Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Biology

Acadia University

Admission from High School

When planning their secondary school programs, students should note that a number of courses taken in the first university year have secondary school prerequisites. Generally, students continuing university work in subjects available in secondary school are advised to have senior year secondary school standing in those subjects.

Only academic (university preparatory) high school courses are acceptable for admission.

All students must present a penultimate (NS Grade 11 or equivalent) high school year course in mathematics

Required courses:

• English 12
• Four additional Grade 12 Academic or Advanced course

Admission from the International Baccalaureate Program

Students will be considered for admission using the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma with a minimum score of 24. Students admitted to Acadia University with a score of 30 or higher on the IB Diploma will receive 30 credit hours (30h) of university credit.

Students who have completed IB courses but do not possess the diploma will be considered based on their coursework. Acadia gives individual credit for IB courses completed at the higher level with grades of 5, 6, or 7.

Additional Grade 12 courses necessary for specific programs

• Mathematics 12 or Precalculus 12 or Calculus 12, and Chemistry 12 with a minimum 60% in Chemistry. Minimum overall average of 75%.

English Language Proficiency

TOEFL score is 80 (PBT 550) with a minimum score of 90 (PBT 580) with no subtest score below 20. Overall IELTS score of 6.5 (with no subtest score below 6.0), a CAEL score of 70 (with no subtest score below 60), a PTE Academic score of 61 (no subtest score below 60), Cambridge English: Advanced with a total of 176 (no subtest score below 169), and MELAB with an overall score of 80.