• MA in Power, Conflict, and Ideas at The University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus​ is offered as a 2-years program by the College of Graduate Studies.
  • This university is ranked #34 in World University in QS Ranking.
  • It is an on-campus program offered on a full-time basis only.
  • The interdisciplinary master’s degree in power, conflict, and ideas give graduate students access to the expertise of diverse, nationally and internationally recognized researchers from a variety of faculties and disciplines in a coherent, thematic framework.
  • The dynamics of power, conflict, and ideas in today’s world are complex and in constant flux.
  • Access to economic opportunity, employment, security, and civil rights protections is not equally available to all members of society.
  • The ability to understand the causes and consequences of these inequalities requires a solid foundation in historical knowledge and contextualized understandings of social and political dynamics.
  • Finding solutions to problems of social inequality and injustice also requires recognition of structural challenges, such as those presented by legal and criminal justice systems, institutions of governance, and other infrastructures of power.
  • The interdisciplinary graduate degree in power, conflict, and ideas at UBC’s Okanagan campus brings together diverse perspectives, insights, tools, and techniques needed to comprehend and address today’s challenges, and allow graduates to become agents of change.
  • Students will study the dynamics of political environments, learn how to use archives and historical data, study social theory and theoretical approaches, learn how to apply ethical frameworks, and develop critical analytical skills.
  • In pursuing this field of study, students will be able to pursue rigorous graduate study that culminates in an in-depth individual research project.
  • The interdisciplinary nature of the program, drawing from multiple faculties and departments, allows for a range of teaching and research opportunities in different departments.
  • Graduates of the program will come away with a nuanced understanding of:
    • Power, social change, and the history of ideas
    • Governance, participation, and policymaking
    • Historical context and framework
    • Inequality, conflict, and social justice
  • Graduate students can pursue these and other faculty research and teaching interests:
    • Criminology, law, and legal systems
    • Social movements and political consciousness
    • Gender, social reproduction, and sexuality
    • Inequality, economic systems, and social policy
    • Critical race theory, intersectionality
    • Ideology, religion, and identity in conflict
    • Post-humanism, interspecies, and critical animal studies
  • The MA program consists of 18 credits.