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- Individualized Interdisciplinary Studies in Graduate Studies
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
Featured Graduate Student
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Robert is a poet, artist, and curator who works with Jewish histories as a medium for a context and site-dependent practice.
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Niloufar involves mathematics, computer science, and biology in her interdisciplinary studies as a PhD student.
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Katherine is studying forensic search and recovery methods in residential schools in Canada.
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Matthew is a PhD student studying the history of small music venues in BC.
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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)
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Asura is studying the infrastructure of scholarly communication in the 21st century.
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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.
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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.
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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 Frazer University (SFU) Scholarship. Three keywords of research: Success Strategies, Academic Achievement, Motivation
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
- Minimum 36 units elective course work from at least 2 different academic units
- 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
- Minimum 36 units elective course work from at least 2 different academic units
- 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
- Minimum 36 units elective course work from at least 2 different academic units
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 |