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UBC Certificate in Cloud and Technology Transformation – Information Session

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Learn about the UBC Certificate in Cloud and Technology Transformation, a part-time program with flexible pathways to gain cloud transformation skills and strategies.

Cloud Technology Infrastructure Strategy

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Learn key concepts of cloud versus on-site technologies, secure infrastructure and strategies for deploying cloud solutions.

Cloud Transformation Strategy

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Gain knowledge to inform the planning and implementation of your cloud technology infrastructure strategy. Focus on critical decisions that will profoundly impact many aspects of the organization. This is the first of two courses in the UBC Micro-certificate in Cloud Transformation and Technology Infrastructure Strategy.

Copyediting and Proofreading: Introduction

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Discover how to identify and fix common errors, inconsistencies and weaknesses, whether in your own writing or others'. Learn the processes for editing and proofreading, and understand how the right tools - style guides, style sheets and dictionaries - can make you a better, faster editor. 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.

Copywriting: Introduction

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Learn the art and craft of persuasive writing, a skill that evolved from classic print, TV and radio advertising. Explore the approaches and techniques used to write copy that motivates people to take an action. Gain key skills in writing for ads, promotional materials, web homepages and landing pages, email and social media. This course can be taken as part of the UBC Micro-certificate in Writing Skills for Digital Content: Copywriting or Content Marketing or as a standalone course.

Countering Biases and Microaggressions

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In this course, take part in reflective activities that expand your awareness of your unconscious biases. Develop practical and concrete strategies and techniques for addressing these biases, and noticing, identifying and responding to microaggressions.

Crime and Society: Contemporary Topics

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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.

Cloud Security Fundamentals

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This comprehensive course offers an accessible gateway into the world of cloud security, providing learners of all backgrounds with vital knowledge to identify, understand, and mitigate digital risks. This course is part of the UBC Certificate in Cloud and Technology Transformation.

Cybersecurity Risk Management

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This business-oriented course explores popular cybersecurity attack vectors, and how different defence mechanisms can be used to secure and minimize impact on your infrastructure and resources, including connected devices, networks, applications and systems. This is one of two courses in the UBC Micro-certificate in Cybersecurity Strategy and Risk Management.

Cybersecurity Standards and Strategy

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This business-oriented course introduces you to cybersecurity concepts, standards and policies. By the end of this course, you'll have created a cybersecurity policy document for your organization that takes into account key business and technical considerations. This is one of two courses in the UBC Micro-certificate in Cybersecurity Strategy and Risk Management.