The Senior Research Project is the two-term culmination of the Knowledge Integration degree. It provides the opportunity to engage in an original research or design project supervised by an expert (or experts) in the student’s chosen field. The project should demonstrate the ability to undertake integrative research that addresses a topic drawn from the student’s area(s) of interest. Class meetings will be devoted to discussion of the research topic in its early stages, assistance with finding an appropriate supervisor, and a series of workshops designed to cultivate students’ research and writing skills. The course instructor will facilitate these meetings, set out the deliverables for the project, and be available to answer students’ questions. However, students should work with their individual supervisor to design the project, complete the research, and determine the details regarding the particular shape of the final project.

In INTEG 420A (typically taken in the Fall term of a student’s final year of the BKI), students will focus on designing their project, doing the research needed to complete it, and preparing for writing the final thesis. In INTEG 420B (typically taken during the term immediately following INTEG 420A), students will complete their research, write their thesis, and disseminate their work through a short conference paper and poster. 

NOTE: This course is now taught by Vanessa Schweizer.