The Master of Kinesiology (MKin) program develops graduates who are leaders in the profession of kinesiology and who are prepared to succeed in advancing health through inclusive movement and exercise. The MKin program prepares students to understand, at an advanced level, kinesiology-related aspects of health and wellness, exercise as medicine, and inclusive physical activity. Students will be prepared to apply this understanding to work in a variety of careers to improve the health and wellness of the world’s population through movement and exercise. In this program, students learn to identify important kinesiology-related problems or issues across individuals, populations and settings, applying knowledge acquisition skills and critically interpreting research to address these issues and to innovate future kinesiology practice. This in-person, course-based program offers a mix of classroom and experiential education, with flexibility for course selection. Graduates will acquire research-informed and multidisciplinary expertise in:

• Movement assessment and intervention in diverse practice areas
• Knowledge synthesis, translation, and application
• Providing inclusive physical activity experiences
• Conceptualizing future kinesiology practice

The Master of Sport Sciences (MSS) program develops graduates who are leaders in advancing safe and inclusive training, recovery, and programming for the development of sport performance and expertise. The MSS prepares students to understand, at an advanced level, the range of knowledges and areas of practice that contribute to a sport sciences team; developing a focused understanding of a particular role within the team, including sport coaching and performance, sport integrity, and sport analytics. In this program, students learn to critically interpret research to inform sport sciences practice, identifying problems and issues in sport and performance and applying knowledge to promote positive outcomes in sport across individuals, teams, and environments. Graduates of this program will exercise initiative and personal responsibility for upholding ethical practice and integrity in professional work and will demonstrate an appreciation of diverse perspectives and forms of knowledge, including understanding boundaries of expertise and the influence of multiple actors contributing to the development of sport performance and expertise as part of the sport sciences team. This in-person, course-based program offers a mix of classroom and experiential education, with flexibility for course selection. Graduates will acquire research-informed and multidisciplinary expertise in:

• The role of evidence-based practice and program evaluation in the field of sport sciences.
• Working with the members of a sport sciences team to support positive sport outcomes.
• Identifying opportunities for actualization of human performance potential, sport-related       achievement, and improvement.
• Advocacy for sport and/or people within sport, and themselves in their roles in their fields/professions.

The MSS provides unparalleled learning environments for hands-on practice working alongside leading practitioners. The program may be completed with a concentration or without a concentration.

The purpose of the Master of Arts in Kinesiology is to provide advanced-level education and research training in social sciences and humanities within the field of kinesiology. The MA program is intended to broaden students’ understanding of the various aspects of kinesiology from a social sciences and/or humanities disciplinary perspective, as well as to provide them with the necessary scholarly and technical research skills so that they may pursue a high-quality research project. The program length is two-years (six sessions) and consists of 2.5 full-course equivalents (FCEs), a required graduate seminar series course and a thesis. It may be taken on a full-time or part-time basis.

The purpose of the MSc in Environmental Science is to train Bachelor of Science or Engineering graduates in the design, execution and dissemination of research that is focused on the interfaces between traditional disciplines in dealing with fundamentally scientific, environment-focused issues. This is a full-time, 16-month program with a unique May start date that will help students to rigorously gather data towards the completion of an MSc thesis. The MSc in Environmental Science will allow students to address major emerging research themes in the environment and pursue projects that make use of complementary research concepts, approaches and tools. Faculty members are cross-appointed from several graduate units including: Cell and Systems Biology; Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry; Chemistry; Earth Sciences; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Geography and Planning; Forestry; and Physics, which ensures the supervision of research projects across a broad range of expertise and research facilities. This program will engage these strengths in order to foster research that is critical for finding solutions to, or elucidating the root causes of, today’s critical environmental challenges. The program consists of 1.5 FCEs of coursework and a thesis.

The Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) advances public health education, addressing evaluation and translation of evidence in policy- and practice- decision-making contexts. The doctoral professional program is based on existing areas of faculty expertise within the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (including Public Health Sciences and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation). Additionally, the program is the first of its kind in English Canada and will further raise the profile of the public health workforce. The focus of the program is to contribute to emerging needs in public health to address increasingly complex issues. Graduates will develop skills and knowledge in four major competency areas, as defined by the Council on Education for Public Health: (1) Data & Analysis; (2) Leadership, Management, Governance; (3) Policy & Programs; and (4) Education & Workforce Development. The DrPH will allow graduates to take on advanced roles (e.g. leadership, knowledge translation) in public health policy and practice settings. Potential applicants will hold a master’s degree in a relevant public health sciences or health services -related discipline. Students will complete 11 half-credit courses, 2 half-credit elective courses, a comprehensive exam, an applied research project, and a final applied thesis.

The Doctor of Education in Child Study and Education is a four-year, full-time professional doctoral degree program that engages practitioners in advanced study of special education, wellbeing, mental health, and security through a child study lens. It consists of 4.0 FCE, or 8 half-courses plus the thesis (Dissertation in Practice) and it has been designed with the expectation that students will be working professionals. The EdD in Child Study and Education offers a comprehensive, sequenced, integrated program of study. It requires students to be enrolled in face-to-face or flex classes in Year One. Students will be required to complete 1.0 FCE in one of three Emphases in Year Two and may need to take those courses on campus. The emphases are: 1) Early Years and Early Learning; 2) Special Education; and 3) Mental Health and Wellbeing. Each emphasis will consist of carefully selected courses that will allow students to gain a deeper understanding and expertise in the two interrelated domains of the EdD: (1) special education; and (2) security, child and youth wellbeing. In addition to achieving the depth and breadth of knowledge, the selected emphasis will also support and focus students’ work on their thesis (dissertation in practice).

The Master of Health Science in Laboratory Medicine is a full-time two-year professional master’s degree program offered by the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology assisted by Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine. The program will be offered on a full-time basis. The program consists of 9.5 full course equivalents and the length of the program is two years (6 terms, starting in Fall). There are two fields in Laboratory Medicine to choose from, Pathologists’ Assistant (PA) and Clinical Embryology (CE). Pathologists’ Assistants (PAs) are involved in providing diagnostic services in anatomical pathology through applying knowledge of tissue and laboratory analysis of human specimens. Clinical Embryologists (CEs) provide clinical management related to assisted reproductive technology in clinical embryology laboratories. The program responds to education gaps in basic science, applied technology and core laboratory functions in both fields as advances are outpacing the ability to incorporate them into the current non-university, non-academic apprenticeship models of training PAs and CEs. Potential applicants will be graduates from life science and biomedical programs. The curriculum will consist of lecture, discussion, presentations, practicums, and project-based courses with a focus on core foundation of basic sciences, and field based academic and applied training.

The Doctor of Nursing is a professional doctorate degree program that will prepare nurses for leadership roles in organizations and systems in healthcare, or leadership roles in nurse education, nationally and internationally. Currently there is no professional doctoral level terminal degree in nursing in Canada for nurses who want an alternative to the traditional research-intensive PhD. The degree program will focus on the implementation and dissemination of knowledge in diverse healthcare practice and education settings. Students will complete 4.0 FCEs including 3 core courses (1.5 FCE); 1 elective courses relevant to their area of focus (0.5 FCE) and 4 seminar courses (2.0 FCEs). Through the seminar courses students will complete, depending on their career goals, either two internships in the area of health-care leadership or two practica in the area of educational leadership. These will be offered locally, nationally and internationally. Other program requirements include a literature review paper to be completed by the end of year 1, and the thesis. Applicants will be registered nurses hold current registration in at least one jurisdiction, have a master’s degree in Nursing or a closely related field with a minimum B+ standing and have a minimum of two years relevant healthcare leadership experience or advanced nursing education teaching experience.

The MHSc in Medical Physiology is a 3 session professional master’s degree program to be offered by the Department of Physiology in the Faculty of Medicine. Students will complete 6.0 full-course equivalents (FCE) consisting of required courses (3.5 FCE), a practicum (1.0 FCE) and electives courses (1.5 FCEs) in one of the four areas of general Physiology; Endocrine and Reproductive Sciences; Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Renal Science; and Brain and Behaviour. The professional MHSc in Medical Physiology will address the need for graduates who will take existing physiological knowledge concerning human health and put it into practice. The application of the knowledge can be in direct health care delivery or in an industry related to medical sciences. The courses are designed with an emphasis on combining a high-level understanding of how an individual’s health is a consequence of societal and environmental factors (e.g. level of activity and diet), integrated with the daily interplay between their organ and cellular physiology. Manipulating the interaction between the macro and micro elements to promote human health and prevent disease requires the integration of multiple sets of physiological data on cellular, whole body and societal behaviours in healthy individuals and those with pre-existing diseases.

The Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture, Landscape, and Design advances research and scholarship addressing the social, environmental, historical, physical, and technical questions of design and the built environment. The program is based on existing areas of faculty expertise and research within the John H. Daniels Faculty. This structure allows for cross-disciplinary study and collaboration that is not found in comparator programs. Additionally, the program is the first of its kind in Canada and will raise the profile of landscape architecture within the professional world and within academia by integrating it within the study of architecture and design at the doctoral level. The program will enable research in landscape and related topics that will engage advanced study in architecture and urban design. It will begin to meet the demand for research that addresses problems across the design disciplines including environmental and ecological quality from historical, theoretical, and cultural perspectives. One of the foci of the program is to contribute to emerging forms of design and scholarly practice that address the complex issues confronting the built environment.  It will also address a need for advanced specialized research within the design disciplines. Graduates will be grounded in a research informed practice that will transcend current disciplinary boundaries and position them to engage and lead the emerging, broader discussion, outside and between the specific design disciplines.  They will become traditional academics, consultants, and leaders in diverse fields, such museums and other cultural institutions; non-profit organizations; government; finance; and the consumer market.

Potential applicants will hold a master’s degree or equivalent in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Fine Arts, Engineering, Environmental Design. Students will complete 12 half-credit courses, a two-part comprehensive exam, a dissertation proposal, and a dissertation.  The PhD is designed to be completed in four years.