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Distance Learning

• Introduction
• Courses
  • APBI - Applied Biology
    • APBI 200 (3 cr): Introduction to Soil Science
    • APBI 418 (3 cr): Intensive Fish Production
    • APBI 419 (3 cr): Fish Diseases
    • APBI 428 (3 cr): Integrated Pest Management
  • ARST – Archival Studies
    • ARST 556E (3 cr): Topics in Archival Automation: Records Systems in the Digital Environment
  • AUDI - Audiology & Speech Sciences
    • AUDI 402 (3 cr): Neuroanatomy for Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
    • AUDI 403 (1.5 cr): Introduction to Neurolinguistics
  • BIOL - Biology
    • BIOL 200 (3 cr): Cell Biology I: Structural Basis
  • CIVL - Civil Engineering
    • CIVL 200 (3 cr): Engineering and Sustainable Development
  • CLST - Classical Studies
    • CLST 301 (3 cr): The Technical Terms of Medicine & the Biological Sciences
  • DENT – Dentistry
    • DENT 407 (6 cr): Special Oral Care in the Community
  • DHYG - Dental Hygiene
    • DHYG 400 (6 cr): Current Issues in Oral Health Sciences
    • DHYG 401 (6 cr): Oral Epidemiology
    • DHYG 402 (6 cr): Dental Hygiene Practice I
    • DHYG 404 (6 cr): Dental Hygiene Practice II
    • DHYG 405 (3 cr): Oral Microbiology and Immunology
    • DHYG 433 (3 cr): Assessment and Treatment Planning for Advanced Periodontal Diseases
    • DHYG 435 (3 cr): Oral Medicine and Pathology
    • DHYG 461 (4 cr): Literature Review I
    • DHYG 462 (4 cr): Literature Review II
  • ENGL - English
    • ENGL 112 (3 cr): Strategies for University Writing
    • ENGL 222 (3 cr): Literature in Canada
    • ENGL 301 (3 cr): Technical Writing
    • ENGL 303 (6 cr): Intermediate Composition
    • ENGL 304 (6 cr): Advanced Composition
    • ENGL 320 (6 cr): History of the English Language
    • ENGL 321 (3 cr): English Grammar and Usage
    • ENGL 322 (3 cr): Stylistics
    • ENGL 329 (6 cr): The Structure of Modern English
    • ENGL 348A (3 cr): Shakespeare and the Renaissance: Shakespeare
    • ENGL 348C (6 cr): Shakespeare and the Renaissance: Shakespeare
    • ENGL 354C (6 cr): Milton and the Seventeenth Century: Milton
    • ENGL 358 (3 cr): Studies in an 18th Century Genre: The English Novel
    • ENGL 359C (6 cr): Studies in Romanticism: Romantic Poetry
    • ENGL 364A (3 cr): Nineteenth Century Studies: The Victorian Novel
    • ENGL 402D (6 cr): Studies in Poetry: Victorian Poetry
    • ENGL 462A (3 cr): 20th Century British & Irish Studies: The Modern British Novel
    • ENGL 468A (3 cr): Children's Literature
    • ENGL 470A (3 cr): Canadian Studies: Canadian Literary Genres
  • EOSC - Earth & Ocean Sciences
    • EOSC 114 (3 cr): The Catastrophic Earth: Natural Disasters
    • EOSC 116 (3 cr): Mesozoic Earth: Time of the Dinosaurs
    • EOSC 118 (3 cr): Earth's Treasures: Gold and Gems
    • EOSC 310 (3 cr): The Earth and the Solar System
    • EOSC 311 (3 cr): The Earth and its Resources
    • EOSC 314 (3 cr): The Ocean Environment
    • EOSC 315 (3 cr): The Ocean Ecosystem - Jan 2011
    • EOSC 315 (3 cr): The Ocean Ecosystem
    • EOSC 326 (3 cr): Earth and Life Through Time
  • ETEC - Educational Technology
    • ETEC 500 (3 cr): Research Methodology in Education
    • ETEC 510 (3 cr): Design of Technology Supported Learning Environments
    • ETEC 511 (3 cr): Foundations of Educational Technology
    • ETEC 512 (3 cr): Applications of Learning Theories to Instruction
    • ETEC 520 (3 cr): Planning and Managing Learning Technologies in Higher Education
    • ETEC 521 (3 cr): Indigeneity, Technology and Education
    • ETEC 522 (3 cr): Ventures in Learning Technology
    • ETEC 530 (3 cr): Constructivism Strategies for e-Learning
    • ETEC 531 (3 cr): Curriculum Issues in Cultural and Media Studies
    • ETEC 532 (3 cr): Technology in the Arts and Humanities Classroom
    • ETEC 533 (3 cr): Technology in the Mathematics and Science Classroom
    • ETEC 540 (3 cr): Text Technologies: The Changing Spaces of Reading and Writing
    • ETEC 565A (3 cr): Learning Technologies: Selection, Design and Application
    • ETEC 590 (3 cr): Graduating Project
  • FIST - Film Studies
    • FIST 332 (3 cr): Studies in Genre or Period: Irish Cinema & Culture
  • FMST - Family Studies
    • FMST 316 (3 cr): Human Sexuality
  • FNH - Food, Nutrition & Health
    • FNH 200 (3 cr): Exploring Our Food
    • FNH 250 (3 cr): Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies
    • FNH 454 (3 cr): Fish Nutrition
  • FOPR - Forest Operations
    • FOPR 162 (2 cr): Basic Geomatics for Natural Resources
    • FOPR 262 (3 cr): Forest Access and Transportation (was Forest Operations I)
    • FOPR 362 (3 cr): Sustainability and Forest Operations (was Forest Operations II)
  • FREN - French
    • FREN 348 (3 cr): French Literature in Translation I
    • FREN 349 (3 cr): French Literature in Translation II
  • FRST - Forestry
    • FRST 202 (3 cr): Forest Ecology
    • FRST 231 (3 cr): Introduction to Biometrics
    • FRST 308 (2 cr): Forest Entomology
    • FRST 309 (2 cr): Forest Pathology
    • FRST 319 (3 cr): Principles of Forestry Economics
    • FRST 421 (3 cr): Integrated Resources Management I
    • FRST 449A (1 cr): Directed Studies in Forestry: Wood Uses
    • FRST 449B (2 cr): Directed Studies in Forestry: Wood Properties and Identification
  • GEOG - Geography
    • GEOG 350 (3 cr): Introduction to Urban Geography
  • HIST - History
    • HIST 102 (6 cr): World History from 1500 to the 20th Century
    • HIST 104 (3 cr): Topics in World History: Cultures in Contact
    • HIST 106 (3 cr): Global Environmental History
    • HIST 303 (6 cr): History of the Canadian West
    • HIST 329 (6 cr): Canadian Social History
    • HIST 432 (6 cr): International Relations of the Great Powers in the 20th Century
    • HIST 434 (6 cr): Gender, Politics, and Culture in Modern Europe
    • HIST 444 (3 cr): Slave Societies in the Americas
    • HIST 451 (3 cr): Family and Community in Latin America
    • HIST 480 (6 cr): Social History of Modern China
    • HIST 481 (3 cr): Education and Society in Modern China
  • IHHS - Interprofessional Health and Human Service
    • IHHS 411 (3 cr): Violence Across the Lifespan: Contexts, Causes, Changes
  • LFS - Land and Food Systems
    • LFS 302A (3 cr): International Field Studies in Sustainable Agriculture - Cuba
    • LFS 490A (3 cr): Aquaculture and the Environment
  • LIBR - Library & Information Studies
    • LIBR 500 (3 cr): Foundations of Information Technology
    • LIBR 526 (3 cr): Literature and Other Materials for Young Adults
    • LIBR 548F (3 cr): History of the Book
    • LIBR 559M (3 cr): Social Media for Information Professionals
    • LIBR 561 (3 cr): Information Policy
    • LIBR 562 (3 cr): International Librarianship - Issues and Innovations
    • LIBR 575 (3 cr): Academic Libraries
  • MUSC - Music
    • MUSC 103 (3 cr): Introduction to the Theory of Music
    • MUSC 326C (6 cr): Music Appreciation
  • NURS - Nursing
    • NURS 502 (3 cr): Ethics and Politics of Nursing
    • NURS 504 (3 cr): Research and Evidence-Based Practice
    • NURS 512 (3 cr): Leadership in Nursing
    • NURS 540 (3 cr): Educational Processes in Nursing
    • NURS 586V (3 cr): Advanced Understanding of and Response to Violence in Families
  • PATH - Pathology
    • PATH 417A (3 cr): Bacterial Infection in Humans
    • PATH 417B (6 cr): Bacterial Infection in Humans
    • PATH 427 (3 cr): Basic Principles of Infection Prevention and Control
    • PATH 467 (3 cr): Basic Microbiology for Infection Control
    • PATH 477 (3 cr): Basic Epidemiology for Infection Control
  • PHIL - Philosophy
    • PHIL 120 (3 cr): Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking
    • PHIL 220A (3 cr): Symbolic Logic I
    • PHIL 349A (3 cr): Philosophy of Religion
    • PHIL 400A (3 cr): Morals, Politics and the Individual
    • PHIL 401A (3 cr): Knowledge, Explanation and the Nature of Things
    • PHIL 433A (3 cr): Biomedical Ethics
    • PHIL 434A (3 cr): Business and Professional Ethics
    • PHIL 435A (3 cr): Environmental Ethics
  • PSYC - Psychology
    • PSYC 300B (6 cr): Behaviour Disorders
    • PSYC 302 (3 cr): Infancy
    • PSYC 304 (6 cr): Brain and Behaviour
    • PSYC 307 (3 cr): Cultural Psychology
    • PSYC 308A (3 cr): Social Psychology
    • PSYC 309B (6 cr): Cognitive Processes
    • PSYC 314 (3 cr): Health Psychology
    • PSYC 315 (3 cr): Childhood and Adolescence
    • PSYC 320 (6 cr): Psychology of Gender
  • SOCI - Sociology
    • SOCI 100 (6 cr): Introduction to Sociology
    • SOCI 430 (3 cr): Perspectives on Global Citizenship
  • SOWK - Social Work
    • SOWK 570E / NURS 586V (3 cr): Advanced Understanding of and Response to Violence in Families
  • SURG - Surgery
    • SURG 510 (3 cr): Surgical Care in International Health
  • WMST - Women’s & Gender Studies
    • WMST 224C (6 cr): Women in Literature
    • WMST 300 (3 cr): Introduction to Gender Relations
  • WRIT - Writing Centre
    • WRIT 098 Preparation for University Writing and LPI
  • WOOD - Wood Products Processing
    • WOOD 475 (3 cr): Wood Properties, Identification and Uses
• Distance Education Course Guide
• Student Profiles
• Online Registration and Course Fees
• Resources
• Academic and Program Advising
• Instructors' Guide
  • Key Contacts
    • Course Development
    • Learner Support
    • Technical Help
    • Exams
    • Academic Support
    • Key Contact List - Printable
    • Other Resources
  • Preparing to Teach
    • Learner Contact
    • Letter of Introduction/Your Bio
    • Accessing Your Class List
    • Course Support Liaison
    • Learner Registration
  • Using the Technology
    • Technical Requirements: basics, browser tuneup, etc.
    • WebCT Online Course Management System
    • Top Ten Reasons for Slow Performance
  • Getting Started
    • Orientation/Letter of Agreement
    • Textbooks
    • Course Access: Internet, Email, CWL, WebCT
    • Faculty Service Centre
    • Library Access
  • Teaching Your Course
    • Establishing a Grading Structure
    • Establishing Instructor Presence
    • Track Changes for Grading
    • Assignment Feedback
    • Preparing Exams
    • Difficult Students
  • Policies and Procedures
    • Vacation/Leave
    • Course Repeats
    • Course Withdrawals
    • Invigilated Exams
    • Online Exams
    • Changing Final Grades
    • Student Evaluation of Teaching
    • Submitting Final Grades
    • Course Extensions
• Instructors' Resources
  • Teaching at a Distance Blog
  • TurnItIn
  • Wimba's Live Classroom
  • Key Contact List - Printable
  • Dealing With Challenging Situations
  • Online Course Quality Rubrics
  • Changing a Final Grade
  • Online Discussion
  • 7 Principles for Good Teaching Practice
  • Plagiarism
• Learners' Guide
  • Policies and Procedures
    • Course Completions
    • Grades
    • Deadlines and Withdrawals
    • Course Accelerations
    • Student Evaluation of Teaching
    • Course Repeats
    • Plagiarism
    • Transfer Credits
    • Course Extensions
    • Exams
  • Key Contacts
    • Other Resources
    • Learner Support
    • Key Contact List - Printable
    • Exams, Records and Registration
    • Financial Assistance & Awards
    • Technical Help
  • Using the Technology
    • Technical Assistance
    • Technical Requirements
  • Before You Start
    • Is Distance Learning for Me?
    • Financial Assistance & Awards
    • Access: CWL, Email, Internet, UBC Card
    • Academic Support: Getting Started
    • Resources for Learners with Disabilities
    • Academic Advising
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • 8 Things to Get a Handle On: Online Learner Competencies
    • Admission and Registration
  • Starting Your Course
    • What Should I Expect from my Instructor?
    • How Do I Access Library Resources by Distance?
    • Locating My Online Course
    • Accessing My Course Materials
    • Where do I Start?
  • Course Participation
    • How Do I Contact my Instructor?
    • Estimated Weekly Time Commitment for a Distance Course
    • Participation Requirements for an Online Course
    • How Long do I Have to Complete my Course(s)?
    • What Should I Expect from my Instructor?
    • How do I Submit Assignments
  • Forms
  • Getting Your Course Materials
• Learners' Resources
  • Reading Skills
  • Academic Support
  • Learning On-line
  • Preparing for Exams
  • Writing Skills
  • Library
  • Motivation
  • Keys to Success
  • Time Management
  • Communicating Online: Netiquette
  • Academic Integrity
  • Software, Tools and Applications
• Appropriate Use of Technology Policy
• Distance Learning at UBC