Graduate & Professional Studies

More than 50% of AQUA graduates have pursued graduate studies or completed professional programs in a wide range of areas, including public policy, environment, climate change adaption, law, geographic information systems (GIS), education (public school and university), archaeology, geography, marine and/or fisheries management, marine biology, earth sciences (mining, oil and gas, hydrology), aquaculture, public administration, ocean technology, marine protected areas, coastal management, environmental sustainability, etc. 

A person holding a book standing next to a sign and a building
Alex Miller at Oxford University, August 2016
What types of Graduate and Professional Programs can you do with an AQUA degree?

The following are examples of programs that StFX Aquatic Resources graduates have completed:

Graduate Degrees

  • Master of Arts (MA) Resource Management & Environment, UBC, Vancouver, BC
  • Doctorate (PhD) Oceanography, Dalhousie U., NS
  • Master of Science (MSc) Environmental Practice (online), Royal Roads U., BC
  • Master of Science (MSc) Coastal & Marine Management, U of the Westfjords, Iceland
  • Master of Science (MSc) Marine Management, Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie U., NS
  • Master of Science (MSc) Earth Sciences, Acadia U., NS
  • Master of Arts (MA) Economics, U. of Calgary, AB
  • Doctorate (PhD) Energy and Climate Change Policy, Queen’s U., Belfast, Ireland
  • Master of Science (MSc) Water Science, Policy, and Management, Oxford U., England
  • Master of Resource & Environmental Management (MREM), Dalhousie U., NS
  • Master of Arts (MA) Archaeology, Trent U., ON and U. of Calgary, AB
  • Doctorate (PhD) Civil Engineering - Hydrogeology, UNB, Fredericton, NB
  • Master of Arts (MA) Sustainable Environmental Management, U. SASK, SK
  • Master of Sustainable Resource Management, U. of Munich, Bavaria, Germany
  • Master of Environmental Entrepreneurship, U. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
  • Master of Science (MSc) Climate Change Adaptations, U. of Waterloo, ON
  • Master of Science (MSc) Human Anatomy, U. of Dundee, Scotland
  • Master of Arts (MA) Environmental Policy, Memorial U., Newfoundland
  • Master of Marine & Environmental Management, York U., Toronto, ON
  • Doctorate (PhD) Ocean Sciences, Memorial U., Newfoundland
  • Master of Landscape Architecture, U. of Toronto, ON
  • Master of Science (MSc) Integrated Water Resources Management, McGill U., Montreal, PQ
  • Doctorate (PhD) Environmental Geochemistry, Queen’s U., ON
  • Master of Water Security and International Development, U. of East Anglia, Norwich, England
  • Master of Arts (MA) Marine Protected Areas (Geography), U. of Guelph, ON
  • Master of Science (MSc) Oceanography, Dalhousie U., NS

Professional Programs

  • Law, U. of Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Veterinary Medicine (fish), Atlantic VET College, PEI
  • Juris Doctor of Law and International Relations, U. of Ottawa, ON
  • Juris Doctor of Law (Environmental), Queen’s U., ON
  • Surveying Technician (Certificate), COGS/NS Community College, NS
  • Food Insecurity & Urban Agriculture (Certificate), Ryerson U., Toronto, ON
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS), COGS/NS Community College, NS
  • Oceans Technology, NS Community College, NS
  • Museum Management and Curatorship (Grad Certificate) Flemming College, ON
  • Environmental Engineering Technology (Water), NS Community College, NS
  • Ecosystem Restoration, Niagara College, ON
  • Knowledge Mobilization, U. of Guelph, ON
  • Economic Development & Public Relations (Certificate), Concordia U., Montreal, PQ
  • Aquaculture, Marine Institute, Memorial U., Newfoundland
  • Marine Geomatics, NS Community College, NS
  • Energy Sustainability Engineering Technology, NS Community College, NS
  • Occupational Health & Safety (OHS), U. of Victoria, BC
  • Education (primary & secondary) StFX, NS
  • Creative & Cultural Business (Certificate), Int’al & Intercultural Communications, Robert Gordon U., Scotland
  • Journalism, King’s U., NS
  • Nursing, StFX, NS

Contact

Aquatic Resources
(902) 867-3905
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2320 Notre Dame Avenue
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