At UBC’s Faculty of Arts, you can customize your degree experience to meet your unique personal, academic, and career goals.

 


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Hit the ground running

There are three ways to start your academic journey in the Bachelor of Arts. Arts One and CAP are “cohort programs” designed to support you at the beginning of your university experience by offering small class sizes, tight-knit communities, and pre-designed coordinated timetables. Finally, the Custom Timetable option gives you the freedom to choose your own set of courses.

Meet three students and learn why they chose their first-year study option:

Arts One

The best part about Arts One, according to Bianca Chui, is the community.

In Arts One, you will learn from five instructors from a variety of disciplines, read and discuss classic and contemporary texts and consider their influence on society.

Coordinated Arts Program (CAP)

Small class sizes and a supportive learning environment made CAP the right choice for Aida Sanjush.

In CAP, you select one of five streams that group linked courses connected by a broad research focus designed to help you make connections across courses, ideas, and issues.

Custom Timetable

Ethan Donnelly wanted flexibility in his schedule and the freedom to choose a range of different topics and professors.

With Custom Timetable, you can choose a personalized set of courses to help you delve into a specific area of interest or expose you to a variety of new areas.

 

Your future starts now

Your future starts now

 

Get the full Arts experience

 


What’s next?

Here are some resources for your transition to UBC: