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Forestry Forestry
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The following new courses were recently approved by the UBC Vancouver Senate:

Applied Science

APSC 202 (2) Technical Communication Engineering Physics I
APSC 203 (1) Technical Communication Engineering Physics II
CIVL 446 (2) Engineering Design and Analysis II
CIVL 580 (3) Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
CIVL 587 (3) Urban Transportation Economics and Policy
EECE 284 (1) Electronics Laboratory
EECE 455 (3) Error Control Coding for Communications and Computers
EECE 543 (3) Software Project Management
ENDS 221 (3) Sustainability by Design
ENDS 231 (3) Thinking by Design
IGEN 201 (3) Integrated Technical Communication
MTRL 340 (3) Manufacturing in Materials Engineering
MTRL 392 (2) Engineering Technical Communication
MTRL 460 (3) Monitoring and Optimization of Materials Processing

Arts

AFST 380 (3/6) d Study of Sociolinguistics of a Selected African Language
AFST 450 (3/6) d African Diasporic Culture in African Canadian Communities
ASIA 213 (3) Myth, Literature, and Film in North India
ASIA 254 (3) Sex, Fender, and Sexuality in Japanese Literature and Film
ASIA 330 (3) Islam in South Asia
ASIA 366 (3) Edo-Period Theatre
ASIA 390 (3) History of the Indian Ocean World
ASIA 391 (3) An Introduction to the Indo-Persian Cosmopolis/Knowledge Systems
ASIA 394 (3) Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema
ASIA 414 (3) Architecture and Urbanism in Islamic South Asia
ASIA 453 (3) Japanese Travel Literature
ASIA 468 (3) Approaches to the Study of Asian Religions
ASIA 478 (3) The Religious Image in Asia
CRWR 203 (3) Introduction to Writing for Children and Young Adults
ECON 390 (3) Introduction to Economic Research
FNSP 100 (6) Indigenous Foundations
FNSP 210 (3) Indigenous Politics and Self-Determination
FNSP 220 (3) Representation and Indigenous Cultural Politics
FREN 425 (3/6) d Studies in French Autobiography
GEOG 211 (3) The State of the Earth
GERM 303 (3) German Literature Before 1900 (in English)
GERM 304 (3) German Cinema (in English)
GERM 411 (3) Major Controversies in German Culture (in English)
GERM 412 (3) German Media Studies (in English)
ITAL 495 (3) Research Intensive Seminar in Italian Literature and Culture
ITST 110 (3) Introduction to Italian Literature and Culture
ITST 495 (3) Research Intensive Seminar in Italian Literature and Culture
JRNL 515 (3-9) c Integrated Journalism
JRNL 530 (3) Advanced Video Reporting
JRNL 533 (3) Media Ethics & Leadership
JRNL 534 (3) Media Law
JRNL 540 (3) Special Topics in Science and Environmental Journalism
JRNL 555 (3-6) c International Reporting
MUSC 110 (4) Intensive Tonal Theory and Form I
MUSC 111 (4) Intensive Tonal Theory and Form II
MUSC 119 (3) Introduction to Music Technology
MUSC 210 (4) Intensive Tonal Theory and Form III
MUSC 300 (3) Compositional and Analytical Approaches to Post-Tonal Music
NEST 315 (3) Introduction to Akkadian
NEST 317 (3) Introduction to Coptic
NEST 318 (3) Egyptomania
NEST 400 (3) Materials and Technologies of the Ancient Near East and Egypt
NEST 401 (3) Literature of Ancient Egypt or the Ancient Near East
NEST 402 (3) The Archaeology of the City in the Ancient Near East
NEST 506 (3) The Archaeology of the City in the Ancient Near East
PERS 100 (3) Basic Persian I
PERS 101 (3) Basic Persian II
PERS 104 (3) Persian Reading and Writing for Persian-Speaking Students
PERS 200 (3) Intermediate Persian I
PERS 201 (3) Intermediate Persian II
PERS 300 (3) Advanced Persian I
PERS 301 (3) Advanced Persian II
POLI 316 (3/6) d Global Indigenous Politics
POLI 565 (3/6) d International Security
PSYC 301 (3) Brain Dysfunction and Recovery
PSYC 420 (3) Community Psychology
PSYC 508 (3) Teaching of Psychology
PUNJ 457 (3) Punjabi Theatre
RMST 495 (3) Research Intensive Seminar in Romance Studies
SPAN 280 (3) Selected Topics on Revolution in Latin America (in English)
SPAN 495 (3) Research Intensive Seminar in Spanish Literature and Culture
VISA 390 (3) Performance Art
VISA 401 (3-18) d Advanced Open Studio

College for Interdisciplinary Studies

FISH 520 (6) Fisheries Conservation, Governance, and Evaluation

Commerce

BAHC 510 (1.5) Managing Health Care System Operations
COMM 202 (1) Career Fundamentals
COMM 301 (3-36) d Study Abroad, Commerce
COMM 303 (3-36) d Study Abroad, Non-Commerce
COMM 390 (3) Business Writing

Education

EDST 401 (2) Education, School, and Society
EDST 402 (1) Education and Media
EDST 403 (1) Education, Knowledge, and Curriculum
EDST 404 (1) Ethics and Teaching
EDST 571 (6) Educational Research: Relating Questions, Theory, and Methodology
EDST 572 (3) Research, Writing, and Representation
EDUC 430 (1) Enhanced Practicum
EDUC 440 (3) Aboriginal Education in Canada
EDUC 450 (2-3) d Inquiry Seminar I
EDUC 451 (2-3) d Inquiry Seminar II
EDUC 452 (2-3) d Inquiry Seminar III
EPSE 307 (1) Applying Developmental Theories in the Classroom
EPSE 308 (2) Understanding Diverse Learners
EPSE 310 (2) Assessment and Learning in the Classroom
EPSE 311 (1) Cultivating Supportive School and Classroom Environments
LLED 326 (3) Introduction to Teaching and Learning Mandarin: Elementary/Secondary
LLED 350 (2) Classroom Discourses: Elementary
LLED 351 (3) Literacy Practices and Assessment: Elementary
LLED 352 (2) Introduction to Teaching and Learning French: Elementary
LLED 353 (2) Teaching and Learning English as an Additional Language: Elementary
LLED 360 (2) Classroom Discourses: Secondary
LLED 361 (3) Literacy Practices and Assessment: Secondary
LLED 363 (1) Teaching and Learning English as an Additional Language: Secondary
LLED 366 (3) Teaching Reading and Literature
LLED 367 (3) Teaching Writing
LLED 368 (3) Multiliteracies in English Language Arts Classrooms
LLED 371 (3) Foundations of Teaching French: Secondary
LLED 372 (3) Teaching French Language and Literacy: Secondary
LLED 381 (3) Foundations of Teaching Modern Languages: Secondary
LLED 382 (3) Teaching Language and Literacy - Modern Languages: Secondary
LLED 386 (3) Secondary Theatre: Introduction to Curriculum & Pedagogy
LLED 387 (3) Secondary Theatre: Applications to Curriculum
LLED 388 (3) Secondary Theatre: Principles and Design
LLED 422 (3) Language Assessment in the French as a Second/Additional Language Classroom
LLED 423 (3) Teaching French Adolescent Literature: Secondary
LLED 601 (3) Theories for Language and Literacy Research
LLED 602 (3) Critical Analysis of Issues and Methodology in Language and Literacy Education

Forestry

FRST 502 (3) Tropical Rainforests: Evolution, Biology, Ecology
FRST 527 (3) People and Forests: An International Perspective
FRST 551 (3) Landscape Planning for Sustainability
FRST 552 (3) Tropical Forests: Management and Conservation

Land & Food Systems

FOOD 549 (12/18) c Master's Thesis
FRE 525 (3) Environmental Economics and Policy
FRE 528 (3) Applied Econometrics
HUNU 549 (12/18) c Master's Thesis
PLNT 549 (12/18) c Master's Thesis

Law

LAW 306 (4) Corporate Social Responsibility and the Law
LAW 344 (4) Innovations in Governance and Regulatory Design
LAW 404 (4) The Law of Homicide

Medicine

AUDI 555 (1) Issues in Professional Practice
SPPH 554 (3) Addiction and Mental Health

Pharmaceutical Sciences

PHAR 516 (2) Polymeric Drug and Protein Delivery
PHAR 517 (2) Lipid-based Drug Delivery
PHAR 518 (2) Diagnostic Imaging and Radiopharmaceuticals

Science

CPSC 189 (1) Systematic Program Design in Python
CPSC 259 (2) Data Structures and Algorithms for Electrical Engineers
CPSC 547 (3) Information Visualization
ENVR 410 (3) Energy, Environment, and Society
EOSC 445 (6) Engineering Design Project
EOSC 534 (3) Advanced Soil Engineering
EOSC 536 (3) Advanced Rock Engineering
EOSC 578 (5) Seminal Papers in Biological Oceanography
ISCI 360 (3) Systems Approaches to Regional Sustainability
ISCI 361 (3) Field Course: Systems Approaches to Regional Sustainability
MATH 406 (3) Variational and Approximate Methods in Applied Mathematics
MATH 444 (3) Mathematical Research and Writing
MATH 448 (3) Directed Studies in Mathematics
MATH 543 (3) Discrete Harmonic Analysis
MICB 308 (3) Paradigms in Bacterial Pathogenesis
MICB 408 (3) Advanced Bacterial Pathogenesis

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