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Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences
The Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences is a faculty at UBC Okanagan, located in Kelowna, British Columbia. It offers undergraduate degrees in various different majors, including Computer Science, Chemistry, History, Anthropology, and Political science. It also offers graduate degrees in several areas of study, such as Biology, English, and Mathematics.

History Behind the Faculty
Dr. Irving K. Barber was a Canadian forest industrialist and philanthropist who was a large supporter of education. He was a graduate of UBC. He wanted to create an environment that could help prepare students to become better citizens of the world. His large donation founded the Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences. This faculty is now one of the largest on the UBC Okanagan Campus. A building at UBC was also named after him, which is The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre in Vancouver.

Programs Offered
The Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences offers 9 graduate programs and 30 disciplinary and interdisciplinary undergraduate programs. The programs that this faculty offers are divided into 8 departments. This includes, Biology; Chemistry; Community, Culture and Global Studies; Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics; Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences; Economics, Philosophy, and Political Science; History and Sociology; and Psychology. These departments each offer different programs which are listed in Table 1 below. Research is also fully integrated into the student experience.

Links
Link to UBC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_British_Columbia

Link to Irving K Barber: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_K._Barber

Link to Irving K Barber Learning Centre in Vancouver: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_K._Barber_Learning_Centre

Link to Kelowna BC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelowna

Link to British Columbia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia