1. ENGINEERING PEER TUTORING SERVICE (EPTS) TIPS ON SUCCEEDING IN ENGINEERING October 10, 2012 Andrea Gideon

2. What is EPTS? Free tutorial service for U0 and U1 students Provided by the Engineering Student Centre and the EUS Advisory committee: Judy Pharo (Associate Director, Engineering Student Centre) Professor Mohamed Meguid (Associate Dean) Professor Siva Nadarajah

3. How does EPTS work? Drop-in office hours Midterm and final exam review sessions Software mini-courses (MATLAB) Tutors are available to: Answer your questions Provide support

4. Schedule

5. Courses Offered SubjectCourse Chemical Engineering CHEE 200 Chemical Engineering Principles 1 CHEE 204 Chemical Engineering Principles 2 CHEE 220 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Civil Engineering CIVE 205 Statics CIVE 206 Dynamics CIVE 207 Solid Mechanics CIVE 290 Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer Electrical Engineering ECSE 200 Electric Circuits 1 ECSE 210 Electric Circuits 2 ECSE 221 Introduction to Computer Engineering Mechanical Engineering MECH 210 Mechanics 1 MECH 220 Mechanics 2 U0 Math MATH 133 Linear Algebra and Geometry MATH 140 Calculus 1 MATH 141 Calculus 2 U1 Math MATH 262 Intermediate Calculus MATH 263 Ordinary Differential Equations for Engineers MATH 264 Advanced Calculus

6. Where? Room FDA 6B Frank Dawson Adams Building Contact: Andrea Gideon epts@mcgilleus.ca

7. SUCCEEDING IN ENGINEERING

8. Some thoughts on first year Intro and general courses It gets more interesting – and easier! Smaller classes More applications Teamwork Design Projects

9. My First Year at McGill From CEGEP (Dawson College) Advantages / Disadvantages First auditorium experience at McGill Adjusting to University grading system Working alone / Working in groups

10. Succeeding in your courses Use Your Resources Classmates Teaching Assistants EPTS Professors Extra Practice Materials – Library databases – Online resources – Copi-EUS – Friends who took the class before

11. Succeeding in Engineering Don’t lose sight of why you chose Engineering Academic Advisors Mentors, older students – Em(POWE)r program – Getting involved in other activities – Design teams

12. Benefits of being in Engineering Comparison to Pre-Med and Science U0 courses Sense of community Abundance of free resources

13. Questions?