Applied Science Professional Program Platform, Faculty of Applied Science

APPP_V: Applied Science Professional Program Platform


  1. APPP_V 501 (1.5) Project Management and Leadership

    Leading complex multi-disciplinary projects through management processes; project management frameworks, standards; core management processes of planning, scheduling, estimating, survey of communication, risk, and management issues; case studies in industry-relevant project management. Collaboratively delivered with the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  2. APPP_V 502 (1.5) Sustainability and Leadership

    Skills for leading change that influences triple-bottom-line; sustainability, change agency systems thinking; awareness and perspective for engagement and communication; adaptive leadership; change dynamics; cases studies in organizational and social change. Collaboratively delivered with the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  3. APPP_V 503 (1.5) Organizational Leadership

    Behaviour of people and groups and its application to management and leadership within professional organizations; motivation, group dynamics, and organizational structure; leadership styles and effectiveness; assessing organizational effectiveness. Collaboratively delivered with the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  4. APPP_V 504 (3) Business Acumen for Technical Leaders

    Opportunity to tackle real-world problems in high-performing teams and present targeted solutions for assessment. Managerial accounting; strategy and performance; market evaluation; operations management; negotiations and contract management; business-case building; valuation. Collaboratively delivered with the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  5. APPP_V 505 (3) Analytics and Interpretation for Applied Sciences

    Relevant measurable metrics of a project; data interpretation techniques; introduction to data visualization; overview of big data and predictive analytics; strategies related to metrics and data, ethical and privacy concerns. Collaboratively delivered with the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  6. APPP_V 506 (1-6) Capstone Project

    A capstone design project designed to give students experience in leading complex multidisciplinary projects relevant to their professional specialization. Collaboratively delivered with the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  7. APPP_V 510 (1.5-3) Topics in Engineering and Health Leadership

    Restricted to students in one of: M.E.L., or M.H.L.P. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  8. APPP_V 511 (1.5-3) Topics in Engineering for Technical Leaders

    Restricted to students in: M.E.L. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.


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