Master Of Arts In Cultural, Social, And Political Thought

University of Lethbridge

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24 Months

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8/31/2025

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Program descriptionPlease note this is not a Political Science program. Applicants who are looking for our MA in Political Science program, please visit our MA Political Science program page.The Cultural, Social, and Political Thought major in the Master of Arts (MA) program is interdisciplinary within the humanities and social sciences. It is based on a cohort learning model that fosters an environment of interdisciplinary engagement and exchange, research, peer mentoring, and collaboration. The overall academic aims of the major are to emphasize a breadth and depth of social, cultural, and political thought and to install the intellectual and practical tools to work successfully with community partners and agencies to facilitate social change. Students graduating from the Cultural, Social, and Political Thought major will demonstrate a range of professional skills (e.g., peer review, public presentations, critical thinking) and research competencies. Graduates are capable of producing novel, relevant, and rigorous research that makes significant contributions to interdisciplinary knowledge.This major is thesis-based and requires students to complete 9.0 to 18.0 credit hours of graduate semester courses and a thesis. A list of the required courses for this major is outlined below.This program is highly theoretical and interdisciplinary in nature and intended to ground students in a body of cognate critical theories and methodologies. Across disciplinary boundaries, the Cultural, Social, and Political Thought major emphasizes the critical engagement of ideas and their manifestation in shifting cultural, social, and political contexts.In case of discrepancies between this page and the Graduate Studies Calendar and Course Catalogue, the Graduate Studies Calendar and Course Catalogue shall prevail.

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Applicants must hold a baccalaureate degree (i.e. an undergraduate degree) in a related discipline from a recognized degree-granting institution; Have a minimum grade point average of 3.00 (based on 4.00 scale) on the last 20 graded university-level term courses OR calculated on the most recently completed masters degree if the applicant is applying for another masters degree. English Language Requirements: Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) taken within the last two years, with a minimum overall score of 86. Academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS) test, taken within the last two years, with a minimum overall score of 6.5, and a minimum score of 6.0 in each band. Academic Pearson Test of English (PTE), taken within the last two years, with a minimum overall score of 63. Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL) Assessment, taken within the last two years, with a minimum overall score of 70.

24 Months - Full time

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8/31/2025

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University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, LETHBRIDGE, Alberta (AB), T1K 3M4, Canada

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The University of Lethbridge is based out of Alberta. Popularly known as the U of L; the University is ranked among the top research-intensive universities in Canada. The 2014 Macleans University Rankings placed Lethbridge in Canada’s top three universities for the quality of its undergraduate programs. The U of L offers more than 150 undergraduate programs and more than 60 graduate programs in six faculties and schools: Arts & Science, Education, Fine Arts, Health Sciences, Management and Graduate Studies. The University has a strong community of students from India, China and Bangladesh.

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