Overview

With an international reputation for intellectual leadership and strong local connections with communities and professionals, the MAS program provides an inspiring space to study archival science and develop professional skills. Records and archives play a vital role in society and students in this program will engage critically and creatively with emerging records issues, while developing the skills required to ensure that records are effectively created, organized, managed and preserved.

Program content focuses on:

  • Nature of records and archives
  • Managing records from creation to preservation
  • Records systems and archival systems
  • Selection of records and their acquisition in archives
  • Intellectual control of records and archives and provision of access
  • Records, archives and the law
  • Ethical and professional responsibilities
  • History of record-keeping and archives
  • Archives, recordkeeping and social justice

What makes the program unique?

In 1981 the Master of Archival Studies program was created at UBC making it the first graduate program in archival studies in North America.

Home to faculty who are internationally recognized for their contributions to research and teaching on digital preservation, computational archival science, and personal recordkeeping. The School offers students unique opportunities to engage in international research projects in this discipline.

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