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CS1XD3 - Intro to Software Design Using Web Programming:

• NOT a web dev course (you use a web IDE)

• Done in Elm (functional language)

• Group work/labs (same group whole course)

• UI/X design principles

CS1DM3 - Discrete Math:*

• Propositional logic

• Set theory

• Some probability

CS1JC3 - Intro to Computational Thinking:*

• Functional programming course in Haskell

• Some theory/history

  • How floating point precision works

  • Internet protocols (how the internet/security works)

  • Important people that advanced the field

CS1MD3 - Intro to Programming:*

• Introductory programming in Python

  • What I assume is the one semester equivalent to the Python section of IP10/13.

CS1XC3 - Development Basics:**

• Bash commands

• C programming

  • Pointers

  • Memory allocation

Math 1ZA3, B3 + C3

• MATH 1ZA3: Calculus 1

o   A little beyond Calculus 1 and you learn integrals!!

• MATH 1ZB3: Linear Algebra

o   You learn about matrices, a bit of geometry and other cool concepts you probably use in everyday life without realizing it.

• PHYSICS 1D03: Introductory Mechanics

o   Everything about how things move; your good old block on a ramp, springs, energy, circular motion, plus you get to learn about moment of inertia!

o   Course is notoriously time consuming and some students might find it difficult.

• ENG1P13: Integrated Cornerstone Design Projects in Engineering.

o   A year long project based course where you learn cool things like how to design, create engineering drawings, program in Python, use Autodesk Inventor for CAD, and you have 4 major projects throughout the year

o   This course generally take a decent amount of a student’s time based on the fact that it’s project based an has a 2hr Design Studio every week as well as 2x 3hr Labs and 3hr of lecture per week.

• CHEM 1E03: General Chemistry for Engineering 1

o   Very basic chemistry concepts and very similar to Grade 12 Chemistry.

• MATH 1ZC3: Calculus 2

o   Really building on top of the foundations built from Calc 1.

o   You learn about series, divergence, a bit off differential equations, as well as some 3D stuff.

• PHYSICS 1E03: Waves, Electricity, and Magnetic Fields.

o   Notoriously difficult course a good number of students will likely struggle with.

o   You learn all about electric fields, electric potential, circuits, magnetic fields, and very very very briefly touch on waves.

• Electives

  • • Click this box for the COMPLEMENTARY STUDIES ELECTIVE COURSES 

www.eng.mcmaster.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/complementary_studies_electives_2022.pdf 

●  About 150 students are admitted each year.

●  iBioMed students take a common first year comprised of the following courses:

●  Same as Eng 1:

○  CHEM 1E03: General Chemistry

○  MATH 1ZA3, 1ZB3, and 1ZC3: Engineering Mathematics (Calc 1, Calc 2, Linear Algebra)

○  PHYSICS 1D03: Introductory Mechanics

○  PHYSICS 1E03: Waves, Electricity, and Magnetic Fields

○  ELECTIVE: Complementary Studies

●  Different from Eng 1:

○  IBEHS 1P10: Health Solutions Design Projects 1

○ HTHSCI 1EP6: Entrepreneurship in Biomedical Innovation: From Bench to Market

●  After first year, students choose between the Biomedical Engineering stream (BME) or the Health, Engineering Science and Entrepreneurship stream (HESE)

For the BME stream, students choose one of 8 engineering streams (Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Engineering Physics, Materials, Mechanical, Mechatronics, or Software)