Course Restrictions

Engineering courses closed to exchange students

ENGG 513
All full-year project courses (these are indicated by "A" and "B" codes)

Tips for your course search

Past students have had some success with browsing courses offered in earlier semesters corresponding to their exchange semester (e.g. Fall 2017 students searched course lists for Fall 2016). If courses that did not reach maximum capacity in earlier semesters continue this trend, they may have a better chance for you to be able to register. This still cannot be guaranteed, however.

Music Courses

Many of the courses in Music, especially Music Performance, are difficult for exchange students to access. This is due to a variety of reasons such as limited space, mandatory auditions (taped and/or in-person), multi-semester classes, etc. Please keep this in mind and ensure that you have back-up course options available.

Dance, Drama, and Art Courses

Many of the courses in Dance, Drama, and Fine Arts have strict registration requirements. They may also require an audition (especially for Dance/Drama) or submission of a personal portfolio (especially for Fine Arts). Students wishing to take these courses should contact the department well in advance of their arrival to Calgary to discuss these requirements and confirm that they will be able to enroll in the course.

If you are a Psychology Major at your home university:

You may request 200, 300, or 400-level Psychology courses.

If you are not a Psychology Major:

You may only request 200 or 300-level Psychology courses. Please have descriptions/syllabi from any Psychology courses taken at your home university available, as the department may need to see them in order to approve your course request.

Law Exchange Student Requirements

To be eligible for a UCalgary Law Exchange, you must:
- be enrolled in your home university's Law Faculty
- have completed minimum 3 semesters (15 Law courses) at your home university
- have high English proficiency (TOEFL ibT 100 with reading, listening & writing of 75, or IELTS 7.0 with reading & writing of 7.0)
- provide a written Statement of Interest and 2 academic references to support your exchange application (submit these by email to iexch@ucalgary.ca by the application deadline)
- take only Law courses during your exchange

Law Exchange Student Courses

Courses not open to exchange students: LAW 503, 505, 507, 508, 509, 510, 602, and all 400-level LAW. Please note that in any given year additional course restrictions may apply.

For more details about Law courses, visit the Faculty of Law website. Go to the section titled "Registration & Course Selection" and click on "Instructor Course Descriptions". Please keep in mind that most exchange students attend 500-level courses. 600-level courses in Law are available to exchange students, but may be difficult to access due to stricter prerequisite requirements.

Graduate Exchange Student Eligibility

UCalgary's educational structure requires students to complete a four or five-year Bachelor's degree before they can attend a Master's program. Please keep this in mind and compare it to the structure at your home university. For example, many universities in Europe have a three-year Bachelor's program, so if you are an M1 student, you may find UCalgary's advanced undergraduate courses (400 or 500-levels) a better fit.

Graduate Exchange Student Courses

You are expected to take most or all of your courses at the graduate level. Please note that UCalgary has a small graduate student population and does not offer as much variety of courses as at the undergraduate level. Many of our graduate programs also have stricter prerequisite requirements, and may also have stricter requirements for English proficiency. For these reasons, prospective graduate exchange students are required to have flexibility and back-up courses planned.