APSC 100/101 Course Equivalencies

• Students in programs other than Biomedical Engineering (BMEG) who are in Year 2 or above replace APSC 100 or 101 with 3 credits with a technical elective (200-level or higher) outside their program technical elective list.

• If a student is entering Year 1 and is missing APSC 100 and 101, they will be registered for these courses. Please refer to our Registration page for further instructions.

• If student is entering Year 2 or higher and not in Biomedical Engineering (BMEG) - replace 3 credits with a 200-level or higher technical elective course outside their program technical elective list and a natural science elective.
  • This can be any natural science course (3 credits) at any level (100-400) that has no engineering or applied science elements. For example, you can take ASTR 101, ASTR 102, ASTR 200, ASTR 333, ATSC 113, COGS 200, COGS 300, EOSC 110, EOSC 112, EOSC 114, EOSC 116, EOSC 118, EOSC 270, EOSC 311.
  • You can also take most of BIOL, CHEM, MATH and PHYS courses that are not required for your program of study. BIOL, CHEM, MATH and PHYS courses that have similar content to courses required for your program of study are not acceptable, i.e. MATH 102, MATH 103, MATH 104, PHYS 107, PHYS 108, PHYS 109, PHYS 216 etc.  Please consult the Science Credit Exclusion list  to verify that your choice is sufficiently different from other courses in your program. This information is intended to help you make informed decisions to complete your degree requirements in cases where students have not met their APSC 100 and/or APSC 101 requirement.

• If a student is transferring into the BMEG program and is missing any of: APSC 100, APSC 101, or PHYS 159, consult the “Year 2 Transfer: BMEG” section of the website.

Yes! Please inform us of the course you want to take as an equivalency, as we will need to manually update your degree navigator. You can contact us through our Contact Form. If you have already been approved for a course but it is not showing up on your Degree Navigator please see below in our "When will my degree navigator be updated" section.

The list above is not exhaustive and is subject to change. If you have taken, or want to take a course you feel would apply towards your APSC 100/101 Equivalent Technical Elective, please use our APSC 100/101 Equivalency. We will review the course to see if it is eligible, note processing times can take between 2-4 weeks.

The Degree Navigator frames are updated every year and changes we make do not transfer over to the updated frames. Our office will be manually updating your humanities, impact, and first year requirements during your final year at UBC. As a confirmation of your approved courses, please fill out the APSC 100/101 Equivalency to notify EAS and keep a record of your Approval Email.

Seats for APSC 100/101 are reserved for incoming high school students. Year 1 and 2 Transfer students may register on the waitlist for the courses and our registration team will review your request on a priority basis, seat-dependent.  APSC 100/101 covers basic knowledge on our UBC Engineering Program and the content may not be relevant to upper-year students. Students are encouraged to take the Technical Elective equivalent at their appropriate year level.

Students can choose to take other courses for their APSC 100/101 technical elective. Please fill out the APSC 100/101 Equivalency form again to make sure that course will be approved.