Mount Allison University offers BA/BS in History, a bachelor's degree in History programme in Sackville, Canada. The programme is delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 22,890 per year (CAD 11,350 per year for local students).
History at Mount Allison University develops understanding of the institutions, ideas, groups, and individuals that have shaped the political, social, and cultural world, building critical analysis, communication, and writing skills through the study of diverse human experiences. The credential is offered as a Bachelor of Arts major or honours degree, the honours track completed either with a thesis component or through additional upper-level coursework, along with a minor available in any other program and a Public History undergraduate certificate. Courses cover Canadian, American, European, and Asian history and are offered across all years, with the widest course selection in third year and independent study available in fourth year; topics include environmental history, Indigenous Canadian history, and Renaissance studies. Delivery is on-campus at the Sackville, New Brunswick campus, with experiential learning through research and teaching assistantships and paid internships with regional historic societies, supported by the on-site Mount Allison Archives. The program suits students seeking an interdisciplinary humanities education grounded in critical thinking and written communication, preparing graduates for roles such as policy analyst, archivist, museum curator, or teacher, or further study in education or law.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: History'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.
