Master of Arts in Community Engagement, Social Change, Equity

The interdisciplinary master’s degree in community engagement, social change, and equity gives graduate students access to the expertise of diverse, nationally and internationally recognized researchers from a variety of faculties and disciplines in a coherent, thematic framework.Graduates of the program will come away with a nuanced understanding of:Community Based Participatory Research and related methodologies, such as Participatory Action Research and Collaborative InquiryConceptual and philosophical underpinnings of community engagementIssues related to voice, social justice, and inclusionOntology – how people relate to each other and to the spaces and places they find themselves in – and epistemology – how it is that we come to know each other and the objects and environments with which we interact