Are you interested in solving engineering problems and designing and implementing systems that integrate hardware and software? Or maybe you’re interested in sustaining and revitalizing language traditions, protecting the knowledge of Indigenous communities, and becoming a proficient speaker of the NłeɁkepmx or the St’át’imc languages?

Perhaps you are interested in understanding how market structures, business practices, and international trade impact food supply and security worldwide? Or maybe you want to learn how to interpret sources of data gleaned from satellites and use it to provide economic insight while developing specialized knowledge in the economics of natural resource conservation and global food markets?

Whatever your interests, we have a program for you. We’ve recently introduced three new options at UBC Okanagan: Computer Engineering, NłeɁkepmx Language Fluency, and St’át’imc Language Fluency; and two new options at UBC Vancouver: Business and Markets and Data Analytics.

Read on to learn more about these programs and discover if they’re right for you.

 

Computer Engineering (Okanagan)

 

UBC Okanagan’s new Computer Engineering program is for anyone who wants to develop foundational engineering and project management skills. The program blends a selection of foundational courses from Electrical Engineering and Computer Science with specialized Computer Engineering courses. It integrates a project-based learning environment that includes design studio courses and engineering design projects.

Year 1 is the common first-year curriculum that lays foundational engineering skills. The curriculum offers first-year students an opportunity to implement engineering design projects.

In Year 2, students choose a specific engineering program: either Civil, Electrical, Manufacturing, Mechanical, or Computer Engineering.

 

NłeɁkepmx Language Fluency and St’át’imc Language Fluency (Okanagan)

 

The new NłeɁkepmx Language Fluency and St’át’imc Language Fluency programs are for you if want to achieve advanced proficiency in the NłeɁkepmx or the St’át’imc Languages.

The degrees are an innovative collaboration between communities, Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT), En’owkin Centre, and UBC Okanagan to sustain and revitalize language traditions, restore language competence, and protect the knowledge of Indigenous communities.

To apply, you must first have completed the NłeɁkepmx Language diploma or the St’át’imc Language diploma at NVIT. The diploma will be your first two years of study, with the Bachelor of NłeɁkepmx Language Fluency or the Bachelor of St’át’imc Language Fluency forming the final two.

The programs will help you to become a proficient speaker in the language. You’ll achieve an advanced level of written and oral proficiency through classes that tackle language skills, instructional capacity, and Indigenous ways of knowing. You’ll also learn about ways to contribute to the languages’ recovery and revitalization efforts in your communities.

 

Business and Markets (Vancouver)

 

UBC Vancouver’s new Business and Markets program is for anyone who wants to understand how market structures, business practices, and international trade impact food supply and security worldwide. You’ll also learn about interactions between the food sector and major environmental challenges such as climate change and biodiversity.

The program addresses questions such as:

• How can food supply chains provide more food without sacrificing the environment, especially in light of climate change?
• What is the impact of government policies such as carbon taxes on food market outcomes?
• What are the benefits and costs of various green business initiatives?

After gaining a strong core foundation in applied economics and data analytics, you will take upper-year courses in food markets, international trade, and business. By the end of the program, you will know how to collect and analyze data, and be able to employ economic and business models for addressing real world food challenges.

 

Data Analytics (Vancouver)

The new Data Analytics program is for you if you want to graduate with an economics degree that is supplemented with data analytics skills.

The program will provide you with a strong foundation in applied economics and data analysis, a combination that is fundamental for parsing global influences on food markets and natural resource conservation. You will learn how to interpret ever-growing sources of data gleaned from satellites, citizen science, etc., and use it to provide economic insight and advanced analytics for decision-making.

This program will give you specialized knowledge in the economics of natural resource conservation and global food markets. You can choose to tackle critical issues resulting from climate change, resource depletion, biodiversity loss, and slowing agricultural productivity.