English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
Enhance your English language skills to prepare for your college and university studies.
Explore»
- Start Date:
- September & January & March
- Duration:
- 1 Year
- Credential:
- Certificate of Accomplishment
- Delivery:
- Full-time
Are you a new Canadian with permanent residency, a refugee with protected person status; or a new Canadian citizen who needs to update English language skills to pursue your post-secondary studies? English for Academic Purposes (EAP) is a rigorous and challenging program designed to prepare students for the academic demands of a post-secondary institution. As closely as possible, it reflects the authentic tasks and assignments that students will be required to do when they go on to credit programs in either college or university. This includes such tasks as delivering a 15-minute presentation in English, participating in a controversial debate in front of a panel of judges, reading novels and short stories in English, and working in a team environment. Previous students have found that this program prepares them for the academic challenges and English language requirements of post-secondary education.
Student Comments
Why Take It…"It is the best program to learn academic English so that you can go on your education journey."
Favourite…"The Cooking class – we taught a native Canadian how to cook our home country's food."
Highlight…"Learning so much about Canada and other countries in the world."
- The program is available to immigrant students who have permanent resident, refugee with protected person, or Canadian citizen status. Students must have:
- proof of immigration status (copy of permanent resident/refugee/citizenship status)
- High School Graduation Diploma or equivalent
- intentions and a plan to pursue post-secondary studies in Canada
- proof of current English language proficiency either by means of:
- TOEFL (CBT) score 173 or above
- CanTEST 3.5-4.0
- IELTS 5.5-6.0
- CLBA 7/7/6/6
- current résumé
- Applicants are required to write a brief goal statement (500 words) that explains why they wish to enter the English for Academic Purposes program. Please include the name of the post-secondary program you wish to attend and the program/degree in which you hope to study.
- Learn in small classes. We keep the class size small to create a collaborative and supportive environment where students receive one-on-one attention from faculty.
- This program helps you prepare for a college or university programs providing academic writing, reading, listening, and speaking skills to Canadian Language Benchmark Assessment (CLBA) level 8 in all skill areas.
- Subject to seat availability, you may be able to start the program in January or March.
- Applications – To be complete, applications must include 5 pieces of documentation: proof of immigration status (copy of permanent resident/refugee/citizenship status), proof of level of education (copy of high school, community college, or university transcript – if you received your credential where English is not the primary language you must have your transcript translated into English), proof of English language proficiency, current résumé, and your completed goal statement.
- Tuition & Fees – There is no Tuition cost for this program and textbooks are available at no cost to students. However, there are costs for the required Student Health & Dental Benefits, College Services Fee and Student Association Membership. EAP students can opt-out of the Student Health & Dental Plan if they already have coverage.
- Students who wish to attend other institutions must comply with the language requirements of those individual schools, as each university or college may have different English language requirements.
- Financial support for EAP is provided by Nova Scotia Immigration and the Canada-Nova Scotia Labour Market Agreement.
- ESL Programs – Students who do not meet the English language proficiency required for this program, should consider alternate English programs offered by Immigrant Settlement & Integration Services (ISIS).
