Advance your career, develop your craft, and explore your interests with flexible courses from expert instructors at the UBC Faculty of Arts.

UBC Arts Professional and Continuing Education (Arts PACE) connects you to world-renowned scholars and thought leaders whose teaching and research influence conversations across the world. Our courses give you direct access to their expertise, no matter where you are in your learning journey.

Why Arts Professional & Continuing Education?
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Learn from world-class UBC experts, on your own schedule

Course Spotlight: Mental Health and Substance Use

Course Spotlight: Mental Health and Substance Use

Before doing the course I had a manuscript that I had worked on for years, it had no structure and I had paid to have it edited, yet it was going nowhere. It was a disaster and an expensive one at that! After the three courses I found myself with a decent manuscript that was well edited and elicited a publishing offer.
Jane Ryan, Author of Forty-Seven Seconds
Student of How to Write a Novel
I'm used to writing for business, so diving into creative writing felt like sneaking out the back door of logic and stumbling into a world entirely my own. Letting go of structure to explore imagination was both liberating and unexpectedly joyful.
Lyn
Student of Writing the Romantic Comedy

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School of Creative Writing | Online Asynchronous | Fall

How to Write a Novel Course 2: Writing the Draft

April 27, 2026 - June 8, 2026. Move from outline to draft writing with crucial craft lessons on scene design, dialogue, character development, and plot in this online course designed by award-winning professors Annabel Lyon and Nancy Lee.

School of Creative Writing | Online Asynchronous | Winter

How to Write a Novel Course 3: Edit and Revise

Jan 5, 2026 - Feb 9, 2026. Discover story analysis strategies and rewriting tools in this online course designed by award-winning professors Annabel Lyon and Nancy Lee.

School of Creative Writing | Online Asynchronous | Winter

How to Write a Novel Course 1: Structure & Outline

Mar 2, 2026 - Apr 13, 2026. Learn the fundamentals of story structure and complete a detailed, scene-by-scene outline of your novel idea in this online course designed by award-winning professors Annabel Lyon and Nancy Lee.

School of Creative Writing | Online Asynchronous | Winter

Professional Certificate in Writing for Video Games

Self-paced six course certificate. Learn the learn the tools and techniques of writing for video games in a program designed by working game writers and writing teachers.

Department of Philosophy | Online Synchronous | Winter

In Defence of Subjectivity

Apr 2, 2026 - May 1, 2026. Philosophy instructor Anders Kraal explores Søren Kierkegaard's radical argument that our attempts to transcend personal perspective are both impossible and misguided.