| Year 1 Admission Requirements: BC/Yukon Secondary School Graduates |
Due to limits on enrolment and the competitiveness of certain programs, the cutoffs in a given year are usually higher than the minimum academic qualifications for consideration of secondary school graduation with an average of at least 67% (70% for Bachelor of Engineering/Software Engineering, and 80% for business) calculated on all required grade 12 courses. See <registrar.uvic.ca/undergrad/cutoffs.html> for the previous year's required averages.
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Faculty
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Required Grade 11 Courses*
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Required Grade 12 Courses*
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| Business |
- English 11
- Principles of Mathematics 11 or Pre-calculus 11
- one approved science 11
- Social Studies 11
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- English 12 or English 12 First Peoples
- Principles of Mathematics 12 or Pre-calculus 12
- two approved academic 12 courses
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| Additional qualitative requirements are considered during the selection process. Please refer to the Gustavson School of Business website at <gustavson.uvic.ca/apply>. |
| Education |
No Year 1 entry. See Faculty of Education for secondary school and kinesiology recommendation. |
Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering
Bachelor of Software Engineering |
- English 11
- Principles of Mathematics 11 or Pre-calculus 11
- Chemistry 11
- Physics 11
- Social Studies 11
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- English 12 or English 12 First Peoples
- Principles of Mathematics 12 or Pre-calculus 12 with at least 73%
- Physics 12
- one approved academic 12 course (Chemistry 12 recommended)
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| Computer Science
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- English 11
- Principles of Mathematics 11 or Pre-calculus 11
- one approved science 11
- Social Studies 11
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- English 12 or English 12 First Peoples
- Principles of Mathematics 12 or Pre-calculus 12
- one approved science 12 course
- one approved academic 12 course
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| Fine Arts |
- English 11
- three courses chosen from Principles of Mathematics 11, Foundations of Math 11, or Pre-calculus 11 (or equivalent); an approved science 11; an approved language 11; an approved fine arts 11
- Social Studies 11
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- English 12 or English 12 First Peoples
- an additional three approved academic 12 courses OR two approved academic 12 courses and an approved fine arts 12
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| Additional requirements such as a portfolio, questionnaire or audition are required by Music, Theatre and Visual Arts. Please refer to the appropriate department entry at the Faculty of Fine Arts website: <www.finearts.uvic.ca>. |
Human and Social Development
Health Information Science |
No required grade 11 courses. |
- English 12 or English 12 First Peoples
- Principles of Mathematics 12, Foundations of Math 12 or Pre-calculus 12*
- two approved academic 12 courses
* Principles of Math 12 or Pre-calculus 12 is required for students wishing to complete the Combined Major in Computer Science and Health Information Science.
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| No Year 1 entry for Nursing and Social Work or Public Health and Social Policy. For Child and Youth Care, see the Social Sciences academic requirements below. Please refer to the CYC website for additional information about the selection process. |
| Humanities |
- English 11
- Principles of Mathematics 11, Pre-calculus 11 or Foundations of Math 11
- one approved science 11 course
- one approved second language 11 course
- Social Studies 11
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- English 12 or English 12 First Peoples
- three approved academic 12 courses
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| Law |
No Year 1 entry. See Faculty of Law.
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| Science |
- English 11
- Principles of Mathematics 11 or Pre-calculus 11
- Chemistry 11
- Physics 11
- Social Studies 11
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- English 12 or English 12 First Peoples
- Principles of Mathematics 12 or Pre-calculus 12
- two approved science 12 courses
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| Social Sciences
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- English 11
- Principles of Mathematics 11, Pre-calculus 11 or Foundations of Math 11
- one approved science 11 course
- Social Studies 11
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- English 12 or English 12 First Peoples
- three approved academic 12 courses
Note: Students who are considering a degree program that requires university-level math courses (which include all Economics and some Geography and Psychology programs) are strongly advised to take Principles of Mathematics 12 or Pre-calculus 12. See the department websites for further details on Math requirements.
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| * Equivalent courses may be considered. |
