Graduate units in Anthropology, Comparative Literature, French, Italian, and Linguistics participate in the Collaborative Master’s Program in Semiotics at the University of Toronto. The collaborating units contribute faculty, courses, and supervision for master’s level research. The Centre for Comparative Literature is the coordinating unit. The program is housed at Victoria College. A Program Committee, chaired by a Program Director, administers the collaborative program.

 The Collaborative Master’s Degree in Semiotics is a highly interdisciplinary program designed for graduates from various disciplines showing advanced training in Semiotics and Communication Theory. The major topics of emphasis in the Collaborative M.A. Program are: general semiotics, anthropological semiotics, historical semiotics, French semiotics, Italian semiotics, Peircean semiotics, applied semiotics, and visual semiotics. The Collaborative Master’s Program in Semiotics will contribute to the development of an integrated research community at the University of Toronto.

 Applicants to the Collaborative Master’s Program in Semiotics are expected to meet the admission and degree requirements of both the home unit and the collaborative program. The student’s program is subject to the approval of the Program Committee in Semiotics. Upon successful completion of the degree requirements, students will receive the notation “Completed Collaborative Master’s Program in Semiotics” on their transcript in addition to the master’s degree from their home graduate unit.