Welcome to Bridge2ENGG
Your success is our top priority. With this in mind, the Faculty of Engineering is excited to offer Bridge2Engg (B2E), a first-year preparation program designed to give you the tools to feel comfortable and confident in starting your university education.
B2E aims to build excitement about Engineering, ensure you feel confident as a new student in the university, and, maybe most importantly, connect you to 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 vs. live instruction).
What does B2E programming look like? It's all about you. It could be accessing student-created videos that introduce university terminology or wellness resources. Or maybe it's going through review modules on Chemistry, Coding, Physics or Calculus to ensure you are better prepared for these courses at the university level. It could even involve participating in two weeks of live virtual instruction, doing team-based project design working alongside senior students in the faculty. With different program options available, you can tailor your engagement to meet your specific needs.
New for 2024, sign up for ENGG Camp or Academic Essentials, and we'll connect you with a second-year Engineering student who can provide advice and perspective throughout the summer.
To access the free Foundations content, click the following link and use your UAlberta login: (B2E Foundations)
To purchase Level 2: Academic Essentials or Level 3: ENGG Camp + Academic Essentials, click the registration button on the right.
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 eClass in early May through the following link:
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 from August 6th - 16th; 10 AM - 3 PM MST
Delivery Method: Daily Live Virtual Instruction (Zoom)
FAQs
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.
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.
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 does have a small amount of funding available to support those who have financial barriers preventing participation. This funding is dynamic to a student's specific financial need, and the level of programming they are interested in. A confidential process for accessing these funds is completed directly with Bridge2Engg Program Lead, Tyson Lazaruk.
For those who have questions or would like to speak more about financial assistance, please contact Tyson directly at tysonlazaruk@ualberta.ca.
This is what students are saying about Bridge2ENGG!
“My favourite part of B2E was being in a positive and supportive environment where we debated over serious questions like whether a hotdog is a sandwich or not.” – Priya, Edmonton
"My favorite part of B2E was definitely getting a little sneak peak into what Engineering at the UofA is going to be like and meeting some other new people." – Yuki, Yellowknife
"I found that B2E really helped me get to know people but also realize that these people have the same worries and concerns that I do. So it just kind of gave me more confidence; everyone is in the same boat and everyone just wants to make friends." – Alexa, Lethbridge
"The dynamic of the lecture, everyone’s just super chill all the time and open to questions and participation and jokes in the chat, both the participants and the instructors. That was really fun and that made me a lot less anxious for going into university." – Nyah, Edmonton
"I’m really glad I got to meet a lot of people going into the same program as me, and also that we weren’t just doing content, but also these real world applications and problem solving, I thought that was really fun." – Maia, Edmonton
"The experience gave me an idea of what’s expected of me at university so that was good for me going in. It was also good to see that everyone was going through this transition as well. And I also liked the real world application of the content." – Joel, Fort Erie