Find details about advising and course registration to support your academic progress.
Arts Indigenous Student Advising (AISA)
If you are an Indigenous student in the Faculty Arts, Arts Indigenous Student Advising (AISA) is here to provide you with academic and cultural support.
Indigenous student advisors are available year-round to help with degree requirements, course planning, and finding your on-campus community.
Arts Academic Advising
Arts Academic Advising supports the academic success of the Faculty’s 14,000 undergraduate students.
From the point of admission, advising provides programs and services to help you make informed and thoughtful decisions about your academic path throughout your degree program.
Course registration
Major and minor requirements
Review your program’s requirements to help you prepare for course registration.
Registration dates
Before the registration period, CIS will email all declared FNIS and FNEL majors and minors with information about our course registration process.
You’ll also receive your registration date from UBC before registration opens.
Waitlists
Once a course is full, it will be restricted or blocked for registration. You may register for the waitlist if you are interested in taking the course.
If space becomes available, CIS staff will enroll the first student in the list, and you will be notified if you are enrolled. Please note that if you drop the waitlist and re-register, you will be placed at the bottom of the list.
Waitlists for CIS courses are updated every 1-2 business days but may take longer during busier times.
Note: As FNIS and FNEL are small programs, we always prioritize required courses, but occasionally they may need to be offered every second year. If you are unable to register for a required course and are concerned about your academic progress or graduation timeline, please contact CIS as soon as possible.
Graduate-level courses
Since FNEL and FNIS are undergraduate programs, the main sections of our courses are only for undergraduate students.
However, we may offer a limited number of seats in FNIS 501 or select FNEL courses to eligible graduate students.
Enrolling in a graduate-level course
- Reason you are interested in taking this course
- How this course relates to your graduate research
- Courses or work experience with Indigenous content
- Your student number
Please note that taking a graduate-level course requires instructor approval and registration is not guaranteed. We’ll be in touch with you after your request has been reviewed.
Special topics and condensed courses
Special topics and language courses
FNIS and FNEL offer special topics and language courses on a rotating basis, depending on faculty availability.
Condensed courses
CIS occasionally offers condensed courses, which are intensive courses that pack a full curriculum into 1-to-3 weeks.
These courses are created to allow students with community, family, and work commitments to take credit courses while still maintaining their other responsibilities. You can find the course dates in Workday Student.
Note: The add/drop deadlines for these courses differ from the regular sessions.
Course delivery formats
All courses within CIS are offered in-person. If there are any changes to the delivery format, we’ll notify students as soon as possible.