At Acadia University in Wolfville, Canada, Cert in Christian Studies is offered as a certificate in Religious Studies programme. The programme runs for 1 year. Tuition for international students is CAD 375 per credit (CAD 350 per credit for local students).
Also offered as: Postgraduate Diploma
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Religious Studies
Duration: 1 year
Local tuition: CAD 350 / credit
International tuition: CAD 375 / credit
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Certificate in Christian Studies at Acadia Divinity College is an on-campus certificate program based in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, awarded at the college's annual Commissioning Service. The curriculum totals 30 credit hours across ten courses, organized around Biblical Studies, Christian Thought and theology, and Practical Theology electives such as evangelism, leadership, spiritual formation, and pastoral care, alongside a non-credit orientation component. Students may complete the certificate in one year of full-time study or extend it part-time. Admission requires a high school diploma or equivalent, including English 12 or its equivalent, with a minimum overall average of 70 percent. The program is designed for individuals seeking foundational knowledge in Christian Studies to prepare for volunteer leadership roles within a church or ministry setting, and it also functions as a pathway into Acadia Divinity College's Bachelor of Theology degree for those who wish to continue toward a full undergraduate credential.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:70.00 / %
Admission Requirements: The Certificate in Christian Studies page sets its own entry requirement: applicants normally hold a high school diploma, or equivalent, with five Grade 12 academic courses, one of which must be English 12 (or equivalent), and a minimum overall average of 70%. A grade point of 2.00 is required in each course for it to count toward the Certificate. The page relies on the Grade 12 English 12 requirement itself as the language qualification and does not publish a separate standardized test score; applicants without Grade 12 English should refer to Acadia's general English-proficiency scores: 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, or equivalent.
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.
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