Registration and Other UBC Basics

Please make sure to visit the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FoGS) web section for New Grad Students.

UBCcard

 

The UBCcard is UBC's official student identification card. It facilitates student verification, access control to university residences and access to library services. UBCcards are issued at the UBC Carding Office in the UBC Bookstore. The Bookstore is open Monday to Friday from 9:30 AM to 5 PM and Saturday 11 AM to 5 PM with extended hours in August and September. Visit www.bookstore.ubc.ca for a schedule of the bookstores extended hours. Please note that you will need to present one piece of government-issued identification, such as a driver's license, provincial/state identification, or passport to obtain your card. For more information, please visit the UBCcard website at www.ubccard.ubc.ca.

U-Pass

The U-Pass is your universal transportation pass (included in your student fees). It provides cardholders with the following:

  • Unlimited access to TransLink Bus, SkyTrain, and SeaBus services (all zones)
  • Discounted West Coast Express fares ($2 discount on one-way fares, 28 day pass for $80)
  • Discounts at participating merchants
  • Continued access to a variety of UBC TREK Programs (www.trek.ubc.ca)

U-Passes are also available for pick-up from the UBC Carding Office in the UBC Bookstore. You will need your UBCcard in order to get your U-Pass. Please visit www.upass.ubc.ca for more information.

News and Contact Information

Mailboxes

Current graduate students share mailboxes outside the AnSo Main Office. Mailboxes are arranged in alphabetically order with red lettering designating students in the Anthropology programs and blue designating students in the Sociology programs.

UBC Email Account

Information on how to set up a UBC Netinfo/Interchange email account is available at https://web.interchange.ubc.ca/.

You can check your email account from any internet connection through the myUBC web site (www.my.ubc.ca); however, in order to do so, you will need to set up a Campus Wide Login (CWL). This can be done through the CWL website (http://www.cwl.ubc.ca/).

Anth News and Other Mailing Lists

The anth news list-serve provides graduate students with information about upcoming talks, scholarships, grad society meetings, and goings on in the department. The department Anth News is issued weekly monthly and is distributed to grad students through the anth news list-serve.

In order to subscribe to Anth News send an e-mail to anth.head(at)ubc.ca. For future contributions, send to anth.head(at)ubc.ca. When sending in publications or presentations info, please follow the format used in "American Anthropologist", found at http://www.aaanet.org/publications/style_guide.pdf

Other lists you may wish to subscribe to are:

  • i-house (same instructions as above except type in: subscribe i-house)
  • other groups through the GSS (go to www.gss.ubc.ca/mailman/listinfo/)

Grad Bulletin Boards

Information distributed by the Grad Office and through Anth News is posted on either the Grad Events/Info bulletin board across from the Main Office or the Awards/Employment bulletin board across the department mailroom entrance. If you do not wish to subscribe to Anth News, please make sure to check these bulletin boards regularly to stay informed.

Registering for Courses

To determine what courses you are required to take, please have a look at the appropriate (i.e., Anthropology or Sociology) program of study guidelines as well as the list of courses found in the 'Info for Current Student' sections of this web site. Below are quicklinks to the appropriate pages:

With the help of your supervisor, you should then be able to plan your program of study (i.e., what courses you will need for your program) on your program record. If you have not already contacted your (temporary) supervisor, please do so. If you don't know who this is, please e-mail me, and I will let you know.

Registration Instructions:
1) Access the Student Service Centre at: https://ssc.adm.ubc.ca/sscportal/servlets/SRVSSCFramework

Instructions on how to use the Student Service Centre (as well as other info gems) can be found in the main/central area of the webpage (see the link titled "First time/new user of the Student Service Centre (SSC)? Check out our new series of online SSC Tutorials."

2) On the top left-hand corner, you will see a "Login/Logout" box. Please click the "Login" button.

Once you click this button, you will be redirected to the Student Service Centre Campus-Wide Login web page.

3) Follow the directions under "Option 1: I do not have a Campus-Wide Login (CWL) Account." In the "Login Name" box, type in your eight digit UBC student number (this should be on your admission letters from the Faculty of Graduate Studies). In the "Password" box, type in yymmdd (based on your birthday). Remember to change this password as soon as you get in.

Once you have successfully created a CWL, you should be directed back to the Student Service Centre. However, the tabs on the "myServices" box under the "Login/Logout" box will now be visible.

4) Select the "Registration" tab

5) Select "(Year)W(Session)" button, then press the "Add/Drop Sections" button.

You should be able to figure out the rest from here. If you have problems, please contact the Anthropology Graduate Secretary at anth.grad(at)ubc.ca.

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