Program Overview

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Knowledge Integration is a unique program that shapes 21st-century problem solvers for today's workforce.

KI Students

KI students are:

• motivated: taking initiative to seek out challenges
• designers: skilled in the Design Thinking processes of problem-solving
• broad-based: able to integrate ideas from across disciplinary boundaries to design novel and creative solutions
• team players: they love collaboration, and they’re good at it!
• curious: asking good questions, looking at issues from different perspectives
• flexible: ready for challenge, ambiguity and change

KI Student Skills

KI student skills include:

• design thinking
• problem-solving
• critical thinking
• collaboration
• communication
• facilitation
• research
• project management

Career Paths

On top of these core skills, and a broad foundation of arts and science courses, each KI student uses the flexibility of the degree to build their own unique area of knowledge specialization. Examples of career paths include:

• business analyst for a large consulting firm
• product development designing engaging web and mobile products for enterprise systems
• wildlife conservation
• app development at a company that delivers technology solutions for behavioural health services
• design strategist for a software development company
• program manager for a company that advises indigenous communities on partnerships in clean energy projects

Where KI Students and Grads Work

Our students apply their KI learning in the summer through jobs, volunteering, studying and travel. Because each KI grad has a unique set of interests and mix of courses, their career goals are diverse as well. And they work in a wide range of jobs.

KI Works Program

The KI Works program helps students integrate their learning and work experience and develop professional skills.

University Acknowledgement

The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is co-ordinated within the Office of Indigenous Relations.