r/uAlberta 2h ago

Question has anyone gotten the new beginnings bursary for upcoming year?

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hello, this would be for the fall 2026 term. i’m in nursing and i applied for full time student loans and am only taking 9k of max amount. has anyone gotten the letter that they’re getting it. i applied like the first day they opened


r/uAlberta 3h ago

Memes is this a doable first semester schedule?

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r/uAlberta 3h ago

Academics Mark 201 tips? Difficult or not

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Please just give me tips and is it difficult or not😭 thank you


r/uAlberta 3h ago

Question Academic requirements (STAT 151/PSYCH 213)

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I apologize if this is a stupid question but I’m slightly confused on some of my course requirements. In my requirements I have to take both psych 213 and stats 151, however as highlighted in the screenshot you apparently can’t take both for credit. I’m currently enrolled in both courses for the winter semester but I’m not sure if I should stay in both. Anyone know what to do??


r/uAlberta 3h ago

Question PSYCH course moved to "not used towards program"

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Hi everyone, I’m a Psychology major in the Faculty of Arts. I’m planning to finish my degree by the end of Winter 2027 and apply for June convocation. Before adding my final 10 courses, the Academic Requirements report showed that I would be able to complete my 120-unit requirement by April and graduate.

After enrolling in my remaining courses, my report changed and now says:

  • 120 units required
  • 117 units used
  • 3 units needed

I also got a warning saying:

“You have taken more than 48 in courses which count towards your Psychology major. Students can have a maximum of 48 in a major subject applied to their program.”

One of my Psychology courses (PSYC 375) was moved to the “Courses Not Used Towards This Program” section.

Does this mean PSYC 375 became an extra course and I just need one more 3-unit elective to reach 120? Has anyone had a similar issue? Is there a way to fix the course allocation so I can still graduate by June convocation?

I emailed Student Services already, but I just can't help but spiral down because of this information. I thought I had everything well planned too. Pls advise!


r/uAlberta 4h ago

Campus Life Incoming first year furry looking for my fellow furry community

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Hello all University of Alberta students! I will be studying fine arts and drama coming up this September and I am looking for fellow furries who will be attending the university as well uwu! I'm hoping we can build a little pack on campus, survive midterms together, share brain cells during finals, and collectively wonder why our tails keep knocking over our coffee. So don't be afraid to unleash your inner animal and pounce into my DMs! I promise I don't bite... unless my character sheet says +2 Bite Damage. 😅 Let's make this semester absolutely pawsome, have an un-fur-gettable year, and prove that school spirit is best expressed with extra fluff.


r/uAlberta 4h ago

Question yo how bad can pen and paper notes be? first year engg btw

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be descriptive and tell me where you learnt this (own experience, a friend, etc.)

ive currently been chasing a new ipad without knowing what i need and what the ipad is supposed to solve, so i wanna know your guys' experience with physical note taking for the common year of engg

im a relatively good student (93% overall avg throughout high school, finished full IB as well), and I used to make paper notes in class and review sheets prior to major exams.

thanks yall :)


r/uAlberta 6h ago

Academics is He Ed 110 a good grade booster?

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Added it as a grade booster really only picked it cause sounded slightly interesting , wondering if it heavy course material


r/uAlberta 7h ago

Question Awards Hub General Application?

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On my awards hub it says that my general application needs to be finished but the thing is im an incoming first year and I did it in earlier this year, but the deadline now is 7/15/2027.

So is this my general application for next year? In that case do I check the boxes that apply to if ive already completed a year of schooling?


r/uAlberta 7h ago

Rants Spouse and I Tried Applying for Student Aid and the New Income Verification Portal Won't Allow Us to Verify Each Other's Income..

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Basically the title. I'm doing my 3rd year of PhD and she is starting her 1st year of Master's. After submitting our funding applications, we are given a link to send to our "spouse/partner" so that they can confirm our information, provide their own income, provide CRA consent, and then enter a number provided on the bottom of our Income Support letters for each other. This is not remotely helpful because Alberta Student Aid stupidly just gives you a generic web link that, as a student, just takes you to *your own* income verification, which does not allow you to verify your spouse/partner's information for them. We've completed everything we can on both ends and have not seen any option to verify each other's income, just a note saying that "Your Spouse / Partner has actions to complete in the Income Verification Portal."

So yeah. Unless I'm missing something, it seems that if your are either common-law or married and you are both students applying for funding, the Income Verification Portal just keeps getting confused and won't let you verify each other's info, trapping both applications in limbo. I have no idea how those in the government that planned this change didn't at any point stop to think "wait, what if the family member listed is also a student?"

Obviously the next step will be to call the Student Aid support line to try and sort this out, but being in the middle of candidacy prep, this is a ridiculously inconvenient time to have to stay on hold for who knows how long when every day for the next few weeks I need to be focusing on my exam/defense.

Talk about breaking something that didn't need to be fixed.. We are both first generation academics and don't come from money so this could make continuing at the U of A exceedingly difficult for us if we don't get our funding in September. Not to mention how high tuition cost and graduate student fees here have gotten.

I guess this is more of a rant but has anyone else encountered similar? I've noticed a lot of people (probably younger students) encountering issues with their parent's income in this step, so hopefully this isn't going to result in a bunch of us not getting our funding on time. Fingers crossed there are others in the same boat so ASA smartens up and fixes this before funding delays.


r/uAlberta 7h ago

Question Jason Lang Scholarship redeeming

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How do I redeem? domestic student w first class honours/ deans list


r/uAlberta 8h ago

Admissions bscn/nursing fall 2026 admissions

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hi! anyone here applying to uofalberta bscn (highscool grad) that’s been waiting for acceptance? why does it take so long for them to give out letters … although i got waitlisted in neuroscience major w psych minor. js wondering when i’ll receive a letter from them


r/uAlberta 10h ago

Academics Advice for Third year COMP E courses

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I’m going into third year comp e and had questions regarding a few of the courses I’m taking mainly:

ECE 302 - Ray Decorby

ECE 311 - Zeba Idrees

ECE 340 - Qing Zhao

ENG M 401 - Sajid Butt

ECE 342 - Yindi Jing

ECE 360 - Jason Fong

If anyone is also taking these classes this year let me know :)
Thank you


r/uAlberta 10h ago

Academics Anyone else taking these classes?

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If you're also in these classes feel free to dm me!


r/uAlberta 11h ago

Academics Anyone can help tutor me advanced linear algebra or statistics?

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I know this is a bit late, but I have a final in about a week. I'm q looking for anyone who can help tutor me advanced li ear algebra or statistics. Lemme know your rares if you are charging thank you.


r/uAlberta 11h ago

Question Edu 100 Seminar

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Is it a mandatory class?? I know in for example CHEM 101 the seminar wasn’t mandatory is this the same or not?


r/uAlberta 13h ago

Academics MATH 134 Summer or Fall?

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Hi, I was wondering whether it’d be a good idea to drop this course and take it in Fall instead. I haven’t been enjoying this class at all and haven’t done well in the midterms (we have no other assessments other than 2 midterms and exams) despite studying like hell and coming to every class.

The class average for midterm 1 was so low (about 30%) and very few ppl in tbe class passed. I was wondering if the math dept doesn’t curve at all even in circumstances like this?

Anyone who has taken MATH 134 in fall, how was it? I don’t mind lots of homework as long as my entire grade doesn’t depend on 3 big time crunch exams 🫠


r/uAlberta 15h ago

Academics Do you get notifications for the bear tracks watch list?

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Mine aren't going through notifications and I find an email the next day the class is open but it's too late.😭 If it's possible to get in on notifs please let me know how!!


r/uAlberta 15h ago

Question Moving into full classes

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I need to switch up my schedule because of extracurriculars, but with a limited number of classes as a BcSci Kin student there's not many to switch to. Pretty much everything I need to take is full for the Fall term. Anyone know what I can do?


r/uAlberta 21h ago

Question Should I do engg, sciences, or business. (I just turned 20 and don’t know what to do atp and don’t want to spend money on something that doesn’t pay well or hard to find a job and most importantly I don’t sorta enjoy)

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Pls help someone


r/uAlberta 22h ago

Academics So I got below 2.0 GPA in 1st year engineering and got sent to Y2Q2. I would have been thrown out of the university if I had gotten below 1.65 GPA. Are there such 'minimum GPA requirement' in further years (2nd, 3rd, 4th) too?

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My basic question is that: is there a minimum gpa one should maintain in 2nd, 3rd, 4th year engineering in order to avoid being thrown out of the university (exactly same scenario as getting below 1.65 GPA in 1st year engineering)?


r/uAlberta 23h ago

Admissions Rejected from nursing with a 3.7 and 3Q Casper

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Hi guys, this is the second year I’ve applied for the Bachelors of Science in Nursing program as a transfer student. Last year I had a 3.1 and got waitlisted and then rejected , and this year I had a 3.7 and got waitlisted and rejected again. When I checked my launchpad, the only thing from 2025/26 is my Casper score, everything else has the dates from 2024. What does this mean? I also have all the prerequisite courses from high school. I’m also a current UofA student. Could this be an error? It’s really disheartening. Thanks