At Acadia University in Wolfville, Canada, PGDip in Christian Studies is offered as a postgraduate diploma in Religious Studies programme. The programme runs for 1 year. Tuition is CAD 400 per credit for local students.
Also offered as: Certificate
At a glance
Degree:Postgraduate Diploma
Field:Religious Studies
Duration: 1 year
Local tuition: CAD 400 / credit
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Graduate Diploma in Christian Studies at Acadia Divinity College is a graduate-level diploma delivered entirely online. The curriculum totals 30 credit hours across ten courses spanning Biblical Studies (Old Testament, New Testament, and hermeneutics), Christian Thought (church history, Baptist identity, and foundational theology), and Practical Theology (including racial justice and pastoral care), with electives available in evangelism, discipleship, and leadership. Students may study full-time, completing the diploma in about one year, or part-time at a slower pace. Admission requires a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0. Completed coursework may later be credited toward Acadia Divinity College's Master of Divinity or Master of Arts in Theology programs. The diploma suits individuals pursuing personal spiritual and theological development who want an entry point into graduate-level Christian studies, including those already working who need a flexible, online format, and those considering further graduate study in divinity or theology.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The Graduate Diploma in Christian Studies page states its own entrance requirement: a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution, or equivalent, with a minimum cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 2.0; the page does not state which GPA scale this is measured on. The diploma itself requires completing 30 semester hours of graduate-credit academic work with a minimum GPA of 2.00 per course to count toward completion. The page does not publish its own English-language requirement, so Acadia's general graduate standard applies: 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, or equivalent; three years of English-medium study may waive it.
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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