{"id":2072,"date":"2026-03-06T10:28:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/csit\/?page_id=2072"},"modified":"2026-10-16T11:15:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:15:46","slug":"suggested-elective-courses-mnet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/csit\/graduate-studies\/current-students\/suggested-elective-courses-mnet\/","title":{"rendered":"Suggested Elective Courses for MNET"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/csit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2025\/01\/Current_Students_bg-1024x448.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Suggested Elective Courses for MNET\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                    \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graduate Studies<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"potential-list-of-itec-electives\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Potential List of ITEC Electives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"1-mnet-courses\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">1) MNET Courses<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Core courses that are not taken as part of your core requirements may be taken as electives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ITEC 5100 &#8211; Planning and Design of Computer Networks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5101 &#8211; Cross Layer Design for Wireless Multimedia Networks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5102 &#8211; Designing Secure Networking and Computer Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5103 &#8211; Cloud and Datacentre Networking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5205 &#8211; Design &amp; Development of Data-intensive Applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5210 &#8211; Applied Deep Learning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5910 F &#8211; Special Topics in Systemization of Knowledge in Comp. and Network Security<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5910 B &#8211; Special Topics in Software for Mobile Networks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5910 W &#8211; Special Topics in 5G Networks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"2-digital-media-courses\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">2) Digital Media Courses:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To take one of the courses below as electives, please explain your reasons and get approval from your academic advisor first. Your <a href=\"#Override-Request\" type=\"internal\" id=\"#Override-Request\">override request<\/a> will be granted once your academic advisor has approved it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ITEC 5200 &#8211; Entertainment Technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5201 &#8211; Computer Animation Technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5202 &#8211; Visual Effects Technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5203 &#8211; Game Design and Development Technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5204 &#8211; Emerging Interaction techniques<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5206 &#8211; Data Protection and Rights Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5207 &#8211; Data Interaction Techniques&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5208 &#8211; VIrtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5209 &#8211; Empirical Research Methodes in HCI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ITEC 5920 &#8211; Selected Topics in Digital Media<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"3-other-electives-at-carleton-pre-approved-for-mnet-course-based\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">3) Other Electives at 杏吧原创 &#8211; Pre-Approved for MNET Course-Based<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The courses listed below are offered by other departments. Given that these courses are related to networking, they have been pre-approved as potential electives. To enroll in any of the courses listed below, students must submit an <a href=\"#Override-Request\">override request<\/a> (no need for advisor approval).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"computer-science\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Computer Science<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>COMP&nbsp;5114 &#8211;&nbsp; Quantum Communications and Networking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>COMP 5340 &nbsp;&#8211; Introduction to Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning &nbsp;\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">This course is offered exclusively to students in the Ottawa\u2013杏吧原创 Joint Institute. MNET students who wish to take this course may register at University of Ottawa (course code: CSI 5340)<\/em>.<em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\"> Please see <a href=\"#UofO\" type=\"internal\" id=\"#UofO\">4) University of Ottawa<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>COMP&nbsp;5343&nbsp; &#8211; AI-Enabled Communications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>COMP 5500 &#8211; Internet Measurement and Security<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>COMP&nbsp;5700&nbsp; &#8211; Introduction to Convex Optimization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"electronics\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Electronics<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ELEC 5703 O &#8211; &nbsp;Advanced Topics in Solid State Devices and IC Technology: Introduction to Quantum Communication Engineering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"systems-computer-eng\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Systems &amp; Computer Eng.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SYSC 5001 &#8211; Simulation and Modeling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SYSC 5104 &#8211; Methodologies For Discrete-Event Modeling and Simulation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SYSC 5608 &#8211; Wireless Communications Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SYSC5703 &#8211; Integrated Database and Cloud Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SYSC 5801 &#8211; Advanced Topics in Computer Communications: Advanced Network Routing Technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SYSC 5805 &#8211; Advanced Topics in Communications Systems: Security Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SYSC 5809 &#8211; Advanced Topics Computer Communication: The Internet of Things<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"UofO\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">4) University of Ottawa<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/gradstudents.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/U-of-O-Exchange-Form.pdf\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/gradstudents.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/U-of-O-Exchange-Form.pdf\">Grad Student Exchange Form<\/a>&nbsp; is required to register for courses offered at the University of Ottawa. Please complete the form and submit it to the <a href=\"mailto:riaakaiwa@cunet.carleton.ca\">CSIT Administrator<\/a> for departmental signature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">University of Ottawa courses should not exceed 2.0 credits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note<\/strong>: MNET students must not register for the courses listed below via 杏吧原创 Central, as the MNET program is not part of the Ottawa\u2013杏吧原创 joint institutes. Registration for these courses must be completed exclusively by submitting the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gradstudents.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/U-of-O-Exchange-Form.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/gradstudents.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/U-of-O-Exchange-Form.pdf\">Grad Student Exchange Form<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>EACJ 5208 &#8211; Wireless Ad Hoc Networking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EACJ 5607 &#8211; Computer Communication Network<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EACJ 5808O &#8211; Topics in Computers II: Software Defined Networks &amp; Cloud<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EACJ 5201 &#8211; Optical Communication Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CSI 5340 &#8211; Introduction to Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"Override-Request\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Override Request<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When attempting to add the above courses, you may encounter a registration error stating \u201cDepartmental Permission Required\u201d. This occurs when you try to register for courses offered by other departments, and you must submit an override request.<br>How to submit an override request: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yWo_IGIEpVE\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yWo_IGIEpVE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Potential List of ITEC Electives 1) MNET Courses Core courses that are not taken as part of your core requirements may be taken as electives. 2) Digital Media Courses: To take one of the courses below as electives, please explain your reasons and get approval from your academic advisor first. 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