You must have knowledge of a language other than English. There are lots of ways to satisfy this:

• If you are a native speaker of a language other than English, you need to show some evidence for that (like a high school or undergraduate transcript).
• 12 university credits of a language (many of you may have this from your undergraduate degree).
• If you passed a reading/translation exam at your previous university.
• A translation/reading exam at UBC. Some language departments at UBC periodically schedule reading knowledge examinations. Evaluation of a student’s language competence is based on the translation of a text (approximately 1000 words) relating to the student’s field of study. Minimally, a second class standing (B- or better) in such an exam must be obtained in order to satisfy the Foreign Language Requirement.
  • For further information on such examinations, contact the appropriate departments. I’ll add them here, as you tell them to me.
  • French-Spanish-Italian schedule: Friday, September 16, 2017 and Friday, January 13, 2017 from 3:30-5pm in Buchanan Tower 898.

Don’t let this requirement slip your mind! The language requirement must be met by the time of the submission of the thesis (MA or PhD) prospectus.