Bachelor of Arts in Classical Studies

at Acadia University Canada

Study in Philosophy allows you to learn various valuable life skills for both professional and personal lives. Philosophy is all about getting to know about big questions related to life like, the meaning of life, nature of the world around us, and many more.  

Although, when we learn anything it concentrates on ‘what’ but when pursuing the study of Philosophy students mainly focus on ‘why’. Bachelor Degree in Philosophy helps the students to work in various fields like law, politics, business and academia. 

By pursuing this program students get to develop their skills of analyzing, argumentation and clear expression. The rigorous program allows the students to work with complete work skill vitae which further enable them to work in every field with higher capabilities.

Our 2 Year Certificate of Applied Science completes the first 2 years of the accredited 4 year Engineering Degree, covering the first 23 courses of the 46 course Engineering Degree.  The CAS can be taken on its own or simultaneously with any program of study offered at Acadia including the BASc.

After completing the CAS at Acadia, and requesting a discipline placement, students are granted automatic acceptance into the 3rd year of the accredited Engineering degree programs at Dalhousie University. The transfer is guaranteed and automatic upon completion of the CAS.  You can specialize in any of the different discipline choices listed below. 

• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical /Computer Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mineral Resource  Engineering

The inventive Bachelor of Music certificate gives understudies the chance to think about impromptu creation, old-style and world music all while discovering their own extraordinary voice inside the universes of execution, organization, training or musicology. Our Bachelor of Arts in Music (BAM) understudies can likewise seek after a twofold major or a distinctions alternative. The Bachelor of Music Therapy (BMT) degree is novel to Eastern Canada. Understudies who are keen on seeking after Music Therapy at Acadia will enter as a Bachelor of Music understudy, total the regular center necessities and apply to the School toward the second's end year of concentrate for the acknowledgment to this program. For understudies who as of now have a finished undergrad music degree and are keen on music treatment, Acadia additionally offers a Certificate in Music Therapy. 

In all projects found in the School of Music, you will work intimately with educators and expert instructing artists to create skill in your picked territory. The School of Music offers a complete music education plan where understudies create ability in a picked zone of specialization while being urged to expand their perspectives inside our numerous various course contributions. The essential educational plan joins courses in music hypothesis, music history and culture, musicianship aptitudes, console abilities, impromptu creation, structure, concentrated gatherings, and one-on-one music exercises with expert instructors. The point is to graduate balanced artists who can flourish in an assortment of expert settings.

Biology is the study of life, and this program offers students exciting opportunities to explore and enhance their understanding of the world in which we live.

By choosing to study biology at Acadia you will work closely with your professors to explore all facets of life – from molecules to ecosystems and from marine to arctic terrestrial systems.

A key component of many labs is the study of whole organisms. Acadia offers a balance of state-of-the art indoor and outdoor laboratory experiences, enhanced by the diversity of local habitats, as well as preserved specimens available from the E.C. Smith Herbarium and Acadia Wildlife Museum.

You will tackle current issues with hands-on learning that integrates theory, techniques, and practical approaches to biology. Our research programs immerse students in a diverse array of topics. Developing critical thinking skills and communicating science are key aspects in our teaching philosophy. Biology students graduate with a comprehensive understanding of whole-organism biology and competency in scientific methodology developed through a process of creativity, independence and ownership of the learning process.

Our small upper-level classes, focus on student-centred learning, and dedication to undergraduate research are only a few of the reasons why so many of our graduates move on to successful careers in the health sciences, environment, education, wildlife, industry, and government.

In the event that you've at any point asked why individuals act the manner in which they do, or how you may help individuals change their contemplations and practices to improve things, brain science is a perfect field of concentrate for you. Therapists study cerebrum, conduct, and mental procedures. 

At Acadia, we need to show you how to respond to your own inquiries regarding human conduct and not exactly what others have found out about brain science. You will have the chance to do hands-on mental research right off the bat in your examinations. Class points of confinement of 25 for lab courses and 20 for upper-year workshop courses enable you to think about issues inside and out, in a little gathering climate. Our close program size enables you to become more acquainted with employees and individual understudies well, and for them to become acquainted with you. 

You can seek after either a Bachelor of Science (BSc) or a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in brain science. The passageway prerequisites and the necessities for the major are indistinguishable for both, yet you have the adaptability to choose courses outside your significant that are most appropriate to your interests and vocation objectives. You can complete a minor, or (whenever wanted) a subsequent major, in practice some other order. Future Goals for the applicants: 

• Audiology
• Clinical Psychology
• Counseling
• Health Services
• Human resources
• Law 
• Medicine
• Occupational therapy
• Speech language pathology

The course underlines the significance of sexual orientation consideration in basic territories like legislative issues, social connections, academic action, social articulation and training and furthermore offers community to the understudies. 

This course is offered as a noteworthy and respects in the Faculty of Arts, yet understudies from various resources can seek after a minor in Women's and Gender Studies or as a subsequent major. The understudies can look over four center courses, with the staying of the projects chosen from cross-recorded courses offered in each of the three resources on a rotational premise which implies that an understudy has the chance of taking courses in a scope of various orders, all chose for their consideration of subjects and issues identified with WGS. 

Notwithstanding giving understudies’ balanced training and basic reasoning, perusing and composing abilities, there are numerous professions that depend on a strong comprehension of ladies and sex. For example, you could work for a non-benefit association fund-raising for ladies' causes, counsel ladies at an aggressive behavior at home haven, sort out for gay rights, take a shot at value issues for the administration, address issues of work-family balance in HR at an organization, instruct, act, and even paint!

Mathematics and statistics degree at Acadia provides you to interact with the tools to solve the problems in science, business and humanities. The program allows you to understand the areas of mathematics and statistics. 

Understudies will get to know about the analytical tools and methods which are combined with data collection to model the real world. Also, outside of the classroom, students can also participate in various activities like, mathematical contest, national conferences, and also participating in the events which are organized by the department faculty. 

Relevant career after the completion of this program like financial analyst, health scientist, programmer, statistician, professor, data analyst, cryptanalyst can be pursued by the students. The bachelor program in mathematics and statistics allows the student to be different and understand their caliber by performing various activities.  Students are allowed to gain experience through teaching, consulting or reading courses, research positions, which prepares the student for their better future.

By following the program of Environmental Geoscience, students will study about the Earth and how it works with the atmosphere, oceans and biosphere. The course can be done at both BSc and BSc (honors) level, with which the students achieve the name of environmental geoscientist.  

The first and second-year focus on the areas of geology majors and for the third year course concentrates in geochemistry, geophysics, hydrogeology and environmental science. Apart from the department of Earth and Environmental Science, students will also study physics, math and chemistry as well. 

Future perspectives of students pursuing Bachelor of Science in Environmental Geoscience: 

• Environmental Geoscientist
• Hydro-geologist
• Environmental consultant
• Geochemist
• Seismologist

Relevant to this student can also undergo many other careers in mining and oil industries. Environmental Geoscience study ensures understudies will acquire a wide range of experience in this field.

Acadia's material science program is the investigation of the interrelationships and associations which are principal to see how the world functions. By understanding these standards, material science graduates have generally grown new ideas and new advances that have empowered them to effortlessly move crosswise over controls to handle genuine issues in numerous fields. 

After the principal year of study, paid understudy positions are accessible as assistance focus guides and as lab collaborators. Following the second and third years, various open doors exist for paid summer research ventures, either locally or at a worldwide research office, like CERN, that may frame some portion of an undergrad postulation. Gathering work, instructing in labs or the assistance focus, understudy class introductions, summer research, and interest in meetings all add to your obtaining of the important research and relational abilities to seek after alumni examine or secure business. 

Essentially put by Acadia's devoted teachers – material science is everything. From contemplating stars past our planet to clarifying the state of a water bed, a degree in material science causes you to comprehend and clarify our reality.