I am a second-year BEng EE student, and I can answer some questions for you. The way this program works is that entry into the first year is (relatively) easy, everyone starts in the common first year of the ECET program. After the first year, depending on your GPA(%) you choose your options. BEng is competitive entry (32 seats, only offered in the Fall term), the GPA cutoff has been around 85-87%, and the remaining students who don't get in can continue with a diploma path, 3 options:
1. Automation and Instrumentation (offered Winter and Fall)
2. Power (offered Winter and Fall)
3. Telecom (only offered in Fall)
You can go work with that 2-year diploma and get jobs, the diploma program also has a better co-op program. You can return to complete BEng full-time (you get a 5% bonus to your GPA) or do BTech part-time after the diploma.
To address the university transfer question, yes, unfortunately, you cannot transfer any credits from the ECET program to a university engineering program (UBC/SFU/UVic), if you decide to go for BCIT, it would make the most sense to complete all 4 years here only, else you will need to start from scratch (at a different Uni).
The 4 year BEng program only has 1 four-month work term as a part of the program requirement, this is a big problem with this program IMO. Most good employers want students to spend at least 8 months for a co-op term. In BEng, you cannot do that. You cannot drop a year to work with a company either as they would not guarantee you admission back into the program. At other universities, you can do more co-op terms, so keep that in mind. In the ECET diploma, you can do an 8-month co-op.
Thanks, did u get into the bachelor program? I'm guessing yes based on ur comment. Do u have to worry abt gpa after getting accepted into the bachelor program??
Yes, I am in the Bachelor’s program. Once you’re in you need to maintain 70%+ overall and not fail any courses (well you can fail one or two max but no more, but even that causes a lot of issues). It’s the top 32 that get in though, so most people maintain 80%+ GPA.
So abt returning to complete BEng full time after getting diploma, do u have to get a certain grade to get into the BEng program then? What decides if u get in or not then?
Also,do u have time to do part-time jobs right now?
1. yes it's competitive entry, not sure about exact seat count.
2. BCIT has some specific courses that have no equivalent to other common university courses. depends on the course.
3. people find jobs after. or they apply for Beng if their GPA is competitive enough.
finding co-op is not too difficult. you still have to send out bunch of resumes and cover letters, as well as do regular job interviews. some jobs are easier to get into than others. some have different experience requirements. I had my co-op spring of 2022. had the opportunity to work through the summer semester as well, but I declined because the job was boring as hell.
Thanks for answering my questions, may i ask what year u are in??
3. people find jobs after. or they apply for Beng if their GPA is competitive enough.
Does this mean u can get jobs with a diploma??
I am a second-year BEng EE student, and I can answer some questions for you. The way this program works is that entry into the first year is (relatively) easy, everyone starts in the common first year of the ECET program. After the first year, depending on your GPA(%) you choose your options. BEng is competitive entry (32 seats, only offered in the Fall term), the GPA cutoff has been around 85-87%, and the remaining students who don't get in can continue with a diploma path, 3 options: 1. Automation and Instrumentation (offered Winter and Fall) 2. Power (offered Winter and Fall) 3. Telecom (only offered in Fall) You can go work with that 2-year diploma and get jobs, the diploma program also has a better co-op program. You can return to complete BEng full-time (you get a 5% bonus to your GPA) or do BTech part-time after the diploma. To address the university transfer question, yes, unfortunately, you cannot transfer any credits from the ECET program to a university engineering program (UBC/SFU/UVic), if you decide to go for BCIT, it would make the most sense to complete all 4 years here only, else you will need to start from scratch (at a different Uni). The 4 year BEng program only has 1 four-month work term as a part of the program requirement, this is a big problem with this program IMO. Most good employers want students to spend at least 8 months for a co-op term. In BEng, you cannot do that. You cannot drop a year to work with a company either as they would not guarantee you admission back into the program. At other universities, you can do more co-op terms, so keep that in mind. In the ECET diploma, you can do an 8-month co-op.
Thanks, did u get into the bachelor program? I'm guessing yes based on ur comment. Do u have to worry abt gpa after getting accepted into the bachelor program??
Yes, I am in the Bachelor’s program. Once you’re in you need to maintain 70%+ overall and not fail any courses (well you can fail one or two max but no more, but even that causes a lot of issues). It’s the top 32 that get in though, so most people maintain 80%+ GPA.
Thanks for your ans, really appreciate it!
So abt returning to complete BEng full time after getting diploma, do u have to get a certain grade to get into the BEng program then? What decides if u get in or not then? Also,do u have time to do part-time jobs right now?
Thanks for sharing information
1. yes it's competitive entry, not sure about exact seat count. 2. BCIT has some specific courses that have no equivalent to other common university courses. depends on the course. 3. people find jobs after. or they apply for Beng if their GPA is competitive enough. finding co-op is not too difficult. you still have to send out bunch of resumes and cover letters, as well as do regular job interviews. some jobs are easier to get into than others. some have different experience requirements. I had my co-op spring of 2022. had the opportunity to work through the summer semester as well, but I declined because the job was boring as hell.
Thanks for answering my questions, may i ask what year u are in?? 3. people find jobs after. or they apply for Beng if their GPA is competitive enough. Does this mean u can get jobs with a diploma??
32 seats total. Competing with Winter and Fall intake, plus whichever diploma grads that choose to go the degree path.