Ancient Mediterranean & Near Eastern Studies (formerly CNERS)
Engage with the study of the languages, literature, history, religion, institutions, and material culture of the lands and peoples centred around the Mediterranean and the Tigris-Euphrates river system, and the reception and representation of these cultures to the modern day. Ancient Mediterranean & Near Eastern Studies was formerly known as the Department of Classical, Near […]
Canadian Studies
The Canadian Studies program provides an opportunity for contact with the way disciplines in the humanities and social sciences have shaped understanding of Canada. In this interdisciplinary program, you’ll critically engage Canada’s past and present and seek to understand Canada’s place in the world. Learn about how the environment, Indigenous cultures, urban planning, sovereignty, and […]
Asian Language & Culture
Asian Language and Culture is designed to give you the linguistic and cultural capital to work as a leader in the 21st century on the Canada-Asia interface. This program combines advanced language study with a concentration in one of five areas – China, Chinese Literature, Japan, Korea, or South Asia.
Asian Area Studies
Gain a deeper understanding of Asian cultures while you study history, philosophy, literary and religious traditions, languages, as well as gender relations.
Art History
Art history is an expansive and diverse academic discipline that encompasses critical and historical analyses of objects, spaces, visual traditions, artistic practices, and ideas, as well as their reception and interpretation across different geographic and cultural contexts, in the past and in the present. Undergraduate students in art history learn how to look critically, carry […]
Anthropology
Examine processes of social and cultural life in human societies past and present, near and far — from First Nations in Canada to the indigenous and non-indigenous peoples of Asia, the Pacific, and Latin America. Anthropology advances the study and constructive understanding of human diversity and commonality, across the globe and throughout the long span […]
First Nations & Endangered Languages
Explore the processes and protocols for the documentation, conservation, revitalization, and reclamation of endangered languages, cultures, and Indigenous knowledge systems locally, regionally, and internationally. This interdisciplinary program offers courses in First Nations and Endangered languages at all levels, from introductory to advanced.
Acting
Receive professional actor training from UBC’s renowned BFA program. Your studies will span storytelling, improvisation, scene study, movement, and voice, working up to training in screen acting, auditioning, solo creation, singing, voice-over, and stage combat.