Innovative programs allow students to design their own curriculum.
Jennie Wang never imagined that she would develop an increased appreciation for salsa dancing and Latin music as part of her undergraduate experience. But that was just one of many benefits to designing her own curriculum in UBC's innovative Global Resource Systems program. Within three weeks of her arrival there, she was conducting all of her courses in Spanish and was reading local novels and newspapers not long after that. The experience confirmed that I'm in the right field for me. I really liked the flexibility of the program which allowed me to choose from a wide variety of majors and choose courses from many different areas including agriculture, forestry, sciences, geography, history, economics and languages.