Take a look at the course line-up available this summer in the Northwest Region!

May 1-6                BIOL 498 Bryology

• Identifying and understanding mosses and liverworts, in a field-school format at the historic North Pacific Cannery, Port Edward
• First-year biology a pre-requisite; $340 course fee in addition to tuition (some financial assistance available to full-time students)
• Instructor: Karen Golinski

May 8-12             FNST/WMST 306 Indigenous Women: Perspectives

• Exploring global themes on the impacts of colonialism and social struggle as seen through the eyes of women
• Prerequisite: FNST 100 or WMST 100 or permission of instructor
• UNBC Terrace Campus, video-conferenced from Quesnel; Instructor: Titi Kunkel

May 12-14, 26-28, and June 9-11               BIOL 350 Ethnobotany

• The traditional uses of plants, with an emphasis on Indigenous practices in the Skeena region and northern BC
• Weekends at the Terrace Campus, with one or more local field trips
• No prerequisites; Instructor: Carla Burton

May 29-June 2   ENGL 271 Creative Writing          

• Expand your creative path through poetry, fiction, storytelling or creative non-fiction
• Workshop / field school setting at the historic North Pacific Cannery, Port Edward
• No prerequisites; $280 course fee in addition to tuition
• Instructor: Rob Budde

June 19-26          FNST 304 Indigenous Environmental Philosophy

• Exploring Indigenous philosophy, knowledge and issues in a seminar format
• Face to face at UNBC’s Terrace Campus, upper division standing (60 credit hours) a prerequisite
• Instructor: Sheree Ronaasen

July 4, 6, 20, 24, 27, August 8 and 10         HIST 191 World History Since 1550

• Imperialism, colonialism and globalization are strong themes in this course, the second of three core courses required for History majors
• Face to face at UNBC’s Terrace Campus, available by video to other locations
• No prerequisites; Instructor: Maureen Atkinson

August 23 – September 1             BIOL 301 Systematic Botany

• Identifying and classifying vascular plants, with an emphasis on those of northwestern BC
• Face to face laboratory instruction at Northwest Community College, with local field trips and an extended excursion to the Skeena River Estuary
• First-year biology a prerequisite; Instructor: Darwyn Coxson

If not already a UNBC student, you will have to apply for admission to the University before you can enroll in these courses.

For more information, please feel free to drop by our Terrace Campus at 4837 Keith Avenue, email northwest@unbc.ca, or phone 250-615-5578.