Master of Arts - Public and International Affairs - Specialization in Environmental Sustainability (Major Research Paper or Project)

The Graduate School of Public and International Affairs offers a multidisciplinary master’s program focusing on public and international affairs. The degree awarded is the Master of Arts (MA) in Public and International Affairs. The program is offered on a part-time and full-time basis and also offers a coop option to full-time enrolled students.

Students in the Master of Arts in Public and International Affairs must successfully complete a total of six core courses, four elective specialized seminars, one capstone seminar and a research paper for a total of 39 units.

Public and international affairs is a participating unit in the collaborative program in Environmental Sustainability as well as in the collaborative program in Science, Society and Policy.

The guiding objective of the collaborative program Environmental Sustainability is to provide graduate students with the knowledge and skills needed to identify and analyze the economic, legal, policy and scientific dimensions of environmental problems, and to employ an evidence-based approach to develop rational policy options for addressing those problems.

The Graduate School of Public and International Affairs has signed an agreement with Wuhan University. This agreement makes it possible for students who wish to obtain a master’s in public and international affairs from the University of Ottawa to receive a conditional offer of admission to the master’s whereby they complete the fourth year of the bachelor’s degree of their home university at the University of Ottawa and then continue on to the master’s for two more years and qualify for the University of Ottawa master's degree after a total of five years of study (3+1+2).