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Hi! Welcome to Kwantlen. My name's Jocelyn
Choy and I'm an educational advisor. In this video, I'd like to explain about the entrance
requirements and upgrading options for students pursuing science programs.
Just as everyone has different goals, every new student coming in has a different academic
background and will be starting from a different point.
The General Admission Requirements to get into Kwantlen are: you must be a high school
graduate or at least 19 years of age on the first day of classes; AND you must have English
12 or Communications 12 with a minimum of 'C'. There are other options as well in meeting
the English requirement.. You can refer to the Admission's section of the Official Calendar
for a complete list.
If you have applied to Kwantlen and your final grades are lower than the general admission
requirements, then you will be placed into the University Preparatory Program. This means
that you will not be able to take any university level courses until you have met the English
proficiency requirement which is required to undertake undergraduate courses. This will
be explained further in the Testing and Assessment Video.
Students, who meet the general admission standards, are often unsure of which science program
to choose.
A good place to start your research would be to view the Online Official Calendar. In
the calendar you will find programs offered at Kwantlen, program descriptions, admission
requirements, graduation requirements and course descriptions.
Also check out the counseling website for career resources and seminars. It can help
with identifying your educational goal.
You should also consider taking EDUC 1100 -- introduction to High Education.
As you can see there are many types of science programs.
A certificate is a 30 credit designation and would take 1 year to complete if you took
10 courses per year.
A diploma is a 60 credit designation and would take 2 years to complete if you took 10 courses
per year.
An associate degree is also a 60 credit designation and would also take 2 years to complete if
you took 10 courses per year.
A bachelor's degree is 120 credits and would take 4 years to complete if you took 10 courses
per year.
Some of these programs can bridge onto another, providing you select courses that are applicable
to the subsequent program. This is often referred to as laddering.
Many students apply to the general sciences program first and then change their program
focus at a later time or may want to take courses from other disciplines. Which is OK!
For example students who are looking ahead for a Degree in Biology would be following
the framework of the Associate of Science with a biology focus and within the program
there are options to take courses from other disciplines. In most cases, any course selected
in the first semester can be used towards any associate program. More will be explained
in the course planning video for sciences. Some of our programs have two types of admission
categories - either "Open Admission" or "Selective" entry.
Programs with open admission have admission requirements that are the same as the general
university admission requirements. Registration for open admission programs can be either
open registration, or limited enrolment (meaning there are limited number of spaces, or seats).
Selective Entry admission means an undergraduate program has additional program admission requirements,
over and above the University's general admission requirements. Registration for selective entry
programs can be either open registration, or limited enrolment (meaning there are limited
number of spaces, or seats). For most of our Science programs, you only
need to meet the general university entrance requirements. This is often referred to as
- Open Access. These programs allow you to start the program with just meeting general
admission requirements.
However, if you come into the program lacking the required requisites to register into first
year undergraduate science courses as listed in your program, then you will need to plan
to take upgrading courses as well. This can include upgrading in either English, math,
chemistry and/or physics.
If you applied to for an open access science program and find that you are lacking a requisites
to be able eligible to register for some course(s), but meet the university entrance requirements,
you can still take a combination of Undergraduate courses and university preparatory courses.
This chart explains course upgrading options for meeting the heightened English proficiency
requirements needed to register for either ENGL 1100.
For example in the case of when a university level English course is required for graduation,
like ENGL 1100 you need English 12 with a B or an acceptable equivalent as listed in
the official calendar course descriptions section. If you lack this requirement then
you will need to register for the appropriate qualifying course or take an assessment to
determine your English level
You can refer to the Upgrading Video for further details.
This chart shows course upgrading options for meeting the math requirement. Students
needing to take further courses in math at Kwantlen are best advised to take MATQ 1093
as it best prepares students for undergraduate math courses in science programs and/or meeting
the academic requirements for professional degrees
As well, you will notice that there are two streams of Math courses -- life or physical.
As you can see the Math 1120 stream would be best for students pursing degrees in chemistry,
engineering or physics -- referred to areas of topics related to physical sciences. The
Math 1130 stream is best for students pursing life sciences in areas of biology, dentistry
or Medicine. This chart shows which courses are appropriate
for students needing to upgrade in Chemistry. It is important to note that courses in chemistry
may have co-requisite requirements as well. For example, to be eligible to register in
CHEM 1110, In the case where a student has chemistry 12 with a B and Math 11 with a C,
pre-requisites requirements have been met. However if you have a lower grade than Math
11 with a C, then based on the course description you have the chemistry requirement met but
because you don't have the necessary math grade to registered into Math 1112 (which
is required as a co-req) you will not qualify to register for this course until you do the
necessary upgrading and/or testing to place into Math 1112
This chart shows which courses are appropriate for students needing to upgrade in Chemistry.
It is important to note that courses in chemistry may have co-requisite requirements as well.
To find out which upgrading option is appropriate for you, check the individual course descriptions,
in the Official Calendar, to ensure you qualify for that particular course. Course prerequisites,
as stated in the course description section of the calendar, must be successfully completed
prior to the start of class. Students who DO NOT satisfy the course prerequisite may
be withdrawn from the course when confirmation of final grades is being checked during the
registration period.
In the case of recent high school graduates you may encounter this situation, where you
registered for a course and were conditionally accepted, but when Kwantlen receives your
final HS grades some time at the end of July early August, your grades are lower. In which
case you will be automatically withdrawn from those classes and will have to re-register
into the appropriate qualifying course. Kwantlen offers many assessments and/or upgrading
options in either Math or English. If you are unsure which upgrading and/or testing
is appropriate for you, we have a dedicated ACA advisor to assist you with this planning.
This concludes the Entrance Requirements and Upgrading for Kwantlen Science Programs. I
suggest you watch the next video on Course Planning for Science programs to help you
select courses as appropriate for your program.