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Environment Academic Plans

Knowledge Integration

Honours Knowledge Integration

For an overview of the Department of Knowledge Integration academic and career objectives, see the Faculty of Environment website.


†Breadth Courses

Languages

Mathematics

Probability and Statistics

Computer Science

Ethics

Conflict Management

Natural/Physical Sciences

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 Breadth Course requirement.

The natural/physical sciences requirement cannot be satisfied with any SCI or SCBUS units or CHEM 140.


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 Course requirementstotaling 2.0 units (see Note 3)
  • Electives totaling 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)
  • Electives or Breadth Course requirements totaling 4.0 units

Total of 5.25 units


Year Three

  • INTEG 10 Knowledge Integration Seminar (0.0 unit)
  • NTEG 320 The Museum Course: Research and Design
  • INTEG 321 The Museum Course: Practicum and Presentation (0.75 unit)
  • INTEG 340 Research Design and Methods
  • Electives or Breadth Course requirements totaling 3.5 units

Total of 5.25 units


Year Four

  • INTEG 10 Knowledge Integration Seminar (0.0 unit)
  • INTEG 420A and INTEG 420B Senior Honours Project (1.5 unit) (see Note 5)
  • Electives or Breadth Course requirements totaling 3.5 units

Total of 5.0 units


Notes

  1. Minimum Required Units
    • Total: 20.5 units (of which 1.0 may be lab units)
    • Core requirements: 6.5 units
    • Breadth Course requirements: 5.5 units
    • Minimum units at or above 200-level: 13.5 units
  2. Average Requirements
    • Minimum cumulative major average of 75% (all INTEG courses, PHIL 145, SPCOM 223, and all courses counted towards the breadth requirements); and
    • minimum cumulative overall average of 65% (all courses).
  3. Breadth Course Requirements
    Students are required to complete 11 Breadth Courses to meet Bachelor of Knowledge Integration (BKI) degree requirements. See the Knowledge Integration web page for guidance on Breadth Courses, including suggested courses for Year One and Year Two.
    • In exceptional cases, students may petition to have a course count towards a Breadth Course requirement that is not listed above. In particular, students transferring from other academic plans or pursuing Joint Honours may find that some of their courses may meet Breadth Course requirements. Students considering these options should consult with the Knowledge Integration academic advisor.
  4. Per Term Course Load Allowance
    No more than 2.75 units may be taken in a term without approval of the Knowledge Integration academic advisor; students seeking such approval must generally have an overall cumulative average of 80%. 
  5. Senior Honours Project
    Students completing a joint major 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.
  6. General Information Applicable to all Faculty of Environment Plans

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