the OSI model including Ethernet, IP addressing, subnetting, routing, VLANs, Spanning-Tree Protocol, and network device configuration. Three lectures, one term; completely online with in-person exams

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Software Engineering Technology or permission of the Chair and registration in level 2 in any program in the DeGroote School of Business for students pursuing the Business Technology Management Certificate.

Antirequisite(s): COMPTECH 3PR3, 3PD3, SFWRTECH 3PR3

3 unit(s)
Processes, threads and concurrency, process scheduling, memory management. Protection, access and authentication. File system organization and access methods.
Three lectures; one term; completely online with in-person exams
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Software Engineering Technology or permission of the Chair and registration in level 2 in any program in the DeGroote School of Business for students pursuing the Business Technology Management Certificate.

3 unit(s)
Procedural and Object Oriented programming fundamentals. Concepts are exemplified with C++ and Java programming languages.
Three lectures, one term; completely online with in-person exams
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Software Engineering Technology or permission of the Chair and registration in level 2 in any program in the DeGroote School of Business for students pursuing the Business Technology Management Certificate.
Antirequisite(s): COMPTECH 3IT3, 3NT3, SFWRTECH 3IT3

3 unit(s)
Requirements gathering, documentation and validation for computer systems. Modeling paradigms including information, behaviour, domain, function and constraint models. Specification languages.
Three lectures; one term; completely online with in-person exams
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Software Engineering Technology or permission of the Chair and registration in level 2 in any program in the DeGroote School of Business for students pursuing the Business Technology Management Certificate.
Students that do not have a software development background from college are strongly encouraged to take SFWRTECH 3PR3 before enrolling in this course.

3 unit(s)

Theories and practice of machine intelligence with focus on statistical learning methods, artificial neural networks, naturally inspired algorithms, deep learning, big data management, and pattern recognition.

Three lectures, one term; completely online with in-person exams

Prerequisite(s): Registration in level IV of Biotechnology, Automotive and Vehicle Engineering Technology, Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Power and Energy Engineering Technology, and Software Engineering Technology

Antirequisite(s): SMRTTECH 4AI3

3 unit(s)

Models of parallel computation. Performance measurement. Shared memory and synchronization. Parallel data structures, searching and sorting. Scheduling and work distribution.

Three lectures, one term; completely online with in-person exams
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV Software Engineering Technology

3 unit(s)

Linear approaches to regression and classification - selection and shrinkage methods, linear discriminant approaches, big data system implementations.

Three lectures, one term; completely online with in-person exams

Prerequisite(s): ENGTECH 3ST3 or 3ES3, SFWRTECH 4MA3, and registration in Biotechnology or Software Engineering Technology

3 unit(s)

Classification, association, prediction and clustering of data. Decision trees. Bayesian probability. Supervised and unsupervised learning.

Three lectures, one lab; one term; completely online with in-person exams

Prerequisite(s): SFWRTECH 4DA3 and registration in Software Engineering Technology

3 unit(s)
Formerly SFWRTECH 3DS3

Common abstract data types and associated algorithms. Algorithm design - divide and conquer, greedy algorithms. Algorithm Analysis. Hard problems and NP-completeness.

Three lectures; one term; completely online with in-person exams

Prerequisite(s): ENGTECH 3DM3 and registration in Software Engineering Technology
Students that do not have a software development background from college are strongly encouraged to take SFWRTECH 3PR3 before enrolling in this course.

3 unit(s)

Real Time system characteristics. Dynamic responses of physical processes. Real-time system requirements. Real-time operating systems. Scheduling and concurrency.

Three lectures, one term; completely online with in-person exams

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV Software Engineering Technology

3 unit(s)

System of linear equations, linear least square systems, eigenvalue problems, nonlinear equations, unconstrained and constrained optimization.

Three lectures, one term; completely online with in-person exams

Prerequisite(s): ENGTECH 3MA3 and Registration in Software Engineering Technology

3 unit(s)

Neural network architectures and training, parallel implementations and implementations using accelerated hardware, convolutional neural networks, recurrent neural networks and deep learning.

Three lectures, one term; completely online with in-person exams

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Level IV Software Engineering Technology

3 unit(s)

Information security, penetration testing, vulnerability scanning and assessment, malware, system, network, and web-based attacks, social engineering techniques, ethics and legality of hacking.

Three lectures, one term; completely online with in-person exams

Prerequisite(s): SFWRTECH 3CS3 and registration in Software Engineering Technology

3 unit(s)

Architectural structures and views. Modularity. Frameworks, design patterns and components. Distributed architectures. Design of software agents. Modeling, visualization and implementation of architectural components.

Three lectures, one term; completely online with in-person exams

Prerequisite(s): SFWRTECH 3RQ3 and registration in Software Engineering Technology

3 unit(s)

Applications software: Autodesk Maya, Pixars Renderman, Mitsuba, Foundry Nuke, Unity Game Engine. Texturing, cloning, motion tracking, wire and rig removal, rotoscoping. Visual effects.

Three lectures, one term; completely online with in-person exams

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Software Engineering Technology

3 unit(s)

Advanced technologies for web development, apps for mobile, desktop and cloud based systems, client and server side web APIs.

Three lectures; one term; completely online with in-person exams

Prerequisite(s): Registration in Software Engineering Technology or permission of the Chair and registration in level 2 in any program in the DeGroote School of Business for students pursuing the Business Technology Management Certificate.

Students that do not have a Networking or IT background from college are strongly encouraged to take SFWRTECH 3IT3 before enrolling in this course.

0 unit(s)

Introduction to safety guidelines at McMaster University, acceptable safety conduct and positive safety attitudes and practices in laboratories and Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS).
This course is evaluated on a Complete/Fail basis.
Web modules

Antirequisite(s): ART 1HS0, ENGINEER 1A00, ENG TECH 1A00, NURSING 1A00, SCIENCE 1A00
This requirement must be completed prior to the start of the first lab. Students who fail the quiz must reattempt it and will not be permitted in any course with a lab component or any Level II ART course until the requirement has been successfully completed.