Bachelor of Education

After you complete your first degree, you may enrol in Acadia’s Bachelor of Education (BEd) program. This full-time program is offered in either a traditional two-year format or a 16-month consecutive format.

Our BEd program is offered at the elementary level and secondary level. Its rigorous training will provide you with the broad skill set you need to teach young children. It will also provide the subject-specific expertise you need to help students reach more advanced levels of education.

Society will always need teachers and those with the skills an education degree provides. If you study to be a teacher, you will always be highly employable. Education careers are available in the following:

schools
leadership
management
administration
recreation
research
counselling
A background in education can also be useful for those who work with youth or who are generally sharing knowledge. All these fields offer you the chance to help improve education systems and processes.

In education, you will learn in a small, supportive, and challenging class environment. You will be able to practise what you’re learning, with up to 20 weeks of supervised field experience. In your second year, you may have opportunities for international field placements. As a graduate of our program, you will be prepared to take on a teaching position in any number of settings.

A recognized bachelor’s degree with a minimum GPA of 2.67 (70%) in the last three years (90 credit hours) of undergraduate study.

2. Three reference forms – one academic reference and two references that speak to teaching potential.

3. An interview may be required.

4. Experience working with children and/or adolescents, for example, as a coach, counselor, parent, tutor, etc.

5. Provincial regulations require BEd students to pass a child abuse registry and criminal record check. This will be required prior to the program start date.

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.