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Prepare for your first year
Mix and match courses and other opportunities to create your own unique, customized EMBER experience.
This Engineering Mentorship and Bridging Education Resources (EMBER) program is available to students who are entering their first year of engineering, the Bachelor of Technology program, Computer Science, and Integrated Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences (iBioMed).
It’s offered at no additional cost to students.
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Our goals
Academic Success
To prepare students entering into Level 1 Faculty of Engineering programs for academic success by teaching and reinforcing foundational concepts in Math, Physics, Chemistry and Computing.
Social Success
To prepare students entering into Level 1 Faculty of Engineering programs for social success by introducing and connecting the students to each other, upper-year students, staff, faculty member, and clubs in engineering. Get to know the #FireballFamily!
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Avenue to Learn
Courses will be taken through Avenue to Learn.
Avenue to Learn is the primary learning, course delivery and assessment platform at McMaster.
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This program is designed to ease your worries. It will support you, help you make the transition to university a smooth one and will welcome you a little early to the Fireball Family.