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Course name	Format	Tuition	Next start date	Status	More	Description
	Online	$1,185	May 22, 2025	Open	Details	Help your organization make the most of diversity through increased creativity and innovation, enhanced employee engagement and better service to clients. Explore systemic barriers and inclusive practices in designing communication strategies with employees, clients and customers. Learn to develop policy frameworks and best practices; engage in community consultation; lead and supervise staff and volunteers; and plan programs.
	Online	$535	Jul 7, 2025	Open	Details	The American Sign Language (ASL) Summer Institute offers three language level options: Beginner 1, Beginner 2 and Beginner 3. Each week of an Institute condenses a 10-week course into five days. Jumpstart your learning in a one-, two- or three-week program, starting at the level that’s right for you.
	In-Person Online	$495 - $590	Jul 7, 2025	Open	Details	Improve your French skills quickly in a one-, two- or three-week Summer Language Institute. Beginner 2 and Lower Intermediate are ideal if you already have experience with French through a conversational beginner course, or from your academic, personal or work life. Choose from online or in-person options.
	In-Person Online	$495 - $590	Jul 7, 2025	Open	Details	Improve your French skills quickly in a one-, two- and three-week Summer Language Institute. At the Intermediate and Advanced level, you should be able to understand everyday, non-technical speech in French. Focus on improving your conversational fluency by acquiring more complex grammatical structures and sentence formations. Choose from online or in-person options.
	In-Person	$595	Jul 14, 2025	Open	Details	Add to your Spanish vocabulary and expressions in order to communicate in everyday situations involving travel, food, shopping, family and business. Focus on using Spanish in authentic real-life situations to advance your language skills by learning more complex structures with a defined communication goal in mind.
	In-Person	$595	Jul 14, 2025	Open	Details	Focus on improving your conversational Spanish fluency by acquiring more complex grammatical structures and sentence formation. Grammar topics may include the advanced level verb tenses (conditional, future anterior, and introduction to subjunctive), or use of relative pronouns.
	See details		TBA	TBA	Details	This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders On-Campus program for high school students ages 15-18. Learn about the intricacies of mental illness, examining its causes, symptoms, and treatment from biological, psychological, and social perspectives.
	See details		TBA	TBA	Details	This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders On-Campus program for high school students ages 15-18. This course takes you on an interactive journey through the world of AI, focusing on ethical usage, global challenges, and innovative applications.
	See details		TBA	TBA	Details	Learn to communicate in a wider array of situations and further develop your fluency and comprehension of American Sign Language (ASL). Formerly Sign Language Intermediate 3.
	See details		TBA	TBA	Details	This course focuses on sharing opinions and comparing personal qualities using ASL. You’re introduced to your first ASL fable, The Fox and the Crow.
	See details		TBA	TBA	Details	This course covers unit 9 from the textbook Signing Naturally Units 7–12. Learn to communicate in a wider array of situations and further develop your fluency and comprehension of American Sign Language (ASL).
	See details		TBA	TBA	Details	Covering the last two units of Signing Naturally 7-12, American Sign Language Intermediate 5 will challenge you to advance your ASL skills. In addition to topics like making and cancelling plans, and discussing one's knowledge and abilities, you learn to narrate six ASL fables.
	See details		TBA	TBA	Details	This course covers units 18-25 of the Signing Naturally Level 3 textbook.
	See details		TBA	TBA	Details	Explore key episodes in Greek history and famous tales of the gods, popularized in modern books and movies like Percy Jackson and the Olympians, alongside the central discoveries of the Greek philosophers. This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders On-Campus program for high school students ages 15 -18.
	See details		TBA	TBA	Details	Join us for an online information session to learn about the UBC Certificate in Biomedical Visualization and Communication, an exciting program developed by the UBC Faculty of Medicine HIVE (Hackspace for Innovation and Visualization in Education) and the Centre for Digital Media.

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