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Student Life


Academics:

Students enroll in two courses a semester in the program of study that they choose.  Student responsibilities include:
  • attending lectures, tutorials and labs
  • completing modified exams and assignments
  • meeting with inclusion facilitators to discuss each course

Students are enrolled in courses as participatory auditors, this allows professors and inclusion facilitators to modify course work as much or as little as needed for the student to engage with the course.  At the end of 4 or 5 years of study students receive a certificate of completion and attend convocation with their department of study.

** Students are responsible for paying tuition and purchasing textbooks.  The cost of tuition is different at each campus, the local inclusion facilitators can let you know the approximate cost per term **

Campus Life:

Students are supported to get involved in campus life based on their interests.  Students join clubs and course unions, make friends with similar interests, attend student parties and use the gym and recreation facilities on their campus. 

Support is provided in invisible and individualized ways to allow students to make decisions about what they want to explore on campus.

Career Development

Career development is a key part of Post-Secondary Education.  Over 4 or 5 years of study, students have a variety of opportunities to figure out what they are interested in and how to build towards a career in their field of interest.  During the summer (April - August) students are supported to find paid work, internships, training, networking and volunteer opportunities that relate to their career dreams.

What a typical day can look like:

Morning:
  • Arrive on campus
  • Grab a coffee
  • Meet with an inclusion facilitator to go over notes or assignments, check out clubs, .....
  • Go to Class
  • Lunch
Afternoon:
  • Drop-in basketball
  • Go to Class
  • Shift at the radio station or theatre
  • Meet a friend
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Student Schedule
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   Examples of Clubs and Campus Events:
Examples of Paid Summer and Part-Time Jobs:

  • Cloudscape Comics
  • Coffee Night Volunteer
  • Heroes Villains and Princesses Expo
  • Vancouver Vipertooth Quidditch Team
  • Aikido Yoshinkai Burnaby
  • BPK student Union
  • Game Developers Club
  • Hip Hop Club
  • Anime Club
  • Drop in Sports
  • History Student Union
  • Interactive Arts and Technology Student Union
  • Philosopher's Cafe
  • Philosophy Student Union
  • Skeptics Society
  • Cooking Club
  • FarMade
  • Imagine Day
  • Sprouts
  • Science Lab Writing
  • Smash Club
  • Social Group
  • Spoken World
  • Sr. Collegium Harry Potter Party
  • Student Leadership Conference
  • Student Success Panel
  • Student Union Election
  • Thrive: Mindfulness Drop-In
  • UBCO Clothing Swap
  • UBCO Gym
  • UBCO TEDx
  • UBCO Yoga
  • UBCSUO Theatre: "The Untouchables"
  • United Way of Fundraiser: Used Book Sale
  • Vancouver Student Leadership Conference
  • White Ribbon Campaign
  • World Arabic Writing Day: Saudi Association of Kelowna
  • Student Union Party
  • Tandem/Global Lounge
  • CiTR 101.9 FM UBC Radio
  • CJSF SFU Radio
  • "Revive the Indian Child" Exhibit at the Alternator Gallery
  • 4th Annual Indigeneity Panel
  • African Caribbean Culture Week
  • Aikido
  • Anthropology Course Union
  • B.A.R.K
  • Beerfest
  • Building Sustainable Communities Conference
  • Career Counseling
  • Career Days
  • Chess Club
  • Create 2km Colour Run
  • CREATE beer garden
  • End the "R" word campaign
  • Environment and Sustainability Society
  • Exam Jam
  • Golden Key Club
  • Grand reopening of the UBCO Women Resource Centre
  • Happiness Day: Live Music
  • heART fit
  • Indigenous Peoples Presentation at Rotary Centre for the Art
  • Paper Shell Creative Writing Course Union Contest
  • Peer Mentor Meetings
  • Psychology Course Union
  • Research Talk on Female Migration from India and Limits of Autonomy
  • SARA: Rape and  Awareness Campaign
  • Write Now!
  • CARSA
  • Women's Centre
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