BA · Faculty of Arts · 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 118 credits
Year 12026-27 Winter Term 212 credits
Year 22027-28 Winter Term 118 credits
Year 22027-28 Winter Term 212 credits
Year 32028-29 Winter Term 118 credits
Year 32028-29 Winter Term 212 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 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 62031-32 Winter Term 118 credits
Year 62031-32 Winter Term 212 credits
Degree rules
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A research-intensive course named by your major, normally at the 400 level and often restricted to majors in the discipline. The Calendar gives a different approved list for each major, so it is carried by the major rather than here. a major that names one places it directly.
UBC CalendarThree credits from the approved Place and Power list, taken at UBC Vancouver (transfer credit in the same subject and number does not count). The Calendar says these credits "do not need to be exclusive of the student’s other degree or program requirements" and may sit inside the breadth credits above or inside the major, so charging them separately would double-count. Shown rather than planned for that reason, but you do still have to pick one.
UBC CalendarArts credit is defined by subject area: anything the Calendar lists as offered by the Faculty of Arts, including transfer credit in those subjects. Your major supplies roughly 42 of the 72 on its own, so what this really asks is that most of your electives stay inside Arts. Relaxed only if your specialization itself requires more than 48 credits outside Arts.
UBC CalendarFor a single Major, 60 of the 120 credits must fall outside the field of study of the specialization; 48 for Honours or a Combined Major, 24 for a Double Major or when a Minor is added. Every course accepted towards a specialization counts as inside it, even when taken as an elective. Cognitive Systems and Interdisciplinary Studies are exempt.
UBC Calendar48 for a Major, Combined Major or Interdisciplinary Studies; 54 for Honours, 60 for a Double Major, 66 for a Major/Honours and 84 for Double Honours. Adding a Minor does not raise it. These are 48 of the degree’s 120 credits spent at the upper level, not 48 on top, so they are shown rather than placed.
UBC CalendarRelaxed for majors that require more than 48 outside credits, Mathematics and Computer Science among them, but a student granted the relaxation must then take the maximum Arts credits the degree allows, with no non-Arts elective credit permitted. Also capped: 60 transfer credits, and 9 credits at the 500 level.
UBC CalendarA minimum of 50% of total degree credits, 50% of upper-level degree credits, and 50% of upper-level specialization credits must be completed while registered in the Faculty of Arts. Depends on transfer history rather than course selection, so it is shown, not planned.
UBC CalendarMusic history, theory, technology, ethnomusicology and composition are all acceptable, but a maximum of 12 credits of ensemble performance may be applied, and individual lessons, aural skills, conducting and repertoire courses are not applicable at all. Arts Co-op Search and Work Term credit does not count either.
UBC CalendarEconomics course numbers reflect analytical sophistication rather than year level. Unassigned first-year transfer credit (ECON 1st) and anything taken Credit/D/Fail may not count toward the 42. A number of approved substitutes exist for the statistics requirements, STAT 200 for ECON 325 among them, but substituting outside ECON means taking a further ECON course to keep the total.
UBC CalendarOn completing 45 credits a student must have finished one of MATH 101, 103, 105, 121 or SCIE 001, plus ECON 301 and ECON 325 or approved substitutes, and hold a 60% average in ECON courses. Falling short can mean being required to leave the major.
UBC CalendarThe Faculty of Arts Research Component names ECON 390, 490, 495 and 499 for this major. ECON 490 is already required above as the senior research seminar, so it costs no additional credits.
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