Naster of Science in Health Sciences

About this programme

In the MSc (Health Sciences) program, you'll work alongside ULethbridge Health Sciences faculty who engage students in active, ground-breaking research initiatives. Using a variety of methodologies, faculty supervisors provide research mentorship in a range of areas including: You are required to secure a potential supervisor before submitting application to this program.​ For further information, please visit the Search Supervisors page. During our 2-year program, you will complete 4 core courses and a thesis under the direction of an academic supervisor and thesis committee. For an MSc student who is admitted unconditionally, four to six graduate term courses or equivalent (12.0 to 18.0 credit hours) are required, as listed below: Health Sciences 5100 - Research Methodologies One of: Health Sciences 5300 - Advanced Statistics Health Sciences 5400 - Advanced Qualitative Analysis Additional courses should be selected in consultation with the student's supervisor. We also offer Public Health Specialization option within MSc (Health Sciences) program. Our faculty are actively looking for graduate students interested in research in a number of areas including public health; nutrition and physical activity; cancer, diabetes, and heart disease prevention; Indigenous health; mental health and addictions; gambling; global, immigrant and refugee health; health policy and management, therapeutic recreation, integrative medicine, sexual health; and harm reduction, to name a few. You can learn more about the research of our faculty members here.