St. Francis Xavier University offers BA/BS in Sociology, a bachelor's degree in Sociology programme in Antigonish, Canada. The programme is delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 22,100 per year (CAD 10,340 per year for local students).
Sociology at St. Francis Xavier University is a Bachelor of Arts delivered in person through the Faculty of Arts on the Antigonish, Nova Scotia campus. Students can pursue the subject as a major, a joint major, an honours program, or honours with a subsidiary subject. Introductory courses cover foundational sociological concepts and research methods alongside the ideas of classical theorists such as Marx, Durkheim, and Weber, building toward specialized study in areas including social movements, environmental issues, social inequality, racial equality, identity, media and cultural studies, rural sociology, fisheries, criminology, disability studies, and gender identity. The program emphasizes examining the social world and human behaviour through a range of methodological approaches. It suits students who want to ask critical questions about social structures, make informed social choices, and engage personally with social change. Graduates go on to work in fields such as education and teaching, law, social justice work, social research, and social work, as well as further academic study in sociology or related disciplines.
Requirements
Minimum GPA:70.00 / %
Admission Requirements: The Sociology page states no program-specific admission requirements and defers to StFX's general admission requirements; Sociology is a major declared at the end of first year of the Bachelor of Arts. For Nova Scotia applicants, the BA requires English 12 or English 12: African Heritage plus four further university-preparatory courses. The university-wide minimum is an overall Grade 12 average of 70%, with no grade below 65% in each required subject. Applicants whose first language is not English must submit an approved test: IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0), TOEFL iBT 90 (no section below 20), Duolingo 115 (no subscore below 100), CAEL 70 (no band below 60), PTE Academic 60 (no score below 50), or MET 55, valid within two years of application.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply directly to StFX: for September 2027 entry, applications open 15 September 2026 and the general deadline is 1 September 2027, though competitive programmes such as the 4-year BScN (3 March 2027) and Bachelor of Education (1 December 2026) close much earlier; January 2027 entry closes 9 December 2026 and May 2027 entry closes 12 April 2027. International applicants must apply by 30 May 2027 for September 2027 entry (late applications reviewed case-by-case depending on visa timing) and by 30 September 2026 for January 2027 entry, confirming by 30 October 2026. Admission is not open-ended rolling; each intake has a firm published deadline, though the general Fall deadline stays open until 1 September while seats in non-competitive programmes remain. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
