Admissions requirements

The Undergraduate Admissions Office will determine your eligibility for admission to UVic when you apply. 

Two approved courses (1.5 UVic units each)

English grade requirement: UVic C+ (3.00 on the UVic 9‑point scale) minimum in each course

You'll need:

• One literature course paired with a literature or composition course
• At least one course that satisfies UVic’s Academic Writing Requirement if you haven't satisfied it already
• Courses taught by an English department

We cannot accept:

• Foundational/preparatory courses that do not satisfy UVic's Academic Writing Requirement
• Courses in business/technical writing, communications, creative writing, journalism, linguistics or some cultural studies topics
• Courses from an institution where the primary language of instruction is not English

See examples of approved English courses at UVic
See examples of approved courses at other BC post-secondary institutions

Two approved courses (1.5 UVic units each)

You'll need:

• Courses focused on the Canadian experience that cover topics taught in the BC elementary social studies curriculum.
• Courses that cover the whole of Canada, but we may be able to accept up to one course covering only part of Canada.

We cannot accept:

• Courses with Canadian literature, art history or fine arts topics (e.g UVic CS 101)

See examples of approved courses in Canadian Studies at UVic
See examples of approved courses at other BC post-secondary institutions

Two approved courses (1.5 UVic units each)

Math grade requirement: UVic C+ or 3.00 minimum average between both courses

You'll need:

• At least one course that was completed no more than ten years before program entry,
• Courses taught by a math department

We cannot accept:

• Pre-calculus or introductory college algebra topics.
• Social science courses (such as economics, geography, pscyhology or sociology courses) that cover math related content. 

Notes: 

• You may take a maximum of one approved statistics course (1.5 units) if it is from a Math department

see examples of approved Math courses at UVic
see examples of approved courses at other BC post-secondary institutions

Two approved courses (1.5 UVic units each)

You'll need:

• Courses that focused on science topics taught in the BC elementary science curriculum.
• At least one course that was completed no more than ten years before program entry.

We cannot accept:

• Social sciences courses such as anthropology, psychology and most geography courses. We may be able to accept a physical geography course (science focus, not social science).  

• It's recommended that you take courses with a lab. This helps prepare you for the classroom because elementary teachers use a field-based, hands-on approach to teaching sciences.  
• It's recommended that you take courses in two different approved science subjects. 
• You may take a maximum of one approved human science/anatomy/physiology course (1.5 units). 

See examples of approved Science courses at UVic
See examples of approved courses at other BC post-secondary institutions

Your grade requirement will be calculated on your: 

12.0 unit sessional GPA

• UVic calculates this sessional GPA using your most recent session
• If that session includes fewer than 12.0 units of graded studies (8 typical UVic courses), then we will use your prior sessional average(s) to total 12.0 units.  

30.0 unit sessional GPA

• UVic calculates this sessional GPA using your most recent 30 units (20 typical UVic courses) to December 31. 

Notes: 

• These GPAs are calculated by the Undergraduate Admissions Office when you apply
• Learn more about how a GPA is calculated at UVic.