Explore your personal interests and support lifelong learning with the Continuing Education Program at the UBC Department of Philosophy.
Chinese Thought: Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern Science
What does it mean to live a good life—and how did ancient Chinese thinkers answer that question two thousand years before the birth of modern science? In this online, self-directed two course series, Professor Edward Slingerland guides you through the foundational schools of early Chinese thought and shows why their debates about ethics, spontaneity, and the nature of the self remain urgent today.
Classical Philosophers Series
This synchronous online course series examines some of the most influential thinkers in the history of Western Philosophy, including Socrates, Søren Kierkegaard, and Immanuel Kant.
Join Anders Kraal for one or more courses to judge why Socrates was really sentenced to death, discover Kierkegaard’s later work and legacy, examine Kant’s philosophical revolution, and more!
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The Philosophy of Time Travel and Science Fiction
Contemporary philosophy explores some of the most interesting and unusual questions raised by modern science: could time travel be possible? Can you change the past? What would happen if you met your younger self? What makes you the same person over time? In this online asynchronous course, Professor Fatema Amijee uses time travel and science fiction as a gateway to exploring some of the deepest questions about reality, time, identity, free will, and the nature of the universe.
Launching Fall 2026.