Vancouver School of Economics

The Vancouver School of Economics consistently ranks as a top economic in school in Canada. The school’s faculty are ranked first in Canada for research productivity and have influenced public policies on a variety of issues including taxes and minimum wage rates. Students will examine the social, cross-cultural and ethical dimensions of economic decision-making.

United States Studies

The U.S. Studies Program offers an exciting interdisciplinary program through the collaboration of the Departments of Political Science, Economics, and History. Undergraduates will combine coursework on the U.S. across departments and gain an in-depth understanding of U.S. politics, economics, and history.

Urban Studies

The Urban Studies minor allows students to explore how social, economic, and cultural processes shape cities – and how urbanization itself reshapes these sociocultural processes. The minor program is designed to emphasize the links between local and global processes and the importance of context and contingency.

Science and Technology Studies

The transdisciplinary field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) emerged in the 1970s out of a growing concern for the social and political effects of scientific and technological developments. Engaging with the human dimensions of science and technology, STS uses methods from a variety of perspectives associated with the humanities and social sciences.

Religion, Literature, and the Arts

The Religion, Literature and the Arts program provides a solid education in a range of disciplines using an interdisciplinary model that includes knowledge of religious, literary, historical, cultural, anthropological, psychological, and sociological methodologies. The program allows students to integrate a variety of approaches, through courses in a number of departments within the Faculty of Arts.

Modern European Studies

Modern European Studies is an interdepartmental undergraduate program of the Faculty of Arts. It offers students the opportunity to combine European languages, history, art, music, literature, philosophy, geography, sociology, anthropology, politics, and economics in a broadly based concentration that will extend and deepen their knowledge of European issues.

Medieval Studies

The Medieval Studies program at UBC offers students an interdisciplinary approach to Medieval history, older than the modern system of organizing knowledge by “disciplines.” Through a study of the Medieval period, students can come to an understanding of a civilization in both its unity and diversity.

Media Studies (BMS Program)

The Bachelor of Media Studies (BMS) program at UBC is a multidisciplinary, direct-entry program in the Faculty of Arts. Combining artistic, technical, and analytical skills, the program is designed to help students understand the impact of technological innovation on our interactions in society.

Law and Society Minor

The Law and Society Minor at UBC introduces students to ideas, concepts, and frameworks about the nature of law and legal processes in a local, global, and historical context. This program examines the connections and relationships of law and society using an interdisciplinary approach that draws from scholarship in law, sociology, history, anthropology, political science, and related areas.

Latin American Studies

Latin American Studies is an interdisciplinary program designed to give students a general knowledge of and strong approach to the language, culture, society, geography, political systems, and history of Latin America. The Latin American Studies program at UBC offers majors and minors options to all students.