Bachelor of Kinesiology

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

The study of people in the ordinary business life is classically defined as Economics. If you are very desperate to know about the national and international news or finance or business sector, then Bachelor’s degree in Economics is the right choice for you. 

Life is all about the never ending question of like how to spend the weekend, do I need to start a family etc. with the help of this field you will be able to get answers and think critically about the issues.  The department of Economics creates an environment where you can enhance the skills and bits of knowledge expected of a cutting edge financial specialist taught in the human sciences convention, and where cooperation is encouraged that advances instructing, research, and administration, all in an innovatively rich condition.

Future careers after pursuing the course can be; banking professional, budget analyst, financial analyst, economist, industry analyst, market research analyst, sales engineer, policy analyst, urban planner and many more. 

Financial matters at Acadia offer a scope of choices including both the BA and the BSc with significant, twofold major. It likewise takes an interest in Acadia's honor winning co-employable training program through which you get acknowledgment for paid work experience identified with financial aspects.

Acadia's Theater program gives you a solid establishing in theater, just as expert arrangement from employees. There are two standards of concentrate inside the program – execution, and creation. The presentation stream offers you a strong establishment in acting, development, voice, theater history, and emotional writing, and incorporates the chance to perform or to work behind the stage in the creations of the Acadia Theater Company. The generation stream is a multi-disciplinary program that enables you to concentrate your examinations on the behind the stage components of theater rather than on execution. 

The Acadia Theater Company produces two demonstrates a year from the advanced, exemplary and worldwide collection. What's more, the organization arranges a Mini-fest of unique one-act plays every year. These are coordinated, performed, organize oversaw, planned, lit, and costumed by Acadia theater understudies under the supervision of theater workforce.

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.