Urban Studies
The Urban Studies program allows students to explore how social, economic, and cultural processes shape cities – and how urbanization itself reshapes these sociocultural processes.
United States Studies
Increase your understanding of the United States and its institutions and policies through the interdisciplinary U.S. Studies program. Your coursework will span topics in economics, political science, history, and more.
Theatre: Design & Production
Receive practical experience while completing scholarly studies in theatre history and theory. You’ll examine set, costume, lighting, and sound design, including set and costume construction, stage and production management, and other production technologies.
Theatre
The Theatre program promotes a strong focus on the theory and practice of dramatic compositions. Courses emphasize the relationship between performance, literary-text and historical contexts.
Speech Sciences
Speech Sciences is an interdisciplinary program with courses from Linguistics, Psychology, and the School of Audiology and Speech Sciences. You’ll study research methods, language structure, child development and language acquisition, anatomy and physiology, experimental psychology, and instrumental phonetics. An Honours, Major, or Minor in Speech Sciences can not be combined with an Honours, Major, or […]
Spanish/Hispanic Studies
The Hispanic Studies program offers a variety of courses in Spanish language at all levels and Hispanic literature, culture, and civilization. Language courses focus on the development of oral, grammar, writing, and communicative skills, while literature and culture courses are centered on the development of critical and analytical skills. Learn about the cultural production of […]
Sociology
Sociology examines the processes of social and cultural life in human societies past and present, near and far. You’ll study the lives of individuals with participation in social groups and networks, explore the linkages between societies, and cover topics such as inequality, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, law and criminal activity, immigration, families, and […]
Science Studies
Examine the history, philosophy, sociology, and discourse practices of the scientific disciplines through the interdisciplinary minor in science studies. Explore issues surrounding the production and representation of scientific knowledge, the creation and maintenance of intellectual authority in the practices of the sciences, and the relations between nature and culture. A background in science is not […]
Scandinavian Studies
The minor in Scandinavian Studies allows you to supplement your major with the study of the language, history, and culture of the people of Scandinavia, the Nordic region, and the Baltic countries. UBC has the largest Scandinavian Studies program in Canada and is the only institution to offer instruction in Danish language. The UBC Library […]
Russian
Learn about Russian language, film and literature with a focus on the most important authors of the last two hundred years through the Russian minor program.