Program Overview

Program Overview

The University of British Columbia offers various programs through its Extended Learning platform. These programs cater to diverse interests and professional development needs.

Areas of Study

• Coaching and leadership
  • Career coaching
  • Organizational coaching
• Communication
  • English communication skills
  • Intercultural communication
  • Science communication
• Environment and sustainability
  • Blue economy
  • Climate change
• Equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism
  • Anti-racism
  • Equitable systems design
  • Equity, diversity, and inclusion
  • Intercultural communication
• Health and medicine
  • Health analytics
  • Healthcare financial management
  • Indigenous health administration
  • Life sciences
  • Occupational health and safety
  • Regulatory affairs
  • Science communication
• Humanities and social sciences
  • Liberal arts and sciences
  • Political science
• Languages
  • American sign language
  • Arabic
  • Chinese reading and writing
  • English communication skills
  • Farsi
  • French conversation
  • French reading and writing
  • German
  • Italian and Portuguese
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Mandarin
  • Spanish conversation
  • Spanish reading, writing, and Latin American culture
  • Swahili
• Law
  • Mining law
• Pre-university for high school students
  • Academic
  • Technology courses for teens
  • University applications and skills
• Technology
  • Artificial intelligence (AI)
  • Cloud computing
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data science
  • Game design and development
  • Software development
  • Technology courses for teens
• Writing
  • Foundational writing
  • Freelance writing and self-expression
  • Marketing and website writing
  • Workplace writing

Course Details: Food and Travel Writing

Course Description

This course teaches the craft of food and travel writing and storytelling. Students learn how to turn their food and travel experiences into stories for blogs, social media, magazines, newspapers, and digital outlets. The course covers restaurant reviewing, cookbook and recipe writing, and techniques to make travel stories stand out.

Course Outline

• Week 1: Understanding food and travel writing
• Week 2: Journalling and developing ideas
• Week 3: Query letters and blogging
• Week 4: Restaurant reviews
• Week 5: Structuring your story
• Week 6: Digital photography basics
• Week 7: Recipe stories
• Week 8: Final words of advice

Assessment

The course is marked complete/incomplete based on attendance and participation. Students receive personalized feedback on assignments.

Expected Effort

Students are expected to spend 3-4 hours per week on readings, exercises, assignments, and online forum discussions.

Technology Requirements

• An email account
• A computer, laptop, or tablet under five years old with Windows or macOS
• The latest version of a web browser
• A reliable internet connection

Course Format

The course is 100% online and instructor-supported. Course work is done independently within deadlines set by the instructor. A new module is released each week.

Available Sessions

• Starting January 27, 2026, to March 23, 2026: $670
• Starting April 28, 2026, to June 22, 2026: $690

Instructor

Don Genova, an award-winning journalist and veteran of writing and broadcasting for outlets including the CBC, Globe and Mail, and National Post.

Related Courses

• Guided Autobiography 2: Mining for Memories
• Freelance Writing: Introduction
• Freelance Writing: Interviewing
• Capturing Family Histories and Personal Stories
• Guided Autobiography 1: Write your Life Story, Two Pages at a Time

Programs for High School Students

• UBC Future Global Leaders
• Technology courses for teens
• University applications and skills

Summer Language Institutes

• American Sign Language (ASL)
• French
• Spanish

Faculty Partnership Programs

• Equitable Systems Design for Organizations
• Equitable Systems Design for Individual Learners
• Equitable Systems Design for Associates program

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