Advice from your Arts Peers
From exploring your interests to building connections and taking care of your wellbeing, your Arts Peer Advisors share their best tips for new Arts students.
Workday Student 101
Welcome to Workday Student 101, your guide to the new system you will use throughout your academic journey for events like course planning, registration, adding or dropping courses, applying to graduate, and more. As a Faculty of Arts Student, you have access to technical and training support from within our Faculty. Our staff and faculty […]
5 questions to ask yourself before adding or dropping a course
If you aren’t 100% sure about your course schedule this term, you aren’t alone! Arts Academic Advisor Jessica King shares why the add/drop period exists, plus tips to help you make confident decisions about adding or dropping courses.
Choosing the Coordinated Arts Program (CAP)
If you’re a first-year student entering UBC Arts, start by choosing a first-year study option.
Explore your interests before first-year registration
As a first-year student entering UBC Arts, you have to make many decisions to get ready for your registration day. It helps to think about what your academic and personal interests are to make the right decisions for course registration.
Ways of Knowing Spotlight: Insights on climate change and sustainability
From climate justice to sustainability efforts, how can the Ways of Knowing breadth requirements help you to gain more insight? Four Arts faculty members from Creative Writing, Economics, Political Science, and Information Studies shared what you can expect from their areas of study on climate change.
Everything you need to know about degree planning as a transfer student
Arts Academic Advisor Khalid Ahmed shares his advice to help you make confident course planning decisions when you have university-level transfer credits.
Viola Chao, Alancia Jeffery, and Kenneth Lao receive 2024 Outstanding Leader in the UBC Community Award
Viola Chao, Alancia Jeffery, and Kenneth Lao are recipients of the 2024 Outstanding Leader in the UBC Community Award
Ashley Haines, Hannah Stengler, and Trinity Stephens receive 2024 Outstanding Leader in the Faculty of Arts Award
Ashley Haines, Hannah Stengler, and Trinity Stephens are recipients of the 2024 Outstanding Leader in the Faculty of Arts Award.
How I overcame my career anxiety: My journey with the Arts Career Design Studio
Aatisha Avasthi, a third-year Arts student majoring in psychology and minoring in English Literature, reflects on how the Arts Career Design Studio—a program for Arts students to craft a meaningful path through their degree—has helped her discover her confidence and shaped her career goals.