Graduate Diploma, Leadership in Engineering and Advanced Practice, LEAP

In addition to the 12 units completed in the Graduate Certificate in Engineering Leadership and Advanced Practice, the Diploma requires 12 units of coursework:

• 6 units of core professional and leadership courses:

  • Engineering Leadership 605

  • Engineering Leadership 607

• Plus 6 units of technical courses from one thematic area.*

*Note: students will not be permitted to combine technical courses across themes; both technical courses for the certificate program and for the diploma program must be within a single theme. Students may not take the same thematic area courses in the Graduate Certificate and the Graduate Diploma. However, if a thematic/technical area has more than one theme (e.g. Power System Engineering, Project Management), then students could complete one theme in the certificate program, and the other theme in the diploma program.

Thematic areas

Sustainable Development and Environmental Engineering thematic area

• Engineering Leadership 619; and

• Engineering Leadership 620

Climate Change and Mitigation thematic area

• Engineering Leadership 621; and

• Engineering Leadership 622

Power System Engineering thematic areas

Theme 1

• Engineering Leadership 623; and

• Engineering Leadership 624

Theme 2

• Engineering Leadership 625; and

• Engineering Leadership 626

Risk Management and Decision-Making thematic area

• Engineering Leadership 627; and

• Engineering Leadership 628

Sustainable Infrastructure thematic area

• Engineering Leadership 629; and

• Engineering Leadership 630

Geospatial Data Engineering thematic area

• Engineering Leadership 631; and

• Engineering Leadership 632

Project Management thematic areas

Theme 1

• Engineering Leadership 633; and

• Engineering Leadership 634

Theme 2

• Engineering Leadership 635; and

• Engineering Leadership 636

Advanced Credit

For the graduate diploma, the only advanced credit that will be considered is from the coursework in the graduate certificate program via the laddering pathway.

Flexible Grade Option (CG Grade)

Students admitted to the Schulich School of Engineering will not be allowed to request the Flexible Grade Option (CG Grade) for any course that is applicable to their degree; or apply any course awarded a grade of CG towards their graduation requirements.

Students may choose the CG grade for a course taken extra to load.

The use of the CG grade will affect students’ eligibility for internal awards.

Credit for Undergraduate Courses

The Schulich School of Engineering will not accept credit for undergraduate courses towards the Graduate Diploma in Leadership in Engineering and Advanced Practice.

Time Limits

The expected completion time for the Graduate Diploma in Leadership in Engineering and Advanced Practice is one year, and the maximum completion time is two years.

Supervisory Assignments

A Coordinator is assigned to each cohort in the Graduate Diploma.

Financial assistance is not generally available to students in the Graduate Diploma in Leadership in Engineering and Advanced Practice.