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Nova Scotia High School

General Requirements

If you are studying at a Nova Scotia high school, you will need to complete the following for admission:

  • A complete High School Diploma, including:
  • English 12
  • Four additional academic grade 12 courses
  • Required courses for your program.

To apply, please upload the following transcripts:

  • High school transcript including mid-year results. 

Program Specific Requirements

Arts & Social Sciences

English 12

Four additional academic grade 12 courses

Management & Organizational Studies

English 12

Math 12, Pre-Calculus or Calculus

Three additional academic 12 courses

Acceptable Courses

Below are the courses we consider acceptable for admission.

Any Advanced Placement (AP) except Research, Seminar and Capstone
Any International Baccalaureate (IB) except TOK, EE, and CAS
Biology 12
Calculus 12
Canadian Law 12
Canadian Literature (CLT) 12
Chemistry 12
Comp Science 12
Comp. Related Studies (CRS) 12
Economics 12
English 12
English 12: African Heritage
Environmental Systems 12
Etudes Planetaire Global 12 (EPG)
Foundations of Math 12
French 12
Gaelic 12
Geography 12
Geology 12

German 12
Global Economics 12
Global Geography 12
Global History 12 (GLH)
Global Politics 12
History 12
Latin 12
Law/Droit (DRO) 12
Mathematics 12 (Academic or Advanced)
Modern World Problems 12
Music 12
Music Theory 12
Philosophy 12
Physics (PHY) 12
Political Science 12
Pre-calculus 12
Sociology (SOC) 12
Spanish 12
Statistics 12

Transfer Credit

If you are registered in Advanced Placement (AP) courses, and if you achieve a 4 out of 5 on your final AP exams, you may be considered for transfer credit to a maximum of two full credits as approved by the appropriate faculty. To be considered for transfer credit, you must have the College Board send your results directly to Huron’s Admission Office as soon as they are available.

Eligible for Transfer CreditEquivalent at WesternCredit Weight
AP Art HistoryVisual Art History 10401.0 
AP BiologyBiology 1001A and 1002B1.0 (0.5 each)
AP Calculus AB Calculus 1000A/B0.5
AP Calculus BCCalculus 1000A/B and 1501A/B1.0 (0.5 each)
AP ChemistryChemistry 1301A and 1302B 1.0 (0.5 each)
AP Chinese Language & CultureChinese 2100 TRN* 1.0
AP Computer Science AComputer Science 1026A/B0.5 
AP Computer Science ABComputer Science 1026A/B and 1027A/B1.0 (0.5 each)
AP EconomicsNot eligible 
AP English Language & CompositionNot eligible 
AP English Literature & CompositionEnglish 1020E1.0 
AP Environmental ScienceEnvironmental Science 1021G0.5 
AP French Language & CultureFrench 19101.0 
AP French LiteratureFrench 1900E 1.0 
AP German Language & CultureGerman 2200 TRN* 1.0
AP Government & PoliticsNot eligible 
AP HistoryHistory 1020 TRN*1.0 
AP Human Geography Geography 1400F0.5 
AP Italian Language & CultureItalian 2200 TRN*1.0 
AP Japanese Language & Culture Japanese 2200 TRN* 1.0 
AP Languages Language 0002 TRN* 1.0 
AP Latin (Literature or Vergil)Latin 1020 TRN* 1.0 
AP Music TheoryMusic 1122A/B0.5 
AP Physics C (Electricity & Magnetism)Physics 1502A/B0.5 
AP Physics C (Mechanics)Physics 1501A/B0.5
AP Physics 1 Physics 1101A (previously 1028A) 0.5
AP Physics 2 Physics 1102B (previously 1029B)0.5 
AP PrecalculusNot eligible 
AP PsychologyPsychology 1002A and 1003B1.0 (0.5 each)
AP Spanish Language & CultureSpanish 2200 TRN* 1.0 
AP Statistics Statistics 1024A/B0.5 
AP Studio Art 2D or 3D DesignVisual Arts Studio 2100A/B0.5 
AP Studio Art DrawingVisual Arts Studio 2104A0.5 

English Language Proficiency

If you have not studied for a minimum of four years (including the final year) in an institution where the language of instruction is English, you are required to submit a satisfactory English Language Proficiency test score. Huron requires one of the following:

IELTS

Minimum overall score: 6.5

No section less than: 6.0

TOEFL (iBT)

Minimum overall score: 83

No section less than: 20

MELAB

Minimum overall score: 80

No section less than: 78

CAEL

Minimum overall score: 60

No section less than: 60

PTE ACADEMIC

Minimum overall score: 58

No section less than: 56

DUOLINGO

Minimum overall score: 115

No section less than: 100

Students who do not meet Huron’s English language requirement but are academically admissible will automatically be admitted into an Academic English program.

Programs include:

THE ENGLISH BOOST PROGRAM

Students who qualify take ESL in July and August before starting full-time at Huron in September.

ACADEMIC ENGLISH PROGRAM

After successful completion of the High Advanced Level, students begin full-time studies at Huron. The length of program is dependent on English language proficiency.

Huron offers students conditional acceptance into undergraduate studies pending final completion of an approved language program. Students who successfully complete the language program will not have to provide an English Language Proficiency test examination score.

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