Why is the First-Year Engineering Transition Program Needed?
First-year engineering students may experience academic difficulties because of the demanding nature of many of the courses, and challenges in adapting to university life. UOIT’s First-Year Engineering Transition Program can help engineering students succeed in the first year and, as a consequence, fair better in their remaining studies. The First-Year Engineering Transition Program also enables students to spread the demanding workload over a longer period, thereby providing more time to better understand the course material. The Program can help first-year students overcome three of the main barriers to success: • Timing: Some fall-term courses (Calculus I and Physics I) are prerequisites for the winter-term courses Calculus II and Physics II. Students who fail either Calculus I or Physics I, or who have not taken either course, are not allowed to register in Calculus II and/or Physics II. These students typically would need to spend one more year to complete all the required first-y
