{"id":151,"date":"2010-03-10T12:29:14","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T17:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/?page_id=151"},"modified":"2026-02-03T10:33:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:33:32","slug":"master-of-arts-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/geography\/master-of-arts-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Master of Arts Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Master of Arts Program\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies offers programs of study and research in geography leading to the degree of <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/grad\/gradprograms\/geography\/\">Master of Arts<\/a>. Research on a wide variety of topics is possible. Whatever a student&#8217;s primary field of interest, the Carleton M.A. program promotes an integrative conception of Geography and encourages the crossing of inter- and intra-disciplinary boundaries. It also seeks to foster openness to a variety of philosophical and methodological approaches to geographical inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"research-themes\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research themes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The following summarizes thematic areas in which M.A. research has been, and is currently being conducted. Additional possibilities exist depending on student interests and supervisory capacity. &nbsp;For students interested in a Master of Arts (MA), our <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/staff-faculty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">faculty research interests<\/a> and areas of expertise span a wide range of major issues and themes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><em>Environmental sustainability<\/em><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> human security and environmental change; political ecology; Indigenous knowledge and approaches to resource use and conservation; local food systems and sustainable communities; changing natural resource economies; environmental politics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Cities and urban transformations<\/em><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> global urbanisms; housing markets; shantytowns and informal settlements; migration and immigration; governance and citizenship issues.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Social and political change<\/em><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> social justice; post-traumatic bodies, places and things; emotion, affect, identity and change; empire and anti-colonialism; critical labour, legal and northern geographies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Innovative research methodologies<\/em>:<\/strong> arts-based and narrative-based research; cross-cultural, collaborative research and education; community-university partnerships; participatory mapping.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"program-information\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n\n                        <figure class=\"flex items-center justify-center w-12 h-12 mx-6 mt-5 mb-1.5 overflow-hidden\">\n                <span class=\"cu-icon cu-icon-thumb\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; display: inline-block;\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 640 512\"><!--! 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