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Information for new arts students

Students can start registering for courses for the upcoming year in mid-March of each year. Instructions for how to register for your courses will be sent to your UNB email address so make sure to activate your UNB account and check your UNB email regularly. As soon as you receive your acceptance from UNB, you are welcome to reach out to artsadvising@unb.ca for guidance.

How to register for your courses

  1. Watch our introductory video .
  2. Read through the descriptions below to choose the subjects and courses that are right for you and create a timetable. For course descriptions, see the course catalog in your Student Planning and Registration on my.unb.ca.
  3. Once you're confident with your selections, register for them through Student Planning and Registration in Colleague Self Service.
  4. Check your timetable through Colleague Self-Service to ensure successful registration.

Questions? Email artsadvising@unb.ca. 

First-year requirements by program

Faculty of Arts offers a Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Applied Arts degrees (BAA), Bachelor of Arts and Science (BAS), as well as concurrent degree programs with Science, Computer Science, and the School of Leadership Studies (BABSc, BABCS, BABPhil).

Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Applied Arts

To maximize your exploration of new ideas and subjects, you cannot take more than six credit hours in one subject in the first year of your program.

First-year requirements:

  • Two courses (6 credit hours) of ARTS FIRST courses 
  • Distribution requirements: two courses (6 credit hours) chosen from three of the four distribution categories (humanities, social sciences, sciences, and languages)
  • Electives: two courses (6 credit hours) in any subject(s)

Bachelor of Arts and Science (BAS) and Concurrent Degrees (BABSc, BABCS, BABPhil)

First-year Arts requirements:

  • 6 credits of ARTS FIRST courses 
  • Two courses (6 credit hours) towards your major. 

Humanities

  • Ancient World Studies
  • Comparative Cultural Studies
  • Drama
  • English
  • Film
  • History
  • Media Arts and Cultures
  • Music
  • Philosophy

Languages

  • Chinese
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Japanese
  • Latin
  • Languagues listed under Indigenous Studies
  • Russian
  • Spanish

Sciences

  • Astronomy
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Earth Sciences
  • Physics
  • Math
  • Psychology
  • Statistics


Social Sciences

  • Anthropology
  • Criminology and criminal justice
  • Economics
  • Gender and Womens Studies
  • International Development Studies
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology


Electives

Students will choose six credit hours of electives – one course for the fall term and one course for the winter. These courses do not need to match. You can choose a subject from any of the categories. ARTS 1003, ARTS 1004, and ARTS 2001 are available as electives as well. 

What’s a credit hour?

A credit hour is the unit of measuring course credit and is based on the number of classroom hours in a week. A “three credit hour” course (3 ch) meets for three hours per week over the course of a semester. A “six credit hour” course (6 ch) meets three hours per week for the full academic year.

What’s the usual course load?

Most full-time students take five courses per term, which is worth 30 credit hours per academic year. Some take four courses per term to balance work and family commitments. Part-time students take two courses or fewer per term.

International students

Make sure to check out the information for new international students.  

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