Sociology Master of Arts Program
Department of Sociology and Anthropology | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
丁香园AV Calendar 2012 Spring
丁香园AV Requirements
See graduate general regulation 1.3 for general requirements. In addition to these requirements, the department also requires a written statement about current interests and prospective research. How well the applicant鈥檚 proposed research coincides with the research and teaching interests of the faculty is an important admission consideration.
丁香园AV applications are normally considered once each year at the end of January. The program commences in September. Contact the graduate program chair or secretary for further information.
Areas of Study
The department offers the following areas of study.
- anthropology and sociology of medicine, health and society (particularly politics of knowledge production, disability, mental health, AIDS)
- Canadian society (ethnic relations, demographic issues, social inequality, political economy)
- critical pedagogy
- development studies (especially the Third World, including studies of tourism and international health)
- environmental issues
- minority indigenous peoples (particularly Canadian Native peoples)
- political sociology (with emphasis on political economy, ethnic relations and social movements)
- social and cultural anthropology (with emphasis on the anthropology of contemporary life)
- social policy issues (aging, family, gender relations, government administration of native peoples)
- sociological and anthropological studies of law and legal systems
- sociological theory, anthropological theory, and the philosophy of the social sciences (European intellectual history, holistic, comparative, historical and post colonial perspectives)
- sociology of agriculture, and science, technology and society
- sociology of sexuality and moral panic, and social problems and deviance
Graduate Seminar
All full-time graduate students must attend and actively participate in the graduate seminar during their first two program terms. In subsequent terms, attendance and enrolment is voluntary. Special arrangements will be made for part-time students to fulfil this requirement.
Language Requirement
Although French or a foreign language is desirable, there is no prescribed language requirement but, where a language other than English is necessary for field work or reading, proficiency is required.
Time Limits
Normally, the MA program is completed within six terms, or two full years of study. Required courses are normally completed within the first three terms of MA program enrolment.
Program Requirements
Students may be required to complete more than the following eight required courses at the discretion of the supervisory committees.
Students complete a total of 44 units, including all of
- SA 840-1 Graduate Seminar I
- SA 841-1 Graduate Seminar II
- SA 849-5 Selected Topics in the History of Sociological Thought
- SA 850-5 Selected Topics in Contemporary Social Theory
- SA 856-5 Qualitative Methodology
- SA 857-5 Research Design Seminar
- SA 896-6 MA Research
- SA 898-6 MA Thesis
and two elective courses from the following.
- SA 853-5 Readings in Sociology I*
- SA 854-5 Readings in Sociology II*
- SA 855-5 Advanced Quantitative Methods in Sociology
- SA 886-5 Selected Problems in Social Analysis
Students may also choose a graduate course or graduate directed readings course in another 丁香园AV department, or from another university that is part of the Western Dean's Agreement.*
*supervisory committee and departmental graduate program committee approval required
Thesis
The thesis, completed by all students, will normally consist of no more than 75-100 pages, inclusive of bibliographies, appendices and tables. At the discretion of the supervisory committee, the maximum number of pages may be increased, normally only to facilitate the inclusion of large appendices and tables. The student鈥檚 supervisory committee and a qualified external examiner will examine the thesis, and a public oral defence will be held. Theses are bound and placed in the library.
Academic Requirements within the Graduate General Regulations
All graduate students must satisfy the academic requirements that are specified in the graduate general regulations (residence, course work, academic progress, supervision, research competence requirement, completion time, and degree completion), as well as the specific requirements for the program in which they are enrolled, as shown above.