First-year students

How high school transfer credits work

How high school transfer credits work

Advice to help you make confident decisions about transfer credit and course planning.

Getting ready for registration

Getting ready for registration

Resources to help you through registration.

Tips for first-year course planning

Tips for first-year course planning

Five steps that you can take to begin visualizing your first-year plan.

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Choosing Arts One

If you’re looking into your first-year study options, consider the Arts One program.

Choosing the Coordinated Arts Program (CAP)

Choosing the Coordinated Arts Program (CAP)

If you’re a first-year student entering UBC Arts, start by choosing a first-year study option.

Explore your interests before first-year registration

Explore your interests before first-year registration

As a first-year student entering UBC Arts, you have to make many decisions to get ready for your registration day. It helps to think about what your academic and personal interests are to make the right decisions for course registration.

Everything you need to know about degree planning as a transfer student

Everything you need to know about degree planning as a transfer student

Arts Academic Advisor Khalid Ahmed shares his advice to help you make confident course planning decisions when you have university-level transfer credits.

How the Language Requirement Works

How the Language Requirement Works

Everything you need to know about the UBC Arts Language Requirement.

Thrive in your first year with UBC Arts

Thrive in your first year with UBC Arts

Many Arts students will be studying online this fall, and while it’s not how most of you had envisioned your first year at UBC to be, I know it will still be a semester filled with great learnings.