Alberta, Northwest Territories & Nunavut Secondary Schools
Admission Requirements

The minimum academic qualification for consideration is 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.

Due to limits on enrollment and competiveness of certain programs, the actual cutoffs in a given year are usually higher.

APPROVED GRADE 11 AND GRADE 12 COURSES – Check below to see what grade 11 and 12 courses are approved.

Admission Requirements

BUSINESS

• English Language Arts 20-1
• approved social studies 20 course
• approved science 20 course
• Pure Mathematics 20 or Mathematics 20-1
• English Language Arts 30-1
• Pure Mathematics 30 or Mathematics 30-1
• two approved academic 30 or 31 courses (5 credits each)
• selection by the Peter B. Gustavson School of Business. All applicants must submit a separate BCom Supplemental Application Form. http://www.business.uvic.ca/undergraduate/prospective/admission/pre-admission/

EDUCATION
No Year 1 entry. Consult the UVic Calendar for pre-admission information and admission requirements.

ENGINEERING (Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Software Engineering)

• English Language Arts 20-1
• Chemistry 20
• Physics 20
• Pure Mathematics 20 or Mathematics 20-1
• approved social studies 20 course
• English Language Arts 30-1
• Pure Mathematics 30 or Mathematics 30-1 with at least 73%
• Physics 30
• approved academic 30 or 31 course (Chemistry 30 recommended)

ENGINEERING (Computer Science)

• English Language Arts 20-1
• Pure Mathematics 20 or Mathematics 20-1
• approved social studies 20 course
• approved science 20 course
• English Language Arts 30-1
• Pure Mathematics 30 or Mathematics 30-1
• one of Biology 30, Chemistry 30, Physics 30 or Science 30
• approved academic 30 or 31 course

FINE ARTS

• English Language Arts 20-1
• approved social studies 20 course
• three courses chosen from Pure Mathematics 20 or Mathematics 20-1; approved science 20; approved second language 20; approved fine arts 20
• English Language Arts 30-1
• three approved academic 30 or 31 courses OR two approved academic 30 or 31 courses and one approved fine arts 30 course (total of 15 credits)
• Additional selection requirements such as an audition, portfolio and/or questionnaire are required for the School of Music, Theatre and Visual Arts. Deadlines may be earlier than the university application deadline. For more information, refer to the appropriate department via the Faculty of Fine Arts website.

HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (Child and Youth Care)

• English Language Arts 20-1
• approved social studies 20 course
• approved science 20 course
• Pure Mathematics 20 or Mathematics 20-1
• English Language Arts 30-1
• three approved academic 30 or 31 courses

HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (Health Information Science )

• English Language Arts 30-1
• Pure Mathematics 30 or Mathematics 30-1
• two approved academic 30 or 31 courses

HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (Nursing, Public Administration, Social Work)

No Year 1 entry. Consult the UVic Calendar for pre-admission information and admission requirements.

HUMANITIES

• English Language Arts 20-1
• approved second language 20 course
• approved social studies 20 course
• approved science 20 course
• Pure Mathematics 20 or Mathematics 20-1
• English Language Arts 30-1
• three approved academic 30 or 31 courses

LAW
No Year 1 entry. Consult the UVic Calendar for admission requirements.

SCIENCE

• English Language Arts 20-1
• Chemistry 20
• Pure Mathematics 20 or Mathematics 20-1
• Physics 20
• approved social studies 20 course
• English Language Arts 30-1
• Pure Mathematics 30 or Mathematics 30-1
• two of Biology 30, Chemistry 30, Physics 30 or Science 30

SOCIAL SCIENCES

• English Language Arts 20-1
• approved social studies 20 course
• approved science 20 course
• Pure Mathematics 20 or Mathematics 20-1
• English Language Arts 30-1
• three approved academic 30 or 31 courses

APPROVED GRADE 11 AND GRADE 12 COURSES

Important Notes:
• Courses numbered 23, 33, 24, 34, 26, 36, 20-2, 20-3, 30-2, 30-3 are generally not acceptable.
• English Language Arts 20-1 and 30-1 are the required English courses.
• English Language Arts 20-2 and 30-2 are NOT acceptable.
• Courses must be 5 credits each.
• Two 3-credit courses (max. once per grade level) may be substituted for a 5-credit course and the average of the two 30-level courses will be used as one grade in the calculation.
• Aboriginal Studies 20 and 30 can be 3 or 5 credit courses -- only the 5 credit version is acceptable as a stand-alone course.
• Courses numbered 25 and 35 are considered on a case-by-case basis depending on relevancy to the requested program. Common examples are listed below.