Engineering

Program Fast Facts Length: 2 Years Program Perk: Small class sizes and excellent access to profs and facilities Program-Related Facilities: BEEC - Biological Environmental Engineering Centre; Banting Engineering Building Diploma awarded upon completion: Engineering Diploma Application Deadline: August 1st (Canadian students) - March 1st (International Students) Contact: Department of Engineering 902.893.6710 recruit@nsac.ca nsac.ca/eng/

Program Overview
If you like working with your hands in designing or building, or you enjoy finding out how things work, consider the Engineering Diploma program. This Associated Universities program is given in conjunction with Dalhousie University. Once you complete the program at NSAC you receive an Engineering Diploma and are guaranteed admission into the third year of Dalhousie’s Bachelor of Engineering. This is a terrific way to get two very different learning experiences - earn your diploma at a small, town university, and finish your degree at a large, urban university!

NSAC’s Engineering program offers a very unique method of learning called Integrated Engineering. In fact, this is the only program of its kind in Canada! In this teaching module there is an emphasis on teamwork, integrated thinking and the development of leadership skills. You will work in learning communities and use mentors for guidance. By working on engineering-related cases immediately, you find out what being an Engineer is like right away. You don’t have to wait until your second year to discover the world of Engineering, you start working on design projects and problem solving in your first semester!

While at NSAC you choose an area in which to specialize, called a discipline. Discipline options include: Biosystems (Agricultural), Environmental, Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Industrial, Mechanical, Metallurgical, and Mining. Don’t worry....you don’t have to choose a discipline until you start your second year. This gives you plenty of time to check out all the options, talk with students and professors, and find the discipline that’s right for you.

Course Work
Before specializing in different areas, all Engineering students must take the same courses, some of which include:

• Design and Graphics
• Chemistry
• Calculus
• Physics
• Statics
• Electrical Circuits
• Differential Equations
• Probability and Statistics for Engineering

Program-related Facilities
Students of this program have access to facilities in the main Engineering building, Banting Building, and also the the Bio-Environmental Engineering Centre (BEEC).