Pre-university for high school students

Sharpening your skills before you start university can improve your performance, reduce stress, and allow you to accomplish more with your time. The right academic skills can also help you handle the commitments and challenges of university life so you can feel successful - and enjoy life as a first-year student.

This is a condensed version of a popular full-semester credit course offered at Queen's University. It was developed by Dr. Anne Duffy, MSc, MD, FRCPC, an academic psychiatrist in the Department of Psychiatry, Division of Student Mental Health at Queen’s University as a resource to help high school students preparare for university life.

Maximize your chances of getting into the Canadian university of your choice in this dynamic, interactive and personalized course. Over eight self-paced weeks, learn step-by-step how to write memorable and convincing university undergraduate applications for Canadian universities that catch the attention of admissions committees.

Get a broad introduction to business by studying and illustrating the importance of core business functions, including finance, accounting, marketing and human resources management. This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders Online program for high school students ages 15 -18.

This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders Online program for high school students ages 15-18. Learn about the profession of engineering, and the disciplines of chemical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental and mechanical engineering. Prepare for success by practising and developing key skills in technical problem solving and engineering design, ethical decision-making, teamwork and communicating to diverse audiences.

This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders Online program for high school students ages 15 -18. Psychology has many sub-disciplines, including behavioural, clinical, cognitive, developmental, health, sports, organizational, social and personality psychology. Not only is it one of the fastest-growing professions, it's also among the most popular undergraduate majors at UBC and other universities.

Explore a range of contemporary topics in medical anthropology. Topics include medical regulation, genetics, cancer, addiction, medical ethics, mental health and the law. Come face-to-face with the humanity of medicine by studying the experience of illness. Understand the busy and complex intersection of health professionals, patients and families as they face Nature's ultimate democracy: the equalizing force of illness and death. This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders Online program for high school students ages 15 -18.

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.

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.

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.

This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders On-Campus program for high school students ages 15 -18. Our world is complex: the social, environmental and economic needs of our planet and people have never been greater. But business cannot afford to take a back seat to these needs. The business winners of the future will be companies that can use sustainability as an opportunity instead of a barrier.

This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders Online program for high school students ages 15 -18. Using real companies as examples, understand the foundations of businesses that have true social impact. Work in teams to build a model business, gaining knowledge of strategy, marketing and operations along the way.

This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders On-Campus program for high school students ages 15-18. Located at Centre for Digital Media (CDM), the Digital Media Mini School is modelled on CDM's prestigious Master of Digital Media program, Canada's first graduate program in digital media.

Investigate a range of contemporary topics in crime, including the relationship between public order and violent crime, innovations in drug enforcement, forensic psychiatry, restorative justice, wrongful conviction, geographic profiling in hunting serial criminals, structural violence, advocacy and the law. This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders Online program for high school students ages 15 -18.

This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders On-Campus program for high school students ages 15 -18. Investigate a range of contemporary topics, including the relationship between public order and violent crime, innovations in drug enforcement and forensic psychiatry. Study restorative justice, wrongful conviction, geographic profiling in hunting serial criminals, structural violence, advocacy and the law.