BSc · Faculty of Science · 120 credits, ordered so prerequisites come first and every course is one UBC actually offers.
4 work terms. The same four work terms a year later, for students who apply at the start of third year rather than the end of first. Applied Science allows this for some disciplines. The Calendar sets the rules (four work terms, at least one in a Winter term, and the degree must end on an academic term) but leaves the sequence to each department, so check yours for the exact placement. Work terms earn co-op course credit on your transcript and none of it counts toward the degree, which is why co-op adds a year.
Year 12026-27 Winter Term 115 credits
Year 12026-27 Winter Term 215 credits
Year 12027 Summer Session6 credits
Year 22027-28 Winter Term 115 credits
Year 22027-28 Winter Term 214 credits
Year 32028-29 Winter Term 115 credits
Year 32028-29 Winter Term 215 credits
Year 32029 Summer Sessionwork term
Co-op placement, no coursework this term.
Year 42029-30 Winter Term 1work term
Co-op placement, no coursework this term.
Year 42029-30 Winter Term 215 credits
Year 42030 Summer Sessionwork term
Co-op placement, no coursework this term.
Year 52030-31 Winter Term 1work term
Co-op placement, no coursework this term.
Year 52030-31 Winter Term 210 credits
Degree rules
7 to know
A category is one course set here, so four pieces of the Calendar’s wording cannot be expressed and are listed instead. Statistics also accepts BIOL 300, DSCI 100 and MATH 302. Life Science also accepts GEOS (formerly GEOB) 207, and counts only those psychology courses numbered 60 to 89 in the last two digits. PSYC 260 counts, PSYC 305 does not. Science One (SCIE 001) is credited with 3 credits in each of Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and Life Science on its own. Courses may be at any level.
UBC CalendarThe rule above is the major and honours figure. A combined major or combined honours needs 3 credits from any 5 of the 7. Either way, failing to satisfy all but one of your required categories before 108 attempted credits means being required to withdraw from the Faculty of Science.
UBC CalendarFor the B.Sc. major, 30 of the 48 upper-level credits must be in science courses numbered 300 and higher. Your major requirements cover most of this; the rest comes from how you spend upper-level electives.
UBC CalendarScience credit is not simply "any Faculty of Science course". Of the Geography courses only GEOS (formerly GEOB) carries it. In psychology it is PSYC 348 and 448 plus every undergraduate course numbered 60 to 89 in the last two digits. From Land and Food Systems only FNH 350, 351, 450 and 451. From Medicine, all BIOC, CAPS and PCTH courses, and MEDG 410 to 421. Shown rather than counted because that list crosses faculties in ways a subject pattern cannot follow.
UBC CalendarGEOS courses and the psychology courses that carry science credit are excluded. ASIC 200 and ASIC 220, jointly offered by Science and Arts, are applied as Arts credit. All MUSC courses in music history, theory, ethnomusicology or composition count, plus a maximum of 8 credits of ensemble performance. And an Arts course used for the Communication Requirement may not also be counted here.
UBC CalendarA cap on where credits may come from rather than a requirement to satisfy. The solver does not place against it; it is shown so a student planning many outside electives is aware of the ceiling. Normally no more than 6 credits numbered 500 or above may count either, and that needs written permission from the instructor, your specialization advisor, the Dean of Science and Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. The degree itself must be finished within 180 attempted credits, transfer credit included.
UBC CalendarAt least 50% of the credits required must be obtained with courses taken while registered in the UBC Vancouver B.Sc. program. Depends on transfer history rather than course selection, so it is shown, not planned.
UBC Calendar