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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Build practical skills and advance your career

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Explore your passions and creative potential

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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

Registration open soon. 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

Registration open soon. 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

Registration open soon. 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.

School of Creative Writing | Online Synchronous | Summer

Comics Class for Writers

July 6 2026: join award-winning writer and UBC professor Sarah Leavitt as she teaches the primary building blocks of comics, suitable for all writers (art skills not required).

Department of Asian Studies | Online Asynchronous | Fall

Sanskrit for the Yoga Studio

Coming October 2026: this course focuses on appreciating the Sanskrit language in an accessible and fun way, offers non-denominational ideas, phrases, pronunciation, and chanting techniques that you can integrate directly into modern yoga studios and

Department of Philosophy | Online Synchronous | Summer

The Trial of Socrates

June 2 - June 30, 2026. Philosophy instructor Anders Kraal explores the many unsolved puzzles surrounding the trial in ancient Athens where Socrates was sentenced to death.