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Women's and Gender Studies at Acadia University

Acadia University, Canada

Programme overview

Women's and Gender Studies at Acadia examines how gender shapes society through social justice, culture, education, sexuality, literature, psychology, history, science and politics. The program has about 60 interdisciplinary courses and offers a Major, Double Major, Major with Honours, Double Major with Honours and Minor. It includes the interfaculty course Women in Science, and co-op is available.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts  |  Department: Women's and Gender Studies program  |  Study mode: full-time / co-op  |  Location: Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada

What you will study

Sample courses include WGST 3023 Feminist Theory, WGST 2403 and 3403 Gender and Sexuality, WGST 3803 Queer Studies, WGST 4913 Women of the African Diaspora and WGST 4923 Contemporary Feminist Issues.

Career pathways

Environmental educator or policy advisor, lawyer, university professor and researcher, NGO project manager, social worker or counsellor, government equity researcher, teacher.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Nova Scotia: minimum overall average of 70%, English 12 (or English 12: African Heritage) and four additional Grade 12 academic or advanced courses (Math at Work not accepted as an academic course). Ontario: minimum overall average of 70%, ENG4U and four additional Grade 12 U or M level courses. Other provinces: minimum overall average of 70%, the provincial Grade 12 English course and four additional Grade 12 academic courses.

Requirements published at faculty level.

Domestic applicants: CAD 10,986 a year. Canadian students outside Nova Scotia. Full course load undergraduate tuition (4-6 courses per term); excludes technology, athletic, health, campus renewal, student union and other fees. Source

International applicants: CAD 25,172 a year. Full course load undergraduate tuition (4-6 courses per term); excludes technology, athletic, health, campus renewal, student union and other fees. Source

Advanced Standing (2-year, 6-semester) pathway: intake in September of each year, with the last intake in September 2027.

Applications open any time after September 21; apply by March 1 to be considered for an entrance scholarship (notified by mid-April). The application processing fee is $40 CDN, payable online by credit card.

Apply through the official page: https://www2.acadiau.ca/admissions.html

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