Directed Studies

MEng students can take Directed Studies twice and count towards program requirements.

ENSC 891/892 are elective courses. Students interested in learning a specific engineering area that the School does not offered as a course should approach ENSC faculty members with matching interests.  Availability of the courses may depend on faculty member's interests and schedule, as well as student's prior academic performance. Students who find a faculty member willing to be their Directed Studies supervisor should register for the course ENSC 891/892-3 Directed Studies I/II. 

If you have secured a supervisor, please fill out the

1. ENSC Directed Studies 891/892 form, and 
2. Course Proposal

Send them to enscgsec@sfu.ca to apply for directed studies.  Your application will be reviewed by the Graduate Program Chair for approval.  Guidelines of  the course can be found here: Directed Studies Guidelines.

MEng Project 

ENSC 897 is an elective course. Students interested in doing a project should approach ENSC faculty members with matching interests. Availability of projects may depend on faculty member's interests and schedule, as well as student's prior academic performance. Students who find a faculty member willing to be their MEng project supervisor should register for the course ENSC 897-6 MEng Project. At the completion of the course, the student should submit a MEng project report and give an oral presentation to the supervisory committee that includes at least two faculty members. 

To enroll in MEng Project, please follow the steps below:

1. MEng students must reach out to ENSC faculty and secure at least one member to supervise your project. 
2. Student should discuss with the supervisor to plan the course outline (the outline does not need to be submitted).
3. Student contact enscgsec@sfu.ca and copy the supervisor in the email to request enrollment.
4. The Graduate Program Assistant will enroll you to ENSC 897. 
5. The Graduate Program Assistant will provide the MEng Project result form to the supervisor.
6. At the end of the term, the Graduate Program Assistant will reach out to the supervisor for the result form.

Please note that MEng project is not submitted to the library. Once the above steps are completed, the course is completed. Students who cannot complete the project in one term shall contact the Graduate Program Assistant to enroll in ENSC 896 in the subsequent terms. Students need to pay 50% of the tuition for the ENSC 896 credits. This course is graded base on Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory performance.

MEng Course Option Portfolio

Please note that this is an elective course and is 0 unit. 

Students in the ENSC 870 course option of the MEng program develop a portfolio of their MEng graduate work. This includes a brief report submitted to the Graduate Program Committee that describes the work undertaken in each course and how the overall set of courses contributes to their areas of expertise and future careers. Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisite: Students may only register for the ENSC 870-0 during their final term.

Students who wish to enroll in this course should contact Graduate Program Assistant at enscgsec@sfu.ca.