Trent’s Cultural Studies M.A. combines critical, cultural and political theory with opportunities for academic research and research-creation. Work closely with faculty and peers in a community that encourages creative and critical thought, while reading and reflecting on your coursework and developing your own research program.
Trent’s M.A. in Sustainability Studies provides interdisciplinary graduate education and research focused on environmental sustainability, economic prosperity, and social responsibility. Customize your degree through an individual study plan balancing core and elective courses while developing research, critical-thinking, professional, leadership and entrepreneurship skills. Prepare to address complex sustainability challenges and become an intellectual and organizational leader across academia, government, industry, and the non-profit sector.
Prepare to become an expert in forensic science through foundational science, applied research, scientific analysis, and hands-on learning. Learn from faculty with extensive academic, practitioner and professional experience while exploring forensic applications across social, judicial, and academic contexts.
Gain practical expertise through coursework, hands-on research and training with cutting-edge technology and techniques, developing your understanding of forensic science applications and ability to interpret scientific data and communicate science in legal contexts.
Explore educational theory and critically analyze current issues in education through research-based approaches that support transformative practice and intellectual independence. Customize your studies and research focus while learning in small classes from expert faculty in areas including literacies, leadership, ecological and social justice, environmental education, curriculum theory, Indigenous education, mathematics education, and critical theory. Develop transferable skills for careers in education, industry, community, or public service.
Develop expertise as a professional researcher and analyst while studying while exploring diverse, interdisciplinary fields in history. Study topics ranging from political history and foreign relations to the history of gender, the environment, sports, food, childhood, war and memory, dictatorship, and medicine, many of which are one-of-a-kind areas of study in Canada.
Take your passion for the written word further, examining how texts are produced and circulated, and their ongoing relationship with the public. Study the history and future of published works in this one-of-a-kind program that combines theory and practice with collaboration among faculty, experts, and visiting scholars. Earn a master’s degree in as little as one year while developing advanced communication, analytical and professional skills.
Fuel your curiosity and contribute to contemporary scholarship as you examine critical issues and debates in Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies. Develop a strong foundation in methodological and theoretical approaches to current scholarly research and writing while pursuing a project spanning humanities, social sciences, and other interdisciplinary fields. Trent’s Frost Centre provides a vibrant space for scholarly research, writing, and discussion about issues central to a critical understanding of Canada.