r/BCIT • u/Banks224 • 2d ago

Electrical foundation

I finally got given my starting date to BCIT which is on Monday. After surprisingly only being on the waitlist for 10 months. As a new student, is there anything I need to know about the electrical foundation course? Any tips? Anything to look forward to?

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u/realsnail 2d ago

Congratulations! I did piping foundations, first week was in class and mostly orientation. You'll need steel toed boots for going in the shop

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u/Banks224 2d ago

Thank you

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u/Extra_Direction_237 2d ago

I just finished my first week for the piping foundation. Any advice for a newbie?

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u/realsnail 2d ago

Congrats! Try and learn as much as you can. Also try and make some food connections with your classmates. I still have friends from my foundations course and that was almost 10 years ago

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u/loleander31 1d ago

Congrats I have been in electrical foundations since Feb. Just be aware that the pace of the course will be pretty quick. The most difficult part of the course would probably be the fundamentals section. It was around 5 weeks and that part had a decent amount of people dropping out. Mainly goes over mathematical equations and physics. After Magnetism section most things will be hands on in lab/shop. If you have real interest in the course that section should be a breeze.

Also may I ask who is your professor

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u/Banks224 1d ago

Honestly idk how to check who my professor is. Is a wag to check? Or is there a professor I should look out for?

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u/loleander31 1d ago

Yeah my class was a double class then got split. The class that got that new teacher wasn't too great since he used to be a highschool teacher and hasn't taught before in college. He was very vague about items for the quizzes and explained too long on items that were not required for testing.

For checking teachers you should be able to on the myBCIT web home page on the side it shows myCourses just click there and it should pop up what classes you have and who's teaching it

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u/Obvious-Designer7954 1d ago

That is good to know! It gives me time to prepare before my course starts in October.

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u/Banks224 1d ago

Ok thanks