Academic Terms
This is an academic term that, simply put, means “story,” but we use it to draw attention to the fact that there are stories embedded in all kinds of media, like songs, commercials, paintings, and architecture.
What is Narrative?
"LC" stands for this term, of which you are all members
What is Learning Community?
100-level courses denote courses intended for students of this year standing at UBC
What is first year?
UBC is on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of this Indigenous group
Who are the Musqueam?
This term refers to an idea or argument that is difficult to resolve; doubtful, uncertain, questionable. You’ll often hear/see this term used in relation to a controversial assertion made in a paper or classroom discussion.
What is Problematic?
This is the name of the website used to access the Arts B10 course page
What is Canvas?
ASTU stands for courses in this department
What is Arts Studies?
This is the largest faculty at UBC, with over 14,000 students
What is the Faculty of Arts?
Historically a biological distinction, this concept is now used to define male-ness or female-ness as the product of social factors (social role, position, behaviour, or identity).
What is Gender?
Dr. Stewart is from this southwestern American state
What is Texas?
Cr/D/F stands for this course grading classification
What is Credit/D/Fail?
This man, known for his glasses and bowties, is UBC's current President and vice-Chancellor
Who is Santa Ono?
This term refers to a comparison made between one thing and another for the purpose of explanation or clarification. It is kind of like a metaphor, but draws connections between two real examples rather than describing how one thing evokes/is like another.
What is Analogy?
UBC's student union, the AMS, stands for this
What is the Alma Mater Society?
This is the name of the website used to access course registration
What is the SSC (Student Service Centre)?
UBC was founded in this year, over 100 years ago
What is 1915?
This term refers to the action or process of treating a person or thing as property that can be traded or whose value is purely monetary. We often use this term to refer to the ways in which everything is commercialized in our society.
What is Commodification?
Jumpstart is organized by this UBC unit, CSI&C for short
What is the Centre for Student Involvement and Careers?
Law and Society is one of the streams of this first-year Arts program
What is CAP?
Name one of the three first-year residences at UBC
What is Totem, Vanier, or Orchard?