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Course name	Format	Tuition	Next start date	Status	More	Description
	Online	$480	Sep 16, 2026	Open	Details	Learn to communicate in a wider array of situations and further develop your fluency and comprehension of American Sign Language (ASL). Formerly Sign Language Intermediate 3. Other start dates: TBA
	Online	$695	Sep 17, 2026	Open	Details	Learn feature screenwriting fundamentals, including story structure, character development, dialogue and screenplay formatting. Other start dates: TBA
	Online	$1,220 - $1,260	Sep 17, 2026	Open	Details	Learn to integrate intercultural and social justice perspectives and take a critical look at intergroup relations. Review identity development models and explore how culture, ethnicity and race shape intercultural interactions. Look at the impact of systemic issues of power and privilege. Develop practical strategies for meaningful intergroup dialogue and engagement. Other start dates: May 27, 2027
	Online In-Person	$460	Sep 19, 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: Sep 21, 2026; Sep 22, 2026; Sep 24, 2026
	Online	$920	Sep 19, 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: TBA
	Online In-Person	$460	Sep 19, 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: Sep 21, 2026; Sep 22, 2026
	Online In-Person	$460	Sep 19, 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: Sep 21, 2026
	Online In-Person	$460	Sep 19, 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: Sep 21, 2026; Sep 22, 2026
	Online	$380	Sep 19, 2026	Open	Details	Learn about Deaf people's experiences and culture and connect with a new perspective. Learn about Deaf Gain versus hearing loss and develop the core knowledge and skills you need to be an ally and to interact sensitively with members of the Deaf community. Other start dates: TBA
	Online	$350	Sep 19, 2026	Open	Details	Build your Japanese fluency, vocabulary and grammatical awareness by practising speaking and listening with your instructor and classmates. Topics will change from term to term so you can repeat the course to continue developing your skills. Other start dates: TBA
	In-Person Online	$460	Sep 19, 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: Sep 21, 2026; Sep 24, 2026
	Online	$460	Sep 19, 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: Sep 21, 2026
	In-Person Online	$460	Sep 19, 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: Sep 21, 2026
	In-Person	$460	Sep 19, 2026	Open	Details	Learn the Persian alphabet and develop the skills necessary to recognize, read and write letters, words, phrases, simple sentences and short paragraphs. Build confidence as you learn how letters connect and change shape within words. Apply familiar vocabulary about everyday topics to help you develop your literacy as you progress from single words and short sentences to simple descriptive passages. Other start dates: TBA
	Online In-Person	$460	Sep 19, 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: Sep 21, 2026; Sep 22, 2026

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