BA/BS in French Studies is a bachelor's degree in Linguistics & Language Studies programme taught at Mount Allison University in Sackville, Canada. Tuition for international students is CAD 22,890 per year (CAD 11,350 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Bachelor's Degree
Field:Linguistics & Language Studies
Local tuition: CAD 11,350 / year
International tuition: CAD 22,890 / year
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
French Studies at Mount Allison University builds language proficiency alongside awareness of French, French-Canadian, and francophone literatures and cultures, taught within the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures. The credential is a Bachelor of Arts, offered as a major or an honours degree, with a minor also available in any other program. First- and second-year courses build a foundation in written and spoken French, reinforced through grammar practice, language laboratory work, and tutorials, while upper-year courses develop advanced proficiency alongside the study of literature, culture, and literary criticism; sample courses include francophone cinema, contemporary spoken French, and French-Canadian literature. Most courses are taught in French, with some culture courses offered in English. Delivery is on-campus at the Sackville, New Brunswick campus in small classes, supported by a dedicated language lab, a certificate of bilingualism for students who demonstrate proficiency in both English and French, and opportunities for study abroad or work as an English teaching assistant. The program suits students with a solid grammar foundation and genuine interest in the language, preparing graduates for roles such as teacher, translator or interpreter, researcher, or foreign service officer.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: French Studies's programme page sets no academic prerequisites of its own for a Bachelor of Arts and defers to Mount Allison's general admission requirements. There, decisions weigh the whole applicant — academic record, leadership, level of commitment, and potential for personal growth — with the specific courses and grades required varying by the applicant's province or country and prior education. Applicants whose language of instruction was not English must meet Mount Allison's English proficiency requirement: IELTS Academic 6.5 with no band below 6.0, or TOEFL iBT 90 with at least 20 in each of Listening, Reading, Speaking, and Writing (PTE Academic 60 with no score below 51, CAEL CE 70 with no part below 60, Cambridge English B2 First/C1 Advanced/C2 Proficiency 176 with no band below 169, and Duolingo English Test 110 are also accepted). Three years of Canadian secondary schooling, or 30+ credit hours at an English-medium post-secondary institution, can also satisfy it; applicants short only on language may receive conditional admission through the university's English Summer Pathway Program.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Mount Allison uses rolling admission with no fixed general deadline: for the 2027-28 (Fall 2027) intake, early admission based on final Grade 11 marks opens 1 October 2026, general admission with mid-year Grade 12 transcripts opens in February 2027, and 1 March 2027 is the deadline to submit all application documents for admission and scholarship consideration. The deadline to accept an offer and pay the registration deposit is 1 May 2027. Bachelor of Music applicants must submit their application package by 1 February 2027, and Fine Arts (BFA/BA) applicants must submit their portfolio by 15 February 2027. International applicants follow the same published dates; Mount Allison does not publish a separate international deadline, so admission remains rolling until programs are full. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
