Student advice

If you are considering starting your first degree at UC, you should seek advice from our Future Students Office:

Phone: 0800 VARSITY (827 748)
Email: futurestudents@canterbury.ac.nz

Kaitoko First Year Student Advisors provide academic, pastoral, and holistic support for students during their first year to help navigate UC and achieve your study goals.

Drop in to see a Kaitoko in Te Pātaka, level 3, Puaka James Hight, or book an appointment.

Phone: +64 3 36 90409
Email: firstyearadvice@canterbury.ac.nz
Drop-ins (no appointment necessary): 
Level 3 Te Pātaka, Puaka-James Hight
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 10am-12pm and 1-3pm
Wednesday: 10.30am-12pm and 1-3pm

UC Arts Qualifications
See all Arts qualifications

Limited Full Time Status Applications
Please download the Limited Full Time Status form from StudyLink

1. Complete the student section of the form, including the signature.
2. Email the form to us and include any supporting documents (eg, a doctors letter) if required.
3. We will complete the UC section of the form, and email it back to you for you to upload to StudyLink.

Changing your enrolment
How to change your enrolment

Transfer of credit
In order to transfer your credit from another university or institution to UC, we need 1) an original (preferably digital) transcript from your previous university or institution, and 2) a completed transfer of credit form. Email your transcript and form to us.

Timetable
See information about using your timetable, or ask for timetable help.

Workload
A normal full-time workload is 120 points across semester one and two, with 60 points in each semester.  The maximum workload is 75 points in one semester.  Excess workloads are seldom approved; applications can be made by completing this form and emailing the form to us.

Waiver of Prerequisite
Applications for waivers of prerequisite can be made by completing this form and emailing the form to us.

Compulsory courses for the BA (Schedule E and Schedule C courses)
From 2022:  Students who enrol in the Bachelor of Arts for the first time after 1 January 2022, are required to include two of the following courses in their degree: ARTS102, MAOR165, or WRIT101.  We recommend taking at least one of these courses in your first semester of study.

Prior to 2022: Students who enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts for the first time prior to 1 January 2022 are required to include one course from Schedule E to the BA in their degree.
These courses are: ARTH 217, CINE 213, COMS 102, EDUC 103, ENGL 110, ENGL 210, EURA 101, FREN 226, HIST 128, HIST 243, HSRV 102, HSRV 204, LING 102, MAOR 107, MAOR 108, MAOR 165, MAOR 212, MAOR 219, MUSA 150, POLS 103, TREO 110.

Distance course info
Not all qualification and courses are offered by distance teaching.  You can search for further information. Distance taught courses can be identified by the code (D) eg, ARTS102 22S1 (D).

For queries regarding the possibility of other courses being offered by distance, please contact the course coordinator directly.  You can find the course coordinator by searching for the course (use the “find a course by code” box).

Masters, Honours, and other graduate programme information
Masters enrolment application forms as well as other Masters application forms (eg, research proposal forms and suspension applications).

Forms
Forms you may require at UC can be found at the links below. Please contact us if you need advice or guidance about any of these forms.

• Academic letter/Transcript request form
• Application to graduate
• Excess workload form
• Enrol in a course for the third time
• Special consideration
• Transfer of credit
• Exemption from prerequisite or corequisite
• Masters thesis forms