Study Part Time
Study While Working Full Time
Graduate degrees can expand your career opportunities and boost your earnings. However, managing a job, family, or other commitments is challenging. That's why at Memorial, we offer exceptional, quality-assured options for over 30 graduate programs. These options are designed to meet your unique needs at different life and career stages while offering the education that gives your career a competitive edge.
By joining Memorial University as a part-time graduate student, you can take advantage of flexible class times and online course options that would allow you to finish your degree on your own schedule. Several research-based programs can also accommodate part-time learners. Below are some of the graduate programs that offer part-time study:
- Aquaculture (MSc)
- Biochemistry (MSc)
- Biology (MSc)
- Business Administration (MBA, GDBA)
- Chemistry (MSc)
- Classics (MA)
- Cognitive & Behavioral Ecology (MSc)
- Computer Science (MSc)
- Earth Sciences (MSc)
- Education (MEd)
- Employment Relations (MER)
- Engineering (MEng)
- English (MA)
- Environmental Policy (MA)
- Gender Studies (MGS)
- Geography (MSc)
- Health Ethics (MHE)
- History (MA)
- Human Kinetics and Recreation (MSc (Kin), MHKR)
- Mathematics & Statistics (MSc)
- Marine Studies (MMS)
- Maritime Management (MMM)
- Medicine (MSc (Med))
- Applied Health Services Research
- Cancer & Development
- Clinical Epidemiology
- Community Health
- Human Genetics
- Neurosciences
- Public Health (Population/Public Health) (MPH)
- Nursing (MN)
- Occupational Health and Safety (MOHS)
- Philosophy (MA)
- Physics (MSc)
- Political Science (MA)
- Scientific Computing (MSc)
- Social Work (MSW)
- Sociology (MA)
- Technology Management (MTM)
Available Worldwide
Memorial University is a Canadian leader in online learning, offering a wide range of courses designed specifically for a web-based environment through the innovative BrightSpace learning management system. BrightSpace enables students to submit assignments, complete quizzes, participate in discussion forums and class chats, and email instructors, all from one place. Course materials are delivered in effective and accessible ways, using a variety of resources such as video conferencing, interactive multimedia and other state-of-the-art learning technologies.
Master's programs that are available completely through online learning include:
- Education (MEd)
- Curriculum Teaching and Learning Studies
- Educational Leadership Studies
- Educational Technology
- Post Secondary Education
- Human Kinetics and Recreation (MHKR)
- Marine Studies (Fisheries Resource Management) (graduate diploma, MMS)
- Maritime Management (MMM)
- Nursing (MN)
- Technology Management (MTM)
Mixed-mode programs offer at least 75% of courses online with only some components (i.e. seminars, residencies, etc.) to be completed on campus. Mixed mode Master's programs include:
- Education (Counselling Psychology) (MEd)
- Marine Studies (Marine Spatial Planning and Management) (MMS)
- Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) (MN)
- Social Work (MSW)
Affordable Tuition and Fees
Please visit the Tuition, Fees and Funding page for more information. There is a charge for distance courses and certain special delivery courses for certain student cohorts. Please visit the Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning website for details.
Extensive Student Support
To help you achieve a successful outcome in your online learning studies, we have developed a wide range of supports, services and resources for students studying online.
Contact Us
We'd love to hear from you! If you have questions or are looking for more information regarding programs offered via part-time study, please join one of our webinars or send us a message.