An important topic in Canadian politics and public policies. Possible topics include elections, media, and gender and identity. Topics vary year to year; see www.politics.ubc.ca/courses. Prerequisite: Two of POLI 100, POLI 101, POLI 110, POLI 240. Or third-year standing or higher.

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.

A studio/seminar on the history of the physical form of cities and theories of city design. Topics include social impacts, heritage and environmental conservation, urban revitalization, and the legal and administrative instruments for the implementation of city designs. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

The Capstone portion of the Practicum serves as a culmination of the ICP Program concentration option and represents a major analysis and reflection on planning work in practice. It allows students to articulate and demonstrate their competency developed in Indigenous community planning, through synthesis and the application of knowledge, skills, and capabilities they have gained in the ICP Program and throughout the Studio Course.

This course (PLAN 515) will introduce students to the laws within which Indigenous Peoples in Canada, and particularly in British Columbia, live, and which impact their communities and Nations. Students will gain an understanding of how law and governance inform planning with Indigenous communities. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.