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Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences
The Faculty of Social Sciences offers a wide variety of graduate programs to help spark your curiosity and achieve your goals. Work alongside leading researchers and instructions, gaining valuable skills and knowledge that will set you up for personal and career success.
Find a complete list of Masters and Doctoral programs as well as Graduate Diplomas below. View program information, deadlines, fees and more. Each program has individual admission requirements.
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What I liked most about the Economic Policy program at McMaster University is how well it prepares you to enter the job market ... the focus is teaching you skills that you will implement in your future career.
I loved my time at McMaster. I truly felt like a part of a community, at both the Economics Department and McMaster more generally. The faculty at the Economics Department were genuinely interested and cared about me and my research interests and ambitions. Without their support, as well as the friendships that I made with other students, I would not have had such a wonderful and successful experience at McMaster.
The Department is fantastic. I've really been lucky to have the opportunity to be a part of the Department for both my undergraduate and master's degrees because the undergraduate program had allowed me to gain a broader view of health care and social aging, while the master's programs had allowed me to focus on my topics of interest and develop a deeper understanding of those topics.
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Graduate English Language Certificates
Discover our certificates and available diplomas including supporting programs for English as a second language graduate students.
McMaster English Readiness for Graduate Excellence (MERGE)
The MERGE program goes beyond essential training in English speaking, listening, reading and writing. It has been designed to support the integration of these skills as applied to real world contexts students will encounter during graduate school and beyond.
McMaster Office for the Development of English Language Learners (MODEL)
An intensive language program preparing graduate students to study in an English-speaking environment.