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Carleton Launches Unique Graduate Programs That Will Produce Leaders of Tomorrow

Carleton University is home this fall to a new, one-of-a-kind doctoral program in Legal Studies. In fact, there’s a record number of new graduate offerings, including one of just five PhD programs in Architecture offered in North America.

These programs will develop highly qualified future leaders who will contribute to the Ontario economy and go on to effect profound change in areas such as health, engineering and the environment in an increasingly globalized world.

“Our new graduate programs could not have been developed without the co-operation of our faculties and disciplines, which enables us to continue our long history of creating interdisciplinary programs like Sustainable Energy, or the Infrastructure Protection and International Security master’s degree,” said John Shepherd, dean of the Graduate Studies.

“This approach gives us an advantage in developing programs that truly help address world problems by teaching students who will become well-versed in social and cultural complexities, as well as political discourse, business, science, the environment and engineering,” said Shepherd.

Dispersed among all faculties of the university, the new programs will give students valuable practical skills. The Human-Computer Interaction masters-level program, for example, affords students an opportunity for true multidisciplinary study by combining human cognition, new media technology and software design. The highly touted Political Management masters-level program is the country’s first rigorous intellectual training ground for political staff, strategists, tacticians and advocates designed to improve the political culture of this country, resulting in more constructive politics and well-informed policy decisions.

Carleton students in the new and existing programs also have a huge advantage as being in Ottawa allows them to pursue great partnerships with research agencies, cultural institutions, government agencies and NGOs based in the national capital region. More than 500 adjunct research professors from these institutions make important contributions to the supervision and research activities of our graduate students.

Other new graduate programs include:

Graduates from all of these programs will have general and specialized skillsets which will enable them to pursue diverse career opportunities.

For more information about Carleton’s new graduate programs since 2010, please go to: carleton.ca/fgpa/new-graduate-programs/

Carleton offers more than 100 graduate programs to over 3,600 students each year.

For more information:

Lin Moody
Recruitment and Communications Officer
Graduate Studies
Carleton University
613-520-2600, ext. 1146
lin_moody@carleton.ca

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