| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-09-01 | - |
| 2024-01-01 | - |
Program Overview
The Master of Arts in Geography program offers students the opportunity to delve deeply into the social and spatial systems that shape our world. Through a flexible curriculum tailored to individual interests, students develop practical and theoretical innovations in areas such as resource management, global justice, and cultural identity. The program culminates in a student-driven research project that contributes to both academic and practical knowledge.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Master of Arts in Geography is an opportunity for students to deepen their knowledge and contribution to the social and spatial systems that structure our world. Human geography brings together a wide variety of perspectives that other disciplines treat in isolation. The MA program allows for students to develop practical and theoretical innovations that provide for a full and rigorous picture of the world that we live in. The MA is structured around a student-driven research project that can have practical and academic contributions. Course work in the program is flexible and tailored to the student’s interests.
Outline:
Content:
- Resources Environment and Society – Research within this area provides a critical analysis of the production and use of resources within varying scales.
- Global Politics, Justice and Sustainability – Research within this area focuses on the link between economic, socio-cultural, ecological and political systems, with a strong emphasis on social justice and sustainability.
- Culture, Identity and Space – Research within this field examines the relationship between identity, culture and the landscape, especially within experience-driven landscapes, like those associated with recreation and tourism.
Structure:
- 12 credit hours as follows:
- 6 credit hours from the 7000 level
- 6 credit hours of any other course at the 3000-level or higher.
- Thesis
Course Schedule:
- Sample course offerings:
- GEOG 7010: Understanding Contemporary Environmentalism
- GEOG 7580: Gender and the Human Environment
Entry Requirements:
Students with an honours degree or equivalent (including a 4-year advanced degree) in geography (human geography specialization) or from an allied discipline will be considered. All master’s applicants must have a minimum GPA of 3.25 in the last 60 credit hours of study. Applicants must be accepted by an advisor prior to submitting an application to enter the program. Please review the academic listing and communicate directly with professors whose research most closely matches that of your own interests.
