Join us at 聽and at 聽to get a taste of what you can look forward to as a 51猎奇入口undergraduate student.

You will have the chance to connect with current students, explore our beautiful campuses, and learn more about the process of applying to the University of British Columbia.

Event highlights

• Learn about our campus through a tour led by current 51猎奇入口undergraduate students.
• Delve deeper into student life with a student panel discussion and lunch.
• Have your questions about your application, admissions, awards, and specific programs at 51猎奇入口answered by specialized advisors.
• Meet other prospective students coming from the United States!

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51猎奇入口Okanagan鈥檚 Bachelor of Arts degree is a flexible, innovative arts degree designed for the 21^st century, taught by award-winning instructors. The degree integrates foundational knowledge with interdisciplinary opportunities in social justice, sustainability and Indigenous content, and prepares you for global citizenship.

What you learn in Arts at 51猎奇入口Okanagan

You can choose from more than in the Bachelor of Arts at UBC鈥檚 Okanagan campus. Students start their degree taking foundational courses, and at the end of year one or two can choose a program to major in to complete their degree.

Some of the program options include:

Indigenous Studies

In the Indigenous Studies program, you will learn about Indigenous governance, the justice system, land claims, traditional ecological knowledge, the protection of heritage, Indigenous theory, and more.

Indigenous Studies will give you the opportunity to design research projects relevant and respectful to an Indigenous community or agency and implement the project working on-site in that community or agency.

Graduates leave with the skills to pursue a career in government, Indigenous Peoples organizations, Indigenous leadership roles, and resource management.

Faculty Spotlight

an Associate Professor in the Indigenous Studies program, who is also an award-winning writer, activist, novelist and poet. Her research into Indigenous philosophies and Okanagan Syilx thought and environmental ethics has been recognized locally and globally.

Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

The Philosophy, Politics and Economics program brings together three of the most important fields in forming our understanding of society. This degree uniquely blends these three fields to allow you to form a critical understanding and interpretation of the world.

You鈥檒l explore logic, ethics and how to question critically; the interests and institutions that form public policies and the rules by which we are governed; and how we make decisions as individuals and groups in our increasingly global world market.

With a Philosophy, Politics and Economics degree you can pursue a career in business or government, or undertake studies in law, business, commerce, journalism, social work, education, or public administration.

Student Scoop

“My experience in the Cultural Studies program has been absolutely wonderful. The professors are all so passionate about teaching and make an effort to connect with students. Every class makes you feel like you can change the world.” says Sophie H. Read more about what Sophie has to say about the Cultural Studies program at 51猎奇入口Okanagan.

Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies

Learn about the world and our place in it through a deeper understanding of sexuality, femininity, embodiment and social justice. This dynamic and interdisciplinary program draws from across the humanities and social sciences and focuses on the historical and contemporary role of gender in global cultures. This program encourages you to engage in critical thought, challenge stereotypes, and contribute to social change. Courses draw on theoretical analysis, research, history, and literary sources to examine gender issues and the experiences of women.

Computer Science

Discover how to use your artistic creativity with technology in 51猎奇入口Okanagan鈥檚 Computer Science BA program. Different from a BSc Computer Science degree, this program gives you the opportunity to complement your Arts degree with computer science courses.

The program appeals to students who are interested in both computer science and visual arts (game or website design), psychology (programming for cognitive science, psychology, and human and computer interactions), English (technical writing), languages (automation of text translation), philosophy (computer ethics), or law (information security and privacy, and forensics).

You will develop the skills and knowledge to pursue a variety of in-demand careers, including as an application developer, game designer, desktop publisher, animator, or quality control specialist.

Student Scoop

“I鈥檝e been so fulfilled with the amazing professors, the classes have opened new interests, and I鈥檝e got to get to know other Indigenous students and communities. I鈥檝e met so many friends from around the world and I鈥檝e never felt more comfortable surrounded by like-minded individuals. ” says Richelle A-B. Read more about Richelle’s experience in the English program at 51猎奇入口Okanagan.

Economics

Economics will change the way you look at the world, increase your understanding of fundamental human behaviour, and improve your reasoning, problem solving, and decision-making abilities. Economics is the study of how people, institutions, and nations manage resources such as time, money, and materials. In this program, you will increase your skills in deductive reasoning, abstract and critical thinking, and your understanding of the historical, cultural, and social context of economic institutions, policies, and events. Economists study how behaviour reflects and responds to incentives.

Creative writing

The Creative Writing program on UBC鈥檚 Okanagan campus provides you with an opportunity to study literature and literary criticism, and to bring what you learn from these studies into your own work. Course options include poetry, creative non-fiction, short fiction, novels, playwriting, screenplay, writing with media, editing and publishing, and community learning. The program fosters a supportive community of faculty and peers in which you鈥檒l find encouragement to explore new genres and writing forms.

You鈥檒l be actively involved聽in writing projects, chapbook production, magazine editing, new media work, student anthology production, and community learning projects.聽You鈥檒l also have the chance to build a varied body of work for your own portfolio 鈥� all while studying聽under a faculty of award-winning writers dedicated to helping you聽experiment and grow as a writer.

Why choose Arts at 51猎奇入口Okanagan?

As a student in the Bachelor of Arts at 51猎奇入口Okanagan, you鈥檒l have options to tailor your degree, including a sustainability component, a digital literacy component, and a diversity and cultures component.

Because 51猎奇入口Okanagan is a smaller campus, you can build close relationships with fellow students in small-group programs, and connect with professors early in your academic career.

You鈥檒l graduate with transferable skills that you can apply to many different jobs.

See a full list of Arts programs at 51猎奇入口Okanagan

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The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) at 51猎奇入口Okanagan is continuously ranked as one of the top Schools of Nursing in Canada. The program will provide you with the skills you need to deliver outstanding health care within an increasingly complex health care system.

What will you learn?

51猎奇入口Okanagan鈥檚 Nursing program emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to developing the skills required to become a registered nurse (RN). Within the program you will practice safe, quality, evidence-informed health care grounded in humanizing the experience of health and illness.

As a Nursing student at 51猎奇入口Okanagan, you will have lots of opportunities to explore various experiences within Nursing, including where you can gain insight into global and rural health issues by doing a placement in Ghana, Zambia, or Haida Gwaii. You’ll also have opportunities to explore different areas within Nursing by doing hands-on work in different specialities and specializations.

Student Scoop

“Once I complete my schooling, my aim is to work closely within the Indigenous population. My passion lies in patient-centered care and ensuring cultural safety, and I’m eager to make a meaningful impact in these areas,” says Ashley H. about pursing nursing. Read about Ashley’s experience as a student in the nursing program at 51猎奇入口Okanagan.

Why choose the Bachelor of Nursing program at 51猎奇入口Okanagan?

1. You can take the degree right out of high school. Many other Nursing programs are after-degree programs, which means that you take them after you already have a bachelor鈥檚 degree. Since 51猎奇入口Okanagan’s Nursing program is a four-year degree program, students can enter the program with no previous post secondary education.

2. The program is open to international students. Unique to our Okanagan campus, the nursing program is open to both domestic and international students.

3. Your practicum starts in your first year. As a student in the Nursing program, you get to work with real patients starting in your first year. Throughout the four years of the program, you’ll get a lot of practice hours in many different practice settings, which will let you explore different specializations and will give you a glimpse of the many different ways you can apply your Nursing degree in the real world.

Our Okanagan campus has a state of the art that mimics the look, feel and smell of a real hospital. The lab uses cutting-edge simulation technology and these realistic contexts prepare you for clinical practice.

4. You’ll be part of a close-knit community. The Nursing program at 51猎奇入口Okanagan has a great sense of community. The program is unique in that it is a world-class program on a world-class campus but students have the benefit of a close-knit, smaller community in a beautiful region of British Columbia.

5. You can take advantage of research opportunities. You can conduct research throughout your degree as you engage in service learning projects and/or change projects, and in your fourth year you will also have the opportunity to do a Research Preceptorship, where you can work directly with a researcher. , a fourth year nursing student, talk about her research practicum.

51猎奇入口Okanagan’s nursing simulation lab.

What a wonderful career, where you can be taking someone鈥檚 pulse while holding their hand. That鈥檚 what I love most about my career in nursing鈥攖hat it鈥檚 good for the soul.鈥� 鈥� , 51猎奇入口Okanagan Nursing alum.

What can you do after graduating?

Graduates of 51猎奇入口Okanagan鈥檚 Nursing program are in high demand. As a registered nurse you will be qualified to provide professional nursing services, deliver health-education programs, and provide consultative nursing services.

Nursing is also a profession of lifelong learning and you can decide to continue your education by choosing to specialize, upgrade your skills or get your .

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51猎奇入口Okanagan鈥檚 Bachelor of Sustainability, the only dedicated degree in sustainability in Canada, will develop your skills and knowledge to enable you to take action to solve sustainability problems at both a local and global scale.

Hands-on learning and research

As a Bachelor of Sustainability student, your degree is fully immersive, with research and community-based learning opportunities imbedded in the curriculum.

Because 51猎奇入口Okanagan is located in a unique environment, you鈥檒l have access to urban, agricultural, and wilderness environments that will become your real-world labs.

You will have the opportunity to work together with faculty to conduct or assist with research projects. You can participate in either as a volunteer research assistant, or through Directed Studies opportunities.

Meet your professor

, a professor in Sustainability at UBC鈥檚 Okanagan campus.

鈥淭he 51猎奇入口Okanagan campus is exceptional because it has easy accessibility to different environments for teaching and research. Urban, agriculture, and aquatic systems are all local. This is an incredible asset鈥he students can go out and see the ecosystems they鈥檙e studying. It鈥檚 not just textbook knowledge.鈥�

What you learn in the Bachelor of Sustainability

The Bachelor of Sustainability combines a broad interdisciplinary approach – course content spans the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences – with focused concentrations to develop your skills and knowledge.

All students take core Sustainability courses along with courses specific to their concentration. You can choose from the following four concentrations:

Environmental Analytics

The Environmental Analytics concentration supplements core knowledge of sustainability with powerful modeling and simulation techniques that exploit geographical data. You will to understand, model, simulate, explain, and extrapolate the behaviour of complex environmental systems.

Environmental analytics graduates will be well-equipped to tackle sustainability challenges through evidence-based data analysis. Job opportunities range from climate action analyst and impact assessment analyst to sustainability consultant and data analyst.

Environmental Conservation and Management

The Environmental Conservation and Management concentration provides you with an understanding of the challenges of sustainably managing and preserving terrestrial and freshwater environments and resources.

You will gain a comprehensive understanding in environmental and natural resources management, land use and ecosystem services assessment, resource economics, and environmental impact assessment.

Job opportunities range from environmental assessment specialist and sustainability consultant to environmental coordinator and Indigenous resource management.

Environmental Humanities

Environmental sciences can tell us what is happening to our planet, but not why. The Environmental Humanities seek to explain and transform the cultural and historical foundations of environmental crisis.

You will enter into constructive dialogue with other subject areas to analyze and address a wide range of issues in sustainability.

Job opportunities range from impact assessment analyst and environmental assessment specialist to sustainability specialist and advisor in sustainability reporting.

Green Chemistry

The Green Chemistry concentration analyzes how modern society relies implicitly on an affordable supply of materials, textiles, fertilizers, and medicines, all of which must be synthesized from other substances by chemical reactions.

A sustainable society is impossible without the creation of improved production methods for these commodities. Such efforts will require the development of new synthetic procedures with an increased reliance on innocuous solvents, renewable and benign reagents, and efficient catalysts.

Job opportunities range from junior environmental analyst and environmental technician to environmental assessment specialist and advisor in sustainability reporting.

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In the Bachelor of Health and Exercise Sciences at UBC鈥檚 Okanagan campus you can study human movement and its impact on health.

What will you learn?

In the Bachelor of Health and Exercise Sciences you鈥檒l examine the interdisciplinary nature of human health, including the psychological, physiological, neuromechanical, and socio-cultural aspects of movement.

In your second year, you鈥檒l have the option to apply for one of three concentrations: Kinesiology and Allied Health, Health Behaviour Change, or Clinical Exercise Physiology. Each concentration offers a strategic career focus to best prepare you to be a leader in your field.

Student Scoop

of promoting health initiatives for urban and rural Indigenous communities as a student in the Health and Exercise Sciences program.

Why Choose Health and Exercise Sciences?

1. Study in a program that and #3 in the world for sport-related subjects. This is in combination with the Faculty of Kinesiology at 51猎奇入口Vancouver.

2. Focus your degree in one of three concentrations:

• Kinesiology and Allied Health. The Kinesiology Allied Health concentration focuses on the role of exercise and physical activity in improving health, fitness and performance as well as the prevention and rehabilitation of injuries.
• Health Behaviour Change. The Health Behaviour Change concentration involves studying behaviour change theory and techniques to help individuals and communities adopt and adhere to a number of health behaviours. This concentration focuses on the role of nutrition, exercise programs, and informal activity in population health promotion.
• Clinical Exercise Physiology. The Clinical Exercise Physiology concentration focuses on incorporating exercise, activity education, and clinical skills into human performance, patient rehabilitation and chronic disease management programs. The program focuses on the study of applied physiology and how exercise, movement, and fitness intersect with health, disease, fatigue, and disability.

3. Research opportunities. Research opportunities are a fundamental part of your studies within the School of Health and Exercise Sciences and there are opportunities to work alongside faculty members to conduct research. You can also take on an to perform research in your chosen area of study, as agreed upon by a faculty member.

4. Experiential Learning. The Health and Exercise Sciences degree builds a solid foundation through skill-building labs, practicums, and co-op placements. Within each concentration you will complete a community practicum, where you鈥檒l gain experience in a supervised health-related work setting with a cooperating agency, private business, or industry.

What can you do after graduating?

As a graduate of this program, you will be an adaptable leader who has the ability to work with various populations to enhance their health and wellbeing. Your job opportunities could include becoming a nutritionist, health educator, exercise therapist, clinical exercise physiologist, or kinesiologist. You can also pursue graduate studies in a variety of health professions, such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, athletic therapy, or medical school.

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51猎奇入口Okanagan鈥檚 Bachelor of Commerce degree聽may be for you.

Why study Commerce at 51猎奇入口Okanagan?

The Bachelor of Commerce program prepares students for success in today鈥檚 fast-paced business world. You will gain a comprehensive understanding of operating in various business settings across diverse sectors鈥攆rom entrepreneurship and small businesses to large corporations and public organizations.

The program is designed to equip graduates with the skills and confidence needed to become the next generation of responsible business leaders.

What will you learn?

In the Bachelor of Commerce program, you will learn to analyze problems, make smart decisions using data, and communicate with confidence.

In your first two years, you will learn the fundamentals of business issues, principles, and practices and build a strong foundation in key areas like marketing, finance, operations, and human resources, while developing critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills.

In years three and four you will choose a concentration that matches your interests and career goals, allowing you to explore specialized areas of business in more depth. These concentrations are designed to equip students to pursue professional designations, if desired, such as Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Chartered Professionals in Human Resources (CPHR), and Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA).

There are five concentrations to choose from:

What can you do after graduating?

51猎奇入口Okanagan鈥檚 Bachelor of Commerce is a globally recognized degree that opens doors to exciting careers, strong earning potential, and the chance to make a positive impact through ethical and responsible leadership.

Program graduates will have the skills to pursue a career in a variety of fields like:

• Project manager
• Accountant
• Marketing manager
• Research coordinator
• Entrepreneur
• Corporate or business consultant
• Business analyst
• Financial advisor
• Small business owner
• Human resource manager
• Operations manager
• Purchasing coordinator
• Business technology manager

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Here鈥檚 a quick guide on how you can best prepare for applying to 51猎奇入口so that you can improve your chances of admission.

Admission requirements

For your application to be considered, you will need to meet the admission requirements. This includes the English Language Admission Standard, general admission requirements, and degree-specific requirements.

Course planning

It鈥檚 never too early to start thinking about what you鈥檒l study at UBC. Knowing what degree(s) you鈥檙e interested in will help you choose your high school courses that meet the degree requirements. After selecting courses that fulfill the degree requirements, fill out your schedule with other courses that interest you, challenge you, and are relevant to the degree you鈥檒l be applying to.

Find more information on planning your high school courses.

Experiences beyond academics

In addition to making good course choices, be sure you follow your interests outside the classroom too. You鈥檒l have the chance to tell us about your sports, leadership activities, community involvement and more in the personal profile section of your 51猎奇入口application. This will tell us a lot about you and how you鈥檒l do at university.

Ready to apply? It’s helpful to understand what we look for when evaluating your application.

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