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Course name	Format	Tuition	Next start date	Status	More	Description
	Online	$535	Jul 7, 2025	Open	Details	The American Sign Language (ASL) Summer Institute offers three language level options: Beginner 1, Beginner 2 and Beginner 3. Each week of an Institute condenses a 10-week course into five days. Jumpstart your learning in a one-, two- or three-week program, starting at the level that’s right for you. Other start dates: Jul 14, 2025; Jul 21, 2025
	In-Person	$1,885 - $5,045	Jul 7, 2025	Open	Details	This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders On-Campus program for high school students ages 15 -18. Our world is complex: the social, environmental and economic needs of our planet and people have never been greater. But business cannot afford to take a back seat to these needs. The business winners of the future will be companies that can use sustainability as an opportunity instead of a barrier.
	In-Person	$1,885 - $5,045	Jul 7, 2025	Open	Details	This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders On-Campus program for high school students ages 15 -18. Investigate a range of contemporary topics, including the relationship between public order and violent crime, innovations in drug enforcement and forensic psychiatry. Study restorative justice, wrongful conviction, geographic profiling in hunting serial criminals, structural violence, advocacy and the law.
	In-Person	$1,885 - $5,045	Jul 7, 2025	Open	Details	This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders On-Campus program for high school students ages 15 -18. Forensic anthropology is the process by which individuals, recently deceased and long-dead, are identified. Learn how to identify the sex and age of a skeleton, and how to calculate height and body weight from skeletal elements.
	In-Person Online	$495 - $590	Jul 7, 2025	Open	Details	Improve your French skills quickly in a one-, two- or three-week Summer Language Institute. Beginner 2 and Lower Intermediate are ideal if you already have experience with French through a conversational beginner course, or from your academic, personal or work life. Choose from online or in-person options. Other start dates: Jul 14, 2025; Jul 21, 2025
	In-Person Online	$495 - $590	Jul 7, 2025	Open	Details	Improve your French skills quickly in a one-, two- and three-week Summer Language Institute. At the Intermediate and Advanced level, you should be able to understand everyday, non-technical speech in French. Focus on improving your conversational fluency by acquiring more complex grammatical structures and sentence formations. Choose from online or in-person options. Other start dates: Jul 14, 2025; Jul 21, 2025
	In-Person	$1,885 - $5,045	Jul 7, 2025	Open	Details	This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders On-Campus program for high school students ages 15-18. In this course we offer an overview of the history and theory of arguments, with many concrete examples of good and bad arguments.
	Online	$925	Jul 7, 2025	Open	Details	Get a broad introduction to business by studying and illustrating the importance of core business functions, including finance, accounting, marketing and human resources management. This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders Online program for high school students ages 15 -18. Other start dates: Jul 28, 2025
	In-Person	$1,885 - $5,045	Jul 7, 2025	Open	Details	This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders On-Campus program for high school students ages 15 -18. Learn about the profession of engineering, and the disciplines of chemical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental and mechanical engineering. Prepare for success by practising and developing key skills in technical problem solving and engineering design, ethical decision-making, teamwork and communicating to diverse audiences. Other start dates: Jul 21, 2025; Aug 04, 2025
	Online	$925	Jul 7, 2025	Open	Details	This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders Online program for high school students ages 15-18. Learn about the profession of engineering, and the disciplines of chemical, civil, computer, electrical, environmental and mechanical engineering. Prepare for success by practising and developing key skills in technical problem solving and engineering design, ethical decision-making, teamwork and communicating to diverse audiences. Other start dates: Jul 28, 2025
	In-Person	$1,885 - $5,045	Jul 7, 2025	Open	Details	This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders On-Campus program for high school students ages 15 -18. Psychology has many sub-disciplines, including behavioural, clinical, cognitive, developmental, health, sports, organizational, social and personality psychology. Not only is it one of the fastest-growing professions, it's also among the most popular undergraduate majors at UBC and other universities. Other start dates: Jul 21, 2025
	Online	$925	Jul 7, 2025	Open	Details	This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders Online program for high school students ages 15 -18. Psychology has many sub-disciplines, including behavioural, clinical, cognitive, developmental, health, sports, organizational, social and personality psychology. Not only is it one of the fastest-growing professions, it's also among the most popular undergraduate majors at UBC and other universities. Other start dates: Jul 28, 2025
	In-Person	$1,885 - $5,045	Jul 7, 2025	Open	Details	This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders On-Campus program for high school students ages 15 -18. Explore key themes of the global economy, including the role of multinational corporations, global trade, international finance and international development. Analyze the underlying issues and competing ideologies that shape the global political economy, and understand tensions that arise due to government efforts to enhance or resist market pressures.
	In-Person	$2,050 - $5,270	Jul 7, 2025	Open	Details	This mini school is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders on-campus program for high school students ages 15–18. Learn the fundamentals of filmmaking and level up your production skills.
	In-Person	$2,050 - $5,270	Jul 7, 2025	Open	Details	This mini school is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders on-campus program for high school students ages 15–18. In this two-week mini-school, you are introduced to professional journalism practices with a focus on mobile journalism (MOJO), an emerging method for gathering facts, information and images, editing and then sharing stories.

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