Interdisciplinary Studies: Master of Arts (MA) is a master's degree in Arts, Design & Architecture programme offered by Royal Roads University in Victoria, Canada. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 45,790 per total (CAD 33,209 per total for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Master's Degree
Field:Arts, Design & Architecture
Duration: 2 years
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 33,209 / total
International tuition: CAD 45,790 / total
Last checked September 2026 · Source: royalroads.ca ·
Program details
Overview
A flexible master's degree built largely by the student, combining courses from different Royal Roads master's and graduate certificate programs into a personalized, transdisciplinary plan of study led by experts in several academic fields. A program advisor works with each applicant to build a course plan aligned to their career or research interests, usually about a month of work completed as part of the application. Because the degree is interdisciplinary, no more than half of the courses may come from any single program. Students connect their own professional experience to a set of interrelated academic subjects and complete applied research relevant to their work and goals. Delivery is online with an optional two- or three-week residency, and the degree can be finished through a course-based route, a major research project or a thesis.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:3.33 / 4.33
Admission Requirements: Standard admission requires completion of a four-year (or comparable) undergraduate degree from a recognized post-secondary institution with a minimum GPA of 'B+' (3.33/4.33), normally with at least three years of professional experience. Flexible admission allows applicants to be assessed on skills, knowledge and background developed outside traditional learning structures. The programme page defers to Royal Roads University's institution-wide English language requirement for applicants whose first language is not English or who were not educated in English: for third-year-entry and graduate programs, IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with a minimum 6.5 in writing and speaking and 6.0 in listening and reading, or TOEFL iBT 88 overall with a minimum 24 in writing and 20 in listening, reading and speaking. Applicants also submit official transcripts, a two-page personal statement, a detailed résumé and two letters of reference.
Application Details
Start Date:January and September
Application Deadline:Royal Roads University sets no single university-wide deadline: domestic and international applicants apply directly to the university through the same process, and every programme page checked shows one identical deadline for both. RRU consistently closes a programme's application exactly three calendar months before that programme's own intake start date — a September 2027 intake typically closes 7 June 2027 — though a few programmes (the Master of Global Management, for example) use a six-month lead instead. Each programme lists its own upcoming intakes, running from 2026 into 2028 depending on the programme, and RRU says it may still accept a late application if space and processing time remain, but it publishes no separate international deadline and no institution-wide equal-consideration or rolling policy. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
