Bachelor of Kinesiology

at Acadia University Canada

Sociology is the fascinating study of human societies including social structures and rules, common beliefs and behaviours, social changes over time, the differences that exist between social groups, and society as a whole.

Sociology is one of the most popular programs in the Faculty of Arts at Acadia. We offer a variety of courses that cover a wide range of social issues including anthropology, criminology and deviance, cultural studies, education, issues in families, gender and feminism, health and health care, political economy, race and ethnic relations, research and methodology, social movements, social theory, societal development, and work. The sociology program involves careful inquiry into how societies work. It focuses on social problems and their solutions, and makes sense of the changing world using a variety of cross-cultural, historical and critical approaches.

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.

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.

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.

Community Development is an exciting field of study focused on developing fundamental skills and methodologies that will allow you to work face-to-face with communities and improve conditions for others. This program leads to highly rewarding careers, making a difference to the people in your communities.

Acadia’s Community Development professors share knowledge, provide service, and develop leaders who work for a healthy and just society. Choosing to study community development will help you develop the skills needed to improve quality of life for others and to build active, healthy, sustainable communities. You may choose to maintain a broad focus or specialize in one of four areas: recreation management, community wellness, social activism, and outdoor and adventure education.

You will improve your communication and leadership skills and learn how to work effectively in group and multi-stakeholder settings. You will learn how to work collaboratively within government, political, and economic systems and policies. Your skill set can be applied to various career paths and will appeal to a wide range of employers and sectors.

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.

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.

By contemplating kinesiology at Acadia you will find out about human development from physiological, psychomotor, sociocultural, biomechanical, and obsessive viewpoints. You will likewise take related science and expressions courses and can finish various confirmations during your investigations. 

Kinesiology is perfect in the event that you intend to work in the recovery fields, medication, the wellness business, or in instructing and training. This degree fills in as a door to non-intrusive treatment, word related treatment, and drug, and furthermore to numerous other wellbeing related callings like discourse language pathology, audiology, nursing, athletic treatment, maternity care, and chiropractic. It likewise sets you up well for post-baccalaureate study in different regions like exercise physiology, adjusted physical action, biomechanics, and sports brain science. 

The Acadia Kinesiology program is authorized by the Canadian Council of University Physical Education and Kinesiology Administrators (CCUPEKA) and gives chances to understudies to accomplish the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) affirmations - Certified Personal Trainer (CSEP-CPT) and Certified Exercise Physiologist (CSEP-CEP) - just as the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) accreditation. 

Acadia's Bachelor of Kinesiology (BKin) program adjusts hypothesis (logical information about human development) and application (hands-on encounters), which breathe life into the hypothesis and gives it pertinence. This association among hypothesis and genuine experience utilizing best in class hardware is important. You will work intimately with your educators and advantage from being a major piece of Acadia's little classes. You can investigate electives in regions, for example, sports damage evaluation and the executives, individual preparing, adjusted physical action, wellbeing advancement, and health, instructing, practice science, mentor training, and game and exercise brain research.