Vantage Students Entering UBC Science

Vantage students can use this handy guide to select courses for UBC Science.

1. Review the courses that you successfully completed in your year at Vantage, as pre-requisites for second year

2. Look at your specialization (“major”) on the UBC Calendar

In late June, you’ll learn the results of your specialization application. If you are continuing with first year class standing, you can look at your intended specialization(s) on the UBC Calendar and use the information to make informed choices.

Visit the UBC Calendar to find your specialization. Identify which courses you have already completed from the first year category and which ones you will need to take this year. You will need to take these courses first as they are often pre-requisites for courses listed in the second year category.

You need to understand how pre-requisites work within your specialization. While all the required courses for each year of a specialization need to be completed, some courses may be deferred to the next year if they are not a pre-requisite for the next course(s). Make a list of the courses that you need to take this year. 

3. Find the courses that you need to take on the Course Schedule and start creating some saved schedules on Workday

You will need to shuffle courses and labs around until you find a way to fit everything. Aim to fit four to five courses in each term. Check out the Course Schedule on Workday and create a saved schedule for your intended courses.

4. Familiarize yourself with BSc requirements

Look at the Faculty of Science requirements and review the saved schedules you have created to ensure that they meet the criteria to be promoted to third year class standing by May of next year.

5. On or after your assigned registration date and time, you can return to your saved schedule and select “register all”

We recommend that you register as soon as your registration opens. You should register for both winter session terms (September and January).

If you find that some courses you had previously selected are already full, you can look for other sections of the same course that may still have space available. This may mean that you will need to change the sections of other courses you enroll in so that your schedule works. If you want to register in a course that is already full, you can review these strategies for next steps.

Questions? Speak with a Science advisor

Beth Dennis, your academic advisor at Vantage, will continue to be your academic advisor for the Faculty of Science. You can also talk to Science Advising for academic questions. Science Advisors can be very busy during registration when many students are also selecting their courses, so please ask your questions as soon as possible!