Academic Progress Report (APR)

Transfer credits that have been given a specific UBC course subject and code (e.g., MATH 100) which matches an APR requirement will automatically apply in the APR.

MATH, STAT, or COMM unassigned transfer credits (e.g., MATH 1st, STAT 1st, COMM 2nd) must be reviewed by the UGO to determine if they can be used in the program. An override may be needed to exclude or apply the credit correctly in the report.

Transfer students often require multiple overrides in the APR. These overrides take time and should be completed by the end of Term 1.

Students will know an override has occurred if "Override Assigned" appears next to the requirement in your APR. By clicking on "Override Assigned," you can view the comments associated with the override. If an override has occurred in your OAP, you will see an Override Assigned column and can view the override by clicking on the magnifying glass symbol.

COMM 101 is not required for transfer students. In lieu, transfer students will complete 3 additional credits of Commerce or Non-Commerce courses at any level. In your APR, you will see the additional elective has been applied to COMM 101 as an override.

If your option includes a requirement of completing one or two courses from a list of possible courses, they may be incorrectly applied to the option requirement and to the elective requirement. In other words, the same course(s) will appear in two areas on your APR. You cannot double count the same 3-credit course toward your option and your elective requirements.

There may be some "In Progress" courses that appear in the "Unused Registrations" of your APR, even though they are intended to count towards a specific requirement. Once the course is completed, the system should apply the course to the requirement.

The residency requirement states that a minimum of 50% of your degree requirements must be completed while registered as a student in the program. Go Global exchange credits completed after admission to the BCom program are eligible toward the minimum. To ensure the appropriate number of credits are completed in the program, the APR for transfer students following the residency rule will be edited to exclude excess transfer credit.

Special topics courses that fulfill specific requirements, such as option courses (e.g., COMM 486T can be used toward the Finance option), will need to be manually updated on the APR. These courses will appear in electives until the override is made.

A limitation of the APR is that it is unable to automatically split 6-credit courses to fulfill two separate 3-credit requirements. An override can be made to 6-credit courses taken at UBC to apply 3 credits to two requirements (e.g., COMM 466).

For students following the old BCom program requirements (including those who entered the program directly to Year 1 in September 2021 or earlier, transferred as a Year 2 student in September 2022 or earlier, or transferred as a Year 3 student in September 2023 or earlier), and if you have 6 credits of ENGL 1st being used to fulfill the ENGL 112 requirement, it is not possible to split transfer credit to use towards two separate requirements. As a workaround, your APR will be updated so that all 6 credits of ENGL 1st will apply to ENGL 112, and your electives will be reduced by 3 credits.

Depending on what year you are enrolled in the program, your academic requirements will vary. Your program requirements are based on the program effective date on the APR. Your requirements effective date is usually the date you were admitted to the program or declared your option. If your effective date appears to be incorrect, please submit an APR feedback form so that it can be corrected.