Please be aware that many of these classes will only count as unrestricted electives. If you have questions or concerns on how these courses may be integrated into your degree, contact LFS Student Services through email (students@landfood.ubc.ca) or visit the office to chat with an advisor. The office is open during these hours:
- Mon/Tues/Wed/Fri: 9:30am – 4:00pm
- Thurs: 9:30am – 2:30pm
Take a look at some of the following courses being offered this term:
BIOL 448C – Tropical Ecology & Conservation
3 credit course in Spring 2020
Instructor: Jill Jankowski
What are the factors that make tropical systems both unique and also vulnerable to degradation? Learn about the structure, function and biological history of the tropics, and the myriad challenges these regions face in biodiversity loss and conservation practice.
Level: Designed for 4th year students, open to 3rd year and grad students
Lectures: MW 11 – 11:50; Lab: Th 14:00 – 17:00
For more information contact Jill Jankowski at jankowsk@biodiversity.ubc.ca
www.zoology.ubc.ca/~jankowsk/TropicalEcology.html
2019 Term 2 Student-Directed Seminars:
- Tools of Travel: Tourism Mobilities and the Making of Place – ASTU 400V 001
Wednesdays, 17:00 to 20:00 at BUCH D315
Student Coordinator: James Binks
Faculty Sponsor: Sabina Magliocco - Creating a Prosperous New World: How Technology Can Make It Happen – ASTU 400Y 001
Schedule TBA
Student Coordinators: Beriwan Ravandi and Amanda Hage-Hassan
Faculty Sponsor: Mirabbasi Shariar - Artificial Intelligence and Legal Systems – PHIL 485 002
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 17:00 to18:30 at B101 (Allard Hall)
Student Coordinators: Andrew Raitt and Abel Waller
Faculty Sponsor: Christopher Mole - The Sustainable Development Goals in the Global Development Agenda – ASTU 400X 001
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:00 to 10:30 at ANGU 339
Student Coordinators: Anjali Mishra and Julia Niebles
Faculty Sponsor: Kerry Greer
- Coloniality in International Relations – POLI 333Z 002
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 15:30 to 17:00 at B316 (Buchanan)
Student Coordinator: Areeka Riaz
Faculty Sponsor: Ayesha Chaudhry
*Please email a 150 to 300 word statement of interest to areeka.riaz@ubc.ca, briefly explaining why you would like to take this course and what relevant experience with the subject matter you may have had. - Placental Origins of Human Health and Disease – ISCI 490 202
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30 to 14:00 at LSK 462 (Leonard S. Klinck)
Student Coordinator: Elizabeth Wong - Politics and Foreign Relations of Taiwan Post-1945 – POLI 328Z 002
Wednesdays and Fridays, 15:00 to 16:30 at IBLC 157 (Irving K. Barber Learning Centre)
Student Coordinator: Jackie Zhao
Faculty Sponsor: Yves Tiberghien - Philosophical Inquiry in the Islamic World – PHIL 488 001
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 15:30 to 17:00 at D312 (Buchanan)
Student Coordinator: Jackson Duckworth
Faculty Sponsor: Sylvia Berryman - Hybrid Sexualities and Socialization – ASTU 400T 001
Wednesdays, 15:00 to 18:00 at BUCH B219
Student Coordinator: Kirsten Palmer
Faculty Sponsor: Janice Stewart
*To apply, send a statement of interest to kirsten.palmer@alumni.ubc.ca. Cite how your academic background has prepared you for this seminar, why you are interested in this topic, and any relevant social/community experience. - Buddhism and Social Changes in Contemporary East Asia – ASIA 450Z 001
Wednesdays and Fridays, 16:00 to 17:30 at IBLC 460 (Irving K. Barber Learning Centre)
Student Coordinator: Menglu Tian
Faculty Sponsor: Tsering Shakya - The Philosophy of Love and Marriage – PHIL 489 001
Tuesdays, 16:00 to 18:00 (B141) and Thursdays, 16:00 to 17:00 (B209) at Buchanan
Student Coordinator: Mimi Neufeld
Faculty Sponsor: Jonathan Ichikawa
*For course registration, please apply here. If you have any questions, please e-mail: e.neufeld@alumni.ubc.ca. - Identity and Dissent in Post-Independence India – ASIA 476Z 001
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30 to 14:00 at IBLC 191 (Irving K. Barber Learning Centre)
Student Coordinators: Morgan Khan and Suyesha Dutta
Faculty Sponsor: Anne Murphy
*Please send a statement of interest in about 500 words to identitydissent@gmail.com, briefly expressing your interest in the course and how you would be able to contribute to this seminar. - Plant Biochemistry in Medicine and Pharmaceutics – BIOL 490A 201
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 to 11:00 at FNH 320 (Food, Nutrition and Health Building)
Student Coordinator: Tommy Kuo
Faculty Sponsor: Lacey Samuels - Archival and Fictional Explorations of Asian Canadians in Vancouver – ACAM 447C 001
Mondays and Wednesdays, 13:00 to 14:30 at IBLC 460 (Irving K. Barber Learning Centre)
Student Coordinator: Vanessa Chan
Faculty Sponsor: Renisa Mawani
*For more information please contact ACAM program manager at acam.program@ubc.ca - The Roots of Research in Molecular Biology – BIOL 490A 202
Mondays, 14:00 to 17:00 at IBLC 191 (Irving K. Barber Learning Centre)
Student Coordinator: Will Wei
Faculty Sponsor: Pamela Kalas - China/Avant-Garde: Retracing Modern and Contemporary Art – ASTU 400W 001
Fridays, 13:00 to 16:00 at SCRF 1023
Student Coordinator: Yue Yao
Faculty Sponsors: Xiong Gu and Jaleh Mansoor
*If you are interested in registering in this course, please email a statement of intent (what is your relevant background knowledge, why are you interested in this seminar, and what you hope to get out of it) to yaoyue331@163.com - Psychology and Buddhism – ASTU 400U 001
Thursdays, 17:00 to 20:00 at BUCH B308
Student Coordinator: Evgenia Ignatenko
Faculty Sponsor: Jessica Main - Pedagogy in Computer Science – CPSC 490 201
Mondays and Fridays, 17:00 to 18:30 at ORCH 3018 (Orchard Commons
Student Coordinators: Amy Zhu and James Yoo
Faculty Sponsor: Steven Wolfman
*To register, please indicate your interest by completing both steps below: 1) submitting the short survey at https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_79FXPvrXfwgvg9v 2) registering in the waitlist.
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