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286 Master's degrees in Humanities in Canada
Interdisciplinary Studies - Cultural Studies
Participate in an interdisciplinary online master’s program in Interdisciplinary Studies - Cultural Studies at Athabasca University that integrates theories, methods and practices from the arts, humanities and social sciences.
Religious Studies - Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Religious Studies - Medieval and Renaissance Studies from University of Ottawa focuses on the study of the religious phenomenon through teaching and research in the same manner and on the same level as any other category of facts accessible to human experience and observation.
Religion
Religion from University of Manitoba is offered as a Joint Program in cooperation with the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Winnipeg. Students in the JMP may elect to receive their degree from either of the two participating universities. They may pursue their degree via the thesis route, or the Course and Comprehensive route.
English
This English M.Phil course from Queen's University will be of particular interest to those undergraduate students who are already contemplating doctoral research.
Linguistics
At University of British Columbia, Linguistics is a highly interdisciplinary field which combines research methods from the humanities and the social, natural, and mathematical sciences.
Theological Studies
The Theological Studies program at the University of Toronto provides students a general introduction to theological scholarship, for their own enrichment or to establish a theological context within which to exercise their own ministry or apostolate within the world.
Classics
The M.A. in Classics is a two-year degree from University of British Columbia that allows students to gain the necessary proficiency in Greek and Latin to proceed to a Ph.D.
Lifelong Learning
The Masters programs in Studies in Lifelong Learning at Mount Saint Vincent University prepare students with knowledge and skills to take leadership roles as lifelong educators.
Music Theory
Music Theory from Western University - Canada exposes students to a wide range of recent and past scholarship in music theory.
Philosophy
The Master in Philosophy offered by University of British Columbia provides an opportunity for excellent students to study philosophy at an advanced level; to broaden their understanding of some fundamental questions; and to acquire the skills and knowledge that are necessary for the development their own philosophical research.
Creative Writing
The Department of English offers a Masters degree in Creative Writing at the University of Regina. The MA in Creative Writing is a non-terminal degree.
History
The History MA course from Queen's University offers challenging and innovative MA and PhD programs in established and new fields of historical inquiry.
Philosophy
Philosophy at McMaster University is used to clarify and interpret important concepts such as truth, God, mortality, beauty, knowledge and reality. These concepts play an important role in our self-understanding and our interpretation of the world.
Writing
The Writing MFA program offered at University of Saskatchewan is a two-year program. Students will normally convocate in the fall at the end of the two years. This means that the students will normally defend their theses at the end of August and/or the beginning of September
Global Humanities
The Master of Arts (MA) in Global Humanities at Simon Fraser University is suited to students who wish to pursue specific and advanced cross-disciplinary, text-based research projects. It enables specialization in a period or theme in the context of a strong grounding in the humanistic tradition from ancient Greece to the modern period in different cultures.
Creative Writing (Distance)
The Creative Writing (Distance) is a studio program from University of British Columbia, with the writing workshop at its heart, the distance MFA focuses on the work created by students as the primary text. Through intensive peer critique and craft discussion, faculty and students work together with the same goal: literary excellence.
Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics offers degree programs leading to an MSc in Linguistics at the University of Alberta.
Philosophy
The Philosophy MA program at York University focus blends contemporary and historical perspectives and draws inspiration from widely separated philosophical approaches.
Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics at the Memorial University of Newfoundland maintains strong links between teaching and research, with emphasis on data-driven, theoretically informed inquiry into aboriginal languages, language variation and change, and language acquisition.
Linguistics
The Linguistics program at the University of Toronto offers comprehensive training in three areas of strength: theoretical linguistics, language variation and change, and psycholinguistics.