A minimum of 120 credits in university courses must be completed. For use as electives, at most, 12 of the 120 credits may be from non-Arts and non-Science baccalaureate courses. Note: all baccalaureate courses delivered by the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies are deemed for this purpose to be Arts courses and need not be counted as outside electives. Students must also complete at least 48 credits at the 300/400 level, of which at least 30 credits must be completed at UBC.
A minimum graduating grade average (GGA) of 60% is required to be eligible for graduation with the B.A. degree.
To complete the first and second years of the B.A. program, a student must complete 60 credits in Arts or Science courses. These credits must be selected from the following:
Students must complete 6 credits of first-year English selected from: ENGL 109, or two of ENGL 112, 113, 114, 150, 151, 153, 154, 155, or 156. Students who fail to meet the English requirement before completing 60 Arts-eligible credits will not be permitted to register in courses other than first-year English, until this requirement is satisfied.
Students must complete at least 6 first-year Science credits in Laboratory Science, Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics, or approved Geography1 courses from the following list:
1GEOG 128 and 129 do not provide Science credit.
This requirement may be satisfied by any of the following options:
Subject | Course |
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French | FREN 104 |
German | GERM 210 |
Japanese | JPST 201 |
Spanish | SPAN 202, SPAN 204, or SPAN 252 |
Students must complete at least 18 credits from List A: Social Sciences, and 18 credits from List B: Humanities. The completed courses must include at least two disciplines from each list. Note: credits earned to satisfy the English requirement will not count toward the Distribution Requirement.
List A: Social Sciences |
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Anthropology |
Economics |
Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies1 |
Geography2 |
Indigenous Studies |
Political Science |
Psychology |
Sociology |
List B: Humanities |
Art History and Visual Culture |
Chinese |
Creative and Critical Studies |
Creative Writing |
Cultural Studies |
Digital Humanities |
English3 |
Film |
French |
Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies4 |
German |
Greek |
Hebrew |
History |
Indigenous Studies |
Japanese Studies |
Korean |
Latin |
Music |
Philosophy |
Spanish |
Theatre |
Visual Arts |
World Literatures |
1GWST 100, 110, 216, 223, 323, 333, 334.
2Except GEOG 108, 109, 200, 205, 207, 222, 271, 301, 304, 307, 310, 314, 317, 341, 356, 367, 377, 414, 422, 436, 437, 466. GEOG 491, 498 may be eligible dependent on the topic. Confirm approval with a program advisor.
3Except for ENGL 112, 301.
4GWST 100, 110, 215, 223, 235, 333, 335, 336, 435.
First Year | 0–23 credits |
Second Year | 24–47 credits |
Third Year | 48–77 credits |
Fourth Year | 78 or more credits |