NS,
Canada
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
BA in Sociology (Honours) in Wolfville Canada | Acadia University
Acadia University
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Wolfville Canada
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Qualification
Bachelor Degree with Honours
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
CAD
21,786
(c. USD15,666.05)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
48 months
The Department of Sociology stands among the most extensive within the Faculty of Arts. We maintain intimate class settings where students and professors collaborate directly. Our academic offerings include minor, major, honours, and master's degree options.
Sociology students explore societal structures and lived experiences. The curriculum presents diverse courses covering extensive social topics, from broad disciplines like anthropology, cultural studies, global development, and political economy to specialized areas including addiction studies, criminology, and social deviance. Students might focus on educational sociology, environmental sociology, or examine critical health studies, disability, family dynamics, food systems, gender studies, queer theory, or racial and ethnic relations.
Regardless of specialization, students develop imaginative thinking and critical analysis skills. Sociological theories reveal why societies function as they do and how daily experiences are shaped. Issues like homelessness, substance abuse, or imprisonment are frequently attributed to personal failures, but sociology examines the institutional frameworks that predispose certain populations to these circumstances. Research methodology training equips students with tools to analyze social patterns effectively.
Solving global challenges like climate change demands cooperative approaches. The study of social movements, knowledge systems, and inequality shifts focus from individual responsibility to collective action strategies.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 6.5
Qualification Requirements
Admission from High School
When planning their secondary school programs, students should note that a number of courses taken in the first university year have secondary school prerequisites. Generally, students continuing university work in subjects available in secondary school are advised to have senior year secondary school standing in those subjects.
Only academic (university preparatory) high school courses are acceptable for admission. The University reserves the right to exclude inappropriate courses from among those presented.
All students must present a penultimate (NS Grade 11 or equivalent) high school year course in mathematics
Required courses:
- English 12
- Four additional Grade 12 Academic or Advanced course
Admission from the International Baccalaureate Program
Students will be considered for admission using the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma with a minimum score of 24. Students admitted to Acadia University with a score of 30 or higher on the IB Diploma will receive 30 credit hours (30h) of university credit.
Students who have completed IB courses but do not possess the diploma will be considered based on their coursework. Acadia gives individual credit for IB courses completed at the higher level with grades of 5, 6, or 7.
English Language Proficiency
TOEFL score is 80 (PBT 550) with a minimum score of 90 (PBT 580) with no subtest score below 20. Overall IELTS score of 6.5 (with no subtest score below 6.0), a CAEL score of 70 (with no subtest score below 60), a PTE Academic score of 61 (no subtest score below 60), Cambridge English: Advanced with a total of 176 (no subtest score below 169), and MELAB with an overall score of 80.
Tuition
CAD
21,786