University of British Columbia has tons of free courses you can take this spring

Looking to brush up on your skills or explore a new subject? The University of British Columbia and edX have tons of free courses available to take this spring. In fact, there are 6 programs and 65 free UBC courses listed online. So if you’re ready to further your education and meet some new people in the process, read on!

Note that most of these courses are self-paced, so you can work through the course material at your own speed – or dive right into the subject you’re passionate about.

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From business communications to game writing, here are just some of the free courses you can take this spring:

• Excel for Everyone: Core Foundations
• How to Code: Simple Data
• How to Code: Complex Data
• Putting the Arts in Stem Education
• Business Foundations
• Introduction to Marketing
• Business Communications
• Ecodesign for Cities and Suburbs
• STEM & Sustainability
• Online Course Development: Planning and Implementation
• Video Game Writing Essentials 
• Worldbuilding for Video Games
• How to Write a Novel: Structure & Outline (Starts June 11th or September 5th)
• Software Construction: Object-Oriented Design
• AP® Psychology – Course 2: How the Brain Works
• Biospecimen Research Methods
• Policy Analysis Using Interrupted Time Series
• COVID-19 & Society: Inequality in Global Pandemics

So, no matter where your interests lie – it looks like UBC x edX has a little bit of everything. Whether you want to dive into a completely new subject or deeper into one you’ve encountered before, the world is your oyster.

While a lot of learning does take place outside of the classroom, it’s inside the classroom where you’re given the full opportunity to try new things, fail, and try again. And with tuition costs being what they are nowadays, you can bet that we’ll be taking advantage of some of these free courses at UBC – and we hope you do too!