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

  • 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.

  • 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

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