Programs

Whether you are pursuing your Master’s or your Doctoral degree, the INS program tailors a path to your academic and research interests.

INS Guidelines for graduate students

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Featured Graduate Student

  • Ethan Schmidt is a Individualized Interdisciplinary Studies (History/Humanities) doctoral student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and a recipient of the Graduate Dean's Entrance Scholarship and the Katevatis Graduate Scholarship in Hellenic Studies.

  • Makhfirat is a Individualized Interdisciplinary Studies doctoral student in the Faculty of Education and a recipient of the University of Central Asia (UCA) and Simon Fraser University (SFU) Scholarship. Three keywords of research: Success Strategies, Academic Achievement, Motivation

  • Robert is a poet, artist, and curator who works with Jewish histories as a medium for a context and site-dependent practice.

  • Niloufar involves mathematics, computer science, and biology in her interdisciplinary studies as a PhD student.

  • Katherine is studying forensic search and recovery methods in residential schools in Canada.

  • Matthew is a PhD student studying the history of small music venues in BC.

  • Alice is a PhD student in Individualized Interdisciplinary Studies in the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology examining how journalists use preprints - studies that have not yet gone through the peer review process - and what this means for the publics who rely on their reporting. (SSHRC CGS Doctoral Scholarship, Michael Stevenson Grad Scholar)

  • Asura is studying the infrastructure of scholarly communication in the 21st century.

  • Lucy is an Independent Interdisciplinary Studies Doctoral student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences whose research is on Indigenous museology and Haida museum practice in particular.

Master's Degrees

There are three degree options for master's INS students:

  • Master of Applied Science (MASc)
    • Minimum 36 units elective course work from at least 2 different academic units
    • Two graduate on-campus courses; Four additional graduate courses
    • Thesis
  • Master of Arts (MA)
    • Minimum 36 units elective course work from at least 2 different academic units
    • Two graduate on-campus courses; Four additional graduate courses
    • Thesis
  • Master of Science (MSc)
    • Minimum 36 units elective course work from at least 2 different academic units
    • Two graduate on-campus courses; Four additional graduate courses
    • Thesis

INS Master's Degree Timeline

Terms 1–3 Course work
Term 4–6 Thesis Course
Term 6 Thesis Defence

Doctoral Degree

Successful completion of all the program requirements will result in a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree.

  • Minimum of 30 units with course work from at least 2 different academic units
  • Two graduate on-campus courses
  • Two additional graduate courses
  • Comprehensive Exam
  • Thesis

INS Doctoral Degree Timeline

Terms 1–5 Course work
Term 6 Comprehensive Exam
Terms 7+ (up to maximum of 15 terms total) Thesis + Thesis Defence