UBC Subjects

After much umming and aahing over what to study next semester (see post below: Planning On Studying Overseas), I sent in my 12 preferred options, and received the results.

You see, UBC enrols students based on quotas, with students being assigned a date to enrol based on their marks the previous semester. Essentially, each course has a limited number of places, and the most popular ones are essentially restricted to the best students. If you received excellent marks last semester, you are allowed to enrol in subjects earlier than those with lower marks, thus giving you a better chance to get the subjects you want.

As exchange students, we were allowed to enrol second, with the International Office even offering to do it for us! So I just logged in yesterday and found that I got my top four preferences! (This is particularly good as I had been forewarned that Political Science units were really hard to get into at UBC, and I had 3 PS units in my top 4 preferences!).

My four units are:

• HIST252: Modern Caribbean History (well, why not :P)

• POLI321A: China's Government & Politics (1949-2006)

• POLI370A: Asian International Relations (India & Pakistan)

• POLI365A: Issues In International Conflict (War Crimes)