Member Advantage Program for Students (APEG-MAPS)

Registration | Member Benefits | Experience Reporting l Geoscience Course Syllabus l Student Video Contest | Events | Student/Team Sponsorship | Newsletter l Student Funding Requests

Take the first step towards a professional career - Join the Member Advantage Program for Students today!

APEGBC's mission is to make it easier for you - the aspiring engineer or geoscientist - to launch your career. For this reason, we have developed the Membership Advantage Program for Students (MAPS), a special class of membership in APEGBC that allows students to begin shaping their future. The MAPS program focuses on:

• Increasing the interaction between students and industry professionals.
• Providing students with the means to gain education, contacts and employment, through access to APEGBC services.
• Elevating the level of knowledge that students have about their future profession.
• Acting as a guide to students in their transition from graduation to EIT or GIT.

Membership to MAPS provides you with limitless benefits and opportunities for advancing your future as a professional.

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Take advantage of all of the benefits that membership provides, express your commitment to high ethical and professional standards, and make a great impression on potential employers and industry contacts

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Member Benefits

APEG-MAPS gives you a variety of opportunities to make industry contacts, establish a viable career path, learn "working world" skills and get acquainted with your future professional association. In addition, the following benefits are also available to APEG-MAPS members. Check out each category, and learn how to take full advantage of the opportunities that APEG-MAPS membership offers to you!

• Financial
• Scholarships
• Professional Opportunities

Experience Reporting

Effective April 1, 2013, new users will no longer be setup to use the Online Reporting System.  Those currently using the system will be receiving an email to outline the options available, which includes an option to complete experience reporting on this system until December 31, 2016. If you are interested in reporting your experience online, please visit the Competency Online Tool section of our website.

If you have any questions, please contact Amit Plaha, Student Program Coordinator at aplaha@apeg.bc.ca.

Geoscience Course Syllabus

With the new 2011 Syllabi, applicants will be required to select a specific, stand-alone checklist for the discipline they are applying in (e.g. geology). There have been changes to the amount of semesters required for the Foundation Sciences section as well as an expansion of acceptable topics for the Electives sections.
To view specific changes made to the new Syllabi you can download the Geoscientists Canada Knowledge Requirements document.

Please visit the following link via our website to access PDF versions of the new syllabi/checklists: www.apeg.bc.ca/reg/geosyllabi.html.

An updated course equivalency list is available on our website: www.apeg.bc.ca/reg/geocourseequivlist.html

APEG-MAPS Student Video Contest

APEGBC wants you to see what inspired you to pursue a career in engineering or geoscience! Send us your video that shows us “what inspired you to pursue a career in engineering or geoscience” to enter our contest for a chance to win a trip to APEGBC’s Annual Conference & Annual General Meeting in Whistler, BC on October 25-27, 2013 and a $1000 prize. APEGBC’s Annual Conference is a great place to network and interact with some of BC’s leading Professional Engineers and Geoscientists.

2013 Student Video Contest Information Sheet & Contest Rules

2013 Student Video Contest Application Form

APEG-MAPS Student Newsletter

Our APEG-MAPS e-newsletter, circulated to MAPS members, is a great place to get updates on upcoming activities, current student initiatives, and other information relevant to our student members. Check out past editions below:

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Student Funding Requests

APEGBC offers funding to engineering/geoscience student organizations or student teams across BC. The Spring deadline to apply for funding is April 26, 2013. Once APEGBC reviews all applications, each organization/team that has applied for funding will be notified.  Funding will be awarded based on a combination of factors which is reflected in our application form.

Student Funding Request Form

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Amit Plaha, Student Program Coordinator at aplaha@apeg.bc.ca or 604.412.4891.

Student/Team Sponsorship

Operational Grants: APEGBC provides annual operational grants to student societies to fund events or activities on campus and participation in student conventions and conferences. APEGBC has sponsored the following university student societies this semester:

• UBC Dawson Club
• UBC Engineering Undergraduate Society (Vancouver & Okanagan Campuses)
• UBC Okanagan Earth & Environmental Sciences Student Union
• UNBC Environmental Engineering Student Association
  
• SFU Earth Science Student Union
• SFU Engineering Undergraduate Student Society
• UVic GASEOS
• UVic Engineering Students Society

Student Project Funding: APEGBC has sponsored the following student projects:

• SFU Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Team
• UVic Aerospace
• UBC Concrete toboggan
• UBC Mine Rescue
• IEEE Think Engineering
• UVic GASEOS
• UBC Supermileage Team

For information on funding proposals, please contact Amit Plaha , Student Program Coordinator.

Events

APEG-MAPS Student Industry Nights strive to connect students with industry. Professionals are invited to share their experiences, knowledge of industry trends and advice in an informal setting to help students better understand their future professions while increasing and developing valuable relationships with industry. Join us at an upcoming event near you.

Upcoming Student Events:

APEGBC & BCIT Industry Night - Student Registration

APEGBC Branches/Divisions

As a member of MAPS you automatically gain membership into one of APEGBC's fifteen regional branches. Each branch offers dinner meetings, sports teams, newsletters and social activities. Get involved in your branch; network with professionals who can be excellent mentors, business contacts and potential employment leads.

APEGBC has four club-like divisions. Tailored to a particular interest, divisions attract individuals with common interests for talks, tours and fun