• Master of Arts in Sociology at York University is offered as a 1-year teaching program.
  • It is an on-campus program offered on both a full-time and part-time basis.
  • York has one of Canada's largest graduate sociology programs.
  • The program's focus is on critical scholarship, interdisciplinarity, and sociological theory.
  • Graduate students participate in courses, workshops, and colloquia in other programs and draw on faculty from departments across the university for committee members.
  • Students will benefit from close association with award-winning professors, including an unusually high number of research chairs, conducting sociological research in Arts, Law, Education, Fine Arts, Environmental Studies, and other Faculties.
  • The MA is a research degree that emphasizes the attainment of a basic capacity for critical research, analysis, and academic writing.
  • Students can apply and receive an impressive number of national and international awards for academic achievement.
  • Graduates are capable of taking up social science research in both public and private sector positions or of gaining admission to the best professional and doctoral programs in Canada and abroad.
  • The department has one of the most dynamic centers of social theorizing and research in Canada with a well-established national and international reputation.
  • York University supports a profusion of research centers and projects which draw faculty from multiple departments. 
  • The average salary of the program goes up to 46,000 USD.