Minutes
Engineering Articulation
May 12, 2006
Thompson Rivers University
List of participants
Kuros Gadareh
Arnold Sikkema
Elroy Switlishoff
Richard Christie
Ray Penner
Bruce Dunwoody
Jeff Holm
Tom McMath
Peter Mulhern
Lisa Lajeunesse
Barbara Rudecki
Paula Scott
Normand Fortier
Ben Giudici
Robin McQueen
Brian Carr
Eric Manning
Ross Lyle
(Douglas College)
(TWU)
(Selkirk College)
(Okanagan College)
(Malaspina University College)
(UBC)
(APEGBC)
(Kwantlen University College)
(UCFV)
(Capilano College)
(College of New Caledonia)
(SFU)
(TRU)
(TRU)
(Langara College)
(Kwantlen University College)
(UVic)
(Camosun College)
APEGBC (Jeff Holm): Councilor with association. Has also been involved in
registration, bridging program task force and other global issues. 22000
engineering members and 100 geologists in BC along with 1500 EITs. Act
requires engineering representation on APEGBC council. Mabo Ito is currently
serving as president. APEGBC is concerned about flat and/or declining
enrolments in engineering programs. Looking at how to address this. How can
we increase enrolment in BC eng programs? “The silent profession”. Significant
demand side legislation causing “chisling away” of the profession…ie. Engineer
or “qualified person”. Engineering unemployment is very low in BC at present.
12 geographical branches exist to promote engineering issues within community
and provide networking opportunities. The local chapter has been very involved
with TRU. Three years running Popsicle stick bridge contest which helps to raise
profile. Probably need to be doing more high school targeting of the profession.
Participation in engineering career nights. Need to resurrect this. Establishing of
scholarships is in progress which will be established through the association.
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The model is such that local branches can target scholarships for students in their
particular regions. Looking at engineering bridging programs to help address
the shortage of engineers in the province. Technicians and technologists are the
target for bridging.
Questions/Comments:
Brian Carr (Kwantlen): Is synergy between APEGBC and institutions easier in
outlying areas? Answer: Yes. But lower mainland APEGBC groups are active.
Tom McMath (Kwantlen) : Intro to Engineering relies on PEngs from industry.
Eric Manning (UVIC) Career nights involving delegates from UVic and UBC
at individual institutions inviting grade 10, 11, and 12 students. Would we be
interested?
Paula Scott (SFU). Looked into what elementary and middle schools are doing
and have attended many of their career events. Langley gifted program also has
involved SFU. Engineering open house at SFU well attended.
Brian Carr (Kwantlen)  trades, tech, and engineering are all saying the same
the things about math lacking in the high schools. Educating high school
counselors does not seem to help: however influencing parents has a huge
impact. Even trades now requires physics and math.
Lisa LaJeunesse: High demand for their programs but students are not coming
in with the math skills to achieve required results.
Bruce Dunwoody (UBC): How about creating lessons which could be taught in
the elementary schools? Good idea. Could APEGBC be involved in promoting
this?
UVic Report
Eric Manning  Guaranteed admission >75% from high school. For transfer
there used to be 50 guaranteed seats. We have now removed this upper limits on
guaranteed seats. UVic immediately, will accept other alternative courses in lieu
of MECH 141 for students not going into mechanical (e.g. extra physics courses).
There will be a lot of flexibility in what is acceptable.. If they are interested in
MECH, UVic will find a way to make sure students are not set back by a year.
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New management option. Mechatronics accessible to anyone having done 2
years in any option including CPSC.
SFU Report
80% average entry requirements from high school but however university softer
on English requirements. College Transfers (2.7 GPA 12 credit course load in
semester prior to entry). Total of 30 credits required prior to entry. UCC
discussing moving ENSC 150 (introduction to Computer Design) and ENSC 151
(Digital and Computer Design Laboratory) into second year. BC 12 - 200
students every fall. Considering a bio-medical bridge program with Camosun
and BCIT. This will entail completing 2 years of biomedical engineering
technology at BCIT, an engineering bridge at Camosun, then 2 years at SFU. SFU
will be happy to receive copies of engineering syllabi from transfer institution.
They want to recruit more from colleges. Fall 2007 launch of Mechatronics
engineering at Surrey Campus. Offering up to 30 $500 book store gift certificates
for any BC 12 students not receiving an SFU scholarship and achieve over 85 %
entrance average. Organize site visits to your institution through Paula
ptr@sfu.ca
UBC Vancouver
614 first-year student target which is up from last year. 79% admission average
required in Math, Chemistry, Physics and English 12. Realistically expecting to
be in the high 500’s for admissions this year. Last year UBC had 576 first-year
admissions. EECE has started a new stream called bio-engineering which will
begin in 2nd year. An honor mathematics minor is now available in conjunction
with any of UBC’s engineering disciplines. Engineering physics students do
many of these math courses already. On-going focus on the development metaskills such as teamwork and ethics to complement the technical side of
engineering.
UBC Okanagan
(Bruce Dunwoody) Admitted 66 students in first-year last year. It is anticipated
that approximately 100 students will start in 1st year engineering next year (cap
for 120). Applications are up by 50% over last year. 180 1st year capacity planned
for the following year. Year 1 has the same outcomes as Vancouver but they are
not the same courses. Program is entirely taught by faculty who are engineers.
Admission from high school is 75% minimum. Admission to 2nd year is the same
as for UBC Vancouver since the students are admitted to the faculty of
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engineering, not to a particular campus.
student program preference forms.
Campus choice is made based on
Year 2 is being launched this year with nominal 60 seats capacity. Civil,
electrical, and mechanical engineering will share an integrated common 2nd year.
Specialization will begin in 3rd year. Doing 2nd year in Kelowna will make it
difficult to transfer back to Vancouver. The integrated curriculum will not have
stand alone math courses. There is no plans at the moment to offer other than
these 3 specialties. Not likely this paradigm will ever be adopted at UBC
Vancouver. Possible that first year English from UBC O will be adopted in
Vancouver as well. Engineering graduate programs are already available but
students will have to initially take classes at the Vancouver campus. UBC-O
engineering Coop is managed through the UBC-V COOP office.
Camosun
(Ross Lyle) Camosun offers bridges for mechanical, electronics, and civil
engineering technology programs. Numbers of admitted students in bridge
program for the up-coming academic year: Mech = 30, Civil =16, Electrical/comp
=40, and Software Eng =4. Approximately 30% of their technology grads will
enter bridging programs. The bridge programs are serving all of western
Canada. Their engineering bridge students are quite successful when they get to
UVic and UBC. No significant enrolment reductions noticed. In fact mechanical
has been growing.
Capilano
(Lisa Lajeunesse). Declining enrolment in computing and physics has resulted
the cancellation of 2nd year computing science and physics. Demand for
engineering has remained high but quality of students has been falling causing
increased attrition. See report. The engineering transition program is helping to
keep the enrolments a little higher by catering to students with lower grades
and/or who are missing prerequisites.
CNC
(Barbara Rudecki). Facing declining university transfer enrolments because of
the competition with UNBC. Electronics technology, engineering design
technology, and wood processing technology programs have all been cancelled
in recent years. CNC has ~15-16 engineering transfer students maximum
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annually. A first-year applied science certificate is being developped for the
coming year for those who complete the 1st year engineering program.
Douglas College
(Kuros Gadareh). Enrolments are down for program courses particularly in
physics and mathematics. Engineering graphics and Engineering mechanics
enrolments have also been low. Capacities are 36 while numbers have been 20 or
less in each.
Douglas has launched Building Environmental Systems (BES) in the fall of 2005.
Incorporates HVAC, control and energy management and is aimed at managers
and operators.
Kwantlen University College
(Tom McMath). Revised engineering program was implemented this year.
Number of students: 70. The revisions include:
 Introduction to Engineering (added some meta-skills eg. presentations
and design projects).
 Moved to a 1 semester Chemistry course matching UBC and UVic.
Had a 50% failure rate.
 A new linear algebra course for engineers. Some exercises integrated
using Maple.
 APSC 1299 Intro to Micro-computer systems. Starting point was
UVic’s ELEC 199. Basic electrical measurements. Course finished with
a project programming PIC controlled robots to follow lines on a
background.
Enrolments per section were down to 30-32 from 35 (which is the class size
maximum) in physics courses. Math enrolments were down 30% down across
the board. Computer science was also down. These numbers cannot be
explained by high school demographics alone. These courses appear to simply
be getting less popular with students. SFU engineering startup in Surrey at the
Tech BC campus is likely to have an impact in Kwantlen engineering enrolments.
Langara
(Robin Macqueen).
Despite somewhat weaker enrollments in all science courses last year,
the demand for engineering appears to be stable. We had a full section
of 35 students and a waitlist of more than a dozen for the Engineering
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Mechanics (PHYS 170 equivalent) in Spring 2006. As usual, we are
running all the courses required for first-year engineering this summer
as full-semester courses (May--Aug). The Summer section of Engineering
Mechanics has 23, and the Engineering Graphics is full, with 36 students.
As the majority of our students complete their first-year engineering
courses as Arts & Science students rather than as part of the
Engineering Transfer program, we are planning to lower our entry
requirements as follows:
Currently: Gr 12 English (A), Math (A), Phys (A or B), Chem (A or B)
(only one of Phys or Chem can be B)
Proposed: Gr 12 English (A), Math (B), Phys (B), Chem (B).
We project that these changes, which will be applied in Fall 2007, will
shift the majority of students desiring engineering into the Engineering
Transfer program.
In March we had a successful and well-attended series of presentations
by faculty from various branches of engineering. We intend to repeat
the series in Fall 2006.
Malaspina
(Ray Penner). Malaspina now has an agreement with UVic to offer EECE 2
beginning in the fall 2006 and mechanical engineering year 2 beginning fall 2007.
Admission criteria are the same as those applied by UVic. Capacities will be 24
for EECE and 6 for MECH. A new science building is being designed and will be
in place for the fall 2009. The new building will include facilities for engineering
classes. At present they have 4 applications for EECE for this coming fall.
Malaspina is paying for these programs using new FTE’s. The new agreement
does not have any time limit at present. They are considering offering an
associate degree for those that complete 2 years at Malaspina. First-year
engineering enrolments were down this year by about 20%.
Okanagan College
(Richard Christie). Okanagan College had to find space for 750 new students this
year as well as faculty offices. They had approximately 12 engineering transfer
students this year with about 6 of these able to transfer. For now engineering
transfer exists within as an option within science. Civil engineering technology
is full with a wait list. Mechanical engineering technology enrolments are up.
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Electronics engineering technology is approximately 75% full: a major
improvement which they attribute to creative advertising in partnership with
local employers. Network technology and CIS technology enrolments are weak
still. Each technology program has space for 40. Mech is at about 36. Elec is in
the low 30’s….up from mid 20’s. Engineering bridging is anticipated for the
future once the full 4 years of the UBC-O engineering degree program is fully
established.
Selkirk College
(Elroy Switlishoff). Elroy provides the engineering content for engineering
transfer and technology at Selkirk. Last year had 3 or 4 transfer students. This
past year had about 10. They have space for approximately 15 transfer students.
See report. A number of Selkirk students transfer to U of C and U of A.
UCFV
(Peter Mulhern). The first-year engineering program at UCFV has a capacity of
24 students. This year UCFV have about 40 applicants. The bottleneck is the
drafting course which as a capacity of 24 students. In the coming year, they are
hoping to expand the capacity to 36 students. The computing course has been
the most challenging course for the students. UCFV is looking into possible
collaborations with the Canadian military regarding recruiting and training of
engineers.
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Institutional Reports
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May 2006
Articulation Report
Camosun College
The Engineering Bridge Programs are continuing to have strong application and
enrolment numbers. 2006 student registration numbers are:
16 Civil; 1 Mining Engineering Bridge registered as of January, 2006;
(11Civil are expected to continue to UBC this September.)
30 Mechanical Engineering Students (25 to UVic, 5 to UBC),
40 Electrical/Computer Engineering Students (4 Comp, 36 Elec),
4 Software Engineering Students, as of April, 2006.
The sending institutions for the students in the Engineering Bridge Programs this year
are: Camosun College, BCIT, SAIT and NAIT as well as Centennial College, OUC/OC,
RCC, Red River College and Conestoga College.
As noted above, our new relationship with the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at
UBC is continuing with the admission of an additional 5 students this year. Dr. Sheldon
Green, Department Head, has recognized the accomplishments of last year’s Bridge
students. Although weak in their Fluid Mechanics knowledge, they were all able to pick
up the requisite information to successfully complete all their courses by the end of the
semester. The minimum accepted GPA for the Mechanical Engineering Bridge program
was 5.82 on the UVic 9.0 scale.
Enrolment in the Software Engineering Bridge program is particularly soft again this
year. We are accommodating these students with a special joint offering of courses
between Camosun and UVic, the details of which are currently being finalized.
The Chemical Engineering Bridge is on hold pending funding resolution at UBC.
The Civil Engineering Bridge experienced a lower interest this year due to BCIT’s new
degree program, the strong employment opportunities for technologists and an
unusually small Civil Engineering Technology graduating class from Camosun.
(Students entering the Civil bridge are predominantly 1/3rd Camosun, 1/3rd BCIT and
the remainder predominantly from Okanogan, Lethbridge, NAIT and SAIT)
KV Tarnai-Lokhorst, P.Eng.
Program Leader: Mechanical, Electrical, Computer, Software Engineering Bridge Programs
http://lokhorst.disted.camosun.bc.ca
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Capilano College Report: BC Engineering Articulation Meeting
Friday, May 12th, 2006
Our Sciences Division has been struggling with declining enrollments over the
last few years and this has particularly affected our Computing Science, Physics
and Mathematics departments. Demand for our Engineering programs has
remained strong although we’ve noticed that the quality of the students applying
has lowered in recent years.
Capilano College has two engineering transfer programs. On successful
completion of either program, students are ready to transfer into 2nd year
engineering at UBC and have most or all of the prerequisites for 2nd year
engineering at other BC universities.
1. Current Applicants
To date, we have received 220 applicants for our engineering transfer programs
for the fall semester. This is approximately the same number as last year. We
will be accepting approximately 70 students into the two programs.
2. First-Year Engineering Transfer Program
This program is modeled after first year engineering at UBC. This fall 38
students enrolled in the program. Of these students I would estimate that 18
have successfully met UBC’s transfer criteria. By attempting to correlate the
students’ success in the program with their backgrounds we’ve found that only 3
BC high school students were successful, and all of these students had a
minimum B grade in the prerequisite grade 12 courses. Consequently, for next
year we will impose more stringent requirements for students entering the
program from a BC high school, and channeling some of the weaker students
into our two-year Engineering Transition Program. Of the remaining successful
students, many of them entered the program after completing one year of science
transfer, and will transfer with some second year courses from Math, Physics,
Chemistry and/or Humanities.
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3. Engineering Transition Program
This program is a two-year program designed to bridge the gap for students who
do not have the prerequisites to begin first-year engineering and for high school
students with a weaker background. The cohort that are finishing this year began
in the Fall of 2004. There were 26 students initially accepted and about 12
students returned for the second year of the program. Of these 12 students it is
estimated that 5 of them have met UBC’s transfer criteria. Of the students who
have not completed, a small number will be returning next year.
In Fall of 2005, a fresh intake of 28 students registered in their first-year of the
transition program. Of these students it is estimated that 15 students will return
for their second year.
Lisa Lajeunesse
Convenor of Engineering
Capilano College
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Douglas College Report to Engineering Articulation Meeting - May 2006
Enrollment in APSC 1110 (Engineering Graphics with Auto CAD Lt 2005) this
fall was 18, with 17 completing the course successfully. Previous year’s
enrolment was 21. The CAD part of the course is continuing to be very popular
among the students.
Enrollment in Physics 1170 (Engineering Mechanics) this winter was slightly
lower than last year’s (13 students) with 11 students; 9 students completed the
course successfully.
As with previous years the Physics Department followed the tradition of inviting
guest speakers from industry and this year our speaker was from Nuytco
Research facility at North Vancouver, who presented the company’s
Submersibles.
Faculty of Science and Technology introduced the Building Environmental
Systems (BES) Training Program in fall 2005 aimed at building maintenance
engineers and managers. The program incorporates training in HVAC, control
systems and energy management and it is based on a flexible delivery mode
(classroom, distance/online learning). After graduation the participants are
eligible for FTAC recognition (the inter-provincial Facility Training Accreditation
Council) and BES Class I and II Certificate.
Kuros Gadareh CEng MIMechE
Chair, Physics Department
Douglas College
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Kwantlen University College Report to the Engineering Articulation Meeting,
May 06
Our revised program ran quite well for its first year. Classes started full, 70
students between two campuses. On the new or revised courses: The Intro to
Engineering was augmented by several metaskills seminars and written and oral
presentations on a short design project. This worked well. The new one
semester Chem course for Engineers was an early glitch, with about a 50% failure
rate (this course is being repeated in our compressed May/June period so
hopefully some of the casualties can recover). Unfortunately scheduling makes it
necessary for us to run this one in Fall semester; a semester of maturing would
probably help.
In Spring semester, the new Linear Algebra course for Engineers went well. The
new APSC 1299 Intro to Microcomputer Systems was very well received by
students, to the point where we had to remind them that Calculus II was
probably more important than all the extra time they were spending on
programming the Sumovore robots to follow lines around curves and sharp
corners and across crossovers and gaps. (This was for the final 4-week project,
which culminated in performance competitions and both written and oral
presentations. Ask me about my Quik-Time movies!) Many of our returning
students took this course even though it doesn’t fit well in their transfer package
because of course realignments. We will have to improve our lab writeups and
increase the focus on good and efficient programming skills, but the core is set.
On related fronts, enrollment in Physics courses (typically 40 – 50% Engineering
students) was down slightly this year; Math enrollments were way down, and
Computer Science was way way down (both much more than can be explained
by population demographics). Math courses were their usual lethal selves.
In discussion at the Physics Articulation meeting, UBC stated that they were
moving much more to concept oriented teaching, and “The only ones who want
rigorous problem solving now are the Engineers”. (SFU and UVic made no
comment on this.) We have been debating greater or lesser separation between
life science and physical science streams, but may now be facing a split between
Engineering and everyone else.
Quality of students was strange this year. We had about the same number of top
end students, but then a big gap and more than the usual number of students
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who were too close to the threshold for comfort. The Engineering cohort seemed
less effected by this than the general science stream, but we hope it was just a
glitch.
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Engineering Articulation Report
Langara College
Despite somewhat weaker enrollments in all science courses last year,
the demand for engineering appears to be stable. We had a full section
of 35 students and a waitlist of more than a dozen for the Engineering
Mechanics (PHYS 170 equivalent) in Spring 2006. As usual, we are
running all the courses required for first-year engineering this summer
as full-semester courses (May--Aug). The Summer section of Engineering
Mechanics has 23, and the Engineering Graphics is full, with 36 students.
As the majority of our students complete their first-year engineering
courses as Arts & Science students rather than as part of the
Engineering Transfer program, we are planning to lower our entry
requirements as follows:
Currently: Gr 12 English (A), Math (A), Phys (A or B), Chem (A or B)
(only one of Phys or Chem can be B)
Proposed: Gr 12 English (A), Math (B), Phys (B), Chem (B).
We project that these changes, which will be applied in Fall 2007, will
shift the majority of students desiring engineering into the Engineering
Transfer program.
In March we had a successful and well-attended series of presentations
by faculty from various branches of engineering. We intend to repeat
the series in Fall 2006.
Respectfully submitted,
Robin Macqueen
-Robin Macqueen
Chair, Department of Physics
Coordinator, Engineering Transfer
Langara College
100 W 49th Ave, Vancouver B.C., Canada V5Y 2Z6
Tel. 604-323-5367
rmacqueen@langara.bc.ca
http://www.langara.bc.ca/physics
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May 3, 2006
Malaspina University-College
2006 Engineering Articulation Report
Articulation meeting, TRU, May 12, 2006
1. Malaspina had approximately 35 students start (25 in the UVic stream)
and 18 students complete most or all of the 1st year Engineering transfer
program. Of these, an estimated 12 students will have high enough
G.P.A.’s to transfer into 2nd year Engineering, with approximately 4
staying at Malaspina, 4 transferring to U.Vic., and 4 to U.B.C. and other
institutions.
2. An agreement with the University of Victoria was reached wherein
Malaspina will
offer the equivalent of U.Vic’s 2nd year Electrical and Computer
Engineering program starting Fall 2006 and the Mechanical Engineering
program starting Fall 2007. After completion of 2nd year at Malaspina
students will enter a Co-op work term administered by the University of
Victoria prior to entering 3rd year.
A total of 4 Engineering Faculty members will be hired (2 for
Electrical/Computer and 2 for Mechanical). Six new 2nd year
electrical/computer engineering courses will be offered in 2006/07 and a
further six new 2nd year mechanical engineering courses will be offered in
2007/08. In addition a classroom will be renovated for the program.
With the agreement a fairly extensive promotional campaign is underway
with brochures/posters/newspaper articles as well as visits to high schools.
Our goal is to have 35 students in the U.Vic. 1st year stream in the Fall of
2006.
3. Malaspina University-College is in the midst of planning a new Science
building that will house nearly all of the Sciences in addition to
Engineering. New 2nd year Engineering labs will be included. The new
building is planned to come on line in the Fall of 2009.
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Ray Penner
Chair, Physics/Engineering
Malaspina University-College
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Selkirk College
1. Annual Summary
Selkirk College had a class of 10 to 15 students in the first year
engineering/applied science bridge program. The definitive number was
difficult to quantify because some students have been extending their first two
years at Selkirk into three years for a variety of reasons (reduced load per year,
personal, etc.), or have decided on a different path than engineering after their
first semester. No indication yet of next year’s enrollment. Of this year’s class,
one is going to UNBC, two to UVIC, at least 3 to UBC, others undecided.
Selkirk now has a P.Eng. plus one engineering grad (non-P.Eng., but possibly
EIT) in faculty. Re-newed interest in “second-year” courses (eg. Electromag –
Fields and Waves – had enough enrollment to justify running again) has us
examining whether to offer more second year courses.
2. Issues
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The UBCO curriculum looks exciting from the perspective of offering
a full second year in the “big three” – Civil, Electrical, Mechanical.
Does the UBCO second year program articulate directly across to
UBC in those three disciplines? If so, can community colleges offer
same portfolio for full second year articulation? If not, why not?
Have any colleges felt an effect with UBCO coming onstream with a
full four-year program (positive or negative)?
Physics – Statics/Dynamics structure and transferability to
UBC/UVIC/SFU. Any commonality yet? And specifically with
SFU, how does WQB analysis affect Q rating of physics offerings
that are structured differently than SFU’s?
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2006 Engineering Articulation Report
Simon Fraser University
School of Engineering Science
The Engineering Science Program at SFU is a small and specialized program
with 575 undergraduate students and 174 graduate and PhD students. Each year
we admit, on average, 30-35 college transfer students into our program. There is
currently no limit on this number; as many apply that are qualified will be
offered admission.
Admission requirements – College/University Transfer
Students wishing to transfer into our program from a college or university must
first be admitted to the university (a minimum of 30 credit hours of transferable
courses required) at which point SFU Engineering Science will review each
applicant on an individual basis for admission to our program. The student
must obtain a 2.7 CGPA or higher on a 12 credit course load in the semester
prior to entry to our program. Occasionally, we have admitted students with a
10 credit course load on the semester prior to entry provided that the individual
has obtained outstanding grades in his/her courses. Applicants with less than 12
credits are reviewed by the Admissions Chair on a case by case basis. 200
students (BC12 & College/University transfer) are admitted to SFU Engineering
Science each fall.
Challenges
Although we would like to welcome more transfer students into SFU
Engineering Science, it still remains difficult for students to make a smooth
transfer into our program. Courses ENSC 150 (Introduction to Computer
Design) and ENSC 151 (Digital and Computer Design Laboratory), which are
both offered in first year, are definite bottle neck course as there are no
equivalent course offerings at the college level. Given the rigidity of our
program, it is difficult for students to ‘catch up’ with their respective cohorts
when they are behind two key courses that are also prerequisites for 200 level
courses.
Solutions
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The Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UCC) of SFU Engineering Science is
currently re-examining the positioning of ENSC 150 & 151 in the first year. There
has been discussion around the feasibility of moving both of these courses into
2nd year which would greatly affect the ability of transfer students to make a
smooth transition from college or other university programs to our program. If
the moving of these two courses were to be approved, virtually every transfer
student would enter into 2nd year. We would recommend that transfer students
enter into our program in a summer semester.
In addition to reviewing the positioning of the aforementioned courses, the UCC
is undergoing a complete curriculum re-examination for the entire
undergraduate program.
We have also made and continue to make a concerted effort to provide double
course offerings for current/transfer to allow for flexibility in their course
scheduling.
New Bridge Program
Our Associate Dean of Applied Sciences and Professor of Engineering Science,
Dr. John Jones, met with Camosun on May 12th, 2006 regarding the development
of a bridge program into our Biomedical Engineering Program here at SFU. This
program will involve a 2 year diploma with BCIT in the Biomedical Engineering
and Technology Program and 1 year at Camosun, which will give the student
direct entry into the third year of our Biomedical Engineering Program here at
SFU.
New Program Offering
In Fall 2007, Engineering Science will be welcoming the first BC12 intake into our
Mechatronics Engineering Program located at our SFU Surrey campus. Students
transferring from colleges will likely be permitted to enter in Fall 2008.
Our Program
The five program options as of May 2006 are:
Systems Engineering
Computer Engineering
Electronics Engineering
Engineering Physics
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Biomedical Engineering
The first three options are Majors programs, minimum CGPA of 2.4 and
completion of a Capstone Project, Honors minimum 3.0 CGPA and completion of
an Undergraduate Thesis. Engineering Physics and Biomedical Engineering are
Honors only options.
The Future
For the past three years, Engineering Science has been actively recruiting to high
schools and colleges in the Lower Mainland. Although most of our activities
focus on high school outreach, we would like to further develop our
relationships with BC Colleges. We invite you to contact us if you are interested
in having a representative from SFU Engineering Science visit your institution
this coming Fall 2006.
Engineering Science Contacts:
Dr. Ash Parameswaran
Professor and Chair of Admissions
param@sfu.ca
Paula Scott
Internship Program Manager
ptr@sfu.ca
Liz Munt
Program Assistant
munt@sfu.ca
Andrew Jenkins
Internship Coordinator
djenkins@sfu.ca
Gwen Litchfield
Internship Coordinator
gwen_litchfield@sfu.ca
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TRU Engineering Transfer Program Report
Engineering Articulation
May 12, 2006 – TRU
May 12, 2006
News and Highlights
On March 4, 2006, the TRU Electronics and Engineering department hosted our
3nd annual Popsicle Stick Bridge Contest in collaboration with the South Central
Chapter of APEGBC. The event attracted 72 entries in elementary school, high
school, open and corporate categories. Seven entries withstood over 600 lbs
loading with the top bridge failing at 1070 lbs: a new TRU record!
On March 25, 2006, we hosted our 2nd Sumo Robot competition drawing 30
entries. In the weeks leading up to the competition, department members and
students were available to provide guidance to entrants requiring assistance in
assembling and programming their robots.
These events seem to be helpful in drawing attention to careers in engineering
and technology.
2005/2006 Engineering Program Summary
The TRU first year engineering program has capacity for 40 students. This year
we admitted 39 students to full time studies. Another 7 students who had taken
first engineering the previous year were also admitted to selected first year
courses to bolster low grades or make up missed courses. Admission to first year
broke down approximately as follows:
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33 students entering from high school.
3 students transferring from science.
3 international students.
7 engineering students needing to do some upgrading.
At the end of our winter semester of the initial entrants, 27 should be in a
position to move into second year at TRU or elsewhere. The majority of these
are intending to transfer to UBC, one is transferring to UVic, and three have
preference for transferring to U of A or U of C.
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Our 2nd year Electrical-Computer Engineering transfer program offered in
partnership with UBC ran for the 2nd time this year with a 20 seat capacity.
Sixteen students were admitted to the full EECE 2 program. Four students
interested in other specialties were also admitted to some of the second year
courses (i.e. ENGL 255, MATH 211, 265, and 317). Of those entering the full
program, 14 remained at the end of the year. Six TRU EECE 2 students were
accepted into the UBC Engineering COOP program. Of the students entering
EECE 2, 15 had completed first year engineering at TRU, and 1 had previously
attempted EECE 2 at UBC.
2006/2007 Engineering Program Projections
Applications for the first year engineering program are down approximately 15%
over last year. As of May 1, 2006, 37 students had been admitted to first year
with an additional 10 applications still requiring transcripts. We expect these
figures to change as some students decline our invitation, and international
applications arrive later in the spring and early summer.
To date only 9 students have been admitted to our EECE 2 program which is
causing considerable concern.
New for 2005-06
This year TRU replaced our second engineering chemistry course with a new
course: EPHY 199 – Introduction to Engineering Measurement. EPHY 199
introduces students to methods of measuring physical quantities such as
pressure, temperature, force, strain, flow, distance, etc., using illustrative
engineering applications/cases and lab exercises. The course makes use of
LabVIEW and MATLAB throughout. Students gain experience with
electrical/electronic measurement equipment, rotating machine measurements,
temperature sensors, strain and vibration measurement, surveying transits,
computerized data acquisition systems, and closed loop control principles.
Although there were some growing pains with the EPHY 199 launch, the results
achieved and student feedback suggest the course will be a significant
improvement to our first year engineering program.
B. (Ben) C. Giudici
TRU Engineering Transfer Program Coordinator
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BC Engineering Articulation Meeting – 12 May 2006
Institutional Report – UBC Okanagan
3. Overview
Half of Okanagan University College became part of the University of British
Columbia on 1 July 2005. In anticipation of that turn-over, planning for an
engineering program at the Kelowna campus of UBC began in the latter part of
2004, with the first class of the School of Engineering being accepted in
September 2005. Enrollment in the School of Engineering at UBCO was planned
to start with 60 students enrolling in first-year engineering in September 2005,
with enrollment in first-year engineering increasing to 120 students in 2006 and
180 students in 2007. Higher years of the engineering program will be introduced
in a phased manner, with an initial class of 60 students entering the second year
program in September 2006, with the third and fourth year programs introduced
over the next two years. Each year of the program will start with 60 students in
the first year of the program, increasing by 60 students over each of the next two
years to a total of 720 students by 2010. (Of course, attrition and co-op will affect
those numbers.)
The learning outcomes of the first year program have been designed to be
compatible with those of the first-year engineering program at UBC in
Vancouver, although the courses are different. There will be a greater emphasis
on integration of the material and hands-on learning within the curriculum in the
School of Engineering at UBCO than at UBCV.
At the end of first year, students at UBCO, UBCV and those coming in on
transfer will be able to attend either campus. Students will be able to specify their
program preferences, which will include the UBCO program as well as the
programs at UBCV, using an expansion of the current program preference
procedure. However, students will not be forced to change campus although
they may change campus if they so desire. The UBCO program will allow a
student to pursue either civil, electrical or mechanical engineering. There will be
a common second year between these three branches of engineering, with each
student specializing in one of the three branches in third and fourth years.
Transfer between programs beyond second year is not anticipated. Specifically,
the Engineering Two program is not compatible with the second year programs
in civil, electrical or mechanical engineering in Vancouver. A student wishing to
transfer between campus after having completed second year at either campus
will need to switch programs and return to second year in the new program.
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4. Admissions
Engineering One, the first year engineering program, had 66 students registered,
with most of the students passing the year. Currently, I anticipate that we will
have approximately 100 students in Engineering One next year.
The target for enrollment in Engineering Two in September 2006 is 60 students,
but it is unclear how many students will actually be registered since students
from Engineering One can transfer to Vancouver and students from Vancouver
and elsewhere can choose the Engineering Two program.
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University College of the Fraser Valley - 2006 Articulation Report
Enrollments and Transfers
UCFV continues to admit 24 students officially to the Engineering
Transfer Program. Additionally, several students also take the program courses
over two years, but these are not included in the official registration statistics.
This year we slightly more applicants than last year, 40 compared to last
year’s 36, but this is way down from our peak of 80. However, this year I
required that all students wanting admission to the program stay in touch over
the summer. A few dropped or went to UBC, but their seats were given to others.
As a result we had the first ever 100% enrollment in the program on the first day.
The draw back was that the students unofficially were unable to get their
drafting course at UCFV. We are re-arranging our scheduling for the course to
allow up to 36 students to take it.
The best indicator of the number of potential engineering students is the
second semester Statics and Dynamics course, which was full at 36 (though three
failed the course).
Only two of the students are planning on going to UVic this year. Almost
30 are planning on UBC and about 4 are changing career paths.
However, almost none of these students has done our full 14 course
program. One third are missing the drafting course. Workload pressures made
almost all of the students drop at least one course, and usually the computing
science course was the first to go.
Courses
We have one major change in the works-the same change that was in the
works last year. Currently students must take two UCFV computer courses to
transfer to a single UBC computing course. Work is currently being done to bring
on a single new UCFV course that will serve UBC’s transfer requirements. This
change is important at UCFV for two reasons: the second semester workload is
too much for many students, and with the current fee/credit schedules, it is more
expensive to do first year at UCFV than UBC!. Dropping one course from the
requirements will hopefully solve both these issues.
The person who was supposed to be making sure the course would be
acceptable to UBC’s engineering faculty has left UCFV, and the work stopped
with him. I will be trying to get this moving again.
The course proposal has been given to UVic as well. UCFV is planning a
second first year computing course to follow the one mentioned above, and if the
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single course is not adequate for UVic’s transfer, we will design the second
course to meet the UVic requirements.
The Engineering Drafting course used a combination of IntelliCad and
SolidEdge last year, and will do so again this coming year.
We are using Earl’s “Engineering Design Graphics” as the text..
The Statics and Dynamics course continues to use Hibbler’s book.
Peter Mulhern
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University of Northern British Columbia Report: BC Engineering Articulation
Meeting
Friday May 12, 2006
The Joint UBC/UNBC Environmental Engineering Program has been in
operation since September 2002 and has just completed its fourth full academic
year of operations. The first group of students have just completed year 4 of the
program at UBC, having started in September 2004. They will be returning for
their final semester at UNBC (semester 9), and our first graduating class, in
September 2006.
We admitted 13 students in September 2002, 8 students in September 2003, 23
students in September 2004 and 14 students in September 2005. For September
2006 admission, as of late April we have had 50 applicants, have made 27 offers
and had 15 acceptances (of whom 13 have registered so far), a number of offers
are pending student response. Approximately 1/3 of the applicants to this
program are transfer students with an even higher fraction of transfer students
who are accepted and attend.. We expect 15-20 new admissions in total for
September 2006. The program is designed to accommodate a maximum of 40
students per year.
The program is underwent a “trial” CEAB accreditation process along with the
UBC programs, during the fall of 2005. The accreditation was very successful
with the best possible outcome – we will submit some revised documentation for
the formal accreditation evaluation in the fall of 2006. No further site visit is
required. We anticipate accreditation being granted on time for the graduation of
the first students in May 2007.
In a time of zero budget increase at UNBC we have been able to obtain new
resources for the program by internal reallocation. We are currently advertising
for a tenure-track Associate Professor
(http://www.unbc.ca/assets/hr/jobs/faculty/faee12_06.pdf ) and a Senior Lab
Instructor (http://www.unbc.ca/assets/hr/jobs/faculty/faee10_06.pdf ) in a term
position that we hope to make continuing depending on the budget next year.
The new staff will help us in delivery of the 6-credit capstone Designing Solutions
in Environmental Engineering course that is being taught for the first time in fall
2006, among other duties. We are also adding a lab and technical component to
ENSC 200-3 Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering.
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Getting the word out to prospective students and creating a sustainable
enrollment into the program continues to be a high priority. We also find that
there is quite a high attrition rate during first year of the program that we are
investigating to try and understand (it appears mainly related to academic
performance). We anticipate that the granting of accreditation will attract more
students to the program. Transfers into year 2 of the program are welcome and
very feasible. Course articulations at Colleges and University Colleges in BC and
Alberta have been assessed with a view to facilitating transfer into second year of
the program. Based only on articulated courses, transfer from a first year science
program is more direct than from engineering UT programs because many UT
programs have versions of basic science courses tailored for engineering
students. These courses typically do not articulate with UNBC basic science
courses that are part of the Environmental Engineering program. However we
are now proposing ways of facilitating entry directly from UBC First year
engineering as well as other engineering UT programs into this program that will
allow students from these programs to enter a slightly modified second year to
complete second year requirements in the normal time. (See attached draft
samples for UBC, TRU, CNC and Capilano College.)
Peter L. Jackson, Associate Professor and Co-Director of Environmental
Engineering
UNBC Environmental Science and Engineering Programs
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Proposal to facilitate transfer into the UNBC/UBC Environmental Engineering
Program from Engineering Transfer Institutions
Prepared by Peter L. Jackson, Co-Director of Environmental Engineering, UNBC
Notes:
1. This is a draft. We have developed templates using UBC, TRU, CNC and
Capilano College as examples so far, but intend to include the other
transfer institutions in BC as well as some Alberta colleges once any issues
have been sorted out and the pattern is agreed upon.
2. These draft agreements need to receive feedback from the transfer
institutions, go through internal channels at UNBC, and be approved by
the UNBC/UBC Joint Board of Study before they can be implemented.
3. There are some potential accreditation issues that need to be checked,
however since UBC, SFU, UVic use similar transfer arrangements for their
transfer programs, we don’t anticipate major difficulties.
4. In some cases where courses do not articulate directly, we may need to
check with the service department at UNBC that prerequisites will be
accepted (e.g. for MATH and CHEM courses) – this has already been done
for the UBC transfer. Existing course articulations are indicated by
shading in the “=” column of the sending institution.
5. It is possible that additional credit toward the degree could be given (e.g.
the elective in second year) depending on courses articulated and the
credits given for them. There is some variance here because of different
credit hours given at different institutions for first year lab courses.
6. The general pattern in these agreements is that the transfer programs after
year 1 are all lacking first year Biology that is part of the program, but
have advanced standing in Linear Algebra, as well as having extra Physics
and some sort of engineering design course (e.g. CAD or Case Studies).
Some transfer institutions have one semester less Chemistry than does the
Environmental Engineering program. In this case we use the extra Physics
course to waive the requirement for the second Chemistry, however this is
contingent on whether the single Chemistry course is sufficient for
meeting prerequisites in second year Chemistry. This has been approved
for the UBC program.
7. The modified second year at UNBC is the same for nearly all institutions –
it differs from the normal second year at UNBC by including BIOL 101
and BIOL 102, and not including MATH 220 Linear Algebra and ENSC 200
Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering. Linear Algebra is already
covered by transfer students, and the first year engineering design-type
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course is used to waive ENSC 200. We may take a portion of ENSC 200
and create a 1 credit course that the transfer students would take, but this
has not been decided yet.
8. Students without either Biology 11 or 12 in High School would have to
take one of these courses before September (this can be done by
correspondence) in order to meet the prerequisites for BIOL 101 in the
program.
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5. Transfer from UBC
Draft Proposal for first year entry from UBC APSC common first year.
Year 1
UBC (same as common first year)
UNBC
#
Course
Title
=
#
Course
Title
U1 APSC 12 0 Intro.
N1 N1 ENSC 10 1 Intro. Engineering
2
Engineering
0
U2 APSC 15 6 Engineering
N1
0
Case Studies
3+
3
U3 APSC 16 3 Intro.
N2 N2 CPSC 11 3 Int. Comp. Sys. &
0
Computation in
0
Programming
Engineering
Design
U4 CHE
15 3 Chemistry for
N3 N3 CHE
10 3 Gen. Chem I
M
4
Engineers
M
0
1 Gen Chem Lab I
CHE
12
M
0
U5 ENGL 11 3 Strategies for
N4 N4 NRES 10 3 Communication
2
University
0
in NRES
Writing
U6 MAT 10 3 Diff. Calculus
N5 N5 MAT 10 3 Calculus I
H
0
with App. To
H
0
Phys Sci & Eng.
U7 MAT 10 3 Integ. Calculus
N6 N6 MAT 10 3 Calculus II
H
1
with App. To
H
1
Phys Sci & Eng
U8 MAT 15 3 Linear Systems N1 N7 PHYS 11 3 Intro Physics I:
H
2
4
0
Mechanics
U9 PHYS 15 6 Elements of
N7 N8 PHYS 11 3 Intro Physcis II:
3
Physics
+
1
Waves & Elec
N8
U10 PHYS 17 3 Mechanics I
In N9 CHE
10 3 General Chem II
0
lie
M
1
1 General Chem
u
CHE
12
Lab II
N9
M
1
U11
3
Comp Stud
N1 N1
3
Comp Stud
=
U1
U3
U4
U5
U6
U7
.5
U9
.5
U9
U1
0
in
lie
u
U1
33
0
Total Credits Year 1 = 36
N1
1
N1
2
N1
5
N1
6
N1
7
N1
8
N1
9
N2
0
N2
1
N2
2
N2
3
N2
4
at UNBC for UBC transfers
BIOL 10 4 Intro Biol I
1
BIOL 10 4 Intro Biol II
2
ENSC 20 3 Intro
1
Atmospheric Sci
FSTY
MAT
H
MAT
H
MAT
H
ENSC
CHE
M
CHE
M
ENSC
20
5
20
0
23
0
34
2
35
0
20
0
22
0
20
2
3
3
3
Intro. Soil
Science
Calculus III
3
Linear Diff Eqns
& BVP
Biostatistics
3
Fluid Mechanics
3
Physical
Chemistry I
Organic &
Biochemistry
Intro Aquatic
Systems
Elective
3
3
3
Total Credits Year 2 = 38
0
N1 BIOL
1
N1 BIOL
2
10
1
10
2
4
(POLS 100)
Intro. Biol I
4
Intro. Biol II
Total Credits Year 1 = 38
Year 2
UNBC
N1 ENSC 20 3 Fund of Env Eng
3
0
N1 MAT 22 3 Linear Algebra
4
H
0
N1 ENSC 20 3 Intro.
5
1
Atmospheric
Science
N1 FSTY 20 3 Intro. Soil Science
6
5
N1 MAT 20 3 Calculus III
7
H
0
N1 MAT 23 3 Linear Diff. Eqns
8
H
0
& BVP
N1 MAT 34 3 Biostatistics
9
H
2
N2 ENSC 35 3 Fluid Mechanics
0
0
N2 CHE
20 3 Physical
1
M
0
Chemistry I
N2 CHE
22 3 Organic &
2
M
0
Biochemistry
N2 ENSC 20 3 Intro Aquatic
3
2
Systems
N2
3 Elective
4
Total Credits Year 2 = 36
1
N1
1
N1
2
.5
U2
U8
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6.
Transfer from TRU
Draft Proposal for first year entry from TRU First Year Engineering Program.
Year 1
TRU
UNBC
#
Course
Title
=
#
Course
Title
T1
APSC 12 1 Intro.
N1 N1 ENSC 10 1 Intro. Engineering
0
Engineering
0
Practice
T2
DRAF 15 3 Engineering
N1
2
Graphics
3
T3
COM 15 3 Principles of
N2 N2 CPSC 11 3 Int. Comp. Sys. &
P
2
Software
0
Programming
Development
T4
ECHE 11 3 Principles of
N3 N3 CHE
10 3 Gen. Chem I
1
Chemistry for
M
0
1 Gen Chem Lab I
Engineers
CHE
12
M
0
T5
ENGL 11 3 Introduction to N4 N4 NRES 10 3 Communication
0
Prose Fiction
0
in NRES
T6
MAT 11 3 Enriched
N5 N5 MAT 10 3 Calculus I
H
3
Calculus I
H
0
T7
MAT 12 3 Enriched
N6 N6 MAT 10 3 Calculus II
H
3
Calculus II
H
1
T8
EPHY 11 3 Physics for
N7 N7 PHYS 11 3 Intro Physics I:
5
Engineers 1
0
Mechanics
T9
EPHY 12 3 Physics for
N8 N8 PHYS 11 3 Intro Physcis II:
5
Engineers 2
1
Waves & Elec
T10 ECHE 12 3 Principles of
N9 N9 CHE
10 3 General Chem II
1
Chemistry for
M
1
1 General Chem
Engineers 2
CHE
12
Lab II
M
1
T11
3 Comp Stud
N1 N1
3 Comp Stud
0
0
(POLS 100)
T12 MAT 13 3 Linear Algebra
N1 N1 BIOL 10 4 Intro. Biol I
H
0
for Engineers
4
1
1
T13 EPHY 17 3 Engineering
n/ N1 BIOL 10 4 Intro. Biol II
0
Mechanics 1
a
2
2
=
T1
T3
T4
T5
T6
T7
T8
T9
T1
0
T1
1
N1
1
N1
2
35
Total Credits Year 1 = 37
N1
1
N1
2
N1
5
N1
6
N1
7
N1
8
N1
9
N2
0
N2
1
N2
2
N2
3
N2
4
at UNBC for TRU transfers
BIOL 10 4 Intro Biol I
1
BIOL 10 4 Intro Biol II
2
ENSC 20 3 Intro
1
Atmospheric Sci
FSTY
MAT
H
MAT
H
MAT
H
ENSC
CHE
M
CHE
M
ENSC
20
5
20
0
23
0
34
2
35
0
20
0
22
0
20
2
3
3
3
Intro. Soil
Science
Calculus III
3
Linear Diff Eqns
& BVP
Biostatistics
3
Fluid Mechanics
3
Physical
Chemistry I
Organic &
Biochemistry
Intro Aquatic
Systems
Elective
3
3
3
Total Credits Year 1 = 38
Year 2
UNBC
N1 ENSC 20 3 Fund of Env Eng
3
0
N1 MAT 22 3 Linear Algebra
4
H
0
N1 ENSC 20 3 Intro.
5
1
Atmospheric
Science
N1 FSTY 20 3 Intro. Soil Science
6
5
N1 MAT 20 3 Calculus III
7
H
0
N1 MAT 23 3 Linear Diff. Eqns
8
H
0
& BVP
N1 MAT 34 3 Biostatistics
9
H
2
N2 ENSC 35 3 Fluid Mechanics
0
0
N2 CHE
20 3 Physical
1
M
0
Chemistry I
N2 CHE
22 3 Organic &
2
M
0
Biochemistry
N2 ENSC 20 3 Intro Aquatic
3
2
Systems
N2
3 Elective
4
Total Credits Year 2 = 38
Total Credits Year 2 = 36
NOTES: need to confirm that prereqs met for UNBC MATH, CHEM classes.
Recommend that POLS 100 be taken for elective in second year.
T2
T1
2
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7. Transfer from CNC
Draft Proposal for first year entry from CNC First Year Engineering Program.
Year 1
CNC
UNBC
#
Course
Title
=
#
Course
Title
C1 APSC 10 0 Intro.
N1 N1 ENSC 10 1 Intro. Engineering
0
Engineering
0
C2 APSC 12 3 Engineering
N1
0
Drawing
3
C3 CSC
10 3 Computing
N2 N2 CPSC 11 3 Int. Comp. Sys. &
9
Science I
0
Programming
C4 CHE
11 3 Fundamentals
N3 N3 CHE
10 3 Gen. Chem I
M
1
of Chemistry I
M
0
1 Gen Chem Lab I
CHE
12
M
0
C5 ENGL 10 3 Composition
N4 N4 NRES 10 3 Communication
3
and Style
0
in NRES
C6 MAT 10 3 Calculus I
N5 N5 MAT 10 3 Calculus I
H
1
H
0
C7 MAT 10 3 Calculus II
N6 N6 MAT 10 3 Calculus II
H
2
H
1
C8 PHYS 10 3 Introductory
N7 N7 PHYS 11 3 Intro Physics I:
1
Physics I
0
Mechanics
C9 PHYS 10 3 Introductory
N8 N8 PHYS 11 3 Intro Physcis II:
2
Physics II
1
Waves & Elec
C10 CHE
11 3 Fundamentals
N9 N9 CHE
10 3 General Chem II
M
2
of Chemistry II
M
1
1 General Chem
CHE
12
Lab II
M
1
C11
3 Comp Stud
N1 N1
3 Comp Stud
0
0
(POLS 100)
C12 MAT 20 3 Linear Algebra
N1 N1 BIOL 10 4 Intro. Biol I
H
4
4
1
1
C13 PHYS 20 3 Mechanics I n/ N1 BIOL 10 4 Intro. Biol II
4
Statics
a
2
2
Total Credits Year 1 = 36
Total Credits Year 1 = 38
Year 2
=
C1
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
C9
C1
0
C1
1
N1
1
N1
2
37
N1
1
N1
2
N1
5
N1
6
N1
7
N1
8
N1
9
N2
0
N2
1
N2
2
N2
3
N2
4
at UNBC for CNC transfers
BIOL 10 4 Intro Biol I
1
BIOL 10 4 Intro Biol II
2
ENSC 20 3 Intro
1
Atmospheric Sci
FSTY
MAT
H
MAT
H
MAT
H
ENSC
CHE
M
CHE
M
ENSC
20
5
20
0
23
0
34
2
35
0
20
0
22
0
20
2
3
3
3
Intro. Soil
Science
Calculus III
3
Linear Diff Eqns
& BVP
Biostatistics
3
Fluid Mechanics
3
Physical
Chemistry I
Organic &
Biochemistry
Intro Aquatic
Systems
Elective
3
3
3
N1
3
N1
4
N1
5
ENSC
N1
6
N1
7
N1
8
N1
9
N2
0
N2
1
N2
2
N2
3
N2
4
FSTY
MAT
H
ENSC
MAT
H
MAT
H
MAT
H
ENSC
CHE
M
CHE
M
ENSC
20
0
22
0
20
1
20
5
20
0
23
0
34
2
35
0
20
0
22
0
20
2
UNBC
3 Fund of Env Eng
3
Linear Algebra
3
3
Intro.
Atmospheric
Science
Intro. Soil Science
3
Calculus III
3
3
Linear Diff. Eqns
& BVP
Biostatistics
3
Fluid Mechanics
3
Physical
Chemistry I
Organic &
Biochemistry
Intro Aquatic
Systems
Elective
3
3
3
Total Credits Year 2 = 38
Total Credits Year 2 = 36
NOTES: recommend UNBC POLS 100 as elective in second year.
.5
U2
U8
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8. Transfer from Capilano College
Draft Proposal for first year entry from Capilano College First Year Engineering Program.
Year 1
Capilano College
UNBC
#
Course
Title
=
#
Course
Title
=
C1 APSC 12 1 Intro.
N1 N1 ENSC 10 1 Intro. Engineering C1
0
Engineering
0
C2 APSC 16 6 Engineering
N1
0
Drawing
4+
3
C3 COM 12 3 Introduction to N2 N2 CPSC 11 3 Int. Comp. Sys. & C3
P
0
Computer
0
Programming
Science
C4 CHE
15 3 Chemical
N3 N3 CHE
10 3 Gen. Chem I
C4
M
4
Principles for
M
0
1 Gen Chem Lab I
Engineers
CHE
12
M
0
C5 ENGL 10 3 Composition
N4 N4 NRES 10 3 Communication
C5
0
0
in NRES
C6 MAT 11 3 Calculus I
N5 N5 MAT 10 3 Calculus I
C6
H
6
H
0
C7 MAT 12 3 Calculus II
N6 N6 MAT 10 3 Calculus II
C7
H
6
H
1
C8 PHYS 11 4 Fundamental
N7 N7 PHYS 11 3 Intro Physics I:
C8
4
Physics I
0
Mechanics
C9 PHYS 11 4 Fundamental
N8 N8 PHYS 11 3 Intro Physcis II:
C9
5
Physics II
1
Waves & Elec
C10 PHYS 11 3 Fundamental
In N9 CHE
10 3 General Chem II
C1
6
Physics III
lie
M
1
1 General Chem
0
u
CHE
12
Lab II
in
N9
M
1
lie
u
C11
3 Comp Stud
N1 N1
3 Comp Stud
C1
0
0
(POLS 100)
1
C12 MAT 15 3 Linear Algebra
N1 N1 BIOL 10 4 Intro. Biol I
N1
H
2
and Differential 1
1
1
1
Equations
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N1 BIOL
2
10
2
4
Intro. Biol II
Total Credits Year 1 = 38
Year 2
at UNBC for Capilano College transfers
UNBC
N1 BIOL 10 4 Intro Biol I
N1 ENSC 20 3 Fund of Env Eng
1
1
3
0
N1 BIOL 10 4 Intro Biol II
N1 MAT 22 3 Linear Algebra
2
2
4
H
0
N1 ENSC 20 3 Intro
N1 ENSC 20 3 Intro.
5
1
Atmospheric Sci
5
1
Atmospheric
Science
N1 FSTY 20 3 Intro. Soil
N1 FSTY 20 3 Intro. Soil Science
6
5
Science
6
5
N1 MAT 20 3 Calculus III
N1 MAT 20 3 Calculus III
7
H
0
7
H
0
N1 MAT 23 3 Linear Diff Eqns
N1 MAT 23 3 Linear Diff. Eqns
8
H
0
& BVP
8
H
0
& BVP
N1 MAT 34 3 Biostatistics
N1 MAT 34 3 Biostatistics
9
H
2
9
H
2
N2 ENSC 35 3 Fluid Mechanics
N2 ENSC 35 3 Fluid Mechanics
0
0
0
0
N2 CHE
20 3 Physical
N2 CHE
20 3 Physical
1
M
0
Chemistry I
1
M
0
Chemistry I
N2 CHE
22 3 Organic &
N2 CHE
22 3 Organic &
2
M
0
Biochemistry
2
M
0
Biochemistry
N2 ENSC 20 3 Intro Aquatic
N2 ENSC 20 3 Intro Aquatic
3
2
Systems
3
2
Systems
N2
3 Elective
N2
3 Elective
4
4
N1
2
Total Credits Year 1 = 39
Total Credits Year 2 = 38
Total Credits Year 2 = 36
NOTES: recommend CAP POL 100-3 in meeting first year elective, otherwise
UNBC POLS 100 taken in year 2. Need to confirm that prereqs met for UNBC
CHEM, MATH in second year.
C2
C1
2
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UVic Report
Engineering Articulation Meeting
DR. FAYEZ GEBALI, P.Eng.
Associate Dean (undergraduate programs)
12 MAY 2006
1 First Year Cut Offs
This year our cut offs are set as in Table 1
Table 1: 2006 High School Cut Offs for UVic Engineering Programs
Course Minimum Percentile Grade
PHYS 12 75%
MATH 12 75%
Other (e.g. CHEM 11 or 12) 75%
Overall Graduation Average* 77%
* Over all graduation average must include ENGLISH 12 and the 3 highest
provincial exams.
2 Enrollment
Admission numbers this year seem to be
_ First year admissions 176 (down 15% from last year)
_ College transfer: 76 in 2006 (Langara, Camosun, Capillano are top feeders), 43
in 2005.
_ Bridge admissions: 4 for Comp. Eng., 27 for Elec. Eng., 24 for Mech. Eng., 2 for
Software
Eng.
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3 New Options
We have introduced a new Technology Policy Option for B.Eng./BSENG
students. The available
options now are
Option Availability Timing
Management B.Eng. and BSENG Between 3rd and 4th years
Mechatronics and Embedded Systems B.Eng. and BSENG Between 3rd and 4th
years
Music B.Eng. (Elec. & Comp. Eng.) After 2nd year
Physics B.Eng. (Elec. Eng.) After 2nd year
Technology Policy B.Eng. and BSENG Between 3rd and 4th years
Details about these options can be found at
http://www.engr.uvic.ca/options.html
4 Expanded Qualifications Admission
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Students who have other attributes beyond acadmic perfromace that demostrate
their ability to
succeed in Faculty of Engineering, are encouraged to apply under Expanded
Qualifications Admissions.
To qualify under this category a student must:
_ Meet published minimum academic requirements as described in the
University Calendar.
_ Be no more than 5% below the applicable Faculty’s official admission cut-offs
which are set
each year
_ Submit a personal Information Profil documenting the attributes they believe
will demonstrate
their ability to succeed in a program in the Faculty of Engineering.
More information can be found at:
http://www.engr.uvic.ca/announcements/eq admissions.html
5 College Transfer
We have doubled the minimum guaranteed number of college transfer students
from 25 to 50 under
the same conditions that we started more than 3 years ago:
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1. Students must achieve minimum grade of 75 %
2. Students are treated equally with our own promoted first year students. They
are placed in a
common pool for assignment to programs.
6 Bridge Admissions
We have greately simplifed the regulations for the Bridge transfer programs:
1. Students can do program part time over two years
2. Students that failed program can repeat failed courses and apply for admission
to UVic
3. Some students do not have to take all the courses based on course transfer
eligibility from
previous colleges or universities.
7 First Two Years Transfer Agreements
We have established collaboration with Malaspina University-College to admit
into third year
Elec. & Comp. Eng. and Mech. Eng. at UVic students who have finished the first
two years
at Malaspina. We are discussing a similar agreement with Thomposon Rivers
University.
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8 Course Articulation Issues
College transfer students that finished an engineering transfer program typically
do three physics
courses. We will now accept the third physics course (or equivalent alternative)
as a replacement
to our MECH 141. This rule will apply only to Elec. & Comp. Eng. and BSENG
students. Mech.
Eng. students must somehow take MECH 141.
9 Engineering Core Courses
We are looking at all the engineering common core courses offered in BEng and
BSENG programs.
3
10 New Initiatives
We are studying introducing a second degree option in Technology Policy.
4
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Hello Normand
I regret that I will not be able to attend the articulation meeting as some tentative
appointments have now been confirmed. However, I wonder if it would be
possible to submit an agenda item about developing relationships between
Engineering Transfer Programs and UBC’s Bachelor of Science in Wood Products
Processing (BSCW).
Several Engineering Transfer Programs recognise the BSCW provides another
option for students that have completed one of your programs, and a number of
these students transfer into the second year of the BSCW. We have had success
in visiting some of your programs to inform students about this option. The
University College of the Fraser Valley (UCFV) is a good example; Peter Mulhern
invites us to present to his students each year. He also provides a wood science
program option for those students who wish to complete the first year of the
BSCW at UCFV. This option is promoted on the UCFV Engineering Transfer
Program website at
http://www.ucfv.ca/etp/Programs/Other_Program_Options.htm.
I would like to explore the possibility of developing similar relationships with
other Engineering Transfer Programs. Please let me know whether this
discussion item can be added to the agenda.
Thank you.
Regards,
Joanna Mackie, MFC
Recruitment Officer
Department of Wood Science
Check out www.wood.ubc.ca
University of British Columbia ? Forest Sciences Centre ? 2900-2424 Main Mall ?
Vancouver ? BC ? V6T 1Z4 ? Phone 604 822 3862 or 1 877 466 9663 ? Fax 604 822
9159
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