This mini school is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders on-campus program for high school students ages 15–18. With 45 thours of class time, FGL mini schools provide a comprehensive introduction to a program area and include information on learning pathways and career opportunities.
The Centre for Digital Media Mini School is modelled on CDM’s prestigious Master of Digital Media program, Canada's first graduate program in digital media.
Digital media are more than video games. Digital media products are found in most industries, including entertainment, tech, eCommerce, non-profits, health, education, marketing, government, environment, sports, art, publishing and television.
In the Centre for Digital Media Mini School, you get a hands-on, collaborative learning experience as you explore how to design and build digital media projects across a range of industries, including the video game industry.
In week one, learn about the importance of collaboration and key communication techniques in team-based projects. Discover the basic pipeline for building digital media products and explore the human-centred design process from ideation to creating a paper prototype for a real-world problem.
In week two, work with a team through ideation and innovation to develop your idea into a digital prototype, conduct user testing with your peers in order to critically assess and adjust your work, and finally present your final project and key takeaways from this learning experience.
By the end of course, you will be able to:
- Apply a human-centered design approach to solving a problem
- Give and receive effective feedback to peers
- Utilize tools and practices used by industry professionals within the digital media field
- Evaluate digital media projects by conducting and taking part in user testing
- Create a functional digital prototype
The Global Digital Media market is anticipated to grow at a considerable rate over the next decade, driving demand for people with the ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams, use design thinking, be agile, collaborate and communicate effectively—all in-demand skills you learn about and explore in the Centre for Digital Media Mini School.
If you are interested in a career in digital media, then the Centre for Digital Media Mini School is definitely for you. After attending the Centre for Digital Media Mini School, you will have a good sense of the pathways and future opportunities in digital media, as well as real experience working as part of a digital media team.
The Centre for Digital Media was established through the ground-breaking partnership of four leading academic institutions: The University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, and the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
Course format
This mini-school is held on the UBC Vancouver campus. You attend class in-person 9am–12noon and 1:30-3pm, Monday through Friday. Bring your own laptop or tablet.
Choose to live in a student residence on campus or commute daily to UBC Vancouver:
Commuter Option includes lunch in residence dining hall, Monday through Friday, and UBC Recreation Card.
Residence Option includes private room and full board, airport pick-up and drop-off, local medical insurance for all international students (and custodianship if required for visa), weeknight and weekend social activities (e.g., trips to Grouse Mountain, Granville Island and Robson Street) and UBC Recreation Card.
Cost details
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Fees per two-week mini schools* |
Residence option |
Commuter option |
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International students |
$5,270 CAD |
$2,770 CAD |
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Canadian students (including Permanent Residents) |
$4,550 CAD |
$2,050 CAD |
*All fees are subject to change
To register
A Family Account in UBC’s Lifelong Learning registration system is required to register for UBC Future Global Leaders on-campus.
After you add the course to your cart and go to check out, you’re asked to create a new Family Account or log in if you already have a Family Account. A parent or guardian needs to set up the Family Account with their primary email address. After the account is created, the parent/guardian adds the learner as a family member to their Family Account using the learner’s primary email address (the learner’s email address cannot be the same as the parent/guardian email address).
Add the learner to the course session in your cart and complete the checkout process.
After completing the checkout process, and while logged into your Family Account, select Applications to access the FGL information package. Your registration is not final until the information package has been completed and submitted. You may partially complete the information package and return to it at any time within your Family Account.