
Welcome to Bridge2ENGG
Your success is our top priority. The Faculty of Engineering is excited to offer Bridge2Engg (B2E), a preparation program designed to give students entering first-year engineering the tools they need to feel comfortable and confident as they begin their university education.
B2E builds your confidence and excitement while connecting you with fellow students, professors and mentors within the engineering community. The program is offered virtually during the summer and provides three different levels of engagement that vary in cost, content and delivery mode (on-demand versus live instruction).
What does B2E programming look like?
It's all about you. With different program options available, you can tailor your engagement to meet your specific needs. This might include:
- Accessing student-created videos that introduce university terminology or wellness resources
- Exploring review modules on chemistry, coding, physics and calculus to better prepare for university-level courses; and
- Participating in two weeks of live virtual instruction, engaging in team-based project design and collaborating with senior students in the faculty.
Sign up for ENGG Camp or Academic Essentials, and we'll connect you with a second-year engineering student who can offer advice and perspective throughout the summer.
Questions? Send us an email at b2e.info@ualberta.ca.Bridge2Engg Programming
Level 1: Foundations is designed to be your comprehensive companion throughout your first year in Engineering. It equips you with the necessary tools and resources, ensuring you're well-prepared before your classes commence in September and help with any potential stress or anxiety.
In Foundations, we'll cover everything from a rundown of your first-year schedule and downloading software to loading money onto your OneCard and paying tuition. Scattered between these practical tips for success will be resources to help you develop skills in self-care, get involved within your engineering community, and know where to go to ask for help.
Level 1: Foundations is available for free to all first-year engineering students and can be accessed through Canvas in early May.
This program is not for university credit.
Cost: Free
Available Starting: Early May
Delivery Method: Virtual & On-Demand
Level 2: Academic Essentials is your one-stop shop for reviewing the most critical topics from high school to make sure you're academically prepared for classes in September.
Comprised of four different streams: Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, and Coding Essentials, this series of videos, notes, examples, and solution packages will provide you with tools and resources that you can complete at your own pace, virtually and when it's convenient for you.
Please note that Calculus, Physics, and Chemistry Essentials will provide an academic review of critical high school concepts, while Coding Essentials is an introduction for students with little to no programming experience.
Whether you're someone who has taken some time off before returning to school, someone just looking to refresh their skills as you took a Grade 12 course in Grade 11, or want to see the key concepts that will carry forward from high school into first year, this program will help ensure you review the high school content that directly connects to required first-year Engineering courses (MATH 100, MATH 101, MATH 102, CHEM 103, CHEM 105, PHYS 130, ENGG 130, EN PH 131, and ENCMP 100).
When registered within Academic Essentials, you'll also have the invaluable opportunity to be connected directly with a current upper-year Engineering student who will provide one-on-one support and advice, ensuring you feel supported and confident in your academic journey. Check your UAlberta email for a first contact shortly after registration.
Please note that Level 2: Academic Essentials does not replicate first-year Engineering courses; but instead provides background knowledge and review.
This program is not for university credit.
Cost: $149
Available Starting: Late June
Delivery Method: Virtual & On-Demand
Level 3: ENGG Camp is your opportunity to really prepare for your first year by tackling real-world Engineering problems with other new and senior students from the Faculty of Engineering.
This two-week virtual program in August will combine academic skills with soft skills. You will work in teams to write reports, prepare presentations, and make prototypes in response to complex engineering challenges.
ENGG Camp is a great chance to engage further in engineering concepts, expand your curiosities and ideas about what it means to be an engineer and meet other soon-to-be first-year engineering students just like you. Each week will include:
- Engineering Challenges: Teams will be presented with a worldly problem that requires the application of high school calculus and physics to propose solutions to real engineering challenges. Students will work together with mentorship from senior engineering students and academic staff to complete research, data analysis, and prototyping before presenting their solutions at the end of the week.
- Skills Sessions: Students will be required to use various software within their engineering degree. Through ENGG Camp, students will have an opportunity to refine old skills and develop new ones in Report Writing in Word, Presentations in PowerPoint, Data Analysis in Excel, Referencing and citations, etc.
- Wellness Sessions: The University of Alberta has many programs and resources to support you as a student. ENGG Camp Wellness sessions are designed to connect you with the offices, people and processes that can help you throughout your university degree. There will be opportunities to meet your professors and key engineering support staff before fall classes begin; develop important academic habits and skills like time management, effective note-taking, goal setting, and self-care techniques; and have your questions answered about academics and mental health through advice from senior students who recently experienced the transition from high school into university and more.
- Guest Speaker Sessions: ENGG Camp will bring together professionals in the engineering world to give you your first bit of experience networking. You will also see the vast spectrum of work engineers do, what it's like to work in the engineering profession, and how to prepare yourself to start your career when you graduate.
When registered within Engg Camp, you'll also have the opportunity to connect directly with a current upper-year engineering student who will provide one-on-one support and advice. Check your UAlberta email for a first contact shortly after registration.
This program is not for university credit.
Cost: $249 (Level 3: ENGG Camp include full access to Level 2: Academic Essentials)
Timing: Weekdays, Aug. 5 – 15; 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. MST
Delivery Method: Daily Live Virtual Instruction (Zoom)
FAQs
B2E programming can be accessed through Canvas, the centrally supported learning management system used at the University of Alberta to deliver all courses. You will receive information on setting up your Canvas account in June.
Yes, the foundations and essentials streams are asynchronous and can be accessed at any time.
The full live program will be recorded each day. You can catch up on missed material if you wish, but keep in mind that there are certain elements like group work and panel discussions that you may miss as these will not be recorded.
Yes, but please email us at b2e.info@ualberta.ca if you will be completing your first year at a designated Engineering Transfer Program College to discuss what B2E Level is right for you.
You will continue to have access until you complete your first year of Engineering at Alberta.
No. Academic Essentials is meant for review of high school concepts only (Calculus, Physics, Chemistry). The Coding Essentials Stream provides only a basic introduction to coding. Academic Essentials provides baseline knowledge only.
Yes, the course fees for ENGG Camp include fees for Level 1: Foundations and Level 2: Academic Essentials.
ENGG Camp typically runs in early August, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. MDT, daily from Monday to Friday. Exact scheduling for activities will become available closer to the start day.
Yes. In the case that you are absent for programming and wish to review missed content, recordings will be made available where possible.
Tutorials and lectures will be recorded where compliance with FOIP is possible. Keep in mind though that about 60% of the course will be group work and these group work sessions will not be recorded.
All programming will be offered virtually through Zoom and/or Google Meets. This means you can participate from wherever you are located without a need to relocate to Edmonton early.
There may be an opportunity for some in-person events on campus, but this will be optional.
Yes, the program offers a small amount of funding to support students facing financial barriers that may prevent participation. The amount of funding is determined based on a student's specific financial need and the level of programming in which they are interested. A confidential process for accessing these funds is completed directly with Bridget Fraser, the Bridge2ENGG program lead.
For questions or to discuss financial assistance further, please contact Bridget Fraser directly at bafraser@ualberta.ca.