MA/MS in Community Development is a master's degree in Social Work programme offered by Acadia University in Wolfville, Canada. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 17,726 per year (CAD 7,655 per year for local students).
Also offered as: Bachelor's Degree
At a glance
Degree:Master's Degree
Field:Social Work
Duration: 2 years
Delivery: On Campus
Local tuition: CAD 7,655 / year
International tuition: CAD 17,726 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Master of Community Development at Acadia University is a two-year, thesis-based program combining independent research with coursework and a practicum. Students carry thesis work across both years, take courses including a Community Development Seminar and a Community Development Research Methods course, complete one elective, and undertake a practicum in the second year. Program research areas include ecotourism and sustainable or Indigenous tourism, community youth leadership, sustainable community development, environmental education, and sustainable food systems, among others. Instruction is delivered in person at Acadia's Wolfville, Nova Scotia campus. Applicants are expected to identify a willing faculty supervisor before applying, and the program is aimed at strong graduating or mature students from a range of undergraduate backgrounds who are interested in areas such as tourism sustainability, environmental education, active transportation, renewable energy, or resource management, and who want a research degree that combines a thesis with applied practicum experience.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:70.00 / %
Admission Requirements: Applicants need an Honours degree or a four-year bachelor's degree from an approved university, with at least a B- average (70%) in major-field courses during the last two undergraduate years. Letters of reference are required (number not specified). Admission also depends on fit with the program's research areas, such as tourism and sustainable community development, environmental education, active transportation, sustainable food systems, renewable energy, adventure education, or community-based resource and environmental management. No application deadline or start date specific to this program is stated on the page.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall
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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