Curriculum

The following tables summarize the curriculum for the Collaborative Masters in Applied Sustainability. MASc students take four courses (CMAS 801 plus three electives) plus the seminar series (CMAS 897) plus a thesis (CMAS 899), nominally two years to complete. MEng students take eight courses (CMAS 801 plus seven electives), one of which may be a project (CMAS 898), plus the seminar series (CMAS 897) , nominally one year to complete.

Table 1 - MASc Thesis Masters

Number Title
Topics in Applied Sustainability
1 elective from List A (excluding CMAS 898)
1 elective from list B
1 elective from list A (excluding CMAS 898), list B, list C or any eligible course in the Queen's Graduate Calendar, or relevant course offered at RMC, with appropriate permissions
CMAS 897 Applied Sustainability Seminar (pass/fail)
CMAS 899 Thesis

CMAS MASc Program Sheet (To use fillable PDF, save file to your computer and open directly)


Table 2 - MEng Coursework/Project Masters

Number Title
CMAS 801 Topics in Applied Sustainability
2 electives from List A (excluding CMAS 898)
1 elective from List B
4 electives From list A, list B, list C (no more than 2 from C), or any eligible course in the Graduate Calendar, or relevant course offered at RMC, with appropriate permissions (can include CMAS 898)
CMAS 897 Applied Sustainability Seminar (pass/fail)

PLEASE NOTE: at least two electives must be taken from the home department.

CMAS MEng Program Sheet (To use fillable PDF, save file to your computer and open directly).


List A - Graduate Courses offered by Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Number Title Term Instructor
CHEE 801 Strategies for Process Investigations Fall McLellan
CHEE 905 Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics and Applications (0.5 course module) Fall Hudon
CHEE 909 Colloid and Surface Science (I) (0.5 course module) Fall Docoslis
CHEE 990 Structure-Property Relationships of Polymeric Materials (0.5 course module) Fall Kontopoulou
CHEE 803 Transport Phenomena Winter Giacomin
CHEE 827 System Optimization Winter Li, Xiang
CHEE 884/CIVL 889 Bioremediation Winter Meunier
CIVL 835 Advance Infrastructure Materials Fall Hoult
CIVL 839 Approximate Structural Analysis Fall MacDougall
CIVL 857 River Engineering Fall da Silva, Ana
CIVL 892 Structural Dynamics Fall Woods
CIVL 837 Prestressed Concrete Winter Fam
CIVL 848 Landfill Design Winter Rowe
CIVL 852 Environmental Fluid Dynamics Winter Boegman
CIVL 883 Gases in Groundwater Winter Mumford
ELEC 832 Modelling and High Control of Power Converters Fall Liu
ELEC 831 Power Electronics Fall Jain, Praveen
ELEC 834 Micro-Grid Technology Winter Eren
ELEC 837 High Power Electronics Winter Bakhshai, Alireza
ELEC 845 Autonomous Vehicles Winter Marshall
GEOL 809 Mine Waste Geochemistry Winter Jamieson, Heather
GEOL 822 Metallogeny in Mineral Exploration Winter Olivo
GEOL 835 Environmental Impact of Mining Winter Jamieson, Heather
MECH 830 Experimental Fluid Dynamics Fall Rival
MECH 831 Convective Heat Transfer Fall Oosthuizen, Patrick
MECH 835 Computational Fluid Dynamics Fall Piomelli
MECH 836 Radiative Heat Transfer Fall Birk
MECH 817 Systematic Review Methodology for Product Evaluation Winter Davies
MECH 847 Energy & Society Winter Pharoah, Jon
MECH 883 Nuclear Materials Winter Various
MINE 801 Community Aspects of Mineral Resource Development Fall Johnson
MINE 832 Flotation Technology and Science Fall Kelebek, Sadan
MINE 881 Mining Systems Fall Hope
MINE 882 Mineral Economics Fall Macaulay
MINE 803 Community Engagement Winter Johnson
MINE 804 Mining Projects and Indigenous People Winter Johnson
MINE 832 Flotation Technology and Science Winter Kelebek, Sadan
MINE 836 Mineral Processing and the Environment Winter Kelebek, Sadan

Note: Courses not listed can be taken with permission of CMAS Co-ordinator Dr. Peppley (peppley@queensu.ca)


List B - Graduate Courses offered by the School of Policy Studies & Non-Engineering Departments

Number Title Term Instructor
MPA 847 Environmental Policy Winter Merchant, Jamshed
GPHY 880 The Geography of Energy Winter Mabee, Warren
SURP 853 Environmental Services Winter DeLoyde, Carolyn
SURP 855 Environmental Planning and Management Winter Whitelaw, Graham
COMM 408 Sustainability Strategies & Practices Fall Moore, Steven

Note: Courses not listed can be taken with permission of CMAS Co-ordinator Dr. Peppley (peppley@queensu.ca)


List C - Undergraduate Courses Available

Number Title Term Instructor
CHEE 463 Electrochemical Energy Systems Winter Peppley, Brant
CIVL 443 Geoenvironmental Design Winter TBD
CIVL 473 Water Resources Winter TBD
ELEC 433 Energy and Power Systems Winter Bakhshai, Alireza
ENCH 415 Electrochemistry and Electrocatalysis Winter TBD
GEOE 475 Exploration and Envirogeochemistry Fall TBD
MECH 437 Fuel Cell Technology Fall Pharoah, Jon
MINE 422 Mining and Sustainability Fall TBD
MINE 431 Lifecycle Analysis for Green Technology Fall TBD
MNTC 418 Sustainability and the Environment Online TBD

Note: Courses not listed can be taken with permission of CMAS Co-ordinator Dr. Peppley (peppley@queensu.ca)