麦克马斯特大学的社会学学院提供研究生经历，培养密切的导师关系，这些导师都是六大专业领域内的顶尖学者。该项目强调良好学识的重要性，并在加拿大和国际社会学领域内的现代发展中培养学生。
研究生项目侧重以下领域：社会不平等，性别、性和家庭社会学，工作和职业社会学，社会心理学，种族和移民社会学，政治社会学和社会运动。
The Department of Sociology at McMaster University offers a graduate experience that fosters close mentorship with faculty members who are leading scholars in our six areas of specialty. The program emphasizes the importance of good scholarship and trains students in current developments in the field of Sociology in Canada and internationally.
The Graduate Program specializes in the following areas: Social Inequality, Sociology of Gender, Sexuality and Family, Sociology of Work and Occupations, Social Psychology, Sociology of Race, Ethnicity and Immigration, Political Sociology and Social Movements.