Our courses

In this advanced workshop for both native French speakers and French as an additional language speakers, receive group and instructor feedback on a major writing project or three smaller projects you are working on. Submissions may be related to your work or personal interests, or could be designed using creative prompts provided by your instructor.

Other start dates: Oct 07, 2025

Gain an understanding of basic French syntax and grammar in this online course, designed to improve your reading and writing skills. Read a variety of authentic French documents such as agendas, letters and advertisements. Broaden your vocabulary and produce simple and functional writing such as invitation letters, postcards, thank-you notes and small ads.

Other start dates: Oct 07, 2025

Improve your use of more advanced French sentence formation and writing style. Grammar topics may include the imparfait, the plus-que-parfait, and the use of relative pronouns. Become familiar with different registers of language and expand your vocabulary through weekly reading assignments from French documents.

Other start dates: Oct 07, 2025

Expand your French vocabulary by reading a variety of documents such as film reviews, online articles and press releases. Elevate your writing by learning to express your opinion and use more complex grammatical structures. Personalized feedback on weekly written assignments helps you improve your writing skills.

Other start dates: TBA

Develop the use of more complex sentence structure using all tenses appropriately and proper use of connectors and cohesion devices in Spanish. You will work on the use of all Spanish past tenses, subjunctives and other grammar content through powerful written conversational activities such as debates, presentations, cultural discussions, music, literature, and small group work using authentic materials.

Other start dates: Oct 07, 2025

Develop precision in your writing and differentiate finer shades of meaning in different Spanish speaking countries and in more complex situations. Work with different types of sentences and styles through powerful written conversations that include debates, presentations, cultural discussions, music, literature, and small group work using authentic materials.

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Develop precision in your Spanish writing and differentiate finer shades of meaning in different Spanish speaking countries and in more complex situations. Work with different types of sentences and styles through powerful written conversations that include debates, presentations, cultural discussions, music, literature, and small group work using authentic materials.

Other start dates: Oct 07, 2025

Take the next step in learning Spanish. Read a variety of authentic documents taken from daily life situations with a cultural focus in order to gain an understanding of basic Spanish syntax and broaden your vocabulary. Learn essential grammar and produce simple and functional writing such as invitation letters, postcards, thank you notes, daily activities and small ads.

Other start dates: Oct 07, 2025

Improve your use of more complex grammatical structures and sentence formation in Spanish. Grammar topics may include introduction to subjunctive, simple conditional and the use of connectors. Weekly reading assignments from authentic documents that reflect the diversity of Hispanic culture expand your vocabulary and help you become familiar with different registers of language.

Other start dates: TBA

Expand your Spanish vocabulary and knowledge of Hispanic culture by reading a variety of authentic documents. Grammar topics may include the preterite and the imperfect, object pronouns and uses of ser and estar. Elevate your writing by learning to express your opinion and using more complex structures.

Other start dates: Oct 07, 2025

Gain practical, hands-on skills in content strategy and the emerging area of content design useful for websites of all sizes. Come away with a repeatable process and a suite of tools, templates and resources to plan, deliver and manage web content. This course can be taken as part of the UBC Micro-certificate in Writing Skills for Digital Content: Website Strategy or as a standalone course.

Other start dates: Sep 23, 2025

Understand what materials are considered content marketing, how they are used and why. Explore best practices, and perfect your process as you gain experience in writing for the most popular kinds of content. This course can be taken as part of the UBC Micro-certificate in Writing Skills for Digital Content: Copywriting and Content Marketing or as a standalone course.

Other start dates: Sep 23, 2025

Takes a deep dive into writing for the web and digital media. Understand how people read online, and the important role content plays in a visitor's interactions with a website. Get tips, tools and best practices for writing for the web. This course is part of the UBC Micro-certificate in Writing Skills for Digital Content.

Other start dates: Sep 23, 2025

Other start dates: Sep 09, 2025

Other start dates: Sep 09, 2025