The Department of Ancient Studies and Religious Studies is part of the Faculty of Arts and offers a master’s program leading to the degree of Master of Arts in Ancient Studies. The program includes a main field: Late Antiquity (200-700 AD).
The aim of the program is to provide students with in-depth study in the field of late antiquity: a crucial and exciting period of transition between the ancient era and the Middle Ages. The Department also offers the possibility of studying Coptic, Ethiopian and Syriac (in addition to Latin and Greek). Candidates acquire excellent background allowing them to pursue doctoral studies.
The program aims to refine the critical and research skills of its graduates and expand their knowledge in certain areas. Skills in research, argumentation, article writing, and more will be useful in various careers. Several graduates have found positions in local and federal government in which their master’s education was clearly valued.
The Department offers a multidisciplinary program in Medieval and Renaissance studies at the master’s level.
The multidisciplinary master’s degree in Medieval and Renaissance Studies (MDR) has two objectives:
- Provide graduate-level multidisciplinary training in medieval and Renaissance studies;
- Teach students theoretical approaches and research methods specific to the study of the period.
Since the 16th century, studying the Middle Ages has consisted of studying a “middle” period, that is to say intermediate, between what is perceived as two great civilizations, the classical Roman world and the modern Western world. This definition had a profound impact on academia, crystallizing a periodization that is now traditional in most human sciences disciplines.
NOTE: The University of Ottawa offers a partial tuition fee waiver scholarship to French-speaking international students. This significant contribution to financing their study project allows for a considerable reduction in tuition fees.
To benefit from the partial exemption scholarship, international students must:
- accept an offer of admission to a program of study offered only in French;
OR
- have completed secondary or post-secondary studies in French for at least two years and have obtained their diploma; And
- register for compulsory courses in French if these courses are given in both official languages (French and English).
