2026/27 Winter Registration Guide – Secondary

Registration opens June 16, 17 & 18, 2026 at 8:30 a.m.

All teacher candidates in the secondary option will take the same core courses; however, the curriculum and instruction courses will be specific to the approved teachable subject(s). Teacher candidates will self-register in all courses individually.

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Please review all information and instructions below carefully.


Registration Instructions

You are currently registering for the Winter Session (September to April). Registration for the Summer Session (May to July) begins in February 2027.

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Plan a conflict-free timetable by creating saved schedules prior to your registration date. You can create one or more saved schedules at myworkday.ubc.ca by adding available course sections.

A “saved schedule” is a draft timetable in Workday where you can plan out your classes for the upcoming academic session. Creating a saved schedule does not register you in courses.

  1. On the Workday homepage, click the “View My Saved Schedules” button.
  2. Click the “Create Saved Schedule” button.
  3. Enter a name for the saved schedule and select an Academic Period.
    • Reminder: You must make a separate saved schedule for each Academic Term. Courses that span Term 1 and Term 2 will only appear in the Term 1 saved schedule. 
  4. Select “Ok”.
  5. Select courses to add to your saved schedule.
    • Search for a course using the search box and/or; 
    • Use the filters to narrow down your search by Academic Level, Delivery Mode, Meeting Days, etc. 
    •  Click on the down arrow beside a course name to expand it. You can view the required course activities (e.g. lecture, lab, discussion, etc.), grouped by activity type. 
    • Click on the:
      • “i” icon to view course section details.
      •  “+” icon to add a course to your saved schedule. 
      • trash can icon to remove a course from your saved schedule. 

Your saved schedules should contain all required courses for the winter session.

On your registration date, log into Workday Student and register in your saved schedules for both Winter Term 1 and Winter Term 2.

How-to tutorials for registering in Workday are available at https://workday.students.ubc.ca/.

Jump to the Course Selection Instructions section for the list of required courses.

Login to Workday and go to Academics Registration & Courses > View My Courses to view your course schedule. Check your schedule again in mid-August in case changes have been made.

Go to the Finances app in Workday for information about deadlines for tuition and fee payment. Note that your statement will reflect tuition and student fees due for the Winter Session only. You will register again next February for Summer Session courses to complete your program. Additional tuition and student fees for Summer Session coursework will be assessed at that time.

Go to the Personal Information app in Workday to review your mailing and email addresses. Make sure they are correct.


Course Selection Instructions

Add one section of EDUC 450B to your Term 1 saved schedule and one section of EDUC 451B to your Term 2 saved schedule.

You must register in the same section number for EDUC 450B and EDUC 451B.

You must register in a section for your teachable subject area(s). You can view the teachable subject(s) for the sections in the notes for the course section and in the table below.

Students with two teachable subject areas, register in one section of each of EDUC 450B and EDUC 451B for one of your teachable subject areas.

Please note the following exceptions:
  • Students with French or French Immersion as one of your two teachable subject areas, register in the French sections (section 320).
  • Registrants with Computer Science as one of your two teachable subject areas, register in the sections for your second teachable subject area.

Register in the curriculum courses for your teachable subject(s) as follows (click titles next to arrows to open descriptions):

(Exception: *Science and **Music Registrants – scroll down for special instructions)

Students with ONE TEACHABLE SUBJECT:

Add the Curriculum Courses for your teachable subject to your Term 1 saved schedule.

Next Steps:

  1. Add a Curriculum I course course your teachable subject (Column A)
  2. Add a Curriculum II course for your teachable subject (Column B).
  3. Add a Curriculum III course for your teachable subject (Column C).

Students with TWO TEACHABLE SUBJECTS:

Add the Curriculum Courses for your teachable subjects to your Term 1 saved schedule.

Next Steps:

  1. Add the required Curriculum I course (Column A) for your first teachable subject.
  2. Add the required Curriculum I course (Column A) for your second teachable subject.
  3. Add a Curriculum II course for one of your teachable subjects (Column B).

*SCIENCE Students:

Add the curriculum courses for your teachable subject(s) to your Term 1 saved schedule:

Next Steps:

  1. Add the required Curriculum I course for sciences (Column A).
  2. Add the required Curriculum II course(s) for your teachable subject(s) from Column B.
  3. Students with one teachable subject must also register in a Curriculum III course for your teachable subject area (Column C).

**MUSIC Students:

All Music students who have not previously completed EDCP 312A and/or EDCP 313A must register in the course(s) for Term 1 in addition to the Curriculum I, II and III courses for Music.

Add one section of EDST 401 to your Term 1 saved schedule.

Choose from sections 001 to 010. (Section 010 is restricted to French specialists*.)

All sections are scheduled in Term 1.

*French Specialists: Register in section 010, if it fits your timetable.

Add EPSE 308C to your Term 1 saved schedule.

Choose from seminar sections 301 to 310 and lecture sections 002 or 003. (Section 310 is restricted to French specialists*.) All sections are scheduled in Term 1.

You must register in both a lecture and seminar section for EPSE 308C.

Add a section of LLED 360 to your Term 1 saved schedule.

Choose from sections 301 to 320. (Section 320 is restricted to French specialists*.) All sections are scheduled in Term 1.

*French Specialists: Register in section 320, if it fits your timetable.

Add EPSE 310B to your Term 2 saved schedule:

  1. Choose from seminar sections 301 to 310 and lecture sections 001 or 002. (Section 310 is restricted to French specialists*.) All sections are in Term 2.
  2. You must register in both a lecture and seminar section for EPSE 310B.

Students will register in EPSE 310B according to their teachable subjects:

Seminar Section NumberSubject areas
301Physical Education
302Art/Music
303English/Theatre/Modern Languages/ELL
304Technology Education/Social Studies
305English/Social Studies
306Science
307Business Education/Computer Science/Home Economics
308Social Studies/Art
309Math/Science
310French

Add one section of EDUC 440A to your Term 2 saved schedule.

Choose from sections 301 to 310 (Section 310 is restricted to French specialists*.) All sections are scheduled in Term 2.

*French Specialists: Register in section 310, if it fits your timetable.

Add EDUC 315A section 301 to your Term 1 saved schedule.

EDUC 315A is scheduled in Term 1 only.

Add EDUC 421D section 301 to your Term 2 saved schedule.

EDUC 421D is scheduled in Term 2 only.


Curriculum Courses

Teachable subjectCurriculum I (COLUMN A)

Curriculum II
Select one (COLUMN B)
Curriculum III
Select one (COLUMN C)
ArtEDCP 302AEDCP 408EDCP 409
Biological SciencesEDCP 352AEDCP 354EDCP 467J
Business EducationEDCP 375AEDCP 378EDCP 472
Chemistry EDCP 352AEDCP 355AEDCP 467J
Computer ScienceEDCP 373AEDCP 474n/a
Earth/Space Science EDCP 352AEDCP 356EDCP 467J
EnglishLLED 366LLED 367LLED 368 or LLED 481
English Language Learner EducationLLED 315ALLED 478An/a
FrenchLLED 371LLED 372LLED 423
Geography EDCP 332AEDCP 333EDCP 432
GermanLLED 381n/an/a
History EDCP 332AEDCP 333EDCP 432
Home EconomicsEDCP 391AEDCP 362BEDCP 491
ItalianLLED 381n/an/a
JapaneseLLED 381n/an/a
Mandarin LLED 381n/an/a
MathematicsEDCP 342AEDCP 441BEDCP 442
MusicEDCP 311AEDCP 410EDCP 412
Physical EducationEDCP 322AEDCP 323EDCP 326
PhysicsEDCP 352AEDCP 357EDCP 467J
PunjabiLLED 381n/an/a
RussianLLED 381n/an/a
Social Science EDCP 332AEDCP 333EDCP 432
Technology EducationEDCP 377EDCP 471AEDCP 374
SpanishLLED 381n/an/a
TheatreLLED 386LLED 388LLED 367
All Social Studies Registrants:
Registrants with a single teachable subject in either History or Geography, and those having two teachable subject(s) from History, Geography and/or Social Science, must register in all of EDCP 332A, 333 and 432. Registrants with two teachable subjects, one in a Social Studies teachable subject area and one in a non-Social Studies area, are not required to register in EDCP 432.