Program Overview

Program Overview

The Knowledge Integration program at the University of Waterloo is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of research design and methods. The program focuses on applications in the social and information sciences and related fields.

Course Description

INTEG 340: Research Design and Methods

This course provides an introduction to empirical research design and methods with a focus on applications in the social and information sciences and related fields. Students will learn about core issues in research design, such as sampling, and about a variety of techniques for collecting and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data. The course will cover both abstract and practical issues related to methodology and decision making in empirical research. Students will have the opportunity to develop and workshop proposals that they may wish to pursue in their senior honours thesis.

Program Requirements

• The course is open to all Waterloo students, and required for BKI students.
• Prerequisite: Level at least 2A
• Previous course name: "Research Methods and Design"

Additional Information

• 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.
• The University's 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.