Technology Studies
Technology Studies
- TEC 210 - Fundamentals of Project ManagementCourse DescriptionThis course will familiarize the student with the concepts and basic functions of the project management body of knowledge, including scope, quality, time, cost, risk, procurement, human resource, and communication management. The integration of these functions into a project management system, and the role of the project manager and project support staff, will be examined. This course provides a basic knowledge of project management as preparation for other courses in the program. (39 PDUs)Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00
- TEC 241 - Energy InnovationCourse Description
This course focuses on the drivers for innovation in Ontario's energy sector, the opportunities for new business, and the challenges of moving from the idea stage to the marketplace. Barriers to innovation and commercialization - technological, financial, and regulatory - will be explored through case studies, including lessons learned from guest lectures by business leaders in the Ontario energy sector.
Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00 - TEC 264 - Trends in Smart GridCourse Description
This course will examine the challenges of modernizing and digitizing the electrical grid in Ontario. It will explore the engineering and technological challenges of the smart grid; the issues of privacy and security; third party access to smart grid data; technologies which allow customers to manage their consumption of electricity; and the innovation and economic opportunities of the smart grid.
Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00 - TEC 269 - Trends in Energy ConservationCourse Description
This course is designed to allow students to explore the technical and policy dimensions of energy conservation, energy efficiency, and demand response, with particular focus on potential contributions to sustainability of urban energy systems in a Canadian and, more particularly, an Ontario-based context. A key element of this course will be guest speakers from the energy industry, many of whom are potential employers.
Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00 - TEC 282 - Public Policy in EnergyCourse Description
This course introduces students to the wide range of factors that influence the implementation of energy policy in Canada. The course will review the social, political, geographic, and other pressures that make the energy debate so highly charged in our very regionalized country. Students will appreciate how many non-technical issues impinge upon energy policy and why certain policy outcomes seem to be decided by these social and political considerations.
Weekly Contact:Lecture 3 hrs.GPA Weight:1.00Billing Units:1Count:1.00