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In this experiential course  you will reflect on your motivations, intentions, values and practices in order to contribute to a secular, inclusive, universal and embodied practice. Discussions will surround an ancient set of 16 guidelines inspired by leaders committed to a culture that proposes mindful thought, values, relations and compassion-in-action  This course highlights how individuals may embody mindful practices in the everyday. Drawing from an ancient wisdom tradition, translated and stewarded by the Dalai Lama’s foundation in Great Britain, the 16 Guidelines proposes a palette of secular options that cultivate states of the embodied mind.  These guidelines can be integrated into everyday life as a secular practice to optimize one’s human potential as well as to promote a civil society. These include states of mind such as: compassion, kindness, authentic speech etc.   Understand the concept of the embodied mind. Interpret the ancient document known as the 16 Guidelines both historically and in its contemporary application and usage. Develop your own personal guidelines that will provide the scaffolding of your own embodied practice.

This course shows you how advertising fits into an overall marketing strategy, by combining proven principles with modern forms of communication and consumer engagement. Your instructor will combine lectures, readings, case studies, exercises and assignments to explore advertising strategy and principles. You'll see how advertising has responded to changing consumption patterns by exploiting new channels to target customers more effectively. You'll learn how to incorporate consumer insights into advertising strategy and the creative process, and how to measure your success. Understand how advertising fits into a larger marketing/brand strategy.Incorporate consumer insights into advertising strategy.Get an overview of the creative development process.Explore different media channels, both digital and traditional.Plan and execute campaigns from first pitch to final evaluation.

If you want to create effective advertising, this course will give you the right skills. Whether you want to work in an agency, or take on a greater marketing role, you'll learn how to take advertising campaigns from the big idea to execution. You'll learn how to work with creative teams to get the best results. You'll gain a solid theoretical foundation, explore current and historical initiatives across multiple channels and have an opportunity to apply your knowledge and skills. Master the client/agency relationship to produce outstanding advertising. Write and deliver an effective and inspiring creative brief. Manage and critique creative submissions. Work with various media channels on integrated marketing communications. Apply earned-media strategies, including PR, sponsorship exploitation, branded content and others.

Analyzing engineering projects and companies from an economic standpoint is important for any engineer. This course equips learners with the financial tools needed to make sound decisions about engineering projects and companies. It introduces core concepts like the time value of money and explores methods for comparing investment alternatives, such as present and future worth analysis. Learners will master calculating interest rates and cash flows, both crucial for project evaluation. The course also tackles methods to assess project viability, including payback period and internal rate of return analysis, while considering depreciation methods in a tax context and financial statement analysis to understand organizations’ financial position better. This course will ensure you can make best economic decision in addition to the best technical decision. This course offers engineering knowledge that participants may consider for their continuous professional development needs. As well, if you are required to pass the professional engineering examination in Engineering Economics to get a P.Eng. license in Canada, this course will improve your chances. Case studies and reviews of past exams will build your knowledge and confidence. Financial assistance may be available to eligible Ontario residents through the Ontario Bridging Participant Assistance Program (OBPAP) provided by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU). Please email scs.learnerservices@utoronto.ca for details. Apply up-to-date concepts and methods of engineering economics in a Canadian setting. Compare engineering projects and choose the one with the best prospects for success. Calculate time-value equivalence, normal and effective interest rate, cash flows and other metrics. Analyze financial statements, effect of inflation and leasing alternatives. Identify and manage uncertainty and risk.

This course is designed to allow the learner to master the fundamentals of applied thermodynamics and heat transfer through the study of relevant concepts applied to engineering thermal systems. Theoretical principles of thermal science are applied to a variety of thermal systems of interest in our society, such as power generation, propulsion, refrigeration and air conditioning, and heat exchangers for domestic and industrial applications. This course offers engineering knowledge that participants may consider for their continuous professional development needs. As well, if you are required to pass the professional engineering examination in Applied Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer to get a P.Eng license in Canada, this course will improve your chances. Case studies and reviews of past exams will build your knowledge and confidence.  Financial assistance may be available to eligible Ontario residents through the Ontario Bridging Participant Assistance Program (OBPAP) provided by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU). Please email scs.learnerservices@utoronto.ca for details. Identify and describe different thermodynamic systems and mechanisms of heat transfer. Apply thermodynamic principles to solve cycles involving heat and work conversion. Sketch thermodynamic diagrams of processes and cycles. Recommend modifications to improve performances and efficiency. Create simplified heat transfer models for heat exchangers.

The course is designed to allow learners to refresh their knowledge in the field of fluid machinery. You'll learn about pumps, fans, turbines, and other turbomachines. Conditions such as cavitation in pumps and turbines, stall in compressors, and choke in turbines are covered. You'll learn to select the best one for the job, based on performance characteristics, thermodynamic analysis, and efficiency definitions.  This course offers engineering knowledge that participants may consider for their continuous professional development needs. As well, if you are required to pass the professional engineering examination in Fluid Machinery to get a P.Eng license in Canada, this course will improve your chances. Case studies and reviews of past exams will build your knowledge and confidence.  Financial assistance may be available to eligible Ontario residents through the Ontario Bridging Participant Assistance Program (OBPAP) provided by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU). Please email scs.learnerservices@utoronto.ca for details. Know the basic aspects of pumps, fans, compressors, and turbines (driven by water, steam, gas, and wind). Understand system regulation, momentum and energy transfer, thermodynamic analysis, and efficiency definitions. Determine the effect of various system parameters on turbomachine performance. Choose the right turbomachine to match the needs of a given system. Apply similarity laws and other factors to determine performance.

The course if designed to allow learners to refresh their knowledge in the field of fluid mechanics. The purpose is to present enough fundamental concepts and practical applications to prepare learners to smoothly interpret and solve problems involving fluid motions.  You'll gain proficiency in fluid mechanics and its most important mathematical relations to be able to solve problems in areas such as Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD), power generation, pipes and piping systems, oil and gas transportation, meteorology, and immerse body applications. Important applications in hydrostatics, hydrodynamics, aerodynamics, jets, open and closed channel flows will also be covered. This course offers engineering knowledge that participants may consider for their continuous professional development needs. As well, if you are required to pass the professional engineering examination in Advanced Fluid Mechanics to get a P. Eng license in Canada, this course will improve your chances. Case studies and reviews of past exams will build your knowledge and confidence. Financial assistance may be available to eligible Ontario residents through the Ontario Bridging Participant Assistance Program (OBPAP) provided by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU). Please email scs.learnerservices@utoronto.ca for details. Investigate the effects of viscosity in laminar and turbulent flows Identify and use fundamental mathematical relations to solve flow problems. Analyse and solve integral and differential equation forms of conservation of mass, momentum, and energy. Find and describe supplementary concepts such as vorticity, stream functions, and velocity potential. Identify, solve, and sketch elementary two-dimensional potential flows. Define the one-dimensional compressible flow for an inviscid perfect gas; analyze isentropic flow through nozzles. Use one-dimensional steady flow relations to solve normal shock waves. Understand frictional compressible flow in conduits.

This course is designed for learners seeking to refresh their knowledge in the field of Power Systems and Machines. You’ll understand the theories and principles underlying power systems and machines - the backbone of electrical systems and industrial automation. You will explore how electrical devices and energy converters contribute to the creation of more flexible and efficient industrial processes. This course offers engineering knowledge that participants may consider for their continuous professional development needs. As well, if you are required to pass the professional engineering examination in Power Systems & Machines to get a P.Eng. license in Canada, this course will improve your chances. Case studies and reviews of past exams will build your knowledge and confidence.  Financial assistance may be available to eligible Ontario residents through the Ontario Bridging Participant Assistance Program (OBPAP) provided by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU). Please email scs.learnerservices@utoronto.ca for details. Understand the generation, transmission, and consumption of electrical power Explain the concepts related to magnetic circuits and electromechanical energy conversion Analyze and explain the operating principles of electric machines, including AC machines such as synchronous and induction motors, transformers, and DC machines Examine basic electrical power systems and estimate the flow of active and reactive power Utilize appropriate computational tools and techniques to model, analyze, and interpret results for power system and electric machine problems

In today’s complex media landscape, successful organizations need people with strong storytelling skills to effectively communicate key messages, leverage the power of AI and foster brand loyalty across multiple platforms. You'll learn how to tell coherent brand narratives that translate into compelling stories across mediums like photography, video, podcasts, and social media. You'll work with like-minded colleagues to plan and produce an integrated campaign that marries strategy and creative to achieve key objectives and reach a defined target audience through the web, social, and traditional media. And, you'll learn best practices across multiple media formats, gain practical skills for using AI to aid in the storytelling ideation process and explore the role that legal and ethical issues have in digital content initiatives. Analyze the structure and elements of a multimedia campaign and brand storytelling. Develop an omni-channel strategy in response to a project brief. Create and produce a script and media presentation that meets all objectives. Better understand the legal and ethical framework in which you are working. Apply what you learn to a project related to your current employment or to a personal initiative.

You learned the basics of multimedia storytelling in our foundations course. You applied them to modern content marketing in the second course. Now learn the most advanced form of multimedia: the omni-channel campaign that integrates virtual and physical environments, multiple assets and technologies. This course will empower learners to build storytelling skills using a digital toolkit they will work with throughout the semester. We will build and refine the technical, creative, analytical and practical skills needed to create multimedia storytelling. Learners will capture different multimedia elements for weekly assignments to practice what they learn, and produce a final digital media project using new media technologies and tools. Recognize the strategic importance of modern storytelling & omni-channel marketing. Produce stories that integrate content, media, technology and space across multiple channels. Meet established standards for production quality, and ethical and legal compliance. Examine conversational interfaces, chatbots, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, advanced marketing automation technologies and other emerging technologies for effectiveness and impact. Develop a measurable plan with key performance objectives to deliver content on time and on budget. Evaluate the key characteristics, quality and effectiveness of your strategy.