Since you're interested in our programs, we just wanted tell you a little about our department.  Our home page is at

on our own departmental web server, which we use for teaching as well as for student labs.  You'll find descriptions of our programs, a downloadable video, faculty home pages, and more!

We offer three three-year Technology programs, which each include 12-18 months of paid co-op employment:

Electronics Engineering Technology
Electrical Engineering Technology
Computer Engineering Technology

As well, we offer three two-year Technician programs:

Electronics Engineering Technician
Electrical Engineering Technician
Computer Engineering Technician for Fall, 1999

Technician programs feature a common first term, while Technology programs share the first three-terms.  Students choose Electronics, Electrical, or Computer programs after that.  First year courses teach basic fundamentals, such as electrical laws and basic computer programming, while in later terms courses become specialized and use state-of-the-art technology.  For more information see the 1999/2000 Program Guide (available from the Registrar's office) or our see our program pages for more details.

As usual, we're upgrading our lab equipment again.  This can't really be avoided in a rapidly-changing field like ours.  Students in our digital electronics courses (part of all six programs offered) will now learn the latest FPLD (Field Programmable Logic Device) technology based on the Altera FLEX system.

Students in ELNC 331 and ELNC 326 (Digital Circuits for both Technicians and Technologists) utilize the Altera UP 1 Education Board (shown right).  The UP1 contains a large CPLD, or Complex Programmable Logic Device, that can be used to implement digital logic designs that contain 20,000 or fewer gates.  A PC-based student version of Altera's CAD tool, MAX PLUS, provides support for schematic capture, logic simulation, and CPLD programming.  The UP1 board also contains switches, LEDs, seven segment displays, a VGA connector, a 2-line,16-character LCD intelligent display (not shown), and a PS/2 keyboard or mouse port.  VGA video output can be generated directly by hardware designs implemented on the board.

We've made a commitment to help students who want to help themselves.  In keeping with that commitment, we've opened a Peer Tutoring Centre, where students experiencing difficulties may get help from senior students who have already been through the course.  This service is absolutely free and the Centre operates on a 'drop-in' basis.

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