Courses

Foundations of nutrition, nutrition for healthy individuals through the lifespan, and selected clinical applications of nutrition in pharmacy practice. Prerequisite: PHRM 171.

Modules and integration activities focusing on reproductive health, sexual health, and genitourinary disorders; special infectious diseases; and toxicology. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. Prerequisite: One of PHRM 271, PHRM 272.

Builds on the foundation of patient care and management learning with knowledge about healthcare system improvement. Focuses on principles of quality measurement and quality improvement in health. Pass/Fail. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. Prerequisite: PHRM 371.

Contemporary city development trends, policies, and practices across the globe as explored against the backdrop of culture and technology. Includes hands-on learning.

Considers the city as a terrain for the manifestation and mediation of social justice. Explores how the allocation of land, goods, and services in cities (re)produces social stratification, and how institutions and civil society negotiate just and unjust outcomes. Prerequisite: Third-year standing or above in any program. Second year students may be admitted with permission of instructor.

The key social and technological challenges, contradictions, and opportunities in planning for ecologically sound urbanization. Prerequisite: Second-year standing.

Evolution, practice and future of urban planning and development, with emphasis on institutional arrangements, housing, transportation, urban design and development control. For third- and fourth-year undergraduate students interested in urban planning. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. [3-0]

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

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

The history of housing and homelessness policies as well as current issues and challenges faced by municipalities, regional governments, non-profit housing providers, and others.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

Health issues associated with transportation and the built environment; design of urban form for non-motorized transportation for the improvement of personal and environmental health; factors that impact transportation choices; applying findings from research to specific transportation planning processes and projects. Credit will be granted for only one of PLAN 579 or SPPH 571. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. Equivalency: SPPH571

Water requirements of woody perennial crops for production and survival, application of physiological stress thresholds for irrigation management. Credit will be granted for only one of PLNT 505, APBI 405, APBI 351, BIOL 351, FRST 311.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

The logic, challenges, and major strategies of empirical political research. Core research tasks including: asking answerable questions, defining concepts, formulating hypotheses, gathering evidence, measuring variables, constructing comparisons, drawing causal inferences, and reporting findings.

Examines key themes and issues in the study of political interaction between states and non-state actors, including international security, armed conflict and conflict management, global governance and international institutions, the world economy, poverty and inequality, and climate change. Prerequisite: POLI_V 100. Or second-year standing or higher.

Domestic and international challenges to democracy, and innovative democratic responses to populism, polarization, globalization and disinformation. Prerequisite: Two of POLI_V 100, POLI_V 101, POLI_V 110, POLI_V 240. Or third-year standing or higher.

A comparative examination of democracy and authoritarianism in Latin America: populism, corporatism, bureaucratic authoritarianism, transitions from authoritarianism, and contemporary debates on the quality and diversity of democratic institutions. Prerequisite: All of POLI 100, POLI 101, POLI 240. Or third-year standing or higher.

The relationship between political institutions and economic growth. How governments shape economic policy and development aid. Prerequisite: All of POLI 100, POLI 101, POLI 240. Or third-year standing or higher.

The role of gender in Western political theory and the implications for the practice of politics. Prerequisite: All of POLI 100, POLI 101, POLI 240. Or third-year standing or higher.

Domestic and international determinants of environmental policy; alternative approaches to environmental protection. The sustainable development paradigm; public opinion and interest group pressures; risk assessment; mandatory, voluntary and market-based policy instruments. Prerequisite: All of POLI 100, POLI 101, POLI 240. Or third-year standing or higher.

Possible topics include armed conflict, terrorism, environmental change, or international crime. Topics vary year to year, see www.politics.ubc.ca/courses. Pre-requisite: Two of POLI 100, POLI 101, POLI 110, POLI 240. Or third-year standing or above.

Multinational corporations and the state in the contemporary international system, including the impact of multinationals and foreign direct investment on governments, societies, and industry. Prerequisite: All of POLI 100, POLI 101, POLI 110, POLI 240. Or third-year standing or higher.

Exploration of contemporary terrorism as a contested area of understanding and as a social construct. Includes origins and motives, evolution of terrorist groups, strategies and tactics, and anti-terrorism and counter-terrorism responses. Prerequisite: All of POLI 100, POLI 101, POLI 240. Or third-year standing or higher.

An important topic involving politics, policies, and political systems around the world including, for example, ethnic politics, development, and the growth and erosion of democracy. Topics vary year to year; see www.politics.ubc.ca/courses. Restricted to students in fourth-year standing or higher.

The relationship between politics, economics, and development. The role of the state, political institutions, economic policy, and foreign aid in development strategies. Restricted to students in fourth-year standing or higher.
This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.