Feel inspired, stimulated and connected with UBC Academic Explorations. Enjoy an ever-changing line-up of academic topics presented by UBC experts, professors and instructors from across faculties and departments. Choose from eight entertaining and informative courses, each featuring six live online lectures that you can watch live from anywhere.
Dive into a familiar or not-so-familiar subject, from arts, humanities and history, to literature, music, science, politics and more. Gain fresh perspectives and new insights, and view our world through a new lens.
Course Format
Each course is held online once a week on various days for six weeks. Lectures are recorded and shared with students for later viewing.
Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday
Time: 10–11:30am Pacific Time
Your Online Learning Experience
Every week you participate in a live online class with your instructor at a designated time. You can watch the instructor’s lecture live, and ask questions after the lecture.
We use Canvas Catalog for lectures, an intuitive and easy-to-use web-based learning application. You also access Zoom, a web conference app, through Canvas Catalog. We will send you instructions to access these applications three business days before your first class.
So find a comfortable spot, grab a notebook, and enjoy an active learning experience.
| UBC Academic Explorations Courses | Various Weekdays, 10–11:30am |
|---|---|
| Academic Explorations Information Session | Watch Jan 13, 2021 Info Session |
| March-April 2021 | |
| Russian Cultural Values | Mar 9–Apr 13 |
| Canadian Monuments to Central and Eastern European History | Mar 10–Apr 14 |
| Perspectives on Canadian and World News | Mar 11–Apr 15 |
| Women of Jazz: Composers, Arrangers and Instrumentalists | Mar 15–Apr 26 |
| May-June 2021 | |
| Surfing Hokusai's Great Wave - The Culture, History and Sports of Japan | May 10–June 21 |
| An Eclectic History of Vancouver’s Chinatown | May 11–June 15 |
| The Romantic Nationalists - Classical Music and Identity from 1848 to 1914 | May 12–June 16 |
| Perspectives on Canadian and World News | May 13–June 17 |