Year 1

Students admitted into the Engineering program directly from secondary school will take the first-year Engineering curriculum.

Other students will need to contact Engineering Advising for advice on their first-year program.

Students proceeding to second year will have the option of continuing their Engineering program at the UBC Okanagan campus in Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering or Mechanical Engineering, or transferring to the UBC Vancouver campus* into one of the following programs: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Geological Engineering, Integrated Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Mining Engineering. Admission to a selected program is dependent on performance in first year.

  Year One Curriculum Credits
APSC 169 Fundamentals of Sustainable Engineering Design 3
APSC 171 Engineering Drawing and CAD/CAM 3
APSC 172 Engineering Analysis I 3
APSC 173 Engineering Analysis II 3
APSC 176 Engineering Communication 3
APSC 177 Engineering Computation and Instrumentation 3
APSC 178 Electricity, Magnetism, and Waves 3
APSC 179 Linear Algebra for Engineers 3
APSC 180 Statics 3
APSC 181 Dynamics 3
APSC 182 Matter and Energy I 3
APSC 183 Matter and Energy II 3
  Total Credits 36

*Criteria must be met and include completion of 36 credits of first year UBC Okanagan Campus Applied Science. The admission process is competitive, with limited seats available.

 


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