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Course name	Format	Tuition	Next start date	Status	More	Description
	Online	$1,220 - $1,260	Apr 9, 2026	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. Other start dates: Oct 01, 2026; Apr 01, 2027; Sep 23, 2027
	Online	$1,750	Apr 9, 2026	Open	Details	How can equitable systems design transform your workplace and the industry you work in? How can we (re)design systems and sectors that impact not only workplaces and individuals but also industries, sectors and society? Spanning specific workplace to industry-wide EDI challenges, your first (of two) courses in the UBC Micro-certificate in Equitable Systems Design (ESD) is a participatory experience leading to the creation of equitable solutions through a series of equity-centered design challenges, frameworks and strategies focused on systemic-change within your industry. Other start dates: Sep 24, 2026; May 06, 2027; Sep 09, 2027
	Online		Apr 9, 2026	Open	Details	Learn about the International Coaching Federation-accredited UBC Certificate in Organizational Coaching in this live and interactive information session. Other start dates: TBA
	Online In-Person	$450 - $460	Apr 11, 2026	Open	Details	Speak and hear French from the first day as you quickly gain basic conversation skills to communicate information about yourself, your family and friends, your work, and your daily life. Learn grammar, pronunciation, expressions and vocabulary that allow you to function in everyday settings. Other start dates: Apr 13, 2026; Apr 14, 2026; Apr 15, 2026; Apr 16, 2026; Jul 02, 2026; Jul 06, 2026
	Online	$900 - $920	Apr 11, 2026	Open	Details	Speak and hear French from the first day as you quickly gain basic conversation skills to communicate information about yourself, your family and friends, your work, and your daily life. Learn grammar, pronunciation, expressions and vocabulary that allow you to function in everyday settings. Other start dates: Jul 04, 2026
	Online In-Person	$450 - $460	Apr 11, 2026	Open	Details	Add to your base of French vocabulary and expressions in order to communicate in everyday situations involving travel, food, shopping, family, and business. Continue to improve your pronunciation and learn to talk about future plans and express past events. This immersive course focuses on oral communication skills and uses meaningful scenarios to help you use the language in authentic situations. Other start dates: Apr 13, 2026; Apr 14, 2026; Apr 16, 2026; Jul 02, 2026; Jul 06, 2026
	Online In-Person	$450 - $460	Apr 11, 2026	Open	Details	Focus on improving your conversational French 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: Apr 13, 2026; Jul 02, 2026
	Online In-Person	$450 - $460	Apr 11, 2026	Open	Details	Focus on using French in authentic real-life situations. Continue to expand your vocabulary, and start to elevate your level of language by learning more complex structures with a communication goal in mind. Concentrate on speaking correctly, and distinguishing between the past, present, and future tenses. Other start dates: Apr 13, 2026; Apr 14, 2026; Jul 02, 2026; Jul 06, 2026
	Online In-Person	$450 - $460	Apr 11, 2026	Open	Details	Gain practical speaking, reading and writing skills in Korean. Perfect for those with no knowledge of Korean, this beginner course covers basic vocabulary and grammatical structures, and the Korean alphabet, Hangul. Learn about culture and everyday life in modern Korea. Other start dates: Apr 13, 2026; Apr 15, 2026; Jul 02, 2026; Jul 06, 2026
	Online	$450 - $460	Apr 11, 2026	Open	Details	Learn phonetics and study the tonal system of Mandarin. Learn to share information about yourself, discuss your family and ask basic questions of those around you allowing you to function in everyday settings. The use of Pin-Yin, the rendition of Chinese characters in the Latin alphabet, facilitates the learning process for students at the elementary level. Other start dates: Apr 13, 2026; Jul 06, 2026
	Online In-Person	$450 - $460	Apr 11, 2026	Open	Details	Learn more complex Mandarin grammatical structures and complex sentence formation. Improve your grammar and vocabulary through interesting conversational exercises such as debates, presentations, cultural discussions and small group work using authentic materials. Other start dates: Apr 13, 2026; Jul 04, 2026
	Online In-Person	$450 - $460	Apr 11, 2026	Open	Details	Speak and hear Spanish from the first day as you quickly gain basic conversation skills to communicate information about yourself, your family and friends, your work, and your daily life. Learn pronunciation, expressions, and vocabulary that allow you to function in everyday settings. Other start dates: Apr 13, 2026; Apr 14, 2026; Apr 15, 2026; Jul 02, 2026; Jul 06, 2026
	Online In-Person	$450 - $460	Apr 11, 2026	Open	Details	Add to your base of Spanish vocabulary and expressions to communicate in everyday situations involving travel, food, shopping, family and business. Continue to improve your pronunciation and express preferences. Practise your new Spanish skills and interact with your classmates in a comfortable atmosphere. Other start dates: Apr 13, 2026; Apr 14, 2026; Jul 06, 2026
	Online	$460	Apr 12, 2026	Open	Details	Topics in this course change each term and are designed to further spoken fluency in Italian. Each course begins with a half hour of guided conversation followed by structured exercises and lessons in advanced Italian grammar and conversation. Other start dates: TBA
	Online	$480	Apr 13, 2026	Open	Details	Learn how to describe family members and how they are related, and how to specify someone's age using American Sign Language (ASL). Formerly Sign Language Lower Intermediate. Other start dates: TBA

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