Advisors: See Faculty of Environment undergraduate advising.
Collaborative Design Specialization
The Collaborative Design Specialization (CDS) offers students the opportunity to develop a concentration in design thinking, skills, and practices. It is intended for Knowledge Integration students who want to gain greater knowledge and experience with design and real-world problem solving, beyond their core Knowledge Integration courses.
Successful completion requires:
- 4.25 units distributed as follows:
- Collaborative Design Thinking and Skills:
- INTEG 120 The Art and Science of Learning
- INTEG 121 Collaboration, Design Thinking, and Problem Solving
- INTEG 251 Creative Thinking
- One of:
- Collaborative Design Experience:
- INTEG 320 The Museum Course: Research and Design
- INTEG 321 The Museum Course: Practicum and Presentation (0.75 unit)
- INTEG 499A and INTEG 499B Independent Group Project (see additional conditions)
Additional conditions:
- The INTEG 499A and INTEG 499B project must include a collaborative design element.
- Special topic or project courses (totaling 1.0 unit) that include collaborative design may be used towards the Collaborative Design Experience theme with the approval of the associate chair, undergraduate studies, Knowledge Integration.
- See the Knowledge Integration web page for guidance on what constitutes a Collaborative Design Experience.
Science, Technology, and Society Specialization
The Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Specialization is designed to cover a broad range of issues, including the nature and organization of knowledge and expertise, science policy, and public understanding of science. It is intended for Knowledge Integration students who want to be exposed to a variety of disciplinary perspectives related to the social, ethical, and political dimensions of science and technology, beyond their core KI courses.
Successful completion requires:
- 3.5 units distributed as follows:
- INTEG 120 The Art and Science of Learning
- INTEG 220/PHIL 290 Nature of Scientific Knowledge
- INTEG 221/PHIL 291 The Social Nature of Knowledge
- One of:
- INTEG 240 Bullshit, Bias, and Bad Arguments
- INTEG 375 Special Topics in Knowledge Integration (topics: Hands on Sustainability or Science and Technology)
- INTEG 410 Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- INTEG 441 Hard Decisions and Wicked Problems
- INTEG 475 Special Topics in Knowledge Integration (topic: Open Science and Technology)
- Three of the following courses, of which two (1.0 unit) must be at the 300- or 400-level. Courses must be chosen from at least two subject codes (i.e., ERS, PLAN, STV, etc.):
- ANTH 303 Anthropology of Digital Media
- ANTH 347 Medical Anthropology
- ANTH 430/SOC 431 Science as Practice and Culture
- ARTS 490 Fourth-Year Topics in Arts Disciplines (topic: The Socio-Cultural and Political Implications of Artificial Intelligence)
- ENGL 108D Digital Lives
- ENGL 293 Introduction to Digital Media Studies
- ENVS 210 Future Studies
- ENVS 310 Future Cities: Integrating Future Thinking into Urban Decisions
- ERS 265 Water: Environmental History and Change
- ERS 316 Urban Water and Wastewater Systems: Integrated Planning and Management
- ERS 372 First Nations and the Environment
- ERS 404/PSCI 432 Global Environmental Governance
- ERS 406 Paths to Sustainability
- ERS 422 Biosphere Reserves as Social-Ecological Systems
- ERS 454 Parks and Protected Areas: Issues and Trends
- ERS 462/GEOG 462/PSCI 488 Global Food and Agricultural Politics
- GEOG 203 Environment and Development in a Global Perspective
- GEOG 207 Climate Change Fundamentals
- GEOG 306 Human Dimensions of Natural Hazards
- GEOG 307 Societal Adaptation to Climate Change
- GEOG 311 Economic Geography and Society
- GEOG 426 Geographies of Development
- GEOG 432/HLTH 420/PLAN 432 Health, Environment, and Planning
- HIST 212/STV 210 The Computing Society
- HIST 216 From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg: A (Long) History of the Internet
- INDEV 387 Global Cities in Global Development
- LS 413/SOC 413 Surveillance and Society
- PACS 301 Special Topics in Peace and Conflict Studies 1
- PACS 302 Special Topics in Peace and Conflict Studies 2
- PHIL 208 Philosophy Through Science Fiction
- PHIL 224 Environmental Ethics
- PHIL 226 Biomedical Ethics
- PHIL 245 Critical Thinking About Science
- PHIL 252/SCI 252 Quantum Mechanics for Everyone
- PHIL 256/PSYCH 256 Introduction to Cognitive Science
- PHIL 259 Philosophy of Technology
- PHIL 271 Special Topics
- PHIL 447/PSYCH 447 Seminar in Cognitive Science
- PLAN 333 Neighbourhood and Community Planning
- PLAN 340 Canadian Environmental Policy and Politics
- PLAN 346 Advanced Tools for Planning: Public Participation and Mediation
- PLAN 431 Issues in Housing
- PLAN 433 Social Concepts in Planning
- PLAN 440 Urban Services Planning
- SOC 225 Games and Gamers
- SOC 232 Technology and Social Change
- SOC 248 Health, Illness, and Society
- SOC 312 Sociology of Science
- STV 100 Society, Technology and Values: Introduction
- STV 201 Society, Technology and Values: Special Topics
- STV 205 Cybernetics and Society
- STV 302 Information Technology and Society
- STV 306 Biotechnology and Society
- STV 400 Society, Technology and Values: Senior Project
- STV 401 Society, Technology and Values: Advanced Topics