Mathematics
Mathematics is viewed across academic disciplines as a valuable training ground for critical thinking and problem solving, and a fundamental component of computational and data literacy. Mathematics at UBC provides an excellent balance of pure and applied mathematics. This program is based in the Faulty of Science.
Linguistics
Linguistics is a highly interdisciplinary field which combines research methods from the humanities and the social, natural, and mathematical sciences to study human language and offers a systematic study of how language works. Linguists work on sound systems (phonetics and phonology), on the relation between form and meaning (morphology, syntax, and semantics), and on how […]
Law & Society
The Law and Society minor provides a unique opportunity to understand law as a social phenomenon that is central to the organization of social relations and social life. It is a multidisciplinary program, situating the study of legal structures, rules, and institutions within their full social, historical, economic, and political contexts.
Latin American Studies
Build a broad foundation of knowledge in the peoples and places of Latin America. This interdisciplinary program includes courses in anthropology, art history, geography, history, and political science as well as language instruction in Spanish and Portuguese.
Italian Studies
In the Italian minor, you’ll study both language and literature within a multidisciplinary cultural continuum that reflects the diversity of the world around us.
International Relations
Gain a deeper understanding of pertinent world issues — such as international diplomacy, global economics, security — by combining the insights and perspectives of different disciplines such as Economics, History, Political Science, Geography, Anthropology, and Asian Studies with the study of languages.
History
The History program will take you through a series of stages in developing knowledge, skills, and practice of history. Choose from a wide range of courses on Asian, Canadian, European, Latin American, and American history, and examine themes such as culture, environment, politics, society, world history, and the history of science.
Health & Society
In the Health and Society minor program, you’ll learn about social determinants of health, health beliefs and behaviours, cultural representations of health and illness, health inequalities, and other social aspects of health, from multidisciplinary perspectives.
German Studies Minor (Anglophone)
This Minor allows students to take 18 credits at the 300+ level in GMST or GERN, without having completed any language training in German at the 100 and 200 level. This is for students who are eager and interested in German culture, media, and literature, but do not intend to learn the language in depth. Our courses […]
German Studies
The German Studies programs are made up of courses on Germanophone culture, film, history, language, linguistics, literature, media, philosophy, society and thought. Our courses represent the historically and socially diverse lives and communities that make up the German-speaking world in and beyond Europe—from Switzerland to Namibia to Hungary and elsewhere. Students who complete the Major […]