The first-year curriculum is common to all programs except Energy Engineering:

Earn at least 30 credits from the following:

Engineering 200, 202, 204, 212, 225
Digital Engineering 233
Mathematics 275
Mathematics 277
Mathematics 211
Physics 259

General Complementary Studies Courses

Completion requirement

Two general complementary studies courses are required for all programs unless otherwise stated

Two general complementary studies courses are required

General complementary studies courses must be selected from the list of acceptable courses which may also be obtained from the D2L of Engineering Student Centre and via the following link: schulich.ucalgary.ca/current-students/undergraduate/student-resources/complementary-studies. Students are responsible for ensuring that any prerequisite conditions are satisfied.

Fulfill ANY of the following requirements:

All courses in:

Enroll in the following Course Lists:

All courses in: African Studies (AFST)
All courses in: Art History (ARHI)
All courses in: Canadian Studies (CNST)
All courses in: Central and East European Studies (CEST)
All courses in: East Asian Studies (EAST)
All courses in: English (ENGL)
All courses in: Film (FILM)
All courses in: Gender and Sexuality Studies (GSXS)
All courses in: Global Development Studies (DEST)
All courses in: Greek and Roman Studies (GRST)
All courses in: History (HTST)
All courses in: Indigenous Studies (INDG)
All courses in: Law and Society (LWSO)
All courses in: Linguistics (LING)
All courses in: Philosophy (PHIL)
All courses in: Political Science (POLI)
All courses in: Religious Studies (RELS)
All courses in: Romance Studies (ROST)
All courses in: South Asian Studies (SAST)
All courses in: Urban Studies (UBST)

Language courses in:

Enroll in the following Course Lists:

Language courses in: Arabic Language and Muslim Cultures - All 200- and 300-level courses
Language courses in: Chinese - All 200- and 300-level courses
Language courses in: French - All 200- to 500-level courses
Language courses in: German 200, 202, 204, 317, 331, 333, 357*, 359
Language courses in: Italian - All 200- and 300-level courses
Language courses in: Japanese - All 200- and 300-level courses
Language courses in: Russian - All 200- and 300-level courses
Language courses in: Slavic 356
Language courses in: Spanish - All 200- and 300-level courses

Selected courses in:

Enroll in the following Course Lists:

Anthropology: All 200- and 300-level courses
Archaeology: All 200- and 300-level courses except 306
Architecture: 201, 400, 500, 502, 510
Communication and Culture: 201, 203, 305, 307
Communication and Media Studies: All 200- and 300-level courses except 363
Dance: 309, 341, 343 345
Drama: 203, 205, 242, 243, 345, 346, 347, 355, 371, 483, 471
Economics: All 200- and 300-level courses except 209, 311, 387, 389, 395
Engineering: 521
Geography: 204, 254, 308, 324, 326, 328, 330, 352, 354, 430, 432, 452
Language: 300, 400, 451
Latin: 201, 203, 205, 207
Latin American Studies: All 200- and 300-level courses except 301
Music: 203, 306, 307, 308, 309
Psychology: All 200- and 300-level courses except 300, 301, 365, 369, 375
Sociology: All 200- and 300-level courses except 311, 313, 315
Strategy and Global Management: 395**
University: 201, 205

*Pre-approval by the Associate Dean (Student Affairs) is required for any course described as “special topics” or “research topics” for which the content may change from year to year.
**Not permitted for students in the Energy and Environment Minor.

NOTES:

If a course is not included in the above lists please contact the Engineering Student Centre via engginfo@ucalgary.ca and include course outlines for consideration. CEAB criterion defines Complementary Studies courses in the areas of humanities, social sciences, arts, languages, management, engineering economics and communications.
For 400- and 500-level courses not listed, please contact the Engineering Student Centre.

First Year Curriculum - Schulich School of Engineering

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