Sociology (ma) in University of Lethbridge, Canada

Sociology (ma) in University of Lethbridge

Program Description: 

The MA program in the Department of Sociology is a two-year graduate program designed to provide students an intellectually stimulating and vibrant academic environment to enhance their “sociological thinking” through graduate-level coursework and thesis-based research. Each year, we seek to admit a small number of interested, enthusiastic, and qualified students. Since our cohorts are small, students in our program benefit from close mentorship opportunities with supportive and interested faculty. Students also benefit from flexibility in course offerings and personal attention in designing a program aligned with their individual research interests. Typically, students will require a bachelor’s degree in Sociology to be admitted into the program, but a bachelor’s degree from other cognate disciplines, combined with a planned program of research grounded in sociological inquiry, will also be considered. Applicants are required to contact a potential supervisor prior to applying to the program to ensure suitability of their proposed research and to confirm a willingness on the part of the faculty member to act as their supervisor.

Faculty members in the Department of Sociology are actively involved in research, including many projects that may lend themselves well to graduate thesis work. Research interests among faculty are wide-ranging, and include interests in cultural, social, and political theory, gender and sexuality, social control, family and work, social trends, religion, youth, political sociology, sport and physical activity, global inequalities and population challenges, and population aging, thus providing students with a rich array of research areas to pursue (for a listing of specific research interests by individual faculty members see uleth.ca/artsci/sociology/department-sociology-faculty-research-information). The methodological approaches department members utilise are also diverse, and include interviewing, field work, autoethnography, surveys, contextual analysis, global comparative analyses, and statistics. The department also has affiliations with several research centres and projects that draw faculty from multiple departments, which may be in line with student needs and research interests. These include the Centre for Culture and Community, the Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy, the University of Lethbridge Research Data Centre, the Centre for Oral History and Tradition, and the Institute for Child and Youth Studies.

Career Opportunities: 

Our MA program is oriented toward intellectual and academic research to prepare students for further academic pursuits, such as a PhD. As such, the course curriculum emphasizes a solid grounding in both social theory and qualitative or quantitative methods. However, the academic and analytic skills acquired in the program have clear relevance to many employers, and a number of our graduates have gone on to have successful careers in non-university settings, such as teaching, counselling, management, human resources, community outreach, art curation, and recreation.

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Tuition Fees in Canada (1st Year Average)	BE / BTech: CA$22,600 | MBA: CA$25,375 | MS: CA$17,225 | BBA: CA$20,560 | MEng: CA$22,225 | BSc: CA$20,745 | MASc: CA$20,375 | MIM: CA$28,900 | MA: CA$12,970 | MFin: CA$32,785 | BHM: CA$20,560 | MEM: CA$17,040
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Work and Study in Canada	Permitted for 20 hours/week with a valid study permit.
Post Study Work Permit in Canada	Up to 3 Years after graduation depending on the course.
Cost of Student Visa in Canada	CAD 150
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