UVic Pathway Program

University of Victoria

This specialized first year of your undergraduate degree is the perfect option if you want to start your UVic degree but still need to meet UVic's English language requirement.

• Choose from 2 streams: "Canadian Career" or "Science and Engineering"
• 10.5 UVic credits (12 units = complete first year)
• UVic instructors, curriculum and materials

Program description

This specialized first year program allows you to meet UVic’s English language requirement while completing first year degree courses in the Faculties of Social Sciences, Science or Engineering. You can look forward to a challenging, supported first year of university that will put you on the path to success in your UVic degree program.

After successful completion of the Pathway Program, you will have earned almost all of your required first-year academic credits. You will continue in the second year of your chosen degree program at UVic and continue with your UVic degree

Program features

QUICK FACTS

• September start date
• Specialized first year undergraduate program
• University of Victoria: #1 Canadian comprehensive university for preparing career-ready students (2019 Times Higher Education Global University Employability Ranking)
• Choose from 2 streams: "Canadian Career" or "Science and Engineering"
• Academic English classes
• Seven (7) first-year university credit courses
• 10.5 UVic credits (12 units = complete first year)
• UVic instructors, curriculum and materials
• Homestay or dormitory accommodation and meals

ACADEMIC SUPPORT

• Smaller first-year classes
• Specialized workshops
• Specialized labs, tutorials and advising

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

• Co-op program (paid internship)
• Business Minor
• Professional Writing Minor

The Pathway Program is delivered by the UVic English Language Centre (ELC at UVic) in collaboration with the faculties of Social Sciences, Science and Engineering.

Program completion

Upon successful completion of the winter and summer sessions, you will have completed 10.5 units of university-level course work. To qualify for continued academic study at UVic, you must pass UAP and Canadian Studies and maintain good academic standing.