Master of Arts (M.A.) Sociology (Thesis) 24 months Postgraduate Programme By McGill University |TopUniversities
Subject Ranking

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Programme Duration

24 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

10,159 CADTuition Fee/year

Application Deadline

07 Jan, 2025Application Deadline

Programme overview

Main Subject

Sociology

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

The Master of Arts (M.A.) in Sociology (Thesis) offered by the Department of Sociology in the Faculty of Arts is a research-intensive program that emphasizes transformative and challenging learning opportunities. The program's objective is to equip students with skills in intellectual independence, literature synthesis, and scientific communication to either continue their studies or pursue professional opportunities.

The program may also be taken as one of the following options:

Development Studies option: gives students the opportunity to develop a unique set of tools to pursue their journey either by working with development organizations or government agencies, or pursuing a disciplinary-based or multi-disciplinary doctoral degree. The thesis must relate to a topic closely related to Development Studies.

Gender and Women's Studies option: provides students the opportunity to pursue coursework on feminist, women's, and gender studies. The thesis be on a topic that significantly engages with issues of gender and/or women and/or feminism.

Keywords: International Development and Globalization, Medical Sociology, Developmental Studies, Immigration, Emigration, Demography, Quantitative Methods, Policy, Health, Population, Political Sociology, Gender Dynamics, Social Deviance and Control, Social Development and Change, International development, Development studies, Gender and Women's studies option.

Programme overview

Main Subject

Sociology

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

The Master of Arts (M.A.) in Sociology (Thesis) offered by the Department of Sociology in the Faculty of Arts is a research-intensive program that emphasizes transformative and challenging learning opportunities. The program's objective is to equip students with skills in intellectual independence, literature synthesis, and scientific communication to either continue their studies or pursue professional opportunities.

The program may also be taken as one of the following options:

Development Studies option: gives students the opportunity to develop a unique set of tools to pursue their journey either by working with development organizations or government agencies, or pursuing a disciplinary-based or multi-disciplinary doctoral degree. The thesis must relate to a topic closely related to Development Studies.

Gender and Women's Studies option: provides students the opportunity to pursue coursework on feminist, women's, and gender studies. The thesis be on a topic that significantly engages with issues of gender and/or women and/or feminism.

Keywords: International Development and Globalization, Medical Sociology, Developmental Studies, Immigration, Emigration, Demography, Quantitative Methods, Policy, Health, Population, Political Sociology, Gender Dynamics, Social Deviance and Control, Social Development and Change, International development, Development studies, Gender and Women's studies option.

Admission Requirements

3+
6.5+
86+

07 Jan 2025
2 Years
Sep

Tuition fees

Domestic
1,483 CAD
International
10,159 CAD

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