BA/BS in Biology is a bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences programme offered by Acadia University in Wolfville, Canada. The programme runs for 4 years, delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 25,173 per year (CAD 10,986 per year for local students).
This Bachelor of Science in Biology is organized around three interconnected themes: health sciences (covering microbiology, immunology, and development), genetics and evolution, and biodiversity and ecology, including marine biology and eco-physiology. Students can complete the degree as a major, an honours major, a double major, or a double major with honours. The curriculum places emphasis on laboratory work and fieldwork rather than lecture-only instruction, and undergraduates have opportunities to join faculty research projects and, in the middle years, to work as teaching assistants. A co-op work-term option and study-abroad terms are both available. The program follows a four-year structure, moving from introductory courses in year one toward specialization and research or teaching-assistant involvement in later years, with more focused coursework in the final year. It is delivered on campus at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. The program suits students preparing for further study or careers across the life sciences, including medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary science, ecology, conservation, genetics, and environmental consulting, particularly those who want hands-on lab and field experience built into their degree rather than encountered only later.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: For applicants presenting the International Baccalaureate Diploma, Acadia University requires the IB Diploma including IB English with an overall score of 24 or better; a score of 30 or higher earns 30 hours of university credit. IB Mathematics (Analysis and Approaches or Applications and Interpretations, SL or HL) and IB Chemistry must each be completed with a grade of 4 or better. Applicants who have completed IB courses but do not hold the diploma are considered on their coursework, with credit given for higher-level courses graded 5, 6 or 7.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Acadia does not publish year-specific application deadlines: its live admissions pages state only that domestic and international undergraduate applicants may apply any time after September 21st, with March 1st as the priority date for entrance-scholarship consideration (decisions by mid-April); no year is attached to either date. Admission is otherwise rolling, with no separate international closing date published. The Bachelor of Education programme has its own cycle, opening October 1st, but as of September 2026 the page still shows the stale 2025-2026 cycle and no current-cycle date has been published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
About Acadia University
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