Skip to main content#
Glendon Campus Alumni Research Giving to York Media Careers International York U Lions Accessibility
Future Students Current Students Faculty and Staff
Faculties Libraries York U Organization Directory Site Index Campus Maps

Degree Requirements

The Graduate Program in Science and Technology Studies offers advanced training leading to the MA and PhD degrees. It is expected that each student will actively pursue an approved program of studies and will register as a full-time or part-time student, in the first academic session following admission.

Choose a degree:

MA - Master of Arts

The MA in Science and Technology Studies will provide students with an advanced introduction to STS research and its fields of application. Students will be encouraged to address existing STS literature in-depth, and will have the opportunity to pursue a major, but short-term, research project of their own design. This experience will offer those students coming into the graduate program with an undergraduate degree in STS with the chance to both focus their existing interests in the field while expanding their repertoire of interdisciplinary tools to analyze the diverse structures of the sciences and technology.

 

PhD - Doctor of Philosophy

The doctoral program offers a comprehensive curriculum covering major scholarly perspectives from within Science and Technology Studies. By allowing students to choose a field in a mainstream discipline, such as history, anthropology or sociology, the program is also structured to ensure that a graduate’s expertise remains recognizable to those outside of STS. The program’s central objective is to prepare students for a career in STS teaching and research at the post-secondary level.