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Course name	Format	Tuition	Next start date	Status	More	Description
	Online	$760	Sep 9, 2025	Open	Details	Learn how to write informative and persuasive documents for the workplace that are clear, concise and professional. Practise analyzing, planning, drafting and revising business and technical documents. 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	$440	Sep 9, 2025	Open	Details	Drawing inspiration and techniques from time-tested creative writers, learn how to transform, bend and sometimes break the rules of grammar and style to create attention-grabbing writing - no matter what genre or audience you're writing for. Formerly Writing Well: Process and Practice. Other start dates: TBA
	Online	$450	Sep 9, 2025	Open	Details	Learn how to write well-constructed sentences and effective paragraphs. Topics include tips for devising clear, concise sentences, and avoiding common mistakes such as faulty parallelism, fragments, run-on sentences and dangling and misplaced modifiers. 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	$1,750	Sep 11, 2025	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: Oct 02, 2025
	Online	$1,185 - $1,220	Sep 11, 2025	Open	Details	Take your intercultural understanding to the next level and build essential skills and practices to create welcoming spaces for all Other start dates: Jan 15, 2026; Apr 16, 2026; Sep 10, 2026
	Online In-Person	$465	Sep 13, 2025	Open	Details	Get an introduced to ASL, a complete visual language with distinct grammar and sentence structures. Learn in an immersive signing-only environment with no spoken English. Our experienced Deaf instructors use ASL, gestures, slides and occasional written English to help you learn. Other start dates: Sep 15, 2025; Sep 17, 2025; Sep 18, 2025
	Online In-Person	$465	Sep 15, 2025	Open	Details	Continue to build on your American Sign Language (ASL) skills and knowledge. Focus on discussing living situations, locations and basic directions. Learn how to ask "What is the sign for ___?" and new fingerspelling letters. Other start dates: TBA
	Online	$465	Sep 15, 2025	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
	See details	$1,300	Sep 15, 2025	Open	Details	Developed by the UBC Faculty of Medicine, and the UBC Academy of Translational Medicine's Regulatory Advisory Council, this ten-week course offers an introductory overview of the Canadian and global regulatory affairs landscape. This is one of two courses in the UBC Micro-certificate in Regulatory Affairs in the Life Sciences. Other start dates: TBA
	Online	$490	Sep 15, 2025	Open	Details	Dig deeper into how English sounds are structured to understand your own speech rhythm and patterns and how your first language influences your spoken English. Receive continual and immediate feedback in class to help correct common mispronunciations. Other start dates: TBA
	Online	$1,750	Sep 15, 2025	Open	Details	Principles of Occupational Hygiene will help equip you with the ability to engage in effective workplace health and safety practices, whether you are new to the field or a seasoned professional looking to brush up on your knowledge. Other start dates: TBA
	Online	$1,000	Sep 15, 2025	Join Waitlist	Details	Pre-approval is required prior to registration. Other start dates: TBA
	Online	$475 - $500	Sep 16, 2025	Open	Details	Build awareness around the ways in which white supremacy manifests as our workplaces grow more diverse, and take a close look at the impact that white supremacy has on both individuals and systems. Reflect on the tensions between the desire to champion anti-racism while experiencing the privileges that whiteness confers. Other start dates: Nov 18, 2025; Mar 03, 2026; Jun 02, 2026; Nov 03, 2026
	Online	$950	Sep 16, 2025	Open	Details	This four-week online course provides a deep dive into AI-powered personalization in the context of digital media. It explores the potential benefits for organizations and their audiences, and introduces learners to the processes and tools to implement AI personalization in their creative and business projects. Other start dates: Jan 20, 2026
	Online	$465	Sep 17, 2025	Open	Details	Advance your grammar and understanding of sentence structure in American Sign Language (ASL). Learn about agreement verbs, how to ask if something is done, and how to tell how often. Learn signs for talking about everyday activities, chores, extended family and what one does for a living. Formerly Sign Language Intermediate 1. Other start dates: TBA

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