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Course name	Format	Tuition	Next start date	Status	More	Description
	Online	$445	Sep 23, 2025	Open	Details	Add to your basic Japanese vocabulary in everyday situations involving travel, food, shopping, transportation, family and business. In addition to improving your functional ability when speaking in the present tense, you begin to express yourself in the past and future tenses. Native-speaking instructors provide you with insight into the culture, traditions and etiquette of Japan. The Japanese writing system of katakana is introduced at this level. Other start dates: TBA
	Online	$745	Sep 23, 2025	Open	Details	Tap into your organization's origins, mission and values, and personal stories of employees and management, to explore the building blocks of compelling stories, and how they are applied and communicated in organizational settings. Gain the tactics and tools to communicate your organization's stories clearly and convincingly. Other start dates: TBA
	Online	$475 - $500	Sep 23, 2025	Open	Details	This course explores the meaning of intersectionality, and solutions for respectfully engaging with all members of our communities. Understand the complexity, range and depth of intersectionality by first paying attention to your identity, then considering others' narratives which are generated at the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, religious identity and ethnicity, among other social identities. Other start dates: Feb 10, 2026; May 19, 2026; Oct 13, 2026
	Online	$440	Sep 23, 2025	Open	Details	Through a variety of engaging and practical exercises, learn how to write effective stories that capture the hearts of any audience. Topics include the art and science of storytelling, structures to help make your stories flow, as well as tips and tricks for ensuring that you're delivering your stories with maximum clarity and impact. Other start dates: TBA
	Online	$445	Sep 24, 2025	Open	Details	Add to your basic German vocabulary in everyday situations involving travel, food, shopping, transportation, family and business. In addition to improving your functional ability when speaking in the present tense, you will begin to express yourself in the past and future tenses. Other start dates: TBA
	Online	$445	Sep 24, 2025	Open	Details	If you have taken two or more lower intermediate conversational Italian courses, or you’re able to have simple intermediate-level conversations on familiar topics, this level is ideal. Other start dates: TBA
	Online	$445	Sep 24, 2025	Open	Details	Add to your basic Portuguese vocabulary in everyday situations involving travel, food, shopping, transportation, family and business. In addition to improving your functional ability when speaking in the present tense, you begin to express yourself in the past and future tenses. Other start dates: TBA
	Online	$445	Sep 24, 2025	Open	Details	Focus on improving your conversational Spanish fluency by acquiring more complex grammatical structures and sentence formation. Possible grammar topics, based on student needs, may include the advanced level verb tenses (conditional, future anterior, and introduction to subjunctive,) or use of relative pronouns. Other start dates: TBA
	Online	$760	Oct 2, 2025	Open	Details	Discover how to identify and fix common errors, inconsistencies and weaknesses, whether in your own writing or others'. Learn the processes for editing and proofreading, and understand how the right tools - style guides, style sheets and dictionaries - can make you a better, faster editor. This course can be taken as part of the UBC Micro-certificate in Writing and Communication Skills for the Workplace: Grammar and Style or as a standalone course. Other start dates: TBA
	Online	$1,950	Oct 7, 2025	Open	Details	Course explores implications and importance of eliminating biased data regarding racial, cultural, gender or political identities for AI-powered decision-making. Other start dates: Jan 27, 2026
	Online	$390	Oct 7, 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	$620	Oct 7, 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	$680	Oct 7, 2025	Open	Details	Learn how to write and deliver effective presentations, emails and briefs. Focus on five types of communications commonly used in the workplace. This course can be taken as part of the UBC Micro-certificate in Writing and Communication Skills for the Workplace: Business Communication or as a standalone course. Other start dates: TBA
	Online	$435	Oct 7, 2025	Open	Details	Learn how to analyze your readers’ needs and to plan and draft documents that meet those needs. Practise seven techniques for clear, memorable writing. This course can be taken as part of the UBC Micro-certificate in Writing and Communication Skills for the Workplace: Grammar and Style or as a standalone course. Other start dates: TBA
	Online	$950	Oct 14, 2025	Open	Details	Learn how AI can drive efficiency, innovation and enhanced customer experiences for your business or digital media offerings in this online course. Other start dates: Mar 03, 2026

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