Academic Advisors are ready to help you design and navigate your academic journey at UBC through online and in-person workshops.
Past Advising Workshops
Course Planning with Workday (BA Pre-2024 Start) (June 3, 2025)
Course Planning with Workday (June 13, 2025)
Course Registration on Workday (June 18, 2025)
Attend this series of online workshops hosted by Arts Advisors and Peer Advisors to get course-planning support while you work through the First-Year Planning Guide (2023).
Planning Workshops
- First-Year Planning Part 1: Exploring Your Interests.
Watch a recording of the workshop. (2022) - First-Year Planning Part 2: Choosing Your First-Year Study Option.
Watch a recording of the workshop. (2022) - First-Year Planning Part 3: Understanding Credit and Degree Requirements.
Watch a recording of the workshop. (2022) - First-Year Planning Part 4: Visualizing Your First-Year Plan.
Watch a recording of the workshop. (2022) - First-Year Planning: Full Overview of the First-Year Planning Guide.
Watch a recording of the workshop. (2022) - First-Year Planning Part 5: Discovering UBC Resources.
Watch a recording of the workshop. (2022)
Registration Guidance Workshops
- Registration tutorial. Watch a recording of the workshop. (2022)
Get course and program planning support as well as registration guidance from Arts Academic Advising in these online workshops.
- Transfer Student Course Planning.Watch a recording of the workshop. (2022)
Download the transfer student checklist to start course planning (2022) - Discovering UBC Resources. Watch a recording of the workshop. (2022)
- Transfer Student Essentials. (2022)
Registration Guidance Workshops
- Registration tutorial. Watch a recording of the workshop. (2022)
Chart Your Degree: Degree Requirements
In this informative and interactive session, you will learn the details of Faculty-wide Arts requirements and how your program requirements for your specialization(s) fit into your degree.
Chart Your Degree: Degree Navigator
Learn how to access Degree Navigator and use it for course planning. Through a case study, you will understand how to interpret a Degree Navigator report and use it to make informed decisions.
If you are new to UBC, we recommend you take the "Degree Requirements" workshop before attending "Degree Navigator."
Choosing Your Major
The Faculty of Arts has a plethora of undergraduate programs to choose from, and opportunities abound no matter what your program of study is!
This workshop featured a panel of staff from Arts Advising who shared their personal experiences in exploring and deciding on their program combinations, as well as what they learned from their undergraduate studies.
- Planning For Your Major
- Commerce Minor Info Session. Watch a recording of the 2022 info session.
- “Major” in your academic interests through the IDST program. Watch a recording. (2021)