Program Requirements
There are two options for completing the MA in Gender and Social Justice Studies:
- as a one-year course-based degree (the default option), OR
- as a two-year thesis-based degree
The MA(Crs) program require:
- 21 credits of graduate-level courses
- a capping project, which can take the form of a substantial research
paper (approximately 35 pages), a field statement, a creative project, a
policy/program/legal analysis, or something else depending on an
individual student’s goals and interests.
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).
The MA(Thes) program requires:
- 18 credits of graduate-level courses
- a thesis (a major research project/paper completed during the second year in the program, totalling over 100 pages).
- This option makes sense for very few students. Please contact the graduate program director if you are considering applying for this track.
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.