General Information Internships You can find comprehensive information, including rules and regulations, in the Smith Engineering Academic Calendar. It is the ultimate resource for academia-related questions, so please review it! The ECE Undergraduate Office does not handle Admission work. All Admissions information can be addressed through Queen’s Undergraduate Admissions Office. All information on Graduate Studies in ECE can be found on the graduate section of the ECE website. If you have any questions, you can e-mail them to the graduate program assistants. Faculty contacts are located on our website under Faculty. Your instructor can provide you with the contact information for your TAs. Professional internships are recognized on the diplomas, streams of specialization are not. Undergraduate degree options are Bachelor of Applied Science or Bachelor of Applied Science with Professional Internship. The Teaching Assistants application process begins in mid-August. All 3rd and 4th year students who have taken the course in the past 2 years and have received a grade 90% and above will be invited to apply.

By August students are expected to know their course schedule and can determine their availability to work as teaching assistants. The TA position involves helping out with the ELEC courses labs and APSC 143 or APSC 142 labs. The schedule of the labs and hours will be provided. Yes. You can see the available courses and find information on online learning in the Arts and Science Online Calendar. APSC 101-102-103, APSC 112, APSC 142/3, APSC 171, APSC 172 and APSC 174 are pre-requisites to the ECE Programs. If you failed one or more of these courses you will be on probation in your second year and must complete the course(s) in second year or you will be required to withdraw. You will be denied access to core courses in the ECE Programs that have the failed course as a pre-requisite, and you may choose to add alternate courses, often Complementary Studies Courses, up to the maximum permitted by your probation letter. You must complete all requirements of your probation letter.

If the course is not a pre-requisite course (APSC 131, 132, 151, 161, 181 etc.), you may not need to take it immediately, although it must be re-taken and passed at some point in order to satisfy your program requirements. Sometimes course scheduling can be a challenge when students register in core courses from different years, and as a result it may be necessary to leave the course until your fourth year where there is typically more flexibility in the schedule. You are encouraged to make-up courses from previous years as soon as possible, even when they are not pre-requisites.

Note that as an upper year student you will no longer be able to register in first year courses on SOLUS. The APSC administrative staff will help you find time slots for the first year courses that do not conflict with your upper year courses. Check SOLUS to ensure the course(s) requested have been added correctly to your schedule. As soon as you see that you have failed a course, consider the possibility of a supplemental exam to replace your final exam mark.

All required courses for your program and option, as well as the EPT (English Proficiency Test) for non-residents, must be completed before you can graduate. When taking a non-typical course load, plan carefully to complete your degree without too much delay by paying close attention to chains of prerequisites. Failed courses often mean you will need an additional term or an additional academic year.

If you failed a course that is a pre-requisite to a required course, or an elective, you will need to pass that course before moving on. If you failed a technical elective course or a complementary studies course, you may take a different course to replace the credits required by the program. However, if you repeat the same course and pass, the failed mark will not be included in your GPA. SOLUS will not allow you to put yourself in conflict. You might be able to select courses with conflicts provided that instructors of the courses permit it (by signing an online form). It would depend on the nature of the conflict. Course conflicts are generally not encouraged and may be refused if a student has been required to withdraw or is on probation. Student Academic Advising on SOLUS can sometimes produce glitches. Errors can occur in course names or course substitutions and transfers. If you notice errors that you are worried about, send a message to your UG Program Assistant. You may only post code that you yourself have written. If you have worked with others on the code then you must receive their permission to post it. Note that you cannot post course material that has been given to you by a professor. For example, if you are posting code that you wrote in response to an assignment question from a professor, then you cannot post the professor’s question.

You also cannot post solutions to assignments that have yet to be marked, as this constitutes a departure from academic integrity and may be subject to disciplinary action at Queen’s. All graduate courses must be registered on paper using an Academic Change Form (PDF) and approved by the course instructor. Send the approved signed form to your undergraduate program assistant. Next, the request needs to be reviewed by the ECE Graduate Chair.

If registration approved, the student submits a course substitution request to count the grad course towards a 4th year technical elective (if there is a plan to apply the credit towards BASC degree).

Interested in applying for an internship, but you are not registered for QUIP? 

Confirm your eligibility on the Career Services Queen's Undergraduate Internship Program page and follow the registration instructions on the MyCareer Queen's Undergraduate Internship program tab. 

 As an Engineering and Applied Science student, you will enroll in courses APSC 301, 302, 303 and 304 - Professional Internship. Professional Internship is recognized as experiential learning and APSC 303 replaces one technical elective in your program at 3.5 credits. See your program degree planning spreadsheet for details.

You are required to complete a work term report or seminar for evaluation at the end of your placement as well as successful employer evaluations after four, eight and twelve months. Your diploma will read: Bachelor of Applied Science, with Professional Internship. APSC 302 and APSC 303 carry tuition fee of 3.0 units per course and the tuition for them is due September 1st. Students are not required to take additional courses while on internship. It is recommended that you fully dedicate yourselves to the experience and be free to take advantage of learning opportunities as they arise. 
That said, some students may thrive while taking a course during their internship and you are permitted to do so within these parameters:

While on internship, you may enroll in one additional course per term, provided it is fully asynchronous and free of activities that are subject to space-time limitations such as mandatory lectures, group work and exams that could be scheduled during the workday. This policy is designed to minimize conflicts with employers, instructors and other students.