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Program Details
Communications engineers play a vital role in today’s world, serving as the architects of cloud-computing smart applications, next-generation internet applications, social networking technologies, network security, privacy and trust, advanced 5G and 6G wireless systems, and AI and machine learning for networking.
Through the Faculty of Engineering and Design’s Communications Engineering program in the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, you’ll gain the flexibility to succeed in a world of rapidly changing technology, alongside the specific knowledge and skills that are highly valued by employers in the telecommunications and information industries. You will be exposed to cutting edge technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, advanced communications applications in autonomous vehicles and satellites, and a fully connected world where privacy and security prevail.
The Communications Engineering program is fully accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board, allowing graduates to meet the educational requirements for registering as a professional engineer.
Work Experience
A Co-op option is available. Co-op is the opportunity to get a head start on a career. Co-op work terms allow for the development of key employability skills, exploration of career options and graduation with tangible, workplace experience.
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Career Outcomes
Explore your passions, refine new skills and discover the career that’s right for you.
Carleton has strong connections with Kanata North, Canada’s largest technology park where industry, finance and academic partners collaborate.
Sample Careers
- AI Machine Learning
- Cloud Computing
- Communication Security
- Communications Technology
- Computer Networks and Emerging Applications
- Data Centre Networks
- Internet Applications
- Networking
- Next-Generation 5G/ 6G Wireless Networks
- Next-Generation Internet Applications
- Privacy and Trust
- Satellite Communications
- Wireless Communications
Sample Courses
ECOR 1043 - Circuits
Electrical Quantities (Voltage, Charge, Current, Power). Conservation of charge and energy. Mathematical models of simple devices. Elementary circuit theory for passive elements. Thévenin's and superposition theorem. Signal filtering and amplification. Time and frequency domain. Circuit design and simulation.
SYSC 4701 - Communications Systems Lab
Project-oriented level experience in the design of communication systems to meet user requirements. Lectures on teletraffic analysis; system specification and design: requirements analysis, solution alternatives, evaluation of alternative technologies, design, costing, implementation, test.
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