APEGA B.Sc. to P. Eng. Bootstrap Course List

This course list is intended to help people bridge from their engineering-related science degree (mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, etc.) to APEGA’s arbitrary and unfair 12 exam or fewer exam threshold for Science (B. Sc.) graduates.

If you were assigned technical exams by a regulator, then you should write them. It will always be more cost and time effective to write the technical exams.

Yes, you can as a B. Sc. graduate become a professional engineer through technical examinations with a few engineering regulators. If you can write and speak French, then OIQ is a great option. For the rest of you, your best option is going to be APEGA. We must read Section 6 & 13 of Alberta Engineers and Geosciences Professions Act for the criteria to first become a “Student” member and then a P. Eng. of APEGA. Once you are a P. Eng. registered with APEGA, you can transfer to any other provincial engineering regulator in a few weeks.

A CEAB accredited engineering degree is ~48 courses or ~144 credit hours. A typical examination syllabus is ~24 technical exams. It therefore holds that on average, each technical exam will typically require two courses.

A typical B.Sc. graduate will be ~15 or 16 technical exams short of the standard. You will therefore usually need to cover ~3 to 4 technical exams with courses to reach the 12 or fewer exam threshold.

The most obvious gap fillers for the B. Sc. graduate are going to be the complimentary studies subjects 98-CS-1 & 98-CS-2. First, these are never subjects covered in a science degree. Second, these are a single course per technical exam.

With the exception of UNB CE3963 which I have taken myself, none of these courses come with feedback from the regulator or an examination candidate. This list is only a starting point. Some of these are offered on demand, some are not. Some are open access and some you will have to beg your way into. Some may no longer be offered. All are online courses but some of the Lakehead courses have up to a week of campus time.

You should, if possible, send APEGA an email to confirm that the course will be accepted in lieu of the technical exam. The APEGA examinations team ask you to do this on their page.

This list is also not complete.

If you find additional online courses or errors in this page, please send me an email (ed@techexam.ca).

98-CS-1 Engineering Economics	University of New Brunswick CE 3963 Engineering Economy Queen’s University APSC 221 Economic and Business Practice Memorial University ENGI 4102 Engineering Economics University of Alberta ENG M 401 – Financial Management for Engineers
98-CS-2 Engineering in Society – Health, Safety, and the Environment	University of New Brunswick ENGG 4013 Law and Ethics for Engineers Concordia University ENGR 201 – Professional Practice & Responsibility ENCS 6201 – Ethics and Professionalism Carleton University ECOR 4995 Professional Practice Memorial University ENGI 8152 Engineering Professionalism II University of Waterloo PD 22: Professionalism and Ethics in Engineering Practice York University MECH 2112 Mechanical Engineering: Professionalism and Society ENG 3000 Professional Engineering Practice
20-Prelim-1 Calculus	Memorial University MATH 1000 Calculus I MATH 1001: Calculus II University of Toronto APS162H1: Calculus for Engineers I APS163H1: Calculus for Engineers II
20-Prelim-2 Computing	Concordia University COMP 218 – Fundamentals of Programming
20-Prelim-3 Physics	University of Victoria PHYS110 Introductory Physics I PHYS111 Introductory Physics II University of New Brunswick ECE1813 Electricity and Magnetism (Electrical Only)
20-Prelim-4 Chemistry	University of Toronto APS164H1 – Introductory Chemistry from a Materials Perspective Lakehead University Engineering 3014 Engineering Chemistry (one week in-person tutorials, labs & exam) University of Waterloo CHE 102: Chemistry for Engineers
04-BS-1 Mathematics (Ordinary Differential Equations, Vector and Linear Algebra)	Queen’s University APSC 174 Introduction To Linear Algebra (Vector & Linear Algebra Only) Queen’s University MTHE 225 Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE Only) Memorial University MATH 2050 Linear Algebra I (Vector & Linear Algebra Only)
04-BS-2 Probability and Statistics	The University of Western Ontario STATS 2141A – Applied Probability and Statistics for Engineers
04-BS-3 Statics and Dynamics (two topics)	University of New Brunswick CE 1023 Statics for Engineers (Statics Only) University of Toronto APS160H1: Mechanics (Statics Only) Lakehead University ENGI 3016: Engineering Mechanics (Statics & Dynamics, 3-day in-person tutorials & exam) York University SC/PHYS 1800 3.00   Engineering Mechanics (Statics & Dynamics)
04-BS-5 Advanced Mathematics (Series Solutions of Differential Equations and Numerical Methods)	Concordia University ENGR 391 – Numerical Methods in Engineering (Numerical Methods) ENCS 6021 – Engineering Analysis (Series Solutions of Differential Equations)
04-BS-7 Mechanics of Fluids	Concordia University ENGR 361 – Fluid Mechanics I
04-BS-10 Engineering Thermodynamics	Lakehead University Engineering 3015 Engineering Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
16-Chem-A2 Unit Operations and Separation Processes	Concordia University CHME 6081 – Advanced Separation Processes
16-Chem-A4 Chemical Reactor Engineering	Concordia University CHME 6031 – Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Engineering
16-Chem-B1 Transport Phenomena	Concordia University CHME 6011 – Advanced Transport Phenomena
17-Comp-A3 Computer Architecture	University of New Brunswick ECE3221 Computer Organization University of Victoria ECE449: Computer Systems and Architecture Concordia University COEN 6741 – Computer Architecture and Design
16-Elec-A4 Digital Systems and Computers	University of New Brunswick ECE3221 Computer Organization University of Victoria ECE449: Computer Systems and Architecture Concordia University COEN 6741 – Computer Architecture and Design
16-Elec-B3 Digital Communications Systems	University of Victoria
16-Elec-B9 Electromagnetic Field, Transmission Lines, Antennas, and Radiation	Concordia University ELEC 470/ELEC 6891 – Broadcast Signal Transmission
16-Elec-B10 Electro-Optical Engineering	Concordia University ELEC 425/ELEC 6261 – Optical Devices for High-Speed Communications
18-Geom-A4 Photogrammetry	University of New Brunswick GGE 4313 Photogrammetry
18-Geom-A7 Geospatial Information Systems	University of New Brunswick GGE 3423 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems GGE 4423 Advanced Geographic Information Systems
17-Ind-A6 Systems Simulation	Dalhousie University IENG 2201 Modelling and Optimization for Engineers
16-Mec-B3 Energy Conversion and Power Generation	Concordia University ELEC 437/ELEC 6421 – Renewable Energy Systems
17-Phys-A5-A Electronic Materials and Devices	Concordia University ELEC 321 – Introduction to Semiconductor Materials and Devices
19-Soft-A4 Real-Time Systems	University of Victoria ECE455 Real Time Computer Systems Design Project
19-Soft-B3 Security	University of Victoria SENG360 – Security Engineering