Fall 2020 Course Delivery
last updated July 28, 2020 at 4:30pm
The first term (September-December 2020) and second term (January-April 2021) timetable is now live: uvic.ca/timetable.
Undergraduate Courses
Faculty of Science undergraduate instruction in the Fall-2020 term will be predominantly online. Lecture and tutorial components of most courses will be delivered by the assigned instructor using synchronous or asynchronous video links. All first-year labs will also be delivered online.
However, the following courses will have components that will be delivered on campus using physical distancing regulations and WorkSafeBC guidelines:
On-Campus Undergraduate Courses (Fall 2020)*
- Biochemistry & Microbiology: BCMB 301, BCMB 406, BIOC/MICR 470, BCMB 499
- Biology: BIOL 460, BIOL 321, (updated July 28, 2020) BIOL 499
- Chemistry: CHEM 212, CHEM 260, CHEM 361, CHEM 362, CHEM 363, CHEM 364, CHEM 498, CHEM 499
- Earth & Ocean Sciences: EOS 205, EOS 316
- Physics & Astronomy: PHYS 229, (updated June 25, 2020) PHYS 321A , PHYS 323, PHYS 326, ASTR 329, PHYS 429, PHYS 499
*If possible, plan to be on campus for these courses. Should you not be able to attend these labs in-person, please ask your instructor for a deferral of the lab component; you can still take the other course components online.
On-Campus Undergraduate/Graduate Mathematics & Statistics Courses*
- Mathematics & Statistics: MATH 423/523, MATH 451/580, MATH 493/533, MATH 492/550
*If possible, plan to be on the UVic campus for these courses. Should you not be able to attend these labs in-person please ask your instructor for a deferral or consider a substitution.
For more detailed information on course delivery methods, visit unit websites:
Graduate Courses
Graduate courses in the Fall 2020 term will be delivered primarily on-campus and in-person.
However, the following exceptions apply:
Online Graduate courses
- Biochemistry & Microbiology: BCMB 500, BCMB 501, BCMB 560, BCMB 580
- Chemistry: CHEM 505, CHEM 509, CHEM 670, CHEM 680
- Earth & Ocean Sciences: EOS 525 (predominantly online with some on-campus components)
- Mathematics & Statistics: STAT 564, MATH 475/575, STAT 459/559, STAT 556, STAT 560