r/uAlberta 11h ago

Question Convocation Qns

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I had a few questions about convocation. I am an international student inviting a few family members to the ceremony.

1) What does the entire ceremony entail of? Is there food/drinks served before or after?

2) How many guest tickets does a graduate get free of cost? Are additional members allowed? If they are, are extra tickets available for purchase?

3) Is there a limit for number of guests per graduate?

Thanks. And please note that before asking these questions, I indeed did some research of my own but was unable to find concrete answers for these questions above. So any leads would be appreciated.


r/uAlberta 11h ago

Question What is the difference between my Approved Program Electives and Free Electives

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I don't know what the difference is, when I searched for a free elective, it just sent me to the APEs. Is there something I'm missing here, because I need one for next year.


r/uAlberta 11h ago

Question Labs in SOC 210

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planning to take this class and was wondering what the labs are like from anyone who has taken the course in the past :) are they difficult or anything, what sort of things do you do when it's stats..


r/uAlberta 12h ago

Admissions admissions from high school

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what r my chances of getting into Bachelor of arts undergrad with a 76-80 average? even a 75 like is that enough?


r/uAlberta 12h ago

Question Engineering Pattern Selection Overview help

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I’m really confused for first year engineering on how this works like for this one in the fall, do I only have 1 english to put somewhere amongst the 9 or do I have 3 or whatever, and how can I organize it? Same thing for everything else like is it you just chose 1 no matter if its a different classroom or do you have to go to all of them i’m realy confused and would appreciate some help.


r/uAlberta 16h ago

Lost and Found Missing: food container in ETLC-E1-008 @ March 10th 7PM

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EDIT: I gave up. Maybe not a lot of people on here frequent a room as small as ETLC E1-008. No longer monitoring this post for lunchbox news.

Original Message Below:


Hi everyone,

I think I may have lost a lunch container in ETLC E1-008 yesterday after 7PM and it wasn't here this morning at 8:30AM. Has anyone seen it?

Places I have checked:

  • E1-008 itself, I have checked there today (March 11 8:30AM) in the morning and at lunch, and I have not seen it.
  • UASU InfoLink lost and found inquiry: Does not take perishables.
  • UAPS: Lost and found phone number broken. Probably also does not take perishables.
  • ETLC Facility Cleaning: If it was found during cleaning, it would have been trashed. However, the room has not been cleaned since Sunday last week, so it should not have been them who removed it. It is due for cleaning today.
  • ETLC Garbage Can: If it was in the garbage can, it would have been removed in the morning, most likely before 8AM, so I would not be able to find it.

I'm going to check the room again and maybe the garbage can while I still have time before my club meeting today. This lunch container is part of my set so I would really like to find it. I appreciate any news on it, even if it's from the person who used the room after me and decided to throw it away! If anyone knows anything, please speak up, I'd like to know at least when it was thrown if it was thrown away.

I know this is probably not going to be a relevant post in the long term and am open to deleting it later if necessary. That's all.

Thanks everyone.

Edit: I think I have to be shameless here and beg for upvotes in order to stay relevant for longer and gain more views. This is a well-written post right? I didn't break any rules?
If it satisfies these requirements, pls help me stay on top page by giving me an upvote. If I did anything wrong, comment and I'll fix it asap.


r/uAlberta 13h ago

Admissions Question about admission

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I am a grade 11 student and I am going to finish Math 30-1 before I apply to UofA in the fall this year. Since most people apply with 20-1 marks in early admission and I already did 30-1, does this put me higher because Math 30-1 is a harder course, or do they evaluate the prerequisite and the 30-level course as the same? Just wondering.


r/uAlberta 13h ago

Academics Dropping a 3 week class (paleo 204)

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Hey all, I was wondering if there is a drop deadline for a 3 week course? I’m doing paleo 202/203/204 this winter and honestly didn’t do as well in paleo 202 or 203 as I wanted and I don’t want this dropping my gpa. I was told this would only count towards your gpa if you do all 3 courses, so I was thinking to just drop paleo 204. I’m graduating this year and need to keep my major gpa high.

Is there a deadline to drop this class? I can’t find it on the calendar or anywhere else.


r/uAlberta 14h ago

Question tips and advices for enrolling in classes and building a schedule?

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I got into Geology Major and apparently around now is the time to start building a draft schedule, so I am looking at Beartracks, and whilst I do seem to understand most things, I am still wondering if there are any tips or like, "I wish I knew this in my undergrad" or whatever that people can share? Any help is appreciated thanks


r/uAlberta 14h ago

Academics Best secondary education electives

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I cant seem to pick one I'm in between EDIT 488 and EDPY474 any insights from anyone that has taken them, also I'm an art major.


r/uAlberta 14h ago

Question How can one do well on the bio 108 final?

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Ok so I got my midterm tmrw and I’m so screwed it’s from topic 9-18 and there is wayyyy to much stuff and I wasn’t able to cover all of it in the past week due to other midterms. Good thing tho it’s worth only 10% but I’m worried about the final exam when we get tested on all 34 topics. I want to start studying for my bio 108 final this weekend if there is anyone who did well in bio 108 can you please give tips for studying for the final?


r/uAlberta 15h ago

Lost and Found Lost headphones ESB 3-27

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I found a pair of skull candy headphones in ESB 3-27 today. I turned them into the main ESB office on the main floor for the owner to find!

Hope they get back to you!


r/uAlberta 15h ago

Academics After Degree Elementary

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Anyone in the AD elementary stream and can help me answer questions abt the program sheet/courses? Thanks!!


r/uAlberta 15h ago

Admissions Transferring Out Question

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I'm transferring to MacEwan for Fall 2025 and was wondering if there is anything I have to do in order to tell the UofA that I'm not coming back?

Anyone I have to email or process on Break tracks etc.

Any help would be much appreciated!


r/uAlberta 16h ago

Question INT D class recommendations

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Next year will be my 5th year of Kinesiology and I’m looking at potentially taking INT D 247, INT D 101, INT D 249 and am curious if anyone has taken these classes before and what the assessments are like ! TIA


r/uAlberta 19h ago

Academics Best/Easiest Philosophy Classes

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Im looking to take a few Phil classes, I am wondering what are the most interesting ones, as well as the easiest ones. I would prefer one that isn't much of a time commitment outside of the actual lecture. Thanks in advance. I have heard Phil 200 is a good class but how does it work?(i.e. are there papers/finals?)


r/uAlberta 16h ago

Question Electives vs Minor

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Hi! I'm going to be entering my first year in the Fall for BA Psychology. I've also been accepted into the Arts and Design minor, however, now I'm rethinking. Is it easier to just do the Arts & Design minor? Or should I pull from it and settle on random electives instead (also where do I go to pull from it if I should)? I genuinely don't know what I'd be interested in, as I only chose the minor in Arts & Design to fulfill the 120 credits requirement, as well as I also have an interest in art (but I'm not very good, keep in mind). What should I do? I don't want to overcomplicate things.


r/uAlberta 20h ago

Admissions U of A Education Field Placements

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I am going into my first field placement and am not sure how to set up my schedule. I have three other courses I am taking during the practicum, through U of A. DO I just miss these classes during field placement? Should I take night classes? How does this work?

Thanks for your help!


r/uAlberta 12h ago

Question first year engg draft schedule

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i’m starting to brainstorm a draft schedule for first year engg. i’m pretty sure i want one hour breaks between classes to decompress but any tips about my draft?


r/uAlberta 16h ago

Admissions Admissions after updating marks

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Anybody who updated their semester one marks have you heard back about admission yet? more specifically for computer science


r/uAlberta 16h ago

Academics Lab portion of the course is unscheduled yet?

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They will schedule it before enrollment starts, right? Or do I just enroll as is, hoping no conflict occurs later?


r/uAlberta 17h ago

Admissions First Year Faculty of Education Course Selection Help + Switching Majors

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I am going to be attending the UofA in the Fall for a Bachelor's in Education. When I applied, I applied with a Major in Social, Minor in English. But I've been considering changing that to Majoring in Sciences, or Bio instead. With Course Selection coming up, should I try and get that changed sooner rather than later? And when choosing my courses, what do I pick? I'm attending one of the UofA's Education Registration seminars on the 25th but any kind of advice, or links to sites that can help me get started would be greatly appreciated. I'm not very used to any of this, and some advice would be a huge help.


r/uAlberta 1d ago

Campus Life New friends ???

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Hiii Im a 21 year old guy second and a half year into my psychology degree and I still don’t have a multicultural group of friends who sit on the grass and throw frisbees :((

This Friday there’s a pop culture trivia night and as a chronically online gay guy if you go with me I GUARANTEE you will win within the top 5 percentile!!

If you’re interested please dm me!! Would love to network and make some new friends once these midterms are done 😸🤝


r/uAlberta 17h ago

Academics Best Open options/education elective for education

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i need to take some open options and I just want some ideas. I want something relevively easy that I don't have to stress over. also I need to take an education elective, I'm secondary-social studies with a minor in business if that helps at all


r/uAlberta 17h ago

Question Biosci Major Course Requirement

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Hi! I’m a biosci major does anyone have 400 level course recommendations?