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MA Social Studies (Course or Thesis Route) at University of Regina

University of Regina, Canada

Programme overview

The Master of Arts in Social Studies is the interdisciplinary stream of the department, offered as a thesis route or a 30-credit-hour course route drawing on two or more social sciences.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts  |  Department: Department of Sociology and Social Studies  |  Duration: 2-5 years  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

What you will study

Thesis route: four approved social science graduate courses, the SOST 800 seminar and 18 credit hours of thesis research. Course route: ten courses (30 credit hours) including SOST 801, one theory course and one methods course, plus the seminar.

Career pathways

Policy analyst, research director, evaluation analyst, consultant, labour relations specialist, non-profit program manager, higher education lecturer, and further doctoral study.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Students with a variety of social science backgrounds may be eligible; typically applicants without a Sociology undergraduate degree enter this stream. Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (master's): a graduating average of at least 70% from a four-year baccalaureate (or equivalent); all graduate programs are competitive. International applicants need proof of English proficiency unless exempt. Thesis applicants are encouraged to secure a tentative supervisor before applying.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate terms: Fall (September-December), Winter (January-April) and Spring/Summer (May-August). The application portal opens in the first week of August for Fall, the first week of February for Winter and the first week of April for Spring/Summer, in the year before the start.

Undergraduate terms: Fall (September-December), Winter (January-April) and Spring/Summer (May-August). Indigenous Education and Nursing do not admit to the spring/summer term; Bachelor of Social Work admits to the fall term only.

Faculty of Graduate Studies programmes without their own deadline: Spring/Summer March 1, Fall July 1, Winter November 1. Some programmes have their own deadlines, for example Aging Studies March 31, History March 31, Anthropology January 31 (Fall) and September 30 (Winter), English February 15 (Fall) and October 15 (Winter). Applications are made online through the application portal.

The graduate application fee is $125, paid online before documents can be uploaded.

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