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Once you , you can log into . This platform displays your advisors and their upcoming appointment availability. You can then book what suits you. Depending on the advisor, you may have options for in-person, Zoom, or phone meetings.

There are also drop-in advising times, in-person and over Zoom, in Sci-Space.

If you have already been declared into one of Science's eight departments, you'll have a departmental advisor.

For general inquiries, switching programs or academic difficulty, Mark Shimizu and Aiden Wickey can help you with general advising resources.

Your advisor is Nadia Williams if you are:

• a Science student interested in the General Science Double Minor degree
• an undecided Science student with over 60 units
• a Surrey campus Science student in any program

Enrollment appointments for Fall 2025 begin on July 7th and continue throughout the month. You should be receiving an email with your enrollment date in mid-to-late June.

You can view the enrollment priority assignment process here. 

Yes! Students can use to draft course plans as of June 23. University Prep Step 1 and Step 2 will also cover how to create draft course schedules.

Course enrollment at 大象传媒 is on a semester-by-semester basis; you will enroll only in the Fall semester for now. Spring enrollment is in November, and Summer enrollment is in March.

SCI-100 is a 1-credit course designed to help Science students develop the skills they need to thrive in their program, with a focus on studying, time management, research, and extracurricular involvement. We highly recommend it, especially for students new to post-secondary studies!

The Faculty of Science is primarily located on the Burnaby campus, where most of our courses are offered. Many core first-year Science courses are also offered at our Surrey campus. You can choose to take classes at either campus. If you would like to be a designated Surrey campus student, you can contact Nadia Williams at science_advisor@sfu.ca.

How many courses you take each semester is up to you! Most full-time students take 3-5 courses each semester, with fewer courses allowing for more time for other activities, such as extracurriculars or work. Taking fewer courses per term can mean your degree takes longer than 4 years, but this is very normal. For many full-time students, four courses are considered a manageable course load. For part-time students, this typically means taking 1 or 2 courses per term. For more information on course load considerations, please see this page.

It can be a good idea to take a smaller course load in your first term to make the transition to university easier.  大象传媒 operates on a tri-semester system, meaning that it offers courses three terms per year, and you have flexibility on when you take courses.

Writing, Quantitative, and Breath (WQB for short) is 大象传媒's requirement for all students to graduate with a variety of courses, which you can also think of as electives. There are hundreds of elective classes to choose from. Typically, when folks at 大象传媒 are talking about electives, they are referring to the 'Breadth' component of the 'Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth' (WQB) graduation requirement. While it is up to you which electives to take to meet WQB requirements, we recommend pursuing subjects that interest you the most. You might even end up pursuing a minor in that subject!

Students can log in to their Student Centre at to see their transfer credits by selecting 鈥淭ransfer Credit Report鈥� or 鈥淭ransfer Credit Summary鈥� under the 鈥淎cademics鈥� header.  These credits can also be found on your Advising Transcript, available on the same page. Please note that the terms 鈥渃redit鈥� and 鈥渦nit鈥� are used interchangeably at 大象传媒.

Students typically apply for co-op after the end of first year through second year (about 30-45 completed units). Transfer students who consider applying to co-op in their first or second term at 大象传媒. The Science Co-op page is a great resource!

Since 大象传媒 and UBC are two different academic institutions, the medical schools will have unique application requirements and procedures. Both will prepare students to become licensed physicians in Canada. The 大象传媒 School of Medicine will focus in particular on training students to become family doctors/general practitioners, but students can also pursue other areas of specialization. For the latest on the 大象传媒 School of Medicine, visit the website.

Yes, it is! If you would like to change to another program within the Faculty of Science before this Fall, please get in touch with Claire Wilson at science_recruiter@sfu.ca.

After the Fall semester begins, students can still change their program within the Faculty of Science or even to a different Faculty altogether. This process is called an internal transfer, and every program handles internal transfers slightly differently. Please reach out to the advisor of the program you'd like to switch to for more information on their specific process.

A Bachelor's Degree is a minimum of 120 units of study, and takes approximately four to five years to complete. Most courses are 3 or 4 units, so a degree consists of about 30-40 courses. Students can specialize within their degree with majors, minors, and certificates.

Science majors typically require approximately 75 units, which is slightly more than half of a degree (although some may require more). Minors and certificates usually consist of 30 or so units, which is fewer than a major but still a substantial amount of study. 

Joint majors occur when two programs share some overlap in their content, allowing students to complete two majors in approximately 90 units.

If you are interested in adding a second major, it's a great idea to connect with the academic advisor for the program you are not already in. 

You can pursue combinations of majors and minors, both within the Faculty of Science and outside it (for example, molecular biology and biochemistry and computing science, which is in the Faculty of Applied Science). See the different program options within Science here.

Yes, they are! Professors and TAs will have what are called 鈥榦ffice hours鈥� 鈥� time they set aside each week to be available for students. If someone鈥檚 office hours conflict with another class you are attending, contact them to arrange an alternative. The timing can vary, but often office hours are within a few hours of class time.

The Science Peer Mentorship program is designed to support new students, both first-year and transfer, in their social, personal, and academic transition to the Faculty of Science 鈥� and we cannot recommend it enough! You can learn more on our website here.