The Interdisciplinary Studies (IDST) program offers two research courses to students with year 4 standing that give an opportunity to reflect on what it means to be in an interdisciplinary program, and how to best develop and use the skills that are unique to the program that you have designed.
IDST students are responsible for ensuring all BA degree requirements are met. Most IDST students select a research-intensive course within their primary focus area, but may also choose a research-intensive course for other IDST requirements or even their electives. One thing to remember is that seats in research-intensive courses are often reserved for students majoring in the discipline and may not be available.
Arts Studies (ASTU) 401D – Directed Studies
This research course is restricted to IDST students who:
- Have year 4 standing, and
- Do not have ECON as their primary focus
This course focuses on planning and conducting an interdisciplinary research project, as well as communicating your interests and goals with your peers.
In the IDST program, each student has designed their own unique program of study that combines different disciplines together. This capstone course offers an opportunity to explore the ways that these different disciplines can be combined together to investigate a compelling academic question or theme. You will explore the advantages and challenges of interdisciplinary research and collaboration with other interdisciplinary researchers.
This course can satisfy the Research Component of the Writing and Research Requirement of your BA degree. You may also use this course to fulfill credits in any of the categories of your IDST program. In other words, you can put this course into your primary category or your secondary category, as you prefer.
This course is only offered in term 2. If you want to register for ASTU 401D, please submit your request during your Winter session registration period. This course has limited seats so we cannot guarantee registration. There is no waitlist and the remaining seats will be assigned on a first come, first served basis.
You will be contacted to confirm registration into the course within your registration period. Please contact us if you have not heard from us. In the meantime, we appreciate your patience.
Economics (ECON) 390 – Introduction to Economic Research
This research course is restricted to IDST students who have:
- Year 4 standing,
- ECON as their primary focus, and
- Met the prerequisites
ECON 390 needs to be included in your IDST program in order for it to apply to both your IDST program requirements and Faculty of Arts research requirement.
This course is offered in term 1 and term 2. If you want to register for ECON 390, please submit your request during your Winter session registration period. This course has limited seats so we cannot guarantee registration. There is no waitlist and the remaining seats will be assigned on a first come, first served basis.
You will be contacted to confirm registration into the course within your registration period. Please contact us if you have not heard from us. In the meantime, we appreciate your patience.