This is a copy of the 2021-2022 catalog. To accommodate part-time students, the core courses are usually offered MASTER OF SCIENCE in the late afternoon or evening. IN SYSTEMS SCIENCE Collaborative Specialization Description The Institute of the Environment offers a master’s level collaborative AND ENGINEERING specialization in Environmental Sustainability and an interdisciplinary Master of Science (MSc) in Environmental Sustainability. The master’s SPECIALIZATION IN level collaborative specialization in Environmental Sustainability allows students enrolled in one of the participating master’s programs to ENVIRONMENTAL specialize in environmental sustainability. SUSTAINABILITY The guiding objective of the collaborative specialization is to provide graduate students with the knowledge and skills needed to identify and analyze the economic, legal, policy and scientific dimensions of Overview environmental problems, and to employ an evidence-based approach to Summary develop rational policy options for addressing those problems. • Degree offered: Master of Science (MSc) The degree awarded specifies the primary program and indicates • Registration status options: Full-time; Part-time “Specialization in Environmental Sustainability.” • Language of instruction: • English Main Areas of Research • Primary program: MSc Systems Science and Engineering Their areas of research, both theoretical and applied, span a wide variety • Collaborative specialization: Environmental Sustainability of fields: • Program option (expected duration of the program): • Operations research • within two years of full-time study • Deterministic and probabilistic modelling • Academic units: Faculty of Engineering (https:// • Optimization engineering.uottawa.ca/), Telfer School of Management (http:// www.telfer.uottawa.ca/en/prospective-students/interdisciplinary- • Computer science programs/), Department of Mathematics and Statistics (http:// • Information systems science.uottawa.ca/mathstat/en/), Department of Economics. • Control (https://socialsciences.uottawa.ca/economics/) • Economic modelling Program Description Other Programs Offered Within the Same The Systems Science and Engineering program provides qualified students with the opportunity for master's-level study in a broad range Discipline or in a Related Area of areas that emphasize transdisciplinary work in the context of general • Graduate Diploma Systems Science and Engineering systems analysis. The emphasis in Systems Science and Engineering • Master of Science Systems Science and Engineering (MSc) is on the development of analytical and integration skills for use in the • Master of Systems Science and Engineering (MSysScEng) resolution of complex applied problems that require a broad-based perspective. Fees and Funding Many professors in Information Technology and Engineering, • Program fees: Mathematics and Statistics, Administration, Economics, and other disciplines are active in the Systems Science and Engineering program as The estimated amount for university fees (https://www.uottawa.ca/ instructors, student advisers and thesis directors. Others are interested university-fees/) associated with this program are available under in ongoing Systems Science and Engineering activities including the the section Finance your studies (http://www.uottawa.ca/graduate- seminar series, and Systems Science and Engineering applications days. studies/programs-admission/finance-studies/). The graduate program in Systems Science and Engineering is an International students enrolled in a French-language program interdisciplinary program specially designed for those who are interested of study may be eligible for a differential tuition fee exemption in the analysis and modelling (mathematical and computer) of natural (https://www.uottawa.ca/university-fees/differential-tuition-fee- and man-made systems. It provides the professional with skills and exemption/). knowledge required to understand, control, predict and optimize • To learn about possibilities for financing your graduate studies, behaviour in a variety of fields from engineering and computer science consult the Awards and financial support (https://www.uottawa.ca/ to management and applied economics. The program is supervised graduate-studies/students/awards/) section. by a Committee composed of representatives from the Department of Economics, the School of Information Technology and Engineering, the Telfer School of Management, and the Department of Mathematics and Notes Statistics. • Programs are governed by the academic regulations (http:// www.uottawa.ca/graduate-studies/students/general-regulations/) in effect for graduate studies. http://catalogue.uottawa.ca/en/graduate/master-science-systems-science-engineering-specialization-environmental-sustainability/index.html 1 This is a copy of the 2021-2022 catalog. • In accordance with the University of Ottawa regulation, students have the right to complete their assignments, examinations, research Notes papers, and theses in French or in English. Research activities can • The admission requirements listed above are minimum requirements be conducted either in English, French or both, depending on the and do not guarantee admission to the program. language used by the professor and the members of his or her • Admissions are governed by the academic regulations (http:// research group. www.uottawa.ca/graduate-studies/students/general-regulations/) in effect for graduate studies. Graduate Studies Office, Faculty of Engineering (https:// • Candidates must apply to the primary program and indicate in their engineering.uottawa.ca/graduate-studies-office/) application for admission to the MSc program in Systems Science STE 1024 and Engineering that they wish to be accepted into the collaborative 800 King Edward Ave. specialization in Environmental Sustainability. In exceptional cases, Ottawa ON Canada students could commence their specialization in Environmental K1N 6N5 Sustainability at the beginning of the second term of enrollment. To Tel.: 613-562-5347 be accepted into the collaborative specialization, candidates must Fax.: 613-562-5129 be admitted to the primary program participating in the collaborative Email: [email protected] specialization. • No equivalencies or advanced standing are granted. A student who Twitter | Faculty of Engineering (https://twitter.com/uOttawaGenie/? has already successfully completed some of the compulsory units, lang=en) may be allowed to replace those units with elective units. For details, Facebook | Faculty of Engineer (https://www.facebook.com/ see the general regulations in effect for graduate studies, section B uottawa.engineering/) 2.7 c). Admission Requirements Documents Required for Admission For the most accurate and up to date information on application In addition to the documents required (http://www.uottawa.ca/graduate- deadlines, language tests and other admission requirements, please visit studies/programs-admission/apply/required-documents/) for graduate the specific requirements (https://www.uottawa.ca/graduate-studies/ and postdoctoral studies, candidates must submit the following programs-admission/apply/specific-requirements/) webpage. documents: To be eligible, candidates must: • A resume • Two letters of intent or motivation or statement of purpose • Have a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Economics, • One letter of 350 words outlining your proposed research. Engineering, Mathematics, Operations Research, Science or a related area with a minimum average of B (70%). • One letter indicating what research topic or area you would like to pursue, and why you wish to do so as part of the collaborative Note: International candidates must check the admission equivalencies program (to be submitted along with the application form). (https://www.uottawa.ca/graduate-studies/international/study-uottawa/ • Two confidential letters of recommendation from professors who admission-equivalencies/) for the diploma they received in their country have known the applicant and are familiar with the student work. of origin. You are strongly encouraged to contact your referee(s) prior to submitting • Undergraduate courses in probability, linear algebra, differential your application in order to confirm their email address and their equations and computer programming are prerequisites for the core availability to complete your letter of recommendation. courses of the Program. Details regarding the level and content of prerequisite courses are included in the information package which is • Transcripts from all universities attended: sent to all applicants. If a student lacks any of these courses, he will • You must submit official transcripts from all the universities you normally be required to complete them as a condition of admission. have attended. Entering students who lack the required undergraduate preparation • This applies to all courses and programs at any university may be permitted to enter a qualifying program. you attended, including regular programs (completed or not), • Identify at least one professor who is willing to supervise your exchanges, letters of permission, online or correspondence research and thesis. We recommend that you contact potential thesis courses, courses taken as a special student or visiting student, supervisors as soon as possible. etc. • If the transcript and degree certificate are not in English or Language Requirements French, a certified translation (signed and stamped/sealed) must be submitted. Applicants must be able to understand