BKI '12: Policy Analyst
This BKI 2012 grad pursued a Mathematics minor and Option in International Relations while in university. She also participated in the Beyond Borders program in partnership with the St. Jerome's University. After graduation, she went on to complete a Masters in Comparative International Studies. Her Master's thesis focused on international studies that had a strong emphasis on quantitative and computational methods, theory and research. Following her Master's, she went on to do a PhD in Political Economy at ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Her first opportunity to pursue this area of study was in her undergraduate thesis where she is determining if the indicator, net enrollment ratio, for the Millennium Development Goal, universal primary education, is a good proxy for quality education and student performance by using principle component analysis, linear regressions, and correlation tests.
Now, she works in Paris as a Policy Analyst, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in the Climate, Biodiversity and Water Division in the Environmental Directorate.
Here are the courses this student in the KI Class of 2012 chose to help prepare them for study and work in international relations:
First year courses
- INTEG 120: Introduction to the Academy: Disciplines and Integrative Practices
- CS 135: Designing Functional Programs
- MATH 125: Applied Linear Algebra 1
- SPCOM 223: Public Speaking
- STV 100: Society, Technology and Values: Introduction
- INTEG 121: Introduction to the Academy: Design and Problem-Solving
- EARTH 122: Introductory Environmental Sciences
- EARTH 122L: Introductory Environmental Sciences Laboratory
- ENVS 178: Introduction to Environmental Research Methods
- FR 152: Basic French 2
- PHIL 145: Critical Thinking
Second year courses
- INTEG 220: Nature of Scientific Knowledge
- CS 116: Introduction to Computer Science 2
- FR 192A: French Language 1: Module 1
- INST 101: Introduction to International Studies
- MATH 127: Calculus 1 for the Sciences
- MATH 128: Calculus 2 for the Sciences
- INTEG 221: The Social Nature of Knowledge
- INTEG 230: The Museum Course: Preparation and Field Trip
- FINE 330: Topics Course in Museums, Galleries, Curatorship
- FR 192B: French Language 1: Module 2
- GEOG 208: Human Dimensions of Global Climate Change
- STAT 220: Probability (Non-Specialist Level)
Third year courses
- INTEG 231: The Museum Course: Field Trip Project
- INTEG 320: The Museum Course: Research & Design
- PSCI 281: World Politics
- RS 283: Current Ethical Issues
- STAT 221: Statistics (Non-Specialist Level)
- INTEG 321: The Museum Course: Practicum and Presentation
- INTEG 375: Special Topics in Knowledge Integration: Socially Responsible Science
- MATH 237: Calculus 3 for Honours Mathematics
- PSCI 355: Politics Among the Soviet Successor States
- RS 383: Justice, Peace, and Development
Fourth year courses
- INTEG 420: Senior Research Project A
- ECON 102: Introduction to Macroeconomics
- MATH 229: Introduction to Combinatorics (Non-Specialist Level)
- PSCI 358: Political Change in Greater China
- PSCI 490: Special Subjects
- RS 398: Directed Readings in Special Subjects
- INTEG 421: Senior Research Project B
- FINE 355: History of Animated Film
- PSCI 428: The State and Economic Life
- STAT 321: Regression and Forecasting (Non-Specialist Level)
- STV 302: Information Technology and Society
Course descriptions can be found in the Undergraduate Course Calendar