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20 Master's degrees offered by the university
Anthropology
The Department of Anthropology at University of Alberta offers the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Arts (thesis-based). Students contemplating graduate work in Anthropology should direct their inquiries to the Graduate Program Advisor/Research Coordinator of the Department.
Native Studies
The program of Native Studies at the University of Alberta distinctively combines Aboriginal community knowledge and concerns with the scholarly standards and methods of a research-intensive university to offer multidisciplinary education in a rigorous, respectful academic environment attentive to local, national and international concerns.
Economics and Finance
The Economics and Finance MA program at the University of Alberta provide students with the theoretical and applied skills needed to enter the workforce or continue in a PhD program.
Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology
The Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology M.Sc is a thesis-based master’s degree at the University of Alberta with a focus on research.
Economics
The MA in Economics program at the University of Alberta provide students with the theoretical and applied skills needed to enter the workforce or continue in a PhD program
Ancient Societies and Cultures
University of Alberta's Department offers the degrees of MA and PhD in the separate disciplines of History, Classics, and Religious Studies, as well as an MA in Ancient Societies and Cultures with an interdisciplinary focus.
Gender and Social Justice Studies
The MA Program in Gender and Social Justice Studies at the University of Alberta is committed to intersectional analysis of social justice, and we take interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the political, aesthetic, and ethical questions that arise from the study of gender and social justice.
Sociology
The Department of Sociology at University of Alberta offers programs leading to the degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy.
Psychiatry
The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Alberta offers outstanding opportunities for students wishing to pursue graduate studies at the Master's and Doctoral level.
Women's and Gender Studies
The Department of Women's and Gender Studies at University of Alberta offers a program in Gender and Social Justice Studies (GSJ) leading to the degree of Master of Arts.
Psychology
The Psychology program at the University of Alberta uses an apprenticeship model for graduate training and aims to train skilled and independent researchers who will make significant contributions to the discipline of psychology.
East Asian Studies
The Department of East Asian Studies offers programs leading to the Master of Arts degree in East Asian Studies at the University of Alberta.
Community Engagement
The MA in Community Engagement (MACE) at the University of Alberta is an interdisciplinary, thesis-based degree program that offers students an opportunity to develop an understanding of the field of community engagement and the practices and processes that inform it.
Communications and Technology
The MA in Communications and Technology (MACT) at the University of Alberta offers a theoretical, historical and practical examination of communications in the era of the Internet, social media and the mobile device.
Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
Modern Languages and Cultural Studies offers MA and PhD degree programs at the University of Alberta in four major areas, or streams: Applied Linguistics, Media and Cultural Studies, Translation Studies, and Transnational and Comparative Literatures.
Material Culture
The Department of Human Ecology at University of Alberta offers a PhD in Human Ecology, and master’s degrees in Textiles and Clothing, Material Culture, Family Ecology and Practice, and Aging.
Classical Archaeology
The Classical Archaeology program at University of Alberta offers the MA degree in the separate disciplines of History, Classics, and Religious Studies, as well as an MA in Ancient Societies and Cultures with an interdisciplinary focus.
Political Science
The Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta is internationally acclaimed for its critical, progressive, and plural approaches to the study of politics.
General Psychiatry Residency
The aim of the General Psychiatry Residency at the University of Alberta is to train physicians with a broad grasp and full experience in clinical and academic psychiatry, leading to certification by the Royal College of Physicians.
Public Health - Health Promotion and Socio-behavioural Sciences
The Public Health - Health Promotion and Socio-behavioural Sciences program at University of Alberta values and seeks to recruit Indigenous students and students of diverse racial, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation, ability/disability, socioeconomic, and religious backgrounds and experiences.