Master of Arts in Ancient Culture, Religion and Ethnicity (MA)

at The University of British Columbia

WHAT MAKES THE PROGRAM UNIQUE?
The MA in Ancient Culture, Religion and Ethnicity takes full advantage of the unique blend of disciplines in our Department and offers students the opportunity to engage in a broad range of coursework and to pursue interdisciplinary research on the material culture, religious beliefs, languages and histories of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. We have sixteen full-time faculty specializing in the archaeology of the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean, Mesopotamia, Greek material culture, and the Roman provinces; in Hebrew Bible Studies, Jewish Studies, Christian origins, and New Testament Studies; in Greek literature and philosophy, Latin literature and translation, Greek and Roman history, Roman law, Greek and Roman theatre, and Greek mythology. Our faculty are all interdisciplinary researchers whose work regularly engages with other disciplines. There are also archaeological fieldwork opportunities for graduate students across Europe and the Mediterranean, including in Romania, Cyprus, and Israel.
 

PROGRAM STRUCTURE
The M.A. program requires 24 credits of coursework and the writing of an MA thesis worth 6 credits (CNRS 549). The 24 credits of coursework must include CNRS 500, and 18 must be numbered 500 or higher. The remaining 6 credits may, at the discretion of the program, be at the 300- or 400-level.

MINIMUM ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS
 

The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies establishes the minimum admission requirements common to all applicants, usually a minimum overall average in the B+ range (76% at UBC). The graduate program that you are applying to may have additional requirements. Please review the specific requirements for applicants with credentials from institutions in:
 

• Canada or the United States
• International countries other than the United States
   

Each program may set higher academic minimum requirements.
 

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST

Minimum requirements for the two most common English language proficiency tests to apply to this program are listed below:
 

TOEFL: Overall score requirement: 100
 

IELTS: Overall score requirement: 6.5

The fees for Master of Arts in Ancient Culture, Religion and Ethnicity (MA) may vary from $9,000 to $20,000 anually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for international students.

Our MA students have gone on to study at outstanding universities such as McGill, University of Toronto, Yale, UC-Berkeley, Stanford, and Oxford. Others have had career success in the public and private sectors as teachers, university administrators, translators, creative professionals, bankers, and more.