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At Western, we have outstanding graduate programs and an excellent research profile. However, no matter how qualified and dedicated our faculty, the quality of our programs depends on the quality of our graduate students. We strive, therefore, to attract the best and brightest and to offer them an intellectually enriched and challenging environment. We invite you to share in our tradition of excellence and experience the advantages of a Western graduate degree.
Classical Studies
MA, PhDWestern Classical Studies offers graduate programs leading to both M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Classics. With more than 50 years of success at the M.A. level, we also recently introduced the Ph.D. program.
Comparative Literature
MA, PhDOur graduate students represent an extremely wide variety of research interests in periods, languages, genres and theoretical approaches. The MA and PhD programs promote a truly global understanding of literature and its international diversity.
English
MA, PhDThe English Department's graduate program ranks as one of the strongest and most diverse in Canada. Subjects offered encompass all areas of theory, criticism, and scholarship and all major periods and genres.
French Studies
MA, PhDThe Department of French Studies offers both a MA and PhD program in the areas of French literature and linguistics.
Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
MA, PhDThe graduate programs in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies engages students in using interdisciplinary, feminist methodologies to examine the ways in which gender interacts with race, age, class, ability/disability and sexual orientation.
Hispanic Studies
MA, PhD, Direct Entry PhDThe Hispanic Studies graduate program works in the language of Spanish. Graduate programs offer the unique perspectives of a cross-disciplinary approach and interaction with faculty from varied backgrounds.
Linguistics
MAThe MA program in linguistics fosters scholarship and research in the discipline, not only for students who plan to continue with a PhD program in linguistics, but also is an invaluable foundation for those seeking careers in fields such as education, communicative disorders, and speech technologies.
Philosophy
MA, PhD, Direct Entry PhDThe Department of Philosophy offers a one-year MA and PhD program with areas of strength including Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, History of Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Moral, Political and Legal Philosophy, and Ancient Philosophy.
Theory and Criticism
MA, PhDThe Theory Centre is one of the oldest and most established programs of its kind in North America. Since the inception of its MA program in 1990, and the PhD program in 2002, it has consistently attracted exceptionally qualified students from around the world. Our Core Faculty includes scholars with international reputations from the Arts and Humanities, Information & Media Studies, and Social Sciences.
Visual Arts
MA, MFA, PhDThe Department of Visual Arts offers three graduate degrees: Fine Arts (MFA), Art History (MA) and Doctorate (PhD). These programs are unique in Canada because they combine an emphasis on current and historical art theory with traditional instruction, supervision in the studio arts, and art history.