The Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Science is committed to working with engineering students to overcome challenges and improve their prospects for success as a Ryerson University engineering student and as a professional engineer after graduation. The Faculty has introduced the Early Intervention Program and the Communications Proficiency Resource Path as part of a larger, faculty-wide initiative designed to maximize students' potential for success.
Early Intervention Program
Highly innovative and proactive retention strategies play an important role in helping students build the skills for success in a demanding engineering curriculum. Through the First-Year and Common Engineering Office, the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Science has incorporated the Early Intervention Program into the first-year engineering experience. At the semester's mid-point, students who are failing courses in their core curriculum are identified and encouraged to attend an interview with a member of our academic support team (First-Year and Common Engineering Program Director/Academic Advisor and/or the Student Counsellor). Together, they discuss options to help reduce the chances of academic failure.
Communications Proficiency Resource Path
All students admitted into first year engineering are required to write a mandatory Writing Skills Test (WST) or the diagnostic Ryerson Test of English Proficiency (RTEP). The WST is conducted annually during Orientation Week before the beginning of the first semester. Students who pass the WST by achieving a 'B' grade or higher may enroll in their chosen Liberal Studies courses. Those students who do not pass the WST and those students who achieve a 'C' level remedial pass on the RTEP will be required to enroll in LNG 100, LNG 101, LNG 200, or LNG 300 courses as lower-level Liberal Studies course(s), depending on the outcome of the WST assessment. Students who do not pass the first WST or who achieve a 'C' level remedial pass on the RTEP will have three additional chances to pass the WST. The second test will be available in May following the completion of the First-Year Engineering curriculum. The third and fourth WST will be conducted during the following Orientation Week, and in May of the following year, for the next cohort of engineering students.
Students who fail the second WST may benefit from a four to six-week intensive ESL/writing program which will be available during the Spring/Summer term. Students may not proceed into the third-year of their engineering program without passing the WST. Engineering students who need to further develop their language and writing skills will have access to additional writing-intensive Liberal Studies courses. Students who are required to take the LNG 100, LNG 101, LNG 200, or LNG 300 are strongly encouraged and expected to take these writing- intensive humanities and social science courses. Detailed information is available from the First-Year and Common Engineering Office.
For additional information, please refer to the specific engineering program within this calendar or contact the First-Year and Common Engineering Office, Room ENG-377 Phone: 416-979-5000 ext. 4261.
Engineering Transfer Credits
Applicants approved into an Engineering program cannot expect to receive any transfer credits in Engineering discipline or Engineering related discipline courses if their applicable post secondary education was not completed at a program accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB). Refer to www.ccpe.ca for a listing of CEAB accredited institutions.
Core and professional engineering course transfer credits will ONLY be granted at the time of admission. An Offer of Admission will notify the applicant of transfer credit decision(s) subject to acceptance of their Offer.
Liberal Studies discipline courses taken at CEAB accredited or non-accredited schools will be considered for either lower- or upper-level liberal studies transfer credit. College courses, in general, are not eligible for transfer credit except in the case of lower-level liberal studies courses.
