Make informed and thoughtful decisions about your academic path with the help of UBC Political Science’s Advising Team, Arts Academic Advising, and other resources available to you.
Political Science Advising
Contacting the Advising Team
Key Hub Resources:
- Top Six Advising Questions
- Requirements, Awards, and Graduation FAQ
- Registration FAQ
- Creating Your Degree Plan in Six Steps
- Post-Graduation Planning: Where to Begin
- Your Advising Team
Tip: Current UBC students should not contact our Advising Team without first reviewing the above resources. If you send our Advising Team a question that is clearly covered in the above resources, your e-mail will be deprioritized in our advising queue.
If your questions are not addressed on the Info Hub, please e-mail poli.ugrad@ubc.ca.
Appointments & Walk-Ins
We are not hosting in-person drop-in sessions or accepting walk-in appointments at this time. Current UBC students can book an appointment with our Undergraduate Advisor directly via our Undergraduate Info Hub.
If you are a prospective student and require an appointment outside of our regular drop-in hours, please e-mail poli.ugrad@ubc.ca outlining your meeting availability within advising hours (Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM), indicating your preferred meeting format (in-person, Zoom, phone call), and describing your question(s) in a few short sentences.
Please note: our Undergraduate Advisor has limited appointment availability in September, January, June, and July.
Drop-In Advising
Fall 2026
September 1 – 18
- Tuesdays: 1:00 – 2:30 PM
- Drop-in advising on Tuesday 1 September will run from 1:00 – 2:00 PM only.
- There will be no drop-in advising on Imagine Day (Tuesday 8 September).
- Wednesdays: 2:00 – 3:30 PM
- Drop-in advising on Wednesday 2 September is cancelled.
- Thursdays: 9:30 – 11:00 AM
- Drop-in advising on Thursday 3 September is cancelled.
September 21 – December 10
- Tuesdays: 1:00 – 2:30 PM
- Thursdays: 9:30 – 11:00 AM
All drop-in advising sessions will take place at the following Zoom link:
Link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/69912289250?pwd=YnpISTZFMllpQmhrM3Y2Zm9Gd2RmUT09
Meeting ID: 699 1228 9250
Passcode: 717613
For those who have never attended drop-in advising hours before, here is what you can expect: students are admitted into the main Zoom room for an individual advising session with one of our advisors in the order in which they join the waiting room. Typical advising sessions range between 5 – 20 minutes. If the request/question that you bring with you to the session requires longer than 20 minutes of discussion, our advisor may ask you to return for a second session at a later date or continue the conversation with you via e-mail, as appropriate. Please keep in mind that, depending on how busy a session is and the order in which you joined the call, you may be in the waiting room for an extended period of time.
Arts Academic Advising
Questions about your Faculty of Arts requirements? Arts Advising is the right advising team for you.
Arts Academic Advising supports the academic success of the Faculty’s 14,000 undergraduate students.
From the point of admission, Advising provides programs and services to help you make informed and thoughtful decisions about your academic path throughout your degree program.