Student support
This is a student support page for School of Health Sciences Graduate-level students, including the MA is Disability Management, PhD Students, and MA Community Health Students. It is mainly for Online Distance Students, but some of the information may be useful to others. If you have a question that isn't covered here, please see the contact list at the bottom of the page.
- Registering for courses
- Purchasing textbooks
- Distance Library services
- Graduate student orientation
- Northern BC Graduate Students' Society
- E-Mail lists
- UNBC Web access and PIN
- UNBC computer account
- UNBC email account
- Online learning with Moodle
- Contacts
- UNBC phone directory
- Forms for graduate students
- DISM comp exam guide
- Ten tips for graduate students
Registration
First-time students will have registration information sent to them with their letter of admission. Once registered for their first course they will be officially be considered a student at UNBC. It is recommended that all students register for courses as early as possible.
Students are required to submit a registration form every semester. (Semesters start at the beginning of September, January and May of each year).
Registration forms can be found here: Office of the Registrar/ Forms
MA DISM students, note; if you are not taking a specific course in a semester, you must still register for a 'placeholder' course of either the Comprehensive Exam, or Thesis, depending on your intentions. Registering for these does not mean you will be taking the Comprehensive exam or defending a Thesis, it just maintains your status as a Graduate student.
Fees are due on the first day of classes. There are several ways to submit your fees with the most usual being online payment through myUNBC Student Account. You can also check your registration status online. If you have any other questions regarding registration you can call the Office of the Registrar at 250-960-6300.
Registration hints
Print the name of your supervisor in the space to the left of their signature line.
Make sure the CRN# box is filled in. CRN's can be found on the main UNBC site at UNBC Programs
Directed Studies
If you are registering for a directed studies course you must have discussed this with your Academic Advisor/Supervisor and the proposed instructor ahead of time. You will need a course title that does not exceed 30 characters. The title will not be "Directed Studies". Every directed studies course has its own title. You and the instructor will need to provide a course syllabus before you send in the registration form.
Your syllabus must include:
- instructor’s name
- credit hours
- title that does not exceed 30 characters
- start and end dates
- and all other information the instructor normally includes as a description of course content and expectations of student.
All directed studies courses require the signature of the instructor. Please see Instruction #3 on the registration form.
If you wish to register in a course that is not on your program of study you should discuss this with your supervisor and if they agree make the required change to your program of study.
Purchasing books
Books for our courses can be purchased through the UNBC Bookstore. Textbook lists can be found on the UNBC Bookstore website. Scroll down the page to the "Buy Textbooks" section and select your semester/term, and click "Go".
You can order books by phone using Visa or Mastercard. The bookstore also accepts cheques and money orders. There is a very reasonable shipping and handling fee depending on where you live and the size of the order.
Bookstore phone: (250) 960-6424
Distance Library Services
Graduate Student Orientation
Phone: (250) 960-5671
Email address is gssoffice@unbc.ca.
Room: 7-168
E-Mail Lists
UNBC Web Access & PIN
Your UNBC Computer Account
UNBC E-mail Account
- The Office of Graduate Studies will only use this address to send announcements to graduate students and they will expect you to check this mail. Almost nobody at UNBC has access to your personal files and hence almost nobody knows your previous email address. They might try and contact you through your UNBC account. Many students have missed messages because they did not check their UNBC address. Once you graduate your email address is still active as an alumni account. This means that you can use this address as a permanent email address and you will not have to update everyone whenever you change jobs or mail providers.
Online learning with Moodle
Contact List
Amanda England
Administrative Assistant
School of Health Sciences |
(250) 960-6483
fax: (250) 960-5744
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school-healthsciences@unbc.ca |
ISS Student Computer Help Desk
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(250) 960-5321
toll free in Canada: (866) 960-5321 |
support@unbc.ca |
Office of Grad Programs
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(250) 960-5244
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UNBC Bookstore
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(250) 960-6424
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Distance Library Assistant
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(250) 960-6604
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Graduate Student Society
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(250) 960-5671
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Centre for Teaching, Learning & Technology
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