Courses

Design within the context of various analytical lenses including ecological, climatic, social, political, cultural and historical influences. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. Prerequisite: One of DES 110, VISA 180.

Interactions between human and natural urban systems using local and international examples of successful sustainable community designs. This course is open to all UBC students, regardless of prior experience. Credit will be granted for only one of ENDS 221 or DES 230. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

Vancouver as a laboratory for design at the architectural and urban scale with a focused view into how design is implicated in the social, political, and environmental transformation of the city. Prerequisite: A grade of 60% or better in DES_V 301.

A history of the planning, landscape architecture and urban design of cities, and of how ideas have influenced the design of the city. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. Prerequisite: One of DES 321, DES 322, DES 323.

Core business skills, building on students' design capabilities to pursue ethical and sustainable design-based business goals. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

The study of dental hygiene theory and practice with emphasis on diverse clients with oral health care needs. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. Prerequisite: DHYG 210.

Conduct an in-depth investigation of a health promotion issue. Prerequisite: All of DHYG 400, DHYG 401, DHYG 461. And Faculty approval.

Critical analysis of health care trends and oral health care delivery with emphasis on underserved diverse populations. Prerequisite: Pre or Corequisite: DHYG 462

The development of pre-kindergarten programs with reference to recent research, theories of early learning, and curriculum trends and practices.

The development of kindergarten programs with reference to recent research, theories of early learning, curriculum trends and practices, and the place of kindergarten in contemporary education.

This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

Elements of theory and of Canadian policy and institutions concerning the economics of growth and business cycles, employment, national income accounting, interest and exchange rates, money and banking, the balance of trade. Credit will be granted for only one of ECON_V 102 or ECON_V 311. Equivalency: ECON_V 311.

Social and economic implications for both rich and poor countries of lowered barriers to the international flows of information, capital, labour and goods. May not be taken for credit by students with fourth-year standing in Bachelor of International Economics or any of the following Economics programs offered by VSE: Majors, Minors, Combined Majors, Honours. Prerequisite: One of ECON 101, ECON 310 and one of ECON 102, ECON 311.

Income and employment theory, monetary theory, the open economy, economic fluctuations and growth. Credit will be granted for only one of ECON 302, ECON 305, or ECON 309. Prerequisite: One of ECON 101, ECON 310 and one of ECON 102, ECON 311 and one of MATH 100, MATH 102, MATH 104, MATH 110, MATH 120, MATH 180, MATH 184 and one of MATH 101, MATH 103, MATH 105, MATH 121.

Consumer behaviour, producer theory, exchange, monopoly, oligopoly, externalities, public goods, general equilibrium and welfare economics. Registration restricted to students in the Bachelor of International Economics Program. Credit will be granted for only one of ECON 315, ECON 301, ECON 304, COMM 295, FRE 295. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. Prerequisite: One of ECON 101, ECON 310 and one of MATH 100, MATH 102, MATH 104, MATH 110, MATH 120, MATH 180, MATH 184 and one of MATH 101, MATH 103, MATH 105, MATH 121.

The development of economic thought from Aristotle to Adam Smith, focusing on the conceptual foundations of economics, particularly the problems of value, distribution, and economic growth. Credit will be granted for only one of ECON_V 318 or PHIL_V 362 Prerequisite: One of ECON_V 101, ECON_V 310 and one of ECON_V 102, ECON_V 311. Equivalency: PHIL_V 362.

Financial markets and financial institutions in theory and practice; structure and development of the Canadian financial system; development and theory of the regulation of the financial system; process of monetary control; theory and history of central banking and monetary policy. Prerequisite: One of ECON 101, ECON 310 and one of ECON 102, ECON 311.

The determinants of trade patterns, trade policy, tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade, political economy of protectionism, bilateral and multilateral trade disputes, trade liberalization, trade and development. Prerequisite: One of ECON 101, ECON 310 and one of ECON 102, ECON 311.

Economic analysis applied to various environmental issues, including sustainable development, quality of life, and environmental impacts of specific industrial and consumption activities. The design and implementation of government policies. Global environmental effects of human economic activity. Credit will be granted for only one of COEC 475, COMM 487, or ECON 371. Prerequisite: One of ECON 101, ECON 310.

Computational tools and algorithms used in macroeconomics and financial economics including applications to unemployment, inequality, asset pricing, and economic growth. Prerequisite: One of ECON 301, ECON 304, ECON 315 and one of ECON 323, CPSC 103, CPSC 107, CPSC 110, CPSC 301, MATH 210, COMM 337, PHYS 210, EOSC 211, APSC 160 and one of MATH 152, MATH 221, MATH 223.

Divergence in the world economy, poverty, consequences of initial inequality, institutions, the impact of history, recent developmental experience--some case studies, labour and credit markets, the trickle down process. Prerequisite: One of ECON 301, ECON 304, ECON 315, COMM 295.

Application of economic analysis to the management of nonrenewable natural resources. Emphasis is placed on the economics of alternative energy sources. Other topics include mineral economics, criteria for the optimal use of resources, and measurement of resources. Prerequisite: One of ECON 301, ECON 304, ECON 315, COMM 295.

State and politics in economics. How states emerge, how dictators stay in power. Why groups engage in costly conflict, how countries turn into democracies and what its benefits are. Prerequisite: One of ECON 301, ECON 304, ECON 315, COMM 295 and one of ECON 302, ECON 305, ECON 309 and one of ECON 326, ECON 328, STAT 306, LFS 252.