The Common First Year Engineering Certificate program provides the opportunity to study first-year Engineering (Applied Science). All courses must be taken at Okanagan College within a 8-month period. After completing the Common First Year Engineering Certificate you may be able to apply to some B.C. university's second year Engineering (Applied Science) Degree programs. Upon successful completion of this program you will be able to develop a knowledge base for engineering, analyze and solve problems while applying engineering knowledge, conduct investigations into various complex problems, and more.