MENG in Telecommunications and Information Security

The MEng program is tailored towards training engineers for careers in the telecommunications and security industries. Students can finish this course-only master program in one year. The program schedule will include mandatory courses in telecommunication and information security areas offered by professors doing active research in these areas and a rich selection of elective courses to accommodate flexibility. Complementing the telecommunications and security focus will be engineering practice and career development in the form of communication skills, marketing and project management, and ethics and career planning. Experts in the telecommunications and security fields will be invited to give presentations regularly.

• Admission
• Co-op/Internship
• Curriculum
• Learning Outcomes

Program fees: Domestic students will pay $20,000 in three equal installments. International students will pay $25,000 in three equal installments.

Contact us by email: ecemtis@uvic.ca

Admission

All applicants must meet the minimum admission requirements of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, including the English language proficiency requirement. Specifically, the students should have an undergraduate degree in electrical or computer engineering, software engineering, computer science, or related disciplines with a GPA grade of 5/9 or above.

Follow this link to apply: Admissions

Co-op/Internship

The program allows for optional Co-op/Internship program. Students may attend Co-op Internship program to gain practical and industrial experience after completing all academic terms in the first year. The duration of the Co-op Internship could be one, two or three optional terms, depending on the circumstances and availability of jobs. An example schedule is given in the following table:

For more Co-op/Internship information, visit Co-op Education Program and Career Services

Curriculum

The MTIS program consists a total 15 units (11 courses):

1. Three compulsory courses
2. Three security-related courses from List 1
3. Three elective courses from List 2
4. Professional Practice (ELEC 591)
5. Career Development (ELEC 592)

Course Schedule

List 1 Elective Courses

Students must take three courses from the following list:

1. CSC 529 Cryptography
2. ELEC 512 Digital Communications
3. ELEC 515 Information Theory
4. ELEC 516 Advanced Wireless Communications
5. ELEC 572 Security, Privacy and Data Analytics

List 2 Elective Courses

Students are required to complete three elective courses from the following list:

1. Up to two senior year level undergraduate courses may be taken for credit.
2. CSC 529 Cryptography
3. CSC 567 Switching, Network Traffic and Quality of Service
4. CSC 569 Wireless and Mobile Networks
5. CSC 579 Overlay and Peer-to-Peer Networking
6. CSC 586E Data Mining
7. ELEC 504 Random Signals
8. ELEC 511 Error Control Coding
9. ELEC 512 Digital Communications
10. ELEC 513 Data and Computer Communications
11. ELEC 515 Information Theory
12. ELEC 516 Advanced Wireless Communications
13. ELEC 519A Selected Topics in Digital Communications
14. ELEC 519B Selected Topics in Computer Communications
15. ELEC 519C Selected Topics in Secure Communications
16. ELEC 521 Microwave and Millimeter Wave Engineering
17. ELEC 522 Antennas and Propagation
18. ELEC 572 Security, Privacy and Data Analytics
19. ELEC 586 Multiresolution Signal and Geometry Processing with Software Applications
20. ELEC 590 Directed Study Course in exceptional cases.

Learning Outcomes

The MENG in Telecommunications and Information Security provides graduates with opportunities to acquire and expand their technical knowledge as well as their professional skills:

1. Design and analyze telecommunication systems and protocols.
2. Design and analyze security systems and protocols.
3. Develop mathematics models and techniques underpinning telecommunication systems.
4. Assess and analyze telecommunication systems and protocols.
5. Assess and analyze security systems and protocols.
6. Learn the role, ethics and responsibilities of a professional engineer.
7. Develop time and project management strategies and practices.
8. Apply leadership skills and be an effective member of working team.
9. Communicate effectively with peers, engineering community, and the general public.
10. Acquire life-long learning skills.