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Step 1: Register in core courses that you have not previously completed
- If you are completing prior year courses and have course conflicts, register in the prior year courses.
- If you do not have required prerequisites for a course, you will not be able to register in the course.
- If a course has a lecture and auxiliary sections (i.e. lab, tutorial, etc.), you must register in all each of the associated sections to complete the course registration.
Step 2: Register in Technical Electives (TE)
The number of TEs required will depend on when you started your program.
- The approved Technical electives are listed at: Technical Electives | UBC Environmental Engineering Program.
- Note that some TE have pre-requisite requirements, some have limited capacity, not all can be accommodated in a typical ENVL schedule and not all are offered each year. As well, some approved TE are also considered APSC humanities courses and ENVL students are limited to one of these courses as a TE.
- Conflicts for the thesis courses (CHBE 493 and CHBE 494 are for environmental topics) are permitted but not for other courses. The thesis course meeting frequency and times will be revised by the instructor in September for the convenience of all registered.
- If you are interested in a course that is not on the approved TE list, ensure you contact us and determine if the course will be approved BEFORE taking the course.
Instructions for registering in potential technical electives that are not on the pre-approved list or to take more than the required number of technical electives:
Check that you have the prerequisites (or similar) necessary for the course in question and that it is not restricted. You must then send your request to the UBC Co-Director, providing the following information:
- the course name, code and link
- a summary of all primary and secondary technical electives you plan to take (approval is not given one course at a time);
- a rationale for your request
- a syllabus
The UBC Co-Director will respond to you via email. Please print and retain a copy of this response until you have graduated and ensure a copy of the approval is sent to the UBC ENVE Administrator so that your record can be updated.
Instructions for potentially registering in a graduate course as a technical elective:
You must email your request to the UBC Co-Director, providing the following:
- the course name, code and link
- a summary of all primary and secondary technical electives you plan to take (approval is not given one course at a time)
- proof you are in accordance with the UBC Undergraduate Eligibility for Graduate courses
- a completed UBC Graduate Studies enrolment of undergraduate students in graduate course form
- Note that the requirements listed on the form must be met before you make a request to the UBC Co-Director
- written permission from the course instructor
- a strong rationale for the course choice
- a syllabus
Step 3: Course conflicts and questions
If you have core course conflicts, registration problems due to prerequisites, other issues or questions, please do not contact the instructors. Contact the office at info@enve.ubc.ca.
Step 4: Check degree requirements
Once you have registered, ensure you have covered all your degree requirements.
- Students who transited to UBC in (or prior to) September 2021, and have taken Groundwater Hydrology at UNBC, can either follow the 2020/2021 calendar (note that out of 15 credits of technical electives, 6 credits must be from the primary list and not 9 credits as noted in this calendar’s footnote), or follow the 2023/2024 calendar, for 4th year curriculum only, based on the detailed registration guidelines sent to your email.
- Students who transited to UBC in September 2022 and have not taken Groundwater Hydrology at UNBC, can either follow the 2021/2022 calendar (note that a total of 12 credits of technical electives are required and not 15 as noted in this calendar’s footnote. 6 of these credits must be from the primary list), or follow the 2023/2024 calendar, for 4th year curriculum only, based on the detailed registration guidelines sent to your email.
- Students who transited to UBC in (or after) September 2023, follow the 2023/2024 calendar. Note that a total of 6 credits of technical electives are required. These credits can be taken from both the primary list and the secondary list.