Acadia University offers BA/BS in Women's and Gender Studies, a bachelor's degree in Gender & Sexuality Studies programme in Wolfville, Canada. The programme is delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 25,173 per year (CAD 10,986 per year for local students).
Women's and Gender Studies at Acadia University examines gender across social justice, culture, education, sexuality, literature, psychology, history, science, and politics, drawing on feminist perspectives that question established norms. The program offers around 60 interdisciplinary courses, including Gender and Sexuality, Feminist Theory, Queer Studies, and Women of the African Diaspora, along with a Women in Science course that the program describes as a unique interfaculty offering in Canada. It can be completed as a Major, Double Major, Major with Honours, Double Major with Honours, or Minor. The program is delivered on Acadia's Wolfville, Nova Scotia campus, with a co-op option available for students who want work-integrated learning alongside their studies. It suits students interested in examining and challenging social inequalities across multiple fields, particularly where gender intersects with race, environment, literature, or the sciences. Graduates have gone on to work as lawyers, engineers, social workers, teachers, NGO managers, scientists, and government researchers focused on equity and inclusion.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:70.00 / %
Admission Requirements: The Women's and Gender Studies 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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