The Department of Philosophy offers three M.A. programs: the M.A. program, the M.A. in Political and Legal Thought program, and the new J.D./M.A. in Political and Legal Thought program. Details about each program can be found below. For information on admissions, application procedures, and funding, see Prospective Students.
The terrific writing and analytic skills that students develop over the course of our M.A. programs have consistently made them desirable candidates for jobs in both the public and private sectors, as well as sought-after applicants at the most competitive law schools, professional M.A. and M.B.A. programs, and Ph.D. programs in North America and Europe. For example, recent M.A. students have gone on to law programs at schools such as 皇冠体育's, U of T, Dalhousie, and McGill, and Ph.D. programs at schools such as 皇冠体育鈥檚, U of T, Princeton, Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, Arizona, Cornell, UCLA, Chicago, and Pittsburgh.
The M.A. Program
The M.A. program aims to provide students with both a strong, general education in philosophy and opportunities for advanced, independent research on topics of students' choosing. It is unique amongst Canadian M.A. programs, designed to be completed in one year (12 months) with both courses and a thesis. During the Fall and Winter terms, students complete course work (6 graduate seminars / Directed Studies courses). During the Spring and Summer terms, students write M.A. theses on topics of their choosing under faculty supervision, to be defended at the end of Summer or in the very early Fall.
The M.A. in Political and Legal Thought Program
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