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May 12, 2006Thompson Rivers University

List of participantsKuros Gadareh (Douglas College)Arnold Sikkema (TWU)Elroy Switlishoff (Selkirk College)Richard Christie (Okanagan College)Ray Penner (Malaspina University College)Bruce Dunwoody (UBC)Jeff Holm (APEGBC)Tom McMath (Kwantlen University College)Peter Mulhern (UCFV)Lisa Lajeunesse (Capilano College)Barbara Rudecki (College of New Caledonia)Paula Scott (SFU)Normand Fortier (TRU)Ben Giudici (TRU) Robin McQueen (Langara College)Brian Carr (Kwantlen University College)Eric Manning (UVic)Ross Lyle (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. 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 ReportEric 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. New management option. Mechatronics accessible to anyone having done 2 years in any option including CPSC.

SFU Report

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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 [email protected]

UBC Vancouver614 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 meta-skills 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 engineering, not to a particular campus. Campus choice is made based on student program preference forms.

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

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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 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.

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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 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:

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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. 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

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(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

May 2006Articulation ReportCamosun 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;

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(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 Programshttp://lokhorst.disted.camosun.bc.ca

Capilano College Report: BC Engineering Articulation MeetingFriday, 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

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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 LajeunesseConvenor of EngineeringCapilano 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 MIMechEChair, Physics DepartmentDouglas 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 who were too close to the threshold for

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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 ReportLangara 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 MacqueenChair, Department of PhysicsCoordinator, Engineering TransferLangara College100 W 49th Ave, Vancouver B.C., Canada V5Y 2Z6Tel. [email protected] http://www.langara.bc.ca/physics

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May 3, 2006

Malaspina University-College2006 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.

Ray Penner

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Chair, Physics/EngineeringMalaspina University-College

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Selkirk College1. 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

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

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

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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 EngineeringComputer EngineeringElectronics EngineeringEngineering PhysicsBiomedical 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

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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 ParameswaranProfessor and Chair of [email protected]

Paula ScottInternship Program [email protected]

Liz Munt Program [email protected]

Andrew JenkinsInternship [email protected]

Gwen LitchfieldInternship [email protected]

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TRU Engineering Transfer Program Report May 12, 2006Engineering ArticulationMay 12, 2006 – TRU

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:

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.

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. GiudiciTRU Engineering Transfer Program Coordinator

BC Engineering Articulation Meeting – 12 May 2006

Institutional Report – UBC Okanagan3. 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.

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.

University College of the Fraser Valley - 2006 Articulation Report

Enrollments and TransfersUCFV 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.

CoursesWe 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 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

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.

http://www.unbc.ca/assets/hr/jobs/faculty/faee10_06.pdf

http://www.unbc.ca/assets/hr/jobs/faculty/faee12_06.pdf

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 EngineeringUNBC Environmental Science and Engineering Programs

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 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.

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

20 Intro.

EngineeringN1

N1

ENSC

100

1 Intro. Engineering

U1

U2 APSC 150

6 Engineering Case Studies

N13+3

U3 APSC 160

3 Intro. Computation in Engineering Design

N2

N2

CPSC

110

3 Int. Comp. Sys. & Programming

U3

U4 CHEM

154

3 Chemistry for Engineers

N3

N3

CHEMCHEM

100 120

31

Gen. Chem IGen Chem Lab I

U4

U5 ENGL

112

3 Strategies for University Writing

N4

N4

NRES

100

3 Communication in NRES

U5

U6 MATH

100

3 Diff. Calculus with App. To Phys Sci & Eng.

N5

N5

MATH

100

3 Calculus I U6

U7 MATH

101

3 Integ. Calculus with App. To Phys Sci & Eng

N6

N6

MATH

101

3 Calculus II U7

U8 MATH

152

3 Linear Systems

N14

N7

PHYS

110

3 Intro Physics I: Mechanics

.5 U9

U9 PHYS

153

6 Elements of Physics

N7+N8

N8

PHYS

111

3 Intro Physcis II: Waves & Elec

.5 U9

U10

PHYS

170

3 Mechanics I In lieu N9

N9

CHEMCHEM

101121

31

General Chem IIGeneral Chem Lab II

U10 in lieu

U11

3 Comp Stud N10

N10

3 Comp Stud (POLS 100)

U11

N11

BIOL 101

4 Intro. Biol I N11

N12

BIOL 102

4 Intro. Biol II N12

Total Credits Year 1 = 36 Total Credits Year 1 = 38Year 2

at UNBC for UBC transfers UNBCN11

BIOL 101

4 Intro Biol I N13

ENSC

200

3 Fund of Env Eng

.5U2

N12

BIOL 102

4 Intro Biol II N14

MATH

220

3 Linear Algebra U8

N15

ENSC

201

3 Intro Atmospheric Sci

N15

ENSC

201

3 Intro. Atmospheric Science

N16

FSTY 205

3 Intro. Soil Science

N16

FSTY 205


N17

MATH

200

3 Calculus III N17

MATH

200

3 Calculus III

N18

MATH

230

3 Linear Diff Eqns & BVP

N18

MATH

230

3 Linear Diff. Eqns & BVP

N19

MATH

342

3 Biostatistics N19

MATH

342

3 Biostatistics

N20

ENSC

350

3 Fluid Mechanics

N20

ENSC

350

3 Fluid Mechanics

N21

CHEM

200

3 Physical Chemistry I

N21

CHEM

200


N22

CHEM

220

3 Organic & Biochemistry

N22

CHEM

220


N23

ENSC

202

3 Intro Aquatic Systems

N23

ENSC

202


N24

3 Elective N24

3 Elective

Total Credits Year 2 = 38 Total Credits Year 2 = 36

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

01 Intro.

Engineering Practice

N1

N1

ENSC

100


T1

T2 DRAF

152

3 Engineering Graphics

N13

T3 COMP

152

3 Principles of Software Development

N2

N2

CPSC

110


T3

T4 ECHE

111

3 Principles of Chemistry for Engineers

N3

N3

CHEMCHEM

100 120

31


T4

T5 ENGL

110

3 Introduction to Prose Fiction

N4

N4

NRES

100


T5

T6 MATH

113

3 Enriched Calculus I

N5

N5

MATH

100

3 Calculus I T6

T7 MATH

123

3 Enriched Calculus II

N6

N6

MATH

101

3 Calculus II T7

T8 EPHY

115

3 Physics for Engineers 1

N7

N7

PHYS

110


T8

T9 EPHY

125

3 Physics for Engineers 2

N8

N8

PHYS

111


T9

T10

ECHE

121

3 Principles of Chemistry for Engineers 2

N9

N9

CHEMCHEM

101121

31


T10

T11

3 Comp Stud N10

N10


T11

T12

MATH

130

3 Linear Algebra for Engineers

N14

N11

BIOL 101

4 Intro. Biol I N11

T13

EPHY

170

3 Engineering Mechanics 1

n/a

N12

BIOL 102



at UNBC for TRU transfers UNBCN1 BIOL 10 4 Intro Biol I N ENS 20 3 Fund of Env T2

1 1 13 C 0 EngN12

BIOL 102

4 Intro Biol II N14

MATH

220

3 Linear Algebra T12

N15

ENSC

201


N15

ENSC

201


N16

FSTY 205


N16

FSTY 205


N17

MATH

200

3 Calculus III N17

MATH

200

3 Calculus III

N18

MATH

230


N18

MATH

230


N19

MATH

342

3 Biostatistics N19

MATH

342

3 Biostatistics

N20

ENSC

350

3 Fluid Mechanics

N20

ENSC

350

3 Fluid Mechanics

N21

CHEM

200


N21

CHEM

200


N22

CHEM

220


N22

CHEM

220


N23

ENSC

202


N23

ENSC

202


N24

3 Elective N24

3 Elective

Total Credits Year 2 = 38 Total Credits Year 2 = 36NOTES: need to confirm that prereqs met for UNBC MATH, CHEM classes. Recommend that POLS 100 be taken for elective in second year.

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

00 Intro.

EngineeringN1

N1

ENSC

100


C1

C2 APSC 120

3 Engineering Drawing

N13

C3 CSC 109

3 Computing Science I

N2

N2

CPSC

110


C3

C4 CHEM

111

3 Fundamentals of Chemistry I

N3

N3

CHEMCHEM

100 120

31


C4

C5 ENGL

103

3 Composition and Style

N4

N4

NRES

100


C5

C6 MATH

101

3 Calculus I N5

N5

MATH

100

3 Calculus I C6

C7 MATH

102

3 Calculus II N6

N6

MATH

101

3 Calculus II C7

C8 PHYS

101

3 Introductory Physics I

N7

N7

PHYS

110


C8

C9 PHYS

102

3 Introductory Physics II

N8

N8

PHYS

111


C9

C10

CHEM

112

3 Fundamentals of Chemistry II

N9

N9

CHEMCHEM

101121

31


C10

C11

3 Comp Stud N10

N10


C11

C12

MATH

204

3 Linear Algebra

N14

N11

BIOL 101

4 Intro. Biol I N11

C13

PHYS

204

3 Mechanics I - Statics

n/a

N12

BIOL 102



at UNBC for CNC transfers UNBCN11

BIOL 101

4 Intro Biol I N13

ENSC

200

3 Fund of Env Eng

.5U2

N12

BIOL 102

4 Intro Biol II N14

MATH

220

3 Linear Algebra U8

N15

ENSC

201


N15

ENSC

201


N16

FSTY 205


N16

FSTY 205


N17

MATH

200

3 Calculus III N17

MATH

200

3 Calculus III

N18

MATH

230


N18

MATH

230


N19

MATH

342

3 Biostatistics N19

MATH

342

3 Biostatistics

N20

ENSC

350

3 Fluid Mechanics

N20

ENSC

350

3 Fluid Mechanics

N21

CHEM

200


N21

CHEM

200


N22

CHEM

220


N22

CHEM

220


N23

ENSC

202


N23

ENSC

202


N24

3 Elective N24

3 Elective

Total Credits Year 2 = 38 Total Credits Year 2 = 36NOTES: recommend UNBC POLS 100 as elective in second year.

8. Transfer from Capilano College

Draft Proposal for first year entry from Capilano College First Year Engineering Program.

Year 1Capilano College UNBC

# Course Title = # Course Title =C1 APSC 12

01 Intro.

EngineeringN1

N1

ENSC

100


C1

C2 APSC 160

6 Engineering Drawing

N14 + 3

C3 COMP

120

3 Introduction to Computer Science

N2

N2

CPSC

110


C3

C4 CHEM

154

3 Chemical Principles for Engineers

N3

N3

CHEMCHEM

100 120

31


C4

C5 ENGL

100

3 Composition N4

N4

NRES

100


C5

C6 MATH

116

3 Calculus I N5

N5

MATH

100

3 Calculus I C6

C7 MATH

126

3 Calculus II N6

N6

MATH

101

3 Calculus II C7

C8 PHYS

114

4 Fundamental Physics I

N7

N7

PHYS

110


C8

C9 PHYS

115

4 Fundamental Physics II

N8

N8

PHYS

111


C9

C10

PHYS

116

3 Fundamental Physics III

In lieu N9

N9

CHEMCHEM

101121

31


C10 in lieu

C11

3 Comp Stud N10

N10


C11

C12

MATH

152

3 Linear Algebra and Differential Equations

N11

N11

BIOL 101

4 Intro. Biol I N11

N12

BIOL 102



at UNBC for Capilano College transfers

UNBC

N11

BIOL 101

4 Intro Biol I N13

ENSC

200

3 Fund of Env Eng

C2

N12

BIOL 102

4 Intro Biol II N14

MATH

220

3 Linear Algebra C12

N15

ENSC

201


N15

ENSC

201


N16

FSTY 205


N16

FSTY 205


N17

MATH

200

3 Calculus III N17

MATH

200

3 Calculus III

N18

MATH

230


N18

MATH

230


N19

MATH

342

3 Biostatistics N19

MATH

342

3 Biostatistics

N20

ENSC

350

3 Fluid Mechanics

N20

ENSC

350

3 Fluid Mechanics

N21

CHEM

200


N21

CHEM

200


N22

CHEM

220


N22

CHEM

220


N23

ENSC

202


N23

ENSC

202


N24

3 Elective N24

3 Elective

Total Credits Year 2 = 38 Total Credits Year 2 = 36NOTES: 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.

UVic ReportEngineering Articulation Meeting

DR. FAYEZ GEBALI, P.Eng.Associate Dean (undergraduate programs)

12 MAY 20061 First Year Cut OffsThis year our cut offs are set as in Table 1

Table 1: 2006 High School Cut Offs for UVic Engineering ProgramsCourse Minimum Percentile GradePHYS 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 EnrollmentAdmission 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 SoftwareEng.13 New OptionsWe have introduced a new Technology Policy Option for B.Eng./BSENG students. The availableoptions now areOption Availability TimingManagement B.Eng. and BSENG Between 3rd and 4th yearsMechatronics and Embedded Systems B.Eng. and BSENG Between 3rd and 4th yearsMusic B.Eng. (Elec. & Comp. Eng.) After 2nd yearPhysics B.Eng. (Elec. Eng.) After 2nd yearTechnology Policy B.Eng. and BSENG Between 3rd and 4th yearsDetails about these options can be found athttp://www.engr.uvic.ca/options.html4 Expanded Qualifications AdmissionStudents who have other attributes beyond acadmic perfromace that demostrate their ability tosucceed 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 seteach year_ Submit a personal Information Profil documenting the attributes they believe will demonstratetheir 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.html5 College TransferWe have doubled the minimum guaranteed number of college transfer students from 25 to 50 underthe same conditions that we started more than 3 years ago:21. Students must achieve minimum grade of 75 %2. Students are treated equally with our own promoted first year students. They are placed in acommon pool for assignment to programs.6 Bridge AdmissionsWe have greately simplifed the regulations for the Bridge transfer programs:1. Students can do program part time over two years2. Students that failed program can repeat failed courses and apply for admission to UVic3. Some students do not have to take all the courses based on course transfer eligibility fromprevious colleges or universities.7 First Two Years Transfer AgreementsWe have established collaboration with Malaspina University-College to admit into third yearElec. & Comp. Eng. and Mech. Eng. at UVic students who have finished the first two yearsat Malaspina. We are discussing a similar agreement with Thomposon Rivers University.8 Course Articulation IssuesCollege transfer students that finished an engineering transfer program typically do three physicscourses. We will now accept the third physics course (or equivalent alternative) as a replacementto 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 CoursesWe are looking at all the engineering common core courses offered in BEng and BSENG programs.310 New InitiativesWe are studying introducing a second degree option in Technology Policy.4

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, MFCRecruitment OfficerDepartment 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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