Bachelor of Science in Environmental Geoscience

at Acadia University Canada

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

Students interested to explore the dynamics of planet “Earth” and its resources, Bachelor degree in Geology at Acadia will be the best choice. The study of geology helps you to become scientific detective by working with the professors to check and uncover the planet’s past and also predicting the future. 

Students can pursue the program at both BSc and BSc Honors level.  Acadia university syllabus allows the students to become and achieve the highest position as a geologist. Not only students interact with the areas of our planet and its resources but also understudy study about chemistry, math and physics. 

The program avails both theoretical and practical classes for the students to gain more knowledge and aspects of geology.  Pursuing the program of Bachelor in Geology helps you to choose from many future outcomes like geochemist, geophysicist, marine geologist, exploration geologist, petroleum geologist and many other related field to the study of geology.

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.

At Acadia you not only get to know about the computer and its technology but also the program enables the students to learn about the designing and implementing the computer systems that solves the real world problems. 

The program of Computer Science concentrates on Artificial Intelligence, Computer vision, Game Design, Theory of Computation and many other related areas in this field. After having a great success by completing the Bachelor degree of Computer Science students can pursue a career in computer graphics, animation, game programming, web application development and many more fields.

Acadia’s Canadian Information Technology Professionals Society (CIPS) verified program makes sure that students receive the best education. By choosing Computer Science degree, students become an important part of the field developing and designing technologies and systems to enhance the lifestyle.

The F.C. Manning School of Business Administration offers both an exhaustive comprehension of business basics and the chance to seek after your decision of specialization. Working intimately with your educators, you can study bookkeeping, business innovation the board, work relations, enterprise and development, account, and advertising. You have the chance to grow and apply your homeroom learning through investigation abroad chances, community positions, and tasks with nearby undertakings. Students have protected vocations with a portion of the world's most lofty associations, or have proceeded to begin their very own effective endeavors. 

The business offers the ideal mix of scholarly test and group/task center, making this program engaging on the off chance that you are looking for a focused, yet communitarian, learning condition. A horde of vocation decisions anticipates you as an Acadia business graduate. 

The committee staff endeavors to create graduates who seek after their vocations with honesty, activity, and scholarly interest. You will almost certainly impart expertly, adjust to change, and work both autonomously and co-operatively. You will enter the working scene with an innovative frame of mind, extraordinary involvement in gathering situations, and the capacity to lead change.

Bachelor of Arts-Classical Studies allows you to know and explore the ancient civilizations that had shaped the modern world. 

The program allows the student to learn about the modern world and the global challenges we are facing. The program concentrates on the areas of archaeology, mythology and cultural legacy of Greece and Rome. Students need to develop a language skill in Greek and Latin in order to pursue the program.

The program mainly focuses on classical writing and reading, whereas in fourth year of the program students will be able to write an honor thesis depending on the primary research in the area of their interest. 

It will outfit you with a strong establishing in the humanities and can be put to great use in numerous careers and your expert advancement like archivist, civil servant, historian, journalist, lawyer, policy analyst etc.

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

In the German program, you will get comfortable with the German language, syntactic practices, writing, and culture. The capacity to convey in an alternate language widens valuation for different societies and expands your chances in the activity showcase. The investigation of dialects additionally encourages you to create more grounded correspondence and basic reasoning aptitudes, helpful to a wide assortment of callings. 

Acadia offers little class sizes which permit you to improved communication with teachers and schoolmates inside and outside the study hall. Educators in the German program at Acadia utilize the most current innovation in instructing and learning an unknown dialect. By your fourth year, you will have accomplished the vital aptitudes to completely work in a German-talking condition. Classes center around talking, tuning in, and composing, utilizing a mix of sight and sound devices. 

Through extracurricular exercises, you will get the opportunity to inundate yourself in the social existence of German-talking nations. In the event that you are studying German, you will take one year of concentrate in Freiburg, Germany. German is additionally extremely prevalent as a twofold major and as a minor.

Acadia’s English program offers more than 40 full- or half-year courses taught by specialists in literary and media studies. Our first-year classes will introduce you to a variety of novels, plays, poems, and essays while providing you with strategies for developing a clear and persuasive writing style. As an upper-year student you will pursue your interests and broaden your experience of literature in courses covering a range of periods, authors, genres, cultures, and critical approaches. There are also several creative writing courses available.

Acadia offers BA and BA honours options, thesis and non-thesis streams, and an award-winning co-operative education program that allows you to integrate your studies with paid work experience. As an English major you will also have the chance to get involved with the Acadia English Society. One of the most active student groups on campus, the English Society hosts activities such as open mic poetry nights and film screenings throughout the year. If you are interested in writing you can contribute to the department's newsletter and our creative arts magazine. As a senior English student you are assigned study carrels and have access to the departmental seminar room and lounge. If you choose to study English at Acadia University you will be selecting a vibrant and friendly program committed to your success.

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• Acadia offers small class sizes which improves interaction with your professors and classmates in and beyond the classroom. Our professors are active researchers and writers committed to helping you imagine and create your own future as an engaged citizen.