School of Information Studies Courses
INFS 701. Comprehensive Examination.
Credits: 0Offered by: Information Studies (Graduate Studies)Terms offered: Summer 2025View offerings for Summer 2025 in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
Defence of a comprehensive research proposal.- Not open to students who have taken GLIS 701.
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Credits: 3Offered by: Information Studies (Graduate Studies)Terms offered: Fall 2025View offerings for Fall 2025 in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
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.- Not open to students who have taken GLIS 702.
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Credits: 3Offered by: Information Studies (Graduate Studies)Terms offered: Fall 2025View offerings for Fall 2025 in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
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.- Not open to students who have taken GLIS 703.
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Credits: 3Offered by: Information Studies (Graduate Studies)Terms offered: Winter 2026View offerings for Winter 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
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.- Not open to students who have taken GLIS 704.
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Credits: 3Offered by: Information Studies (Graduate Studies)Terms offered: Summer 2025View offerings for Summer 2025 in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
Exploration of the literature specifically relevant to the proposed area of research.- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken GLIS 705.
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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.
Credits: 3Offered by: Redpath Museum (Graduate Studies)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
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.- 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.
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Credits: 3Offered by: Redpath Museum (Graduate Studies)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
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.- 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.
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Credits: 3Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych (Graduate Studies)Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026Description
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.- 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.
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Qualitative research methods
FMED 690. Advanced Ethnography: Context, Complexity and Coordination.
Credits: 3Offered by: Family Medicine (Graduate Studies)Terms offered: Winter 2026View offerings for Winter 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
Addressing the rationale and assumptions of ethnography, including the practices, processes and strategies to set up, conduct, analyze, write up and provide feedback to participants. This exploration will come from a project based on deep and immersed observation in order to develop an understanding of shared meaning systems (i.e., culture).- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor if graduate student is outside the department
- Restriction: Open to graduate students in the Department of Family Medicine.
- Language of instruction: English
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Credits: 3Offered by: Sociology (Graduate Studies)Terms offered: Winter 2026View offerings for Winter 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
Overview of qualitative research design and modes of data collection, particularly observation, interviewing and focus groups. Students are required to design and undertake their own qualitative research project. Introduction to computerized tools for qualitative data management, transcription and analysis.- Restrictions: Permission of instructor. Not open to students who have taken SOCI 540.
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Credits: 3Offered by: Sociology (Graduate Studies)This course is not offered this catalogue year.Description
Qualitative data interpretation and analysis. Coding, identifying themes and memo-writing. Students conclude their qualitative research project, writing up findings in the form of a publishable-quality paper.- Seminar will be offered once a week, during the Fall term, for a duration of two hours (1x2).
- Prerequisite: SOCI 600
- Restrictions: Permission of instructor.
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Credits: 3Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych (Graduate Studies)Terms offered: Winter 2026View offerings for Winter 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
The logics of design and selection of phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, case study and mixed design methods with emphasis on data analysis in light of issues of research purpose, epistemology, reliability and validity.Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
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Quantitative research methods:
EDPE 676. Intermediate Statistics.
Credits: 3Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych (Graduate Studies)Terms offered: Fall 2025View offerings for Fall 2025 in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
Concepts and procedures of conducting basic descriptive and inferential statistics, including analysis of variance, correlation, and regression models. Provides experience with data-analysis tools.Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
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Credits: 3Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych (Faculty of Education)Terms offered: Winter 2026View offerings for Winter 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
Understanding and interpreting basic statistical procedures used in basic and applied research, including graphs, measures of central tendency and variability, hypothesis testing, and correlations, t-tests, and basic ANOVA designs.- Prerequisite EDPE 602
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Credits: 3Offered by: Psychology (Graduate Studies)Terms offered: Fall 2025View offerings for Fall 2025 in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
A course in advanced statistics with specialization in experimental design.Most students use Visual Schedule Builder (VSB) to organize their schedules. VSB helps you plan class schedules, travel time, and more.
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Credits: 3Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)Terms offered: Fall 2025View offerings for Fall 2025 in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
An introduction to basic regression techniques commonly used in the social sciences. Covers the least squares linear regression model in depth and may introduce models for discrete dependent variables as well as the maximum-likelihood approach to statistical inference. Emphasis on the assumptions behind regression models and correct interpretation of results. Assignments will emphasize practical aspects of quantitative analysis.- Prerequisites: SOCI 350 and SOCI 461 or equivalents
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Mixed methods:
FMED 614. Foundations of Mixed Methods Research.
Credits: 2Offered by: Family Medicine (Graduate Studies)Terms offered: Winter 2026View offerings for Winter 2026 in Visual Schedule Builder.Description
Basic training in how to conduct mixed methods research, the most common types of mixed methods research designs, and mixed studies reviews.- Language of Instruction: English.
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor if graduate student is outside the department.
- Office hours: Tuesdays 12:00 to 2:00 pm
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking DENT 614.
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