Courses

The Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) supports flexible learning through distance learning courses. These courses carry full credit toward degree or certificate programs in accordance with the requirements of the UBC faculty concerned.

Please click on a subject area below to view the courses that CTLT supports via distance learning. For a full list of distance learning courses offered at UBC, please see the UBC Course Calendar.

APBI | ARST | ASTR | ATSC | AUDI | BIOL | CENS | CIVL | CLST | DENT | DHYG | ENGL | EOSC | ETEC | FIST | FMST | FNH | FOPR | FREN | FRST | GEOG | GRSJ | HIST | IHHS | JAPN | LAW | LFS | LIBR | MUSC | PATH | PHIL | PHYS | PSYC | RELG | SOCI | SOWK | SURG | WOOD | WRIT

• APBI – Applied Biology

• • APBI 100 (3 cr): Soil and the Global Environment
  • APBI 200 (3 cr): Introduction to Soil Science
  • APBI 319 (3 cr): Aquaculture & the Environment
  • APBI 418 (3 cr): Intensive Fish Production
  • APBI 419 (3 cr): Fish Diseases
  • APBI 428 (3 cr): Integrated Pest Management
  • APBI 490 (previously LFS 490A) (3 cr): Aquaculture and the Environment

• ARST – Archival Studies
• • ARST 556E (3 cr): Topics in Archival Automation: Records Systems in the Digital Environment

• ASTR – Astronomy

• • ASTR 311 (3 cr): Exploring the Universe: Stars and Galaxies

• ATSC – Atmospheric Science
• • ATSC 133 (3 cr): Applied Meteorology: Weather for Sailing, Flying and Snow Sports

• AUDI – Audiology & Speech Sciences
• • AUDI 402 (3 cr): Neuroanatomy for Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
  • AUDI 403 (1.5 cr): Introduction to Neurolinguistics

• BIOL – Biology
• • BIOL 200 (3 cr): Cell Biology I: Structural Basis

• CENS – Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies

• • CENS 303A (3cr): Representations of the Holocaust

• CIVL – Civil Engineering
• • CIVL 250 (3 cr): Engineering and Sustainable Development

• CLST – Classical Studies
• • CLST 301 (3 cr): The Technical Terms of Medicine & Biological Science

• DENT – Dentistry
• • DENT 407 (6 cr): Special Oral Care in the Community

• DHYG – Dental Hygiene
• • DHYG 400 (6 cr): Current Issues in Oral Health Sciences
  • DHYG 401 (6 cr): Oral Epidemiology
  • DHYG 402 (6 cr): Dental Hygiene Practice I
  • DHYG 405 (3 cr): Oral Microbiology and Immunology
  • DHYG 412 (6 cr): Oral Health Care Trends
  • DHYG 433 (3 cr): Assessment and Treatment Planning for Advanced Periodontal Diseases
  • DHYG 435 (3 cr): Oral Medicine and Pathology
  • DHYG 461 (4 cr): Literature Review I
  • DHYG 462 (4 cr): Literature Review II

• ENGL – English
• • ENGL 301 (3 cr): Technical Writing
  • ENGL 304A (3 cr): Advanced Composition
  • ENGL 321 (3 cr): English Grammar and Usage
  • ENGL 322A (3 cr): Stylistics
  • ENGL 330A (3 cr): The Structure of Modern English: Sounds and Words
  • ENGL 348A (3 cr): Shakespeare and the Renaissance: Shakespeare
  • ENGL 364A (3 cr): Nineteenth Century Studies: Monsters! Murderers!: Secrets and Hidden Lives in Novels of the Victorian Period
  • ENGL 366 (3 cr): The Modern British and Irish Novel
  • ENGL 372 (3 cr): Canadian Studies: Canadian Literary Genres
  • ENGL 392 (3 cr): Children’s Literature

• EOSC – Earth & Ocean Sciences
• • EOSC 114 (3 cr): The Catastrophic Earth: Natural Disasters
  • EOSC 116 (3 cr): Mesozoic Earth: Time of the Dinosaurs
  • EOSC 118 (3 cr): Earth’s Treasures: Gold and Gems
  • EOSC 310 (3 cr): The Earth and the Solar System
  • EOSC 311 (3 cr): The Earth and its Resources
  • EOSC 314 (3 cr): The Ocean Environment
  • EOSC 315 (3 cr): The Ocean Ecosystem
  • EOSC 326 (3 cr): Earth and Life Through Time

• ETEC – Educational Technology
• • ETEC 500 (3 cr): Research Methodology in Education
  • ETEC 510 (3 cr): Design of Technology Supported Learning Environments
  • ETEC 511 (3 cr): Foundations of Educational Technology
  • ETEC 512 (3 cr): Applications of Learning Theories to Instruction
  • ETEC 520 (3 cr): Planning and Managing Learning Technologies in Higher Education
  • ETEC 521 (3 cr): Indigeneity, Technology and Education
  • ETEC 522 (3 cr): Ventures in Learning Technology
  • ETEC 530 (3 cr): Constructivism Strategies for e-Learning
  • ETEC 531 (3 cr): Curriculum Issues in Cultural and Media Studies
  • ETEC 532 (3 cr): Technology in the Arts and Humanities Classroom
  • ETEC 533 (3 cr): Technology in the Mathematics and Science Classroom
  • ETEC 540 (3 cr): Text Technologies: The Changing Spaces of Reading and Writing
  • ETEC 565A (3 cr): Learning Technologies: Selection, Design and Application
  • ETEC 565G (3 cr): Culture and Communication in Virtual Learning Environments
  • ETEC 590 (3 cr): Graduating Project

• FIST – Film Studies
• • FIST 332 (3 cr): Studies in Genre or Period: Irish Cinema & Culture

• FMST – Family Studies
• • FMST 316 (3 cr): Human Sexuality

• FNH – Food, Nutrition & Health
• • FNH 200 (3 cr): Exploring Our Food
  • FNH 250 (3 cr): Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies
  • FNH 454 (3 cr): Fish Nutrition

• FOPR – Forest Operations
• • FOPR 264 (4cr): Geomatics, Forest Access & Transportation
  • FOPR 362 (3 cr): Sustainability and Forest Operations (was Forest Operations II)

• FREN – French
• • FREN 348 (3 cr): French Literature in Translation I
  • FREN 349 (3 cr): French Literature in Translation II

• FRST – Forestry

• • FRST 202 (3 cr): Forest Ecology
  • FRST 231 (3 cr): Introduction to Biometrics
  • FRST 308 (2 cr): Forest Entomology
  • FRST 309 (2 cr): Forest Pathology
  • FRST 319 (3 cr): Principles of Forestry Economics
  • FRST 421 (3 cr): Integrated Resources Management I

• GEOG – Geography
• • GEOG 350 (3 cr): Introduction to Urban Geography

• GRSJ – Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice
• • GRSJ 224A (3 cr): Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice in Literature
  • GRSJ 300 (3 cr): Intersectional Approaches to Gender Relations

• HIST – History
• • HIST 102 (6 cr): World History from 1500 to the 20th Century
  • HIST 104 (3 cr): Topics in World History: Cultures in Contact
  • HIST 106 (3 cr): Global Environmental History
  • HIST 432 (6 cr): International Relations of the Great Powers in the 20th Century
  • HIST 441 (3 cr): History of the Holocaust
  • HIST 444 (3 cr): Slave Societies in the Americas
  • HIST 451 (3 cr): Family and Community in Latin America
  • HIST 481 (3 cr): Education and Society in Modern China

• IHHS – Interprofessional Health and Human Service
• • IHHS 411 (3 cr): Violence Across the Lifespan: Contexts, Causes, Changes

• JAPN – Japanese
• • JAPN 100 (3 cr): Beginning Japanese I
  • JAPN 101 (3 cr): Beginning Japanese I

• LAW – Law
• • LAW 504 (5 cr): Property Law
  • LAW 505 (5 cr): Canadian Public Law
  • LAW 508D (4 cr): Business Organizations
  • LAW 525 (5 cr): Canadian Criminal Law & Procedure

• LFS – Land and Food Systems
• • LFS 302A (3 cr): International Field Studies in Sustainable Agriculture – Cuba

• LIBR – Library, Archival & Information Studies
• • LIBR 500 (3 cr): Foundations of Information Technology
  • LIBR 526 (3 cr): Literature and Other Materials for Young Adults
  • LIBR 529 (3 cr): Services for Families and Early Literacy in the Preschool Years
  • LIBR 548F (3 cr): History of the Book
  • LIBR 548H (3 cr): Community Informatics
  • LIBR 559M (3 cr): Social Media for Information Professionals
  • LIBR 561 (3 cr): Information Policy
  • LIBR 562 (3 cr): International Librarianship – Issues and Innovations
  • LIBR 575 (3 crd): Academic Libraries

• MUSC – Music
• • MUSC 103 (3 cr): Introduction to the Theory of Music

• PATH – Pathology
• • PATH 417A (3 cr): Bacterial Infection in Humans
  • PATH 427 (3 cr): Basic Principles of Infection Prevention and Control
  • PATH 467 (3 cr): Basic Microbiology for Infection Control
  • PATH 477 (3 cr): Basic Epidemiology for Infection Control

• PHIL – Philosophy

• • PHIL 120 (3 cr): Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking
  • PHIL 220A (3 cr): Symbolic Logic I
  • PHIL 433A (3 cr): Biomedical Ethics
  • PHIL 434A (3 cr): Business and Professional Ethics
  • PHIL 435A (3 cr): Environmental Ethics

• PHYS – Physics
• • PHYS 100 (3 cr): Introductory Physics
  • PHYS 333 (3 cr): Energy and Climate

• PSYC – Psychology

• • PSYC 101 (3 cr): Introduction to Biological and Cognitive Psychology
  • PSYC 102 (3 cr): Introduction to Developmental, Social, Personality, and Clinical Psychology
  • PSYC 300A (3 cr): Behaviour Disorders
  • PSYC 302 (3 cr): Infancy
  • PSYC 304 (6 cr): Brain and Behaviour
  • PSYC 307 (3 cr): Cultural Psychology
  • PSYC 308A (3 cr): Social Psychology
  • PSYC 309B (6 cr): Cognitive Processes
  • PSYC 314 (3 cr): Health Psychology
  • PSYC 315 (3 cr): Childhood and Adolescence
  • PSYC 320 (6 cr): Psychology of Gender
  • PSYC 413 (3 cr): Social and Personality Development

• RELG – Religious Studies

• • RELG 306 (3 cr): Archaeology and the Bible

• SOCI – Sociology

• SOWK – Social Work

• • SOWK 320 (3 cr): Introduction to Social Work Research
  • SOWK 450 (3 cr): Social Work Practice in Community Mental Health
  • SOWK 570E / NURS 586V (3 cr): Advanced Understanding of and Response to Violence in Families

• SURG – Surgery

• WOOD – Wood Products Processing

• WRIT – Writing Centre
• • WRIT 098 Preparation for University Writing and the LPI