Mauricio Dziedzic, Professor and Chair
Jianbing Li, Professor
Jueyi Sui, Professor
Thomas Tannert, Professor
Ron Thring, Professor
Steve Helle, Associate Professor
Asif Iqbal, Associate Professor
Guido Wimmers, Associate Professor
Faran Ali, Assistant Professor
June Garcia-Becerra, Assistant Professor
Oliver Iorhemen, Assistant Professor
Mohammad Kamali, Assistant Professor
Mohammad Raoufi, Assistant Professor
Ramla Qureshi, Assistant Professor
Fei Tong, Assistant Professor
Wenbo Zheng, Assistant Professor
Jianhui Zhou, Assistant Professor
Emily Cheung, Lecturer and Adjunct Professor
Maik Gehloff, Senior Laboratory Instructor
Natalie Linklater, Senior Laboratory Instructor
David Tamblyn, Senior Laboratory Instructor
 

Engineers serve society across a wide range of economic sectors in a number of capacities. Engineers require a solid technical and academic background, good communication skills, and the ability to work across a number of disciplines. Engineers design structures; bridges; mines; dams; transit systems; pollution control systems for air, water, and soil; and much more.

UNBC offers three engineering degrees at the undergraduate level – a Civil Engineering degree, an Environmental Engineering degree and a joint Environmental Engineering degree with UBC. (UNBC also offers a graduate degrees in engineering. See the Graduate Calendar.) These degrees prepare graduates for a wide range of employment opportunities where their technical expertise and problem-solving skills are required. The programs provide graduates with a strong awareness and understanding of environmental issues and problems. Our graduates are prepared for employment with engineering firms of all sizes in consulting, construction and resource industries (e.g. forestry, fisheries, mining, oil and gas, pulp and paper, and the agri-food industry), as well as government ministries and research organizations. Our graduates help shape the new environmental and civil engineering economy.

The Civil and Environmental Engineering degrees start with a similar first year in which the basic sciences and mathematics are emphasized along with an introduction to the engineering discipline. In second year, a number of courses are common in all of the engineering degrees but program requirements start to differentiate between the Civil and Environmental Engineering degrees. In the remaining years, some of the courses are common to both programs while each degree degree develops the in-depth knowledge to allow students to qualify within their discipline upon graduation. The final years expose students to practical engineering problems.

UNBC offers an integrated approach to Civil Engineering which is in keeping with the themes of design, lifecycle assessment, sustainable materials, and low-impact development throughout. Today’s civil engineer not only designs the infrastructure essential to modern society (buildings, bridges, highways, transit systems, water and waste treatment facilities, foundations, tunnels, dams, etc.) but also analyzes the effects of deterioration on infrastructure elements while considering system interdependencies and life-cycle impacts. Civil engineers must consider environmental impact and economic sustainability in the development of modern infrastructure.

UNBC offers an Environmental Engineering degree that integrates basic science with modern engineering practices. Environmental and ecological problems are an increasing concern for all Canadians, including in the northern portion of British Columbia due to a primarily resource-based economy. Our graduates are prepared to take on challenges facing modern society, including water, air, and soil pollution control; solid waste management; contaminated site remediation; the protection of society from adverse environmental factors; and the protection of environments from potentially detrimental effects of natural and human activities.

Admission Requirements

Transfers

• UNBC Civil and Environmental Engineering degree programs: Where both high school and university transfer coursework are provided for each of these four courses, the most recent GPA for each course is used. Transfer students must also have an overall Cumulative transfer GPA of at least 2.00, which is based on all their university transferrable coursework. Regardless of the articulated courses transferred, students must satisfy the residency requirement of a minimum of 90 credit hours.
• UNBC/UBC Joint Environmental Engineering degree program: Where both high school and university transfer coursework are provided for each of these four courses the highest GPA for each course is used. Transfer students must also have an overall Cumulative transfer GPA of at least 2.00, which is based on all their university transferrable coursework. Regardless of the articulated courses transferred, students must satisfy the residency requirement of a minimum of 90 credit hours. These may be fulfilled through a combination of courses taken at UNBC and UBC, provided that at least 30 credit hours are completed at each of the two institutions.

Qualification for Degree

Letter of Permission

Co-operative Education

Civil Engineering Degree Program Requirements

Program Requirements

Electives

Electives must be chosen from the following lists.

15 credit hours. Total must be chosen from the Civil and Environmental Engineering elective lists.

Choose 9 or 12 credit hours from the Civil Engineering technical electives:

CIVE 451-3		Building Physics
CIVE 461-3		Foundation Design
CIVE 471-3		Cold Climate Construction Engineering
CIVE 481-3		Urban and Regional Planning

Standards of Professional Conduct

The Environmental Engineering Bachelor of Applied Science program is a 4.5 year (nine semester) joint degree between the University of British Columbia and the University of Northern British Columbia. The program is based on a unique collaboration between UNBC and UBC that capitalizes on the strength of UNBC in Environmental Science and the breadth and depth of engineering at UBC. It incorporates complementary elements and expertise from each institution while exposing students to the distinctive character of both institutions. The program starts with a two-year foundation in mathematics and basic and environmental sciences from UNBC. In the third and fourth years, the program provides a thorough education and training in engineering fundamentals, engineering analysis and engineering design, largely through courses in Civil Engineering and Chemical and Biological Engineering at UBC. The final term at UNBC exposes students to practical environmental engineering problems.

The joint UNBC/UBC Environmental Engineering program is accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board.

Unless otherwise specified, the rules and regulations are those applicable at the institution (UBC or UNBC) which the students are attending at the time the rules/regulations need to be applied. In the case where the rules and regulations are needed to cover the program as a whole, or where the institution of attendance is not relevant, then the more stringent rules/regulations are applied. Academic appeals are handled using the procedures at the institution where the rules/regulations need to be applied.

Students wanting to take a Leave of Absence must apply to the Environmental Engineering Advisor at the institution that the student is currently attending. Upon approval, students are eligible for up to a one-year Leave of Absence. Students who do not apply for a Leave of Absence are withdrawn from the Environmental Engineering program.

Transit between years and institutions requires good academic standing in the program at the most recent institution of residence (UNBC or UBC).

At UNBC, good academic standing means a student must have a Cumulative GPA of 2.00 or greater in required 1st and 2nd year courses (including 3 credit hours of Humanities or Social Sciences), and must have successfully completed all ENGR, ENVE, MATH and STAT courses. For transit to UBC, all transit requirements must be met by April 30th of the year of transfer.

At UBC, good academic standing means an average of at least 55%, and passing grades in at least 65% of the credits taken. Refer to the UBC Environmental Engineering website (enve.ubc.ca) for more details on UBC to UNBC transit requirements.

ENGR 210-3		Material and Energy Balances
ENGR 211-3		Engineering Communication
ENGR 217-3		Engineering Design II
ENGR 220-3		Engineering Chemistry
ENGR 221-3		Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
ENGR 254-3		Fluid Mechanics I
ENSC 201-3		Weather and Climate
ENVE 222-3		Engineering Biology
FSTY 205-3		Introduction to Soil Science
or GEOG 210-3		Introduction to Earth Science
MATH 200-3		Calculus III
MATH 230-3		Linear Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems
STAT 271-3		Statistical Reasoning for Engineers

3 credit hours of Humanities or Social Science elective
3 credit hours of elective

The following UNBC courses may be used to meet a Technical Elective requirement in the UBC portion of the Joint UBC/UNBC Environmental Engineering BASc program. Normally, no more than one course from the list may be used. To qualify towards UBC technical elective requirements, the technical elective must be taken prior to transition to UBC.

ENSC 302-3		Low Carbon Energy Development
ENSC 404-3		Waste Management
ENSC 406-3		Environmental Modelling
ENSC 408-3		Storms
ENSC 425-3		Climate Change and Global Warming
ENSC 450-3		Environmental and Geophysical Data Analysis
ENSC 452-3		Reclamation and Remediation of Disturbed Environments
FSTY 345-3		Wood Materials Science
NREM 410-3		Watershed Management