Combined Majors

If you're entering second year

All applications to second-year Life Science programs are handled centrally at the Faculty of Science. This includes the Combined Majors and Combined Honours programs with Computer Science. Complete the web-based application form.

Enter the desired combined program as your first choice. A further application will be required at the beginning of third year. 

If you're entering third year, and not yet in a Computer Science specialization

Follow the same procedure as for the Computer Science Majors program, specifying your choice of Combined Majors program on the form. You must also have completed all of CPSC 110 (or CPSC 107), CPSC 121, and CPSC 210.

If you're entering third year, are already in a Computer Science specialization, but have not yet been admitted to Biology

Please refer to the Biology program web site for application information. 

Program requirements

The application process is the same as that for the Computer Science Majors program.

Program requirements

The application process is the same as that for the Computer Science Majors program.

Program requirements

Students already admitted to the Microbiology & Immunology program should follow the same procedure as for the Computer Science Majors program, specifying their choice of Combined Majors program on the form.

If you're about to enter second year

All applications to second-year Life Science programs are handled centrally at the Faculty of Science. This includes the Combined Majors and Combined Honours programs with Computer Science. A Web-based application form will become available on the Science Information Centre's web site in early June.

Students should then enter the desired combined program as their first choice. A further application will be required at the beginning of third year. Please continue reading for details.

If you're about to enter third year

Additionally, admission into the third-year Microbiology lab course MICB 322 (which is an elective for students in  the Combined Computer Science and Microbiology and Immunology Major specialization) requires an application. The application form, and information about the deadline and how admissions into MICB 322 are determined, can be found here.

Program requirements

The application process is the same as that for the Computer Science Majors program.

Program requirements

The application process is the same as that for the Computer Science Majors program.

Program requirements

This is a generic Combined Majors program, that can be used for students who are interested in combining Computer Science with a Science subject for which there does not already exist a specific program. 

Please refer to the instructions for the ‘Major in Computer Science (BSc or BA)’ as you will be subject to the same competitive admissions process. If you are accepted, you will be required to complete this form. Please do not request a signature for this form prior to acceptance, as our office will not receive it.

Together the student and the advisor from the other department will then fill in the credits for that department on the form (at most 8 credits in first year, at most 12 credits in second year, and at most 7 three- or four-credit courses in third and fourth year). Once the advisor in the other department has filled in the credits and signed the form, the student needs to make an appointment with a Computer Science departmental advisor, in order to have the program approved. Please see the link below for how to book an appointment:

Advising webform 

Program requirements

Interested in both computer science and neuroscience? You can apply to the Combined Major: Computer Science and Neuroscience specialization. In 2026-2027, admission to this specialization will be done through the Combined Major: Computer Science and Another Science Subject specialization, which is in the UBC Calendar. Since a growing number of students are expressing interest in this combined major, we are working on the necessary approvals to add the specific requirements to the Calendar.

Program Requirements (pending approval):

First year

Second year

Third and Fourth year          

Please continue to review the suggested program requirements regularly for any updates or changes.