MA Program Requirements
Detailed program requirements for the MA degree can be found in the Carleton University Graduate Calendar . Please refer to the calendar for all specific program requirements, including descriptions of specific courses. The summary below is intended for general information purposes only.
There are two concentrations in the MA degree. The Russian, Eurasian and Transitions Studies concentration involves an interdisciplinary focus on the communist legacy and challenges facing countries in transition. The concentration’s geographic scope includes eastern and southeastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Caucasus, and post-Soviet Central Asia. The European and European Union Studies concentration focuses on countries involved in the European Union and on the dynamics of European integration processes from an interdisciplinary perspective, including EU enlargement and relations of the EU with other states.
In general terms, the EURUS degree includes the following general components:
- Course work, including courses in the student’s choice of concentration (Russian, Eurasian and Transitions Studies or European and European Union Studies)
- Core courses, which are designed to enable students to develop a cumulative base of interdisciplinary knowledge, and to develop research proposals systematically with the support of their instructors and peers;
- An MA research essay or thesis, which gives the student the opportunity to work with a faculty supervisor to develop a sustained research project,
- A language requirement, to ensure that the student is able to work with original-language sources.