Master of Arts in Island Studies

University of Prince Edward Island

The Master of Arts in Island Studies (MAIS) at the University of Prince Edward Island is a unique, interdisciplinary, and policy-driven graduate program that critiques islands on their own terms. We welcome students from around the world with diverse disciplinary backgrounds and diverse degrees, or with professional workplace experience in the public, private, or resource sectors.Our program offers a challenging opportunity for students with:a special interest in researching islands: their societies, economies, histories, cultures, governments, geographies, and environmentsan interest in public policy and administrationcareer aspirations within local, regional, national, and international governmental and non-governmental organizationscareer aspirations in the private and resource sectorsa desire for the challenge of graduate education

Faculty of Arts