(2022, May), Implementing a Common First-Year Engineering Curriculum in British Columbia  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference, Vancouver. 10.18260/1-2--44741

\bibitem{asee_peer_44741}
   (2022, May), \emph{Implementing a Common First-Year Engineering Curriculum in British Columbia}
  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference, Vancouver.
  10.18260/1-2--44741

.  "Implementing a Common First-Year Engineering Curriculum in British Columbia".  2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference, Vancouver, 2022, May.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://peer.asee.org/44741 Internet.  14 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_44741}
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  "Implementing a Common First-Year Engineering Curriculum in British Columbia".
  \emph{2022 ASEE Zone IV Conference, Vancouver, 2022, May}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://peer.asee.org/44741 Internet.  14 Dec, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Demand for engineering education has grown in recognition of its importance to the national economy; demographics and economic growth requires an expanded capacity for engineering education throughout Canada, and encouragement for students to enter the profession.  

Between 2015 and 2018, a group of post-secondary institutions within BC drafted a transfer agreement, referred to as the Common First-Year Engineering Curriculum (CFYEC), that captured both the topical content and individual pathway conditions for each engineering school in the province.  The agreement ensured students starting the first-year of studies at signatory college/teaching universities could transfer seamlessly into second year at any one of the engineering schools to complete their programs.  

The goals of the CFYEC included:

•	Recognizing the diverse learning pathways taken by students, 
•	Deepening community and industry partnerships (particularly in rural and semi-rural areas),
•	Providing access to a broader range of engineering disciplines, and
•	Improving the cost efficiency of program delivery for students, institutions, and the province.  

In 2019, capacity building grants were provided to a number of college/teaching universities to support launching the CFYEC.  This exercise has since been completed, and this work-in-progress paper provides qualitative survey results describing the CFYEC implementation experience at these institutions, the impact of COVID-19 on this work, and earlier indication on whether the goals of the CFYEC are being achieved.  

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