{"id":79,"date":"2009-05-12T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/ccms\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2026-07-09T15:30:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:30:33","slug":"ma-program-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/current-students\/graduate-students\/ma-program-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"MA Program Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        EURUS MA Program Requirements\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"ma-program-requirements-5-0-credits\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">MA Program Requirements (5.0 credits)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n    \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    Thesis, Research Essay, or Coursework Pathways\n            <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    You may choose from three pathways: thesis, research essay (MRE), or (as of Fall 2027) coursework. Students usually choose their pathway by the winter term of year 1. See the graduate calendar for details.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a  href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/grad\/gradprograms\/europeanrussianandeurasianstudies\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Graduate Calendar\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n    \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    Core Course- EURR 5001 Interdisciplinary Seminar\n            <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    In the fall term of Year 1, you will take our team-taught core seminar EURR 5001 which provides an interdisciplinary approach to the study of the region. \n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a  href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/current-students\/course-outlines\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Course Outlines\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n    \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    Core Course &#8211; EURR 5010 Research Design and Methodology\n            <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    In the winter term of Year 1, you will take EURR 5010 and learn about research design and methodology. Research essay\/thesis students workshop proposals for their project. Coursework students write a research project\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a  href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/current-students\/course-outlines\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Course Outlines\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n    \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    Regional Concentrations\n            <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    You can choose from two concentrations: 1) <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">European and European Union Studies <\/strong>or 2) <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Russia and Eurasian Studies<\/strong>. MRE and thesis students take 1.0 credit; coursework pathway students 2.0 credits in their concentration.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a  href=\"\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Graduate Calendar\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n    \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    Elective Courses\n            <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    Students may choose from a wide-range of elective courses offered by EURUS or by other departments. For course outlines\/syllabi from past terms, see below.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a  href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eurus\/current-students\/course-outlines\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Course Outlines\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n    \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    Language Requirement\n            <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    Students need to demonstrate proficiency in a regional language obtaining the equivalent of a 2000 level language course. Many students opt to do intensive language study in the region. \n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a  href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/grad\/gradprograms\/europeanrussianandeurasianstudies\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Graduate Calendar\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Detailed program requirements for the MA degree can be found in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www4.carleton.ca\/calendars\/grad\/current\/\">杏吧原创 University Graduate Calendar <\/a>. Please refer to the calendar for all specific program requirements, including descriptions of specific courses. The summary below is intended for general information purposes only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are two concentrations in the MA degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>Russian and Eurasian Studies<\/strong> concentration involves an interdisciplinary focus on the history, communist legacy and challenges facing countries in transition, with a geographic scope covering eastern and southeastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Caucasus and post-Soviet Central Asia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>European and European Union Studies<\/strong> concentration focuses on countries involved in the European Union and on the dynamics of European integration processes from an interdisciplinary perspective, including EU enlargement and relations of the EU with other states.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The EURUS degree includes the following  components:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1.0 credit in Core courses, EURR 5001 and 5010 which are designed to enable students to develop a cumulative base of interdisciplinary knowledge, and to develop research proposals systematically with the support of their instructors and peers;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.0 credit courses in their respective concentration (Russian and Eurasian; European and European Union). Coursework pathway students take 2.0 credits in their concentration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.0 credit in research essay EURR 5908 or 2.0 credit in thesis EURR 5909, which gives the student the opportunity to work with a faculty supervisor to develop a sustained research project,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remaining credits in EURUS electives (2.0 credits for coursework or research essay pathway; 1.0 credit for thesis pathway). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A language requirement, equivalent to the 2000 level (second-year) courses at 杏吧原创, to ensure that the student is able to work with original-language sources. While prior language study is recommended, students with no prior language experience should expect to take language courses in addition to the above requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, students who choose the co-op option need to work two work terms (paid employment) to receive the co-op designation on their transcript. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program may be completed on a full-time or part-time basis, determined at the time of admission. Please note that only full-time students are eligible for admissions funding packages. <\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MA Program Requirements (5.0 credits) Detailed program requirements for the MA degree can be found in the 杏吧原创 University Graduate Calendar . Please refer to the calendar for all specific program requirements, including descriptions of specific courses. The summary below is intended for general information purposes only. There are two concentrations in the MA degree. 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