BA · Faculty of Arts · 120 credits, ordered so prerequisites come first and every course is one UBC actually offers.
120 credits at 12 a term needs 10 terms, so this route runs past four years. This program’s full load is 15 a term, which fits it into eight.
Year 12026-27 Winter Term 112 credits
Year 12026-27 Winter Term 212 credits
Year 22027-28 Winter Term 112 credits
Year 22027-28 Winter Term 212 credits
Year 32028-29 Winter Term 112 credits
Year 32028-29 Winter Term 212 credits
Year 42029-30 Winter Term 112 credits
Year 42029-30 Winter Term 212 credits
Year 52030-31 Winter Term 112 credits
Year 52030-31 Winter Term 212 credits
Degree rules
12 to know
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 CalendarSix credits of 100-level English is one. The others are Arts One; CAP 100 and 101; CAP 100 plus 3 credits of 100-level English; WRDS 150, 151 or 350 plus 3 credits of 100-level English; 6 credits of ASTU 100; or ASTU 100 or 101 plus 3 credits of 100-level English. Several of these also satisfy the Faculty Writing Component, so choosing one can save 3 credits elsewhere.
UBC CalendarIt satisfies the Canadian Literature requirement, but does not count toward the required 30 upper-level ENGL credits, so taking it means finding those 3 credits elsewhere. Left out of the choice above for that reason. Any other course with a large selection of Canadian literature may be pre-approved by a Majors Advisor.
UBC CalendarBoth replace the literature groups with five Language Course Groups (Structure of English, History of English, Approaches to Contemporary English, Discourse and Meaning, and Rhetoric) and swap the ENGL 490 seminar for ENGL 489. Not transcribed as separate programs.
UBC CalendarThe Faculty of Arts Research Component names ENGL 490, 491, 492, 496 and 499 for the Literature emphasis, and ENGL 489 for the Language emphasis. ENGL 490 is already required above, so it costs no additional credits.
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