48 monthsProgramme duration
9,119 CADTuition Fee/year
07 Jan, 2025Application Deadline
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Sociology
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Sociology offered by the Department of Sociology in the Faculty of Arts is a research-intensive program that emphasizes interdisciplinary and comprehensive learning opportunities. The program's objective is to equip students with skills in critical thinking, data collection, and scientific communication to pursue professional opportunities in academia or industry.
The program may also be taken as one of the following options:
Gender and Women's Studies option: designed for student to focus on an interdisciplinary specialization in feminist, women's, and gender studies. The Ph.D. dissertation must be on a topic that significantly engages with issues of gender and/or women and/or feminism.
Population Dynamics option: provides graduate training in demographic methods (including life table analyses) and enhance students’ knowledge of critical population issues. As such, students will be required to take a course on demographic methods and an overview substantive course on the key population issues facing societies today.
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, Population dynamics, Gender and Women's studies option.
The program may also be taken as one of the following options:
Gender and Women's Studies option: designed for student to focus on an interdisciplinary specialization in feminist, women's, and gender studies. The Ph.D. dissertation must be on a topic that significantly engages with issues of gender and/or women and/or feminism.
Population Dynamics option: provides graduate training in demographic methods (including life table analyses) and enhance students’ knowledge of critical population issues. As such, students will be required to take a course on demographic methods and an overview substantive course on the key population issues facing societies today.
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, Population dynamics, Gender and Women's studies option.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Sociology
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Sociology offered by the Department of Sociology in the Faculty of Arts is a research-intensive program that emphasizes interdisciplinary and comprehensive learning opportunities. The program's objective is to equip students with skills in critical thinking, data collection, and scientific communication to pursue professional opportunities in academia or industry.
The program may also be taken as one of the following options:
Gender and Women's Studies option: designed for student to focus on an interdisciplinary specialization in feminist, women's, and gender studies. The Ph.D. dissertation must be on a topic that significantly engages with issues of gender and/or women and/or feminism.
Population Dynamics option: provides graduate training in demographic methods (including life table analyses) and enhance students’ knowledge of critical population issues. As such, students will be required to take a course on demographic methods and an overview substantive course on the key population issues facing societies today.
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, Population dynamics, Gender and Women's studies option.
The program may also be taken as one of the following options:
Gender and Women's Studies option: designed for student to focus on an interdisciplinary specialization in feminist, women's, and gender studies. The Ph.D. dissertation must be on a topic that significantly engages with issues of gender and/or women and/or feminism.
Population Dynamics option: provides graduate training in demographic methods (including life table analyses) and enhance students’ knowledge of critical population issues. As such, students will be required to take a course on demographic methods and an overview substantive course on the key population issues facing societies today.
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, Population dynamics, Gender and Women's studies option.
Admission Requirements
86+
3+
6.5+
Additional Requirements
The items and clarifications below are additional requirements set by this department:
• GRE – required for applicants who have not received a degree from a Canadian university • Personal Statement (maximum 1,000 words) • Writing Sample – can be in the form of a graded paper or a chapter from a thesis and must be at least 15 typewritten pages in length translated into English or French
The items and clarifications below are additional requirements set by this department:
• GRE – required for applicants who have not received a degree from a Canadian university • Personal Statement (maximum 1,000 words) • Writing Sample – can be in the form of a graded paper or a chapter from a thesis and must be at least 15 typewritten pages in length translated into English or French
07 Jan 2025
4 Years
Sep
- Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
- Candidates are required to submit an essay(s) for acceptance
Tuition fees
Domestic
1,483 CAD
International
9,119 CAD
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