Elective Planning

Upper-Year Elective Options

The stream pathway uses two approved upper-year stream-elective baskets, with additional depth options available outside the required stream pathway subject to prerequisites, term offering, and normal advising.

Basket A: Photonics Devices, Materials, and Optical Systems

Choose one, 0.5 credit.

ELEC 4700 The Physics and Modeling of Advanced Devices and Technologies
ELEC 4702 Fiber Optic Communications
ELEC 4704 Nanoscale Technology and Devices
ELEC 4705 Electronic Materials, Devices and Transmission Media
ELEC 4906 Special Topics, only where explicitly approved by the Associate Chair (Undergraduate) as aligned with photonics, optical devices, quantum photonics, or related optical systems

Basket B: Optoelectronic Circuits, Interfaces, and Integration

Choose one, 0.5 credit.

ELEC 4706 High-Speed Electronics: Circuits and Systems
ELEC 4707 Analog Integrated Electronics
ELEC 4609 Integrated Circuit Design and Fabrication
ELEC 4906 Special Topics, only where explicitly approved by the Associate Chair (Undergraduate) as aligned with optical transceivers, TIAs, laser drivers, mixed-signal photonics interfaces, or related implementation topics

Additional Depth Options

These examples are outside the required Basket A/B stream pathway and remain subject to normal advising, prerequisites, and offering schedules.

Course	Illustrative Fit	Planning Notes
ELEC 4502 Microwave Circuits	High-speed links and transceiver-adjacent depth	Requires `ELEC 4503`; plan prerequisite sequencing early.
ELEC 4503 Radio Frequency Lines and Antennas	High-speed links, interconnects, and transmission structures	Requires `ELEC 3909`.
ELEC 4506 Computer-Aided Design of Circuits and Systems	IC, design automation, and analysis workflows	Requires fourth-year standing.
ELEC 4509 Communication Links	System-level communications and link-budget context	Requires fourth-year standing or department permission.
ELEC 4708 Advanced Digital Integrated Circuit Design	IC and silicon design emphasis	Requires fourth-year standing and `ELEC 3500`, or department permission.
ELEC 4709 Integrated Sensors	Sensing and applied systems	Requires fourth-year standing.

Planning Notes

Not every course is offered every year
ELEC 4906 requires explicit topic approval for use in Basket A or Basket B
Students should verify prerequisites and offering schedules before finalizing selections
Keep course selection within the existing B.Eng. Electrical Engineering rules and advising processes