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‡SPCOM 223 must be completed with a grade of 65% or higher to meet the Undergraduate Communication Requirement. See the Overview of Academic Plan Requirements section for the Faculty of Environment if you fail to meet this requirement.
†Breadth Course Requirements
Knowledge Integration (KI) students have significant flexibility in their course selection, but must be careful when choosing electives to take courses in order to meet specific overall breadth requirements in the following areas. Courses listed below are examples of those students may take to meet their breadth requirements; further guidance and a list of approved courses, for each breadth requirement, may be found on the Knowledge Integration website. Suitable substitutes for breadth requirements require prior consent of the associate chair, undergraduate studies, Knowledge Integration.
Languages:
One 100-level or 200-level ENGL course (0.5 unit).
Two courses (1.0 unit) in the same second language (e.g., FR 151/FR 152 Basic French, GER 101/GER 102 Elementary German, SPAN 101/SPAN 102 Introduction to Spanish, etc.).
Mathematics:
Two mathematics courses (1.0 unit).
Probability and Statistics:
One probability/statistics course (0.5 unit).
Computer Science:
One computer science course (0.5 unit).
Ethics:
One ethics course (0.5 unit).
Conflict Management:
One conflict management course (0.5 unit).
Natural/Physical Sciences:
Two natural/physical sciences courses (1.0 unit).
Students must successfully complete courses that include a hands-on investigative component such as field study or lab. Corresponding labs must be taken and passed but do not count toward the 1.0 unit of natural/physical sciences. For example, KIN 100 Human Anatomy: Limbs and Trunk (0.5 unit) and its corresponding KIN 100L Human Anatomy Lab (0.25 unit) count as one course (0.5 unit) for the purposes of satisfying the natural/physical sciences requirement.
Students are not limited to first-year courses or those with corresponding labs. They can satisfy the natural/physical sciences requirement with courses that include hands-on investigative components, such as:
The natural/physical sciences requirement cannot be satisfied with any “SCI”-labelled or “SCBUS”-labelled units.
Year One
INTEG 10 Knowledge Integration Seminar (0.0 unit)
INTEG 120 The Art and Science of Learning
INTEG 121 Collaboration, Design Thinking, and Problem Solving
PHIL 145 Critical Thinking
SPCOM 223‡ Public Speaking
Four Breadth requirements† (2.0 units): Students are required to complete 11 breadth courses to meet Bachelor of Knowledge Integration (BKI) degree requirements. It is recommended that students fulfil some of the following breadth requirements, during their first year: computer science, math, language, and natural/physical sciences.
Two electives (1.0 unit)
Total of 5.0 units
Year Two
INTEG 10 Knowledge Integration Seminar (0.0 unit)
INTEG 220 Nature of Scientific Knowledge
INTEG 221 The Social Nature of Knowledge
INTEG 230 The Museum Course: Preparation and Field Trip (0.25 unit)
Eight electives† (4.0 units)
Total of 5.25 units
Year Three
INTEG 10 Knowledge Integration Seminar (0.0 unit)
INTEG 320 The Museum Course: Research and Design
INTEG 321 The Museum Course: Practicum and Presentation (0.75 unit)
INTEG 340 Research Design and Methods
Seven electives† (3.5 units)
Total of 5.25 units
Year Four
INTEG 10 Knowledge Integration Seminar (0.0 unit)
INTEG 420A Senior Research Project A/INTEG 420B Senior Research Project B (see note 4) (1.0 unit)
Seven electives† (3.5 units)
Total of 5.0 units
Notes
- Minimum Required Units
Total: 20.5 units, of which up to 1.0 may be lab units.
- Average Requirements
Students in the Knowledge Integration (KI) Honours Regular academic plan must maintain an overall cumulative average (all courses) of at least 65% and a major cumulative average of at least 75%. The major cumulative average includes all INTEG-labelled courses, PHIL 145, SPCOM 223, and all courses taken towards the KI breadth requirements. All required courses must be passed.
- Per Term Course Load Allowance
No more than five courses (2.75 units) may be taken in a term without approval of the associate chair, undergraduate studies, Knowledge Integration; students seeking such approval must generally have an overall cumulative average of 80%.
- Senior Research Project
Students completing a joint or concurrent degree that includes an equivalent senior research project may request that the associate chair, undergraduate studies, Knowledge Integration, approve the associated courses as equivalent to INTEG 420A and INTEG 420B. Note that there may be additional requirements involved in such an arrangement, which is required to be formally organized in advance of taking the equivalent course sequence.
- General Information Applicable to all Faculty of Environment Plans
The Environment Academic Regulations section of this Calendar contains information, regulations, and requirements pertaining to undergraduate studies within the Faculty. It is students' responsibility to familiarize themselves with the content of this section.
A number of Faculty of Environment options, minors, and diplomas are available. A list along with requirements are outlined under the Faculty of Environment Academic Enrichment Opportunities section in this Calendar.