Do I need to mention a specific research area if I'm a Master's applicant?

[chron]

I'm applying for just a Master's not a PhD though I want to do a thesis option Master's. Do I have to mention a single specific area of interest on my SOP? Because although I have a general idea of what kind of areas I want to do, I haven't committed to a single area. On my SOP I basically said "I am interested in X. [details] I think profs A and B could be my supervisors" and repeated this about 3 times. Am I messing up by doing this, or is this a reasonable way to write?

 

Also there's at least one grad school which said it's recommended that applicants contact a limited number of profs after they apply. This is something that has long confused me, whether or not I should have been contacting profs. If I do have to contact profs, it's hard to narrow it down to a few profs because I don't have a specific research interest. I mean I could pick one if I had to, but I had thought I would be able to take a couple of courses first as a Master's student then decide what to do my thesis on. Besides this particular school, should I be contacting profs or writing their names down on my SOP in general?

 

If it matters, I'm applying to Canadian schools where you usually go for your Master's first then apply for a PhD.

[SANDIEGO]

It's safe to mention 2-3 different areas of interest, as well as a few profs, each of whom can be from a different area. You don't want to sound unfocused by being too general, but at the same time you don't want to limit yourself to a single adviser.