New students

Welcome to UVic! You’ll find resources for new undergraduates and new graduate students on the main student website.

Advising

Our undergraduate, graduate, honours and co-op advisers are here to help with any questions about your degree. Learn about academic advising.

Courses

Learn about our courses or check the current course timetable.

All geography courses

Registration guidelines

Get to know our departmental registration guidelines <link to new orphan page>. They include:

rules about waitlists
registration in courses with labs and lab registration issues
prerequisite waiver requests
missing prerequisites
increasing the enrollment cap of a course
auditing

Student groups

There are over 150 clubs on campus dedicated to environmental, cultural, political, religious and recreational causes. Get involved with student clubs and organizations.

Our department has active groups for undergraduate and graduate geography students. Get involved with your peers for fun and educational activities.