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Arts at UBC Okanagan
A BA designed for today’s world.
Earn a flexible, innovative Arts degree designed for the 21st century taught by award-winning instructors in a close-knit, supportive community of students, staff, and professors. Build close relationships with fellow students in small-group programs, connect with professors early in your academic career, and launch your career through paid research opportunities and apprenticeships.
Award-winning faculty
UBC Okanagan Arts faculty are nationally recognized leaders and provide a high quality, leading-edge education.
Get a glimpse of life as an undergraduate student at UBC Okanagan’s Faculty of Arts by reading our student and faculty stories, and find out whether one of their degrees will be right for you too.
20+ undergraduate Arts program options at UBC Okanagan
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The curriculum integrates social justice, sustainability, and Indigenous content, aligning with real world issues and topics. It also emphasizes interdisciplinary, experiential learning in state-of-the-art facilities, studio spaces, and galleries.
Community, Culture and Global Studies
Visit our Programs sectionDevelop an understanding of our world and the processes of social and cultural life.
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Anthropology
Study what it means to be human in the broadest possible sense. Anthropologists are interested in the findings of all fields pertaining to humans and the processes of social and cultural life in human societies past and present, near and far. It conn...
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Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies
Learn about the world and our place in it through a deeper understanding of sexuality, femininity, embodiment and social justice. This dynamic program draws from across the humanities and social sciences.
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Indigenous Studies
In the interdisciplinary Indigenous studies program, you'll learn about Indigenous perspectives and governance, the justice system, land claims, traditional ecological knowledge and the protection of heritage in the Okanagan, Canada, U.S., and world...
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Economics, Philosophy and Political Science
Visit our Programs sectionStudy society, politics, and human behaviour and develop your critical thinking and problem solving skills.
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Economics (BA)
Economics will change the way you look at the world, increase your understanding of fundamental human behaviour, and improve your reasoning, problem solving, and decision-making abilities. You’ll take courses like “Poverty and Inequality,” “Economics...
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Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
Explore three of the most important fields in shaping our understanding of society, Canadian public policy, and the world. You'll study a wide variety of foundational and advanced courses that prepare you for careers in business or government, to und...
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International Relations
Our international relations program draws on diverse disciplines, including political science, history, sociology, economics, and anthropology, to equip you with the skills necessary to critically assess the contours and dynamics of international pol...
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Sciences and Culture
Visit our Programs sectionLearn how to explain patterns and understand computers and human and animal behaviour.
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Computer Science (BA)
Find out how Computer Science complements Arts disciplines, and discover how to use your artistic creativity with technology to benefit society. Learn how to use and improve computers while you explore topics such as databases and operating systems,...
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Mathematics (BA)
Learn to reveal and explain patterns in everyday life, from electrical impulses in an animal’s nervous system, to fluctuations in stock market prices, or the fine detail in an abstract geometrical object.
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Psychology (BA)
Psychology explores diverse topics, from the factors involved in social interactions among individuals and groups, to the processes underlying the nervous system, to moral development in children and what gives us a sense of well-being. Round out you...
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Creative and Critical Studies
Visit our Programs sectionStudy languages, literary criticism, and visual art and learn writing and critical thinking skills.
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Creative Writing
Study literature, literary criticism, and key aspects of the writing process – from crafting a scene, to pacing a story, working with imagery, and hooking a reader’s interest. The Creative Writing program will familiarize you with the practical aspec...
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Languages
This program covers many regions of the world as you study linguistics and culture, and widen your understanding of world languages.
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Art History and Visual Culture
Explore a variety of global perspectives for studying art and visual culture, with courses on the arts of South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. You’ll develop critical thinking and writing skills while analyzing diverse forms...
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“From the moment I stepped on campus I was trying to find myself, and have done so through student leadership.”
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“I wanted a big change, and the opportunity to live and study in a beautiful province like British Columbia really spoke to me. I would be surrounded by nature, meeting new people, trying new things. I really wanted that.”
Ben D. | BA in Psychology and Anthropology
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The first step to becoming a student in the Faculty of Arts is to create an account. From there, you can register for a campus tour of the Okanagan campus, attend an online info session, and be the first to receive important UBC updates.
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