PhD Courses

School of Information Studies Courses

• GLIS 701 Comprehensive Examination

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Library & Information Studies: Defence of a comprehensive research proposal.

  Offered by: Information Studies

  • Terms
    • Fall 2021
  • Instructors
    • Karyn A Moffatt
• GLIS 702 Seminar in Information Studies 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Library & Information Studies: Examination of students' own specific areas of doctoral research within the broader field of information studies and comparisons of those areas with other traditions of inquiry. Theoretical models and research methodologies as applied in information studies.

  Offered by: Information Studies

  • Terms
    • Fall 2021
  • Instructors
    • France Bouthillier
• GLIS 703 Research Paradigms in IS 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Library & Information Studies: Philisophical foundations of research in information studies, including traditions, approaches, methods, and models of inquiry to provide the capacity to critically assess the value of qualitative and quantitative research methods in relation to specific research problems identified in the discipline.

  Offered by: Information Studies

  • Terms
    • Fall 2021
  • Instructors
    • France Bouthillier
• GLIS 704 Research Design in IS 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Library & Information Studies: Research project design and its application to the specific dissertation proposal through the exploration of ways to operationalize key concepts in information studies and to identify critical steps in data collection and analysis.

  Offered by: Information Studies

  • Terms
    • Winter 2022
  • Instructors
    • France Bouthillier
• GLIS 705 Readings in IS 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Library & Information Studies: Exploration of the literature specifically relevant to the proposed area of research.

  Offered by: Information Studies

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2021 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021 academic year

Courses Offered by Other Departments

McGill graduate courses outside of the School of Information Studies which may be of possible interest to PhD students include:

• REDM 610 Writing Science Articles 1 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Redpath Museum: Principles and techniques for clear scientific writing with an emphasis on how to transform complex ideas into direct and precise ones by explaining research to peers and writing for interdisciplinary audiences.

  Offered by: Redpath Museum

  • Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
  • Restrictions: Restricted to graduate students in the Faculty of Science; graduate students from other faculties considered, space permitting. Enrolment is limited to 12 students. The language of instruction is English and it is not intended as an ESL course. Course is graded pass/fail.

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2021 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021 academic year
• REDM 710 Writing Science Articles 2 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Redpath Museum: Skills for writing and publishing scientific articles, including peer-reviewed manuscripts and short, critical reviews of published articles. Topics include techniques for developing logical arguments and writing publishable manuscripts.

  Offered by: Redpath Museum

  • Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
  • Restrictions: Restricted to Ph.D. students in the Faculty of Science; M.Sc. students from the Faculty of Science and Ph.D. students from other faculties considered, space permitting. Enrolment is limited to 12 students. The language of instruction is English and it is not intended as an ESL course. Course is graded pass/fail.

  • Terms
    • This course is not scheduled for the 2021 academic year
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021 academic year
• EDPH 689 Teaching&Learning in Higher Ed 3 Credits

  Offered in the:
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Summer

  
  

  Ed Psych & Couns (Collegial): Students will develop an understanding of teaching and learning as a process in which instruction is based on the learning to be accomplished. Students will design, develop, and evaluate a university course of their choice, and will develop facility and confidence in using teaching methods appropriate to their domains.

  Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych

  • Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the third lecture day and withdrawal is the sixth lecture day.

  • Terms
    • Fall 2021
    • Winter 2022
  • Instructors
    • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2021 academic year

List of research methods courses currently offered at McGill potentially of interest to SIS Ph.D. students **School of Information Studies cannot guarantee these courses are offered in any given term**

researchmethodscoursesmcgill.pdf