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Eligibility for Revised IGS Degree Programs

Eligibility of currently enroled students to participate in the revised IGS degree programs

Students who enroled in the IGS M.A., M.Sc., or Ph.D. degree program prior to September 1, 2019 may choose to remain bound by the degree requirements degree requirements of the IGS program as laid out in the Academic Calendar prior to that date. Students making this choice should refer to the Academic Calendar archive of the year they began their program to find their corresponding program requirements: https://archive.calendar.ubc.ca/okanagan/.

Students who enroled in the IGS M.A. or M.Sc. program prior to September 1, 2019 may instead state their desire to fulfill the new, revised degree requirements of the IGS program that were implemented on September 1, 2018.

Students who enroled in the IGS Ph.D. program prior to September 1, 2019 may instead state their desire to fufill the new, revised degree requirements of the IGS program that were implemented on September 1, 2018. However, Ph.D. students who achieved candidacy prior to September 1, 2019 are not eligible for this option.


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