Program Requirements

There are two options for completing the MA in Gender and Social Justice Studies:

• as a thesis-based degree, OR
• as a course-based degree

The MA(Thes) program requires:

• 18 credits of graduate-level courses
• a thesis

The MA(Crs) program require:

• 21 credits of graduate-level courses
• a capping project (GSJ 900); the capping project is a portfolio/synthesizing document that highlights students' learning in the program and that will include:
  • a major research paper,
  • a field statement,
  • a creative project,
  • or a policy/program/legal analysis

The Specialization in Digital Humanities (DH) in the MA(Crs) program requires:

• 9 credits of graduate-level courses in Digital Humanities (out of the total 21 required for the MA)

All GSJ students are required to complete:

• GSJ 501 (Praxis Workshop), which includes a mandatory Community Service-Learning component (see GSJ 501 listing on Graduate Courses page for details).
• GSJ 502 (Research Workshop)
• a minimum of 12 credit courses in GSJ (including the above required courses)
• the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research Ethics and Academic Citizenship requirement
• the Professional Development (PD) requirement

Note: There is no residence requirement.