- The Master's degrees offered by the School of Accounting and Finance encompass the major areas of study and research in Accountancy. These include financial accounting, managerial accounting and information systems, taxation, and finance.
- The collaborative program in Finance, offered jointly by the School of Accounting and Finance and the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, offers rigorous training in modern quantitative finance as well as providing the opportunity for a professional internship.
- The collaborative Public Issues program in Anthropology, offered jointly by the University of Waterloo and the University of Guelph, emphasizes the synergies and interconnections among the various sub-disciplines in Anthropology and has been designed to offer our graduates the applied skills and anthropological knowledge for employment opportunities in diverse areas of the public and private sectors.
- The Department of Classical Studies, together with the Department of Classical Studies and Archaeology at Wilfrid Laurier University, offers a joint MA program in Ancient Mediterranean Cultures. The program aims to examine the ancient world from a holistic, pan-Mediterranean perspective, uniting the relevant sub-disciplines of archaeology, Near Eastern studies, Hellenistic Studies, and Roman Studies.
- In the area of Economics, students can choose to do the MA degree either through the regular option or through the co-op option. The Department is also now admitting students to their new PhD in Applied Economics.
- The English Department offers an MA in both English Language and Literature as well as in English Rhetoric and Communication Design. Both programs are available under the regular and co-operative systems of study.
- In Fine Arts, students may focus on drawing, painting, sculpture (including ceramic sculpture), and computer imaging. Facilities for black and white photography and printmaking are also available. During six weeks of the spring term, qualified students work as interns in the studios of established professional artists in order to learn about the business aspects of working as an artist.
- Students of French are offered courses in the literatures of France, Quebec, the French-speaking Caribbean and Africa, the history of the French language, and French linguistics.
- In the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies, German studies cover language and literature, research methods, and language teaching. A teaching practicum is an integral part of the program. In Russian, the major areas of study are Russian literature and philology (Old Church Slavonic).
- The MA program in Global Governance is the only MA program in Canada with a specific interdisciplinary focus on issues and problems of global governance and draws on a variety of disciplines, including economics, politics, history, and environmental studies.
- The History Department offers a regular MA program as well as a co-operative Public History option which includes two terms of employment. Graduates from this program work in corporate and government departments and as independent consultants and authors.
- The Philosophy Department's low student-to-faculty ratio and its tradition of collegiality among students and professors fosters a high level of formal and informal debate. The graduate program emphasizes competence in major areas of the discipline as well as acquisition of research and teaching skills.
- The Political Science program, available in either the regular or co-operative system of study, is designed to encourage and accommodate individual research interests in the fields of Canadian politics, political theory, international relations, comparative politics, and public administration and public policy.
- The Master of Applied Science degree in Psychology emphasizes the development of research and problem-solving skills and the application of those skills directly through independent research and on-the-job training. The main areas of organization are: behavioural neuroscience, clinical psychology, cognition and perception, developmental psychology, industrial/organizational psychology, and social psychology. The MASc degree can also be pursued in the areas of addictions, educational psychology, and health psychology.
- The graduate program in Sociology provides rigorous training in the core areas of sociological theory and methods as well as courses and research opportunities in six substantive areas, namely: social stratification and politics; family and gender; science, knowledge and religion; crime and deviance; social psychology/symbolic interaction; health, work and leisure.
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