At Acadia University in Wolfville, Canada, BA/BS in Law and Society is offered as a bachelor's degree in Legal Studies programme. The programme is delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 25,173 per year (CAD 10,986 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Legal Studies
Delivery: On Campus
Local tuition: CAD 10,986 / year
International tuition: CAD 25,173 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
This Law and Society program examines law, justice, and the ways legal systems shape society in Canada and internationally, training students to identify and assess principles of law and justice, conduct specialized legal research, and critically examine legal processes and their interaction with broader social forces. Sample courses span criminal justice, business law, philosophy of law, and international law. The undergraduate degree can be completed as an honours, major, or minor designation. Small class sizes support on-campus delivery, and a co-op work-term option and study-abroad terms are both available. In the middle years, students can take on teaching-assistant positions or pursue summer research opportunities with faculty. Delivery is on campus at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. The program suits students interested in how legal systems function and interact with society, whether they are planning to attend law school or pursue careers in government relations, policy analysis, advocacy, legislative research, journalism, human rights work, or roles with think tanks and NGOs, given its combination of legal-research training and broader social-science context.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:70.00 / %
Admission Requirements: The Law and Society programme page does not add admission requirements beyond Acadia's general undergraduate criteria, published on the university's admissions pages. For direct entry, Nova Scotia and most Canadian applicants need Grade 12 English plus four additional Grade 12 academic or advanced courses, with a minimum overall average of 70% calculated by the Admissions Office (the university's average entering grade is 86%); applicants from other provinces follow province-specific course lists at the same 70% minimum. All applications require a CAD $40 non-refundable processing fee and transcripts from every institution attended. Applicants whose first language is not English must present IELTS 6.5 overall with no band below 6.0, or TOEFL iBT 90 with no subtest below 20 for exams before January 21, 2026, or TOEFL 4.5 overall with no score below 4.5 for exams on or after that date; PTE Academic 61, CAEL 70, Cambridge C1 Advanced 180, Duolingo 115, or three years of English-medium schooling also satisfy the requirement.
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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