Prepare for your first year engineering!

Starting first-year Engineering at the University of Alberta this upcoming Fall?

First-year engineering is one of the toughest transitions, but the students who succeed don’t start from zero. That’s why we built EnggPrep by CogniVolt.

Our reach and impact

Why students trust CogniVolt?

• Founded by students at the University of Alberta to support other students
• 6+ years of tutoring experience from our lead instructor
• Specialized in first & second-year engineering courses
• Covers ALL core first-year courses: MATH, PHYS, CHEM, ENGG
• Serving students across Edmonton & Alberta universities

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How does the camps will look like?

Offering fully virtually, it will be 2-one hour long synchronous sessions per week. Each camp will run for 4 weeks long. Materials will be provided for campers to complete asynchronously, and all materials can be accessed asynchronously.

The aim of the camp is to simulate the pace (including exams) of first-year Engineering while supplementing campers with key topics covered in each course. After the camp, campers will have a head start on the material from Day 1.

Please note that the camps are not for credit at any post-secondary institution and only for preparation for the courses the students will first encounter in their first semester in the Engineering program.

Camps offered

PHYS 130 - Wave Motion, Optics, and Sound

Geometrical optics, optical instruments, oscillations, waves, sound, interference, diffraction

CHEM 103 - Introductory University Chemistry I

Atoms and molecules, states of matter, chemistry of the elements.

MATH 100 - Calculus for Engineering I

Review of numbers, inequalities, functions, analytic geometry; limits, continuity; derivatives and applications, Taylor polynomials; log, exp, and inverse trig functions. Integration, fundamental theorem of calculus substitution, trapezoidal and Simpson's rules.

ENGG 130 - Engineering Mechanics

Equilibrium of planar systems. Analysis of statically determinate trusses and frames. Friction. Centroids and centres of gravity. Forces and moments in beams. Second moments of area.

Schedule and Fees

The camps are scheduled as follows, subject to change due to registration numbers and demand:

July camps (July 4th to July 26th)
August camps (August 1st to August 23rd)

If you already pre-registered, you will receive an email notifying you to complete the payment process once the payment portal is ready.

Fees will be:

$250 for a one month camp (each camp will cover one specific course).

Students are eligible to register to be in multiple camps at one time.

Full schedule

Synchronous sessions hours

July camps

August camps

All synchronous sessions will be recorded and can be accessed at a later time. Throughout the week, materials will be released weekly to be done at the students own time. It is important to complete these materials as these materials are complementary to what is being discussed in the synchronous sessions Synchronous sessions will be conducted via Google Meet.