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Student success guide: Navigate exam season like a pro

Student success guide: Navigate exam season like a pro

Get ready, get set, go! Get ready for exams and stay on track! Beyond study tips, there are many proactive measures you can take to reduce stress, ensure wellbeing, and minimize procrastination.

7 New Student Directed Seminars in Arts

7 New Student Directed Seminars in Arts

From the politics of drug policy to exploring the radical implications of AI on democracy, explore these fascinating student-directed courses for Winter Term 2.

10 pieces of advice for the Class of 2024 from Arts alumni

10 pieces of advice for the Class of 2024 from Arts alumni

Discover invaluable advice to help you navigate post-grad life: find purposeful work, network effectively, embrace unexpected opportunities, and more!

Need help planning your degree? Check out these 10 tips from your Arts advisors

Need help planning your degree? Check out these 10 tips from your Arts advisors

Your fellow Arts students and academic advisors share their tips on how to build out your degree with purpose.

Bachelor of Arts degree requirements 101

Bachelor of Arts degree requirements 101

Get a crash course on the new Arts degree requirements so you can plan your studies effectively. 

Get in the know about Ways of Knowing

Get in the know about Ways of Knowing

Learn all about each breadth area and how your custom course plan can help you progress toward your academic, career, and personal goals.

Why Go Global? Five Arts students share their stories

Why Go Global? Five Arts students share their stories

Considering a Go Global experience, but unsure where to begin? With so many program options, it can feel overwhelming to choose the right path. In this post, we’ll break down three of Go Global’s key programs—Exchange, Summer Abroad, and Global Seminars—and share testimonials from Arts students who’ve made the leap.

4 tactics to relieve midterm academic pressure

4 tactics to relieve midterm academic pressure

It’s normal to feel pressure from courses and midterm exams this time of year as assignment deadlines, studying, exams, Zoom fatigue and responsibilities outside of school start to build up. Take a deep breath, and let’s walk through four tactics to help you identify your challenges and find support to relieve the pressure.

Get to know your 2024/25 Arts Undergraduate Society

Get to know your 2024/25 Arts Undergraduate Society

We spoke with AUS members and UBC Arts students to highlight what the AUS has in store for this fall, and how members of the Arts undergraduate community can get involved.

10 Arts courses you can take to learn about Indigenous history and culture

10 Arts courses you can take to learn about Indigenous history and culture

Place yourself “inside the story” to learn about the systems of power, social relations, structures of inequality, and diversity of cultural identities at play in Indigneous communities here and around the world.