Admissions Change – Admit-to-Program
Those familiar know that we offer both non-competitive, general entry programs, as well as competitive programs. This change is for the General Entry programs only.
For our non-competitive programs, we moved from General Entry high school admissions to an “Admit-to-Program” process that more closely matches first year required course prerequisites with admission requirements.
Before, students were fully admissible to General Entry programs with a 65% average among any combination of English 12, three academic 12 courses, and a fifth grade 12 course.
Using Commerce as an example, Admit-to-program has brought in Pre-calculus 12 with a 60% as an admission requirement, as this course is a prerequisite for some first year courses.
Applicants who meet the old General Entry Requirements but are missing a prerequisite for a required course within their major are not denied admission, but are granted conditional admission that simply requires them to complete the missing prerequisite at UNBC in their first year by using an elective course. The below chart indicates which UNBC courses can be taken as electives to meet missing prerequisites:
This change provides greater transparency and clarity to which high school prerequisites are needed to complete an intended major, and ensures students get caught up within their first year of study.
Upcoming Online Information Sessions for Future Students
We’ve partnered with programs and departments across UNBC to offer an exciting series of Online Information Sessions for future students. Please share with your students these great opportunities to learn all about UNBC and to win fun UNBC prizes.
Transferring to UNBC Information Session | Tues Nov 23; 5:00 PM RSVP |
Scholarships, Awards, and Financial Aid Information Session
| Thurs Nov 25; 5:00 PM RSVP Tues Dec 14; 5:00 PM RSVP |
UNBC Undergraduate Engineering Information Session
| Sat Nov 27; 1:00 PM RSVP |
All Events for Future Students can be found on our website.
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