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Course name	Format	Tuition	Next start date	Status	More	Description
	Online	$780	Apr 29, 2025	Open	Details	Learn the art and craft of persuasive writing, a skill that evolved from classic print, TV and radio advertising. Explore the approaches and techniques used to write copy that motivates people to take an action. Gain key skills in writing for ads, promotional materials, web homepages and landing pages, email and social media. This course can be taken as part of the UBC Micro-certificate in Writing Skills for Digital Content: Copywriting or Content Marketing or as a standalone course. Other start dates: Jul 08, 2025
	Online	$475 - $500	Apr 29, 2025	Open	Details	This course supports you in identifying barriers to inclusion and equity. Gain tangible steps, strategies and tools to build a safe, respectful and more equitable workplace. Understand how to foster collective accountability and responsibility, and implement meaningful and timely action toward such measures. Other start dates: Nov 25, 2025; Jan 27, 2026; May 05, 2026; Nov 24, 2026
	Online	$390	Apr 29, 2025	Open	Details	Well-designed documents are not only attractive, but also engaging, easy to read and understand, and more likely to achieve their goals. Learn how to apply simple design techniques to create better documents including graphic documents (like posters and brochures), formal documents (like annual reports and presentations), and a wide range of documents people use every day (like proposals, status reports, schedules, memos, newsletters, and even routine emails). Other start dates: TBA
	Online	$780	Apr 29, 2025	Open	Details	Learn how to write magazine and newspaper articles that sell through this long-running and popular freelance writing course. Veteran Vancouver freelance writer Jennifer Van Evra shares time-tested, step-by-step instructions on developing ideas, researching effectively, conducting successful interviews, writing pitches, structuring articles and more. This course can be taken as part of the UBC Micro-certificate in Writing Skills for Digital Content: Freelance and Interviews or as a standalone course. Other start dates: TBA
	Online	$620	Apr 29, 2025	Open	Details	Develop an understanding of Latin American beliefs, values, custom, and business protocols by exploring both historical and contemporary topics in Latin culture. Improve your Spanish communication skills and your contextual use of the language while discovering the linguistic and cultural diversity of Latin America. Other start dates: Jul 08, 2025
	Online	$620	Apr 29, 2025	Open	Details	Explore historical socio-cultural aspects of Latin American culture from pre-Hispanic to present times. This Part 2 course covers the cultures and contributions of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Panama. Other start dates: Jul 08, 2025
	Online In-Person	$490	Apr 29, 2025	Open	Details	Sound more natural and confident when you speak English by learning about rhythm, stress patterns, linking sounds and intonation. Understand your pronunciation as it relates to sounds that may not exist in your first language to improve the clarity of your English and increase others' understanding of your speech. Other start dates: Jun 03, 2025; Jul 02, 2025
	Online	$620	Apr 29, 2025	Open	Details	Gain an understanding of basic Korean syntax and grammar in this online course, designed to improve your reading and writing skills. Practice writing Korean words and phrases, read a variety of authentic Korean documents, broaden your vocabulary and produce simple and functional writing samples. Other start dates: TBA
	Online	$620	Apr 29, 2025	Open	Details	Get an introduction to the basic principles of the creation of modern Chinese characters such as pictographs, indicatives, ideographs and phonetic compounds, along with their evolution, stroke orders, radicals and writing structure. By the end of this course, you should be able to read and write about 250 Chinese characters. Other start dates: Jul 08, 2025
	Online	$620	Apr 29, 2025	Open	Details	Increase your knowledge of Chinese characters with this second level course. More radicals, phonetic compounds, grammar and syntax rules are introduced. The focus is on reading simple articles and writing more complicated sentences and short paragraphs. At the end of this course, you should be able to read and write about 500 Chinese characters. Other start dates: Jul 08, 2025
	Online	$620	Apr 29, 2025	Open	Details	Reading and Writing French - Advanced 1 -10 courses are designed to improve the accuracy, fluency and clarity of your written French communication. These courses add sophistication and polish to your writing while enriching your understanding of Francophone cultures and their nuances. Other start dates: Jul 08, 2025
	Online	$620	Apr 29, 2025	Open	Details	Reading and Writing French - Advanced 1 -10 courses are designed to improve the accuracy, fluency and clarity of your written French communication. These courses add sophistication and polish to your writing while enriching your understanding of Francophone cultures and their nuances. Other start dates: Jul 08, 2025
	Online	$620	Apr 29, 2025	Open	Details	Reading and Writing French - Advanced 1 -10 courses are designed to improve the accuracy, fluency and clarity of your written French communication. These courses add sophistication and polish to your writing while enriching your understanding of Francophone cultures and their nuances. Other start dates: Jul 08, 2025
	Online	$620	Apr 29, 2025	Open	Details	Reading and Writing French - Advanced 1 -10 courses are designed to improve the accuracy, fluency and clarity of your written French communication. These courses add sophistication and polish to your writing while enriching your understanding of Francophone cultures and their nuances. Other start dates: Jul 08, 2025
	Online	$620	Apr 29, 2025	Open	Details	Reading and Writing French - Advanced 1 -10 courses are designed to improve the accuracy, fluency and clarity of your written French communication. These courses add sophistication and polish to your writing while enriching your understanding of Francophone cultures and their nuances. Other start dates: Jul 08, 2025

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