BA/BS in Politics at Acadia University in Wolfville, Canada is a bachelor's degree in Politics & International Relations 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).
This Politics program explores Canadian politics, comparative politics, global politics, Indigenous politics, political theory, and public administration, combining discussion-based classes and hands-on projects with opportunities to engage directly with communities and organizations. It leads to a Bachelor of Arts, with an honours program available for students in their final year. Students can also pursue a Certificate in Democratic Leadership and take part in the Politics Passport program, which supports off-campus engagement, alongside general research opportunities within the department. A co-op work-term option and study-abroad terms are both available. Delivery is on campus at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. The program suits students who want to understand how people, ideas, and institutions interact and shape society, and who are aiming toward careers in the public sector at the municipal, provincial, or federal level, policy and communications work, law, elected office, diplomacy and international organizations, or roles with NGOs, given the program's mix of theoretical political study and applied, community-facing components such as the Politics Passport.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:70.00 / %
Admission Requirements: The Politics 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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