Students who take more than one Winter session (September-April) to complete their First-Year program requirements are called Continuing Year One (CY1) students.
Continuing Year 1 students could be in Class Standing 1, 2, or 3 but have not yet completed enough first year engineering credits to be placed in a program.
To be eligible for engineering program placement, students must complete at least 27 of the 37 credits from the first year engineering curriculum and have an overall average of 55% or higher. Students who do not meet these conditions and have an average of at least 50% can keep taking first year engineering courses as continuing year one students to be eligible for placement in the future.
Expectations and Guidelines
Continuing Year One students are required to register for a minimum of 24 credits* in their Winter (September-April) Session to be considered for Program placement the following May.
When planning what courses to take during continuing year, students should consider:
- Completing all First Year Engineering Program courses that they have not yet taken
- BASc complimentary study courses: humanities electives, Impact requirement or technical communication course
- Common upper year Engineering courses
*If a student is registered with the Centre for Accessibility and has an approved reduced course load for the Winter Session, this will be the new minimum requirement for being considered for Program placement.
Course Planning
When planning what courses to take, a student should consider which programs they hope to be placed in. As the engineering programs at UBC are highly specialized, there are no courses that are common between all programs. For this reason, students will need to decide which programs are their priority to register for upper year courses.
After considering these three areas – First Year Engineering Program, BASc complimentary study courses, and Common upper year Engineering courses — a student can consider taking courses out of general interest that may be surplus to their degree. If they intend to pursue a minor, they may also consider taking some courses toward their minor during their Continuing Year One. Please refer to the Minors page for more information.
First Year Program Courses
| Course | Credit | Title | Included in the timetable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| APSC 100 | 3 | Introduction to Engineering I | Yes |
| APSC 101 | 3 | Introduction to Engineering II | Yes |
| APSC 160 | 3 | Introduction to Computation in Engineering Design | Yes |
| CHEM 154 | 3 | Chemistry for Engineering | Yes |
| MATH 100 | 3 | Differential Calculus | Yes |
| MATH 101 | 3 | Integral Calculus | Yes |
| MATH 152 | 3 | Linear Systems | Yes |
| PHYS 157 | 3 | Introductory Physics for Engineers I | Yes |
| PHYS 158 | 3 | Introductory Physics for Engineers II | Yes |
| PHYS 159 | 1 | Introductory Physics Laboratory for Engineers | Yes |
| PHYS 170 | 3 | Mechanics 1 | Yes |
| WRDS 150* | 3 | Strategies for University Writing or Engineering Communication *WRDS 150 or equivalent (ENGL 100, 110, 111 or 112) | No |
| Complementary Studies Electives | |||
| Humanities or Social Science Elective | 3 | One course totalling 3 credits of a humanities and social science elective. This is a non-scientific and non-technical course that is generally found in the Faculty of Arts. It is recommended that you select a 100-level course. If you are intending to pursue a minor in your third year, consider taking courses that might be applicable to the minor program. Please see Complementary Studies for further details and exceptions. | No |
The complete standard First Year Engineering curriculum consists of 37 credits. For information on course descriptions please log in to Workday |
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Complementary Studies Courses
Humanities
Engineering students must take 6 humanities credits during their degree, with 3 credits taken in the first year and 3 during an upper year. A student may choose to do their second humanities course during their continuing first year to fill out a student’s schedule. Please visit our webpage on Humanities Electives for a list of approved courses.
Technical Communication
If a student has already completed WRDS 150B or equivalent, they may want to consider taking their Technical Communications course. Although most programs have their own version of the second-year Technical Communications course, some programs may allow APSC 201 to be used for the requirement if taken before placement occurs.
| Engineering Program | Technical Communication Course | Does the program accept APSC 201 as equivalent? |
|---|---|---|
| BMEG | BMEG 201 | Yes* |
| CHBE/CHML | CHBE 201 | Yes* |
| CIVL | CIVL 203 | Yes* |
| CPEN | CPEN 281 | Yes* |
| ELEC | ELEC 281 | Yes* |
| ENPH | IGEN 201 | Yes* |
| ENVL | ENVE 201 | Contact ENVL for further information |
| GEOE | APSC 201 | Already approved |
| IGEN | IGEN 201 | Yes* |
| MANU | MANU 201 | Yes* |
| MECH | MECH 226 | No |
| MINE | APSC 201 | Already approved |
| MTRL | MTRL 201 | Yes* |
| *Accepted if completed before being placed in the Engineering program | ||
Impact Course
BASc students must take a 3-credit complimentary course on the Impact of Engineering on Society, Sustainable Development and Environment Stewardship or Impact for short. Many Engineering programs allow students to pick an option from the general list of Impact courses to satisfy this requirement. However, there are some programs that require a specific course. If a student would like to take an Impact course during their Continuing First Year, please consider which Impact course your Engineering programs of interest would accept.
Common Upper Year Courses
The chart below shows the courses that are common between 3 or more programs.
Please note: there can be a risk in taking common upper year courses, as a student may be placed in a program that does not use that course. Please speak to an EAS advisor if you would like to discuss this further.
| Program/Course | MATH 253 | MATH 255 | MATH 256 | STAT 251 | APSC 278 | APSC 279 | MECH 260 | CIVL 215 | EOSC 210 | CHBE 241 | CHBE 244 | Notes: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMEG | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔* | ✔* | *Free Elective course | ||||||
| CHML | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
| CHBE | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||
| CIVL | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| CPEN | ✔ | ✔ | ✔** | **Science Elective | ||||||||
| ELEC | ✔ | ✔ | ✔* | *ELEC Biomed option, only | ||||||||
| ENPH | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔* | *Technical Elective - Sustainability specialization | ||||||
| ENVL | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| GEOE | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||
| IGEN | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| MANU | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
| MTRL | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||
| MECH | ||||||||||||
| MINE | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Summer Courses
If a student would like to take courses in the summer between their First Year and Continuing Year One, they should book an academic advising appointment with EAS to discuss their options.
Summer courses for Continuing First Year students are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Some students may benefit from taking a few of their missing first-year courses to fulfill prerequisites for more courses to take during the Winter Session. However, some students may struggle to reach the 24-credit minimum in the Winter Session if they take summer courses.
Registration
These registration recommendations are based on the courses mentioned in the first year Engineering curriculum, Complimentary studies, and common upper year courses sections above.
When a Continuing Year One student is registering and they see a:
General Seat: they should register directly into it
Waitlist Seat: they should register for the waitlist for the specific course. If no waitlist is available, please contact the department that supervises registration for that course. (i.e.: APSC courses are administrated by EAS, MATH courses are administrated by the MATH department etc.).
Reserved Capacity Seat: they should register for the waitlist for the specific course. If no waitlist is available, please contact the department that supervises registration for that course. (i.e.: APSC courses are administrated by EAS, MATH courses are administrated by the MATH department etc.).
Registration Tokens
A registration token is a pre-requisite or co-requisite waiver that administrators can issue a student in Workday if they are eligible for a course but unable to register on their own. CY1 students are likely to need a token when they register for a Term 2 course on their own without having completed the prerequisite course in Term 1. You can learn more about requesting a Registration Tokens on this page.
If a student requires any assistance during registration, please contact EAS.