Religion, Culture, and Global Justice (MA)

About this programme

Our world faces pressing questions of global justice in relation to armed conflict, human migration, economic inequality and environmental change. To understand and address these issues, no single disciplinary perspective suffices. The MA in Global Justice, Religion and Culture is an exciting unique program that offers you a crucial interdisciplinary space for reflection on how religion intersects with these global issues. Alongside questions of policy, the program fosters critical analysis of cultural and religious processes as well as their political implications in a globalizing world. All students in the MA in Global Justice, Religion and Culture begin with two semesters of coursework . This requires the completion of two core theory courses (GJRC693 in fall and GJRC694 in winter), a Colloquium requirement (GJRC690 spread over fall and winter), and 1.5 credits in GJRC elective courses. The 12-Month MRP option remains the most popular program option and requires the completion of a Major Research Project supervised by a professor in Global Studies or Religion and Culture. Completion of the MRP includes an assessment of both the written component and the oral defence. Students who wish to pursue the Internship Option for their degree must first obtain agreement from a program faculty member to supervise their completion of GJRC697: Supervised Internship. Internships may be conducted in Canada or abroad, and will be related to students’ topic of research for GJRC697: Supervised Internship.