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12 Master's degrees offered by the university
Political Science
The Political Science Department at McGill University offers programs leading to the M.A. (with or without thesis) and Ph.D. degrees. These programs combine depth of specialization in a particular field with breadth of knowledge in related fields.
French Language and Literature
The French Language and Literature program at McGill University offers a particularly friendly and stimulating environment for students who wish to do a master's or a doctorate in the vast field of French-language literatures, literary theories or literary translation.
Communication Studies
The graduate program in Communication Studies at McGill University offers M.A. and Ph.D. degrees. The program is concerned with the study of communication phenomena through interdisciplinary training that draws on a variety of fields including cultural studies; critical media and technology studies; public policy and governance; film; and sound studies.
Sociology
The Department of Sociology at McGill University has very high standards and an excellent record of placing students in both academic and non-academic careers in institutions ranging from the University of Chicago and Berkeley to StatsCan and CEGEPs.
Public Policy
The Max Bell School of Public Policy's flagship teaching program offered by McGill University is a one-year Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.), combining courses in the theory of public policy with courses covering the complexities of the real-world policymaking process.
Mental Health
McGill University’s Department of Mental Health is one the most prestigious in the world. In the 1950s and 60s, Heinz Lehmann conducted the first North American clinical trials for antipsychotic and antidepressant medications.
Psychology
The aim of the Experimental Psychology program at McGill University is to provide students with an environment in which they are free to develop skills and expertise that will serve during a professional career of teaching and research as a psychologist.
Agricultural Economics
The Agricultural Economics program offered by McGill University provides students with applied economic concepts and tools to identify, define, and analyze economic problems affecting the performance of the agri-food sector and the environment.
Social Studies of Medicine
The Social Studies of Medicine Department at McGill University is interdisciplinary, with faculty in the fields of medical anthropology, medical history, and medical sociology.
Jewish Studies
The Department of Jewish Studies at McGill University offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Judaica. It welcomes students interested in deepening their knowledge of Jewish history and Jewish texts.
Geography
The Department of Geography at McGill University offers research and thesis-based graduate programs leading to a Master of Arts (M.A.), a Master of Science (M.Sc.), or a doctorate (Ph.D.). In its scope, our program includes the opportunity to conduct field-based studies in both the natural (i.e., biophysical) and the social sciences.
Anthropology
The Anthropology Department at McGill University places high priority on research and on maintaining a distinguished graduate program.