Transition

Plan
Jaida
 Chosen
01 -
School
- Overview
Why is it a good fit for me?
 UBC - Overview
● Top 20 public universities worldwide
● Highly ranked in many areas including
industry impact, climate action, and life
below water
● Campuses in Vancouver and the
Okanagan
● 3 Canadian prime ministers
● Very well-known university
 UBC – Why is it a good fit for me?
● School values (excellence, integrity,
respect, academic freedom,
accountability)
● Very highly-ranked (access to lots of
resources)
● Location (convenient, not super far away)
● Has program that I’m interested in
 Chosen
02 Program
-
- Overview
Why is it a good fit for me?
- Requirements
- Courses
 Behavioural Neuroscience - Overview
● “… investigates the interaction between
the brain and nervous system and
behaviour”
● 4 year program
● Bachelor of Science degree
● Topics span science and arts
● Prepare for graduate studies in
neuroscience and psychology
 Behavioural Neuroscience – Why is it a
good fit for me?
● Subject really interests me
● Experiential learning (events and hands-
on participation)
● Pathway to becoming a doctor
Behavioural Neuroscience -
Requirements
General Grade 11 Grade 12
• High school graduation • English 11 • English 12
• Minimum of 70% in • A Language 11 • Minimum of 67% in Pre-
English 11 or 12 • Chemistry 11 Calc 12
• At least 6 Grade 12 • Physics 11 • Anatomy and Physiology
level courses • Pre-Calc 11 or Foundations 12, or Chemistry 12, or
of Math 12 Physics 12
 Behavioural Neuroscience - Courses
● ENGL 100 – Approaches to Literature
● SCIE 113 – First-Year Seminar in Science
● BIOL 112 – Biology of the Cell
● BIOL 121 – Genetics, Evolution and Ecology
● BIOL 140 – Laboratory Investigations in Life Science
● CHEM 121 – Structure and Bonding in Chemistry
● CHEM 123 – Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Organic Chemistry
● MATH 100 – Differential Calculus with Applications to Physical Sciences and Engineering
● PHYS 101 – Energy and Waves
● PHYS 106 - Enriched Physics 1

These courses are all either required or recommended for a first year behavioural
neuroscience student. There were many options to choose from, and I chose the courses that
seemed most interesting for me, and the most useful for my ultimate goal of becoming a
doctor.
03 Costs
- Cost breakdown
- Payment
Cost Breakdown

● Educational Costs (Tuition, Student Fees, Books

and Supplies) - $8,258.72
● Living Costs (On-Campus Housing, Technology,
Meal Plan, Insurance, Personal) - $14,352.00
● Total: $22,610.72
Payment Plan
● One year of education and housing at UBC is projected to cost $22,610.72.
Since UBC isn’t super far away, I would also have the option to commute to
school, but driving into Vancouver that often would also be expensive because
of rising gas prices. I would be pulling from three different sources to be able to
afford university. The first is my personal savings, however I do have awful
spending habits, so I’m not at all sure of how much help that will be. The second
is scholarships. In the very minimal research I did on scholarships, I was able to
find a couple that I qualify for, and any amount of money would be helpful, so I
am far from picky. The third, and final source of money would be student loans,
I would try to take out as little as possible from student loans, so that I don’t
have them hanging over my head for years, but with all the education I’m
hoping to receive, at a certain point, student loans are inevitable.
Bibliography (information)
● About UBC | The University of British Columbia
● Vision, Purpose and Values | The University of British Columbia (ubc.ca)
● Behavioural Neuroscience at UBC's Vancouver campus | Undergraduate Programs
and Admissions
● Course Schedule - UBC Student Services
● Vancouver Academic Calendar 2021/22 - UBC Student Services
 Bibliography (pictures)
● https://images.app.goo.gl/9APbBfFsRsSjS8LfA (UBC Aerial view)
● https://images.app.goo.gl/6p5epgHhuLVriXS18 (UBC letter statues)
● https://images.app.goo.gl/uzGSDaWFDpioTpjy5 (Brain scan photos with hand)
● https://images.app.goo.gl/S2GiCz9max4zz3to9 (Behavioural Neuroscience students)