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The General Engineering Program (GEP) is a 30-credit course of study for the first year of a Bachelor of Engineering degree for students who have not completed a Quebec CEGEP diploma. Upon successful completion of these requirements, students must apply for placement and continue in a B.Eng. or B.S.E. program.
The GEP is not open to students with more than 6 transfer credits toward their engineering major (e.g., transfer credits from Advanced Placement (AP) exams or from courses taken at other universities).
Note: FACC 100 (Introduction to the Engineering Profession) must be taken during the first year of study.
Humanities and Social Sciences, Management Studies, and Law
3 credits at the 200 level or higher from the following departments:
Anthropology (ANTH)
Economics (any 200- or 300-level course excluding ECON 227 and ECON 337)
History (HIST)
Philosophy (excluding PHIL 210 and PHIL 310)
Political Science (POLI)
Psychology (excluding PSYC 204 and PSYC 305, but including PSYC 100)
Religious Studies (RELG)
School of Social Work (SWRK)
Sociology (excluding SOCI 350)
OR one of the following:
| ARCH 528 | (3) | History of Housing |
| BUSA 465* | (3) | Technological Entrepreneurship |
| ENVR 203 | (3) | Knowledge, Ethics and Environment |
| ENVR 400 | (3) | Environmental Thought |
| FACC 220 | (3) | Law for Architects and Engineers |
| FACC 500 | (3) | Technology Business Plan Design |
| FACC 501 | (3) | Technology Business Plan Project |
| INDR 294* | (3) | Introduction to Labour-Management Relations |
| MATH 338 | (3) | History and Philosophy of Mathematics |
| MGCR 222* | (3) | Introduction to Organizational Behaviour |
| MGCR 352* | (3) | Principles of Marketing |
| ORGB 321* | (3) | Leadership |
| ORGB 423* | (3) | Human Resources Management |
* Note: Management courses have limited enrolment and registration dates. See Important Dates at: /importantdates/.
Language Courses
If you are not proficient in a certain language, no more than 3 credits will be given for 6 credits of courses at the 100 level or higher in that language. A maximum of 3 credits of language courses will be counted toward the B.Eng./B.S.E. Complementary Studies requirement.
However, 3 credits may be given for any language course at the 200 level or higher that has a sufficient cultural component. This course must be approved by the McGill Engineering Student Centre (Student Affairs Office) (Frank Dawson Adams Building, Room 22).
Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2017-2018 (last updated Mar. 6, 2017) (disclaimer)
Faculty of Engineering—2017-2018 (last updated Mar. 6, 2017) (disclaimer)
