University of British Columbia

This course examines the implications of a finite biosphere and the complexities inherent in environmental decision-making.

This course examines the principles and applications of quantum mechanics, wave mechanics, the Schroedinger equation, expectation values, Hermitian operators, commuting observables, one-dimensional systems, harmonic oscillators, angular momentum, three-dimensional systems.

This course examines tombs from the Neolithic period to the Yuan dynasty with a focus on the period between the 2nd and the 14th century to examine their artistic, religious, and social significance.

This course examines the effects of urbanization and global environmental change on the geographies of cities across the world, with specific focus on urban environmental justice and inequality.

This course examines the relationship between patrons and audiences in painting, sculpture, and architecture through the 15th century.

This course examines the economic foundations of managerial decision-making. Topics include the supply-demand model, empirical analysis of demand, consumer choice, production and costs, the organization of the firm, market structure, pricing, game theory, uncertainty, information, the agency problem, and market failure.

This course is an economic analysis of various environmental issues, including sustainable development, quality of life, and environmental impacts of specific industrial and consumption activities. It covers the design and implementation of government policies, and global environmental effects of human economic activity.

This course examines various ethical theories applied to various health care issues. It covers topics such as drug legalization, euthanasia, abortion, addiction, suicide and mental illness.  

This course examines dynamics and control of prokaryotic cellular processes in response to the biotic and abiotic environment including metabolic interactions and metabolic cooperation between microorganisms.

This course examines the conditions and causes of long run growth from nomadism to agriculture to industrialized states, including institutions, geography, culture, colonialism, and slave trades. It covers determinants of the Neolithic, consumer and industrial revolutions, demographic transition and first era of globalization.