An overall average of 65% is required for all students applying to most CBU credit programs based on high school performance. Additional requirements may apply to specific programs.
If space permits, CBU will accept all candidates who can verify that they have met the minimum entry requirements established by CBU for the programs in which they wish to enroll.
Note: CBU does not guarantee that applications completed after August 1, will be processed for September registration.
Students may enter Cape Breton University by any of three paths, subject to restrictions of space and program capacity.
High school graduates who satisfy the admission requirements of their chosen program.
Students who transfer from another post-secondary institution and who are in good standing at that institution and who satisfy the admission requirements for their chosen program. Transfer students may be able to obtain credit in their CBU programs for courses taken elsewhere.
Students may also be admitted as non-traditional learners.
Students who enter CBU through any of the above paths and who have not made a final decision in a program may register as students in No Specific Program.
Applicants will be required to submit official documents (e.g. transcripts from other institutions) when they apply for admission. Normally these documents are sent directly from the other institutions to CBU.
Students will also require the approval of the relevant School Dean to register at another university or college while attending CBU.
TOEFL score of 550 (paper test), 213 (computer test), or 80 (internet test)
IELTS Academic (and IELTS Indicator) score of 6.5 with no band below 6.0
CAEL score of 60 (this includes CAEL Online)
MELAB score of 85
Pearson PTE (Academic) score of 59
CanTEST score of 4.5 (reading & listening), 4.0 (writing)
Duolingo English Test score of 115 for undergraduate programs, diplomas and certificates.
Throughout Cape Breton culture, you’ll find music, dance, theatre and the arts all around you. At CBU, we collaborate and take the stage together to engage with our community through a positive, creative medium.
Applied Theatre helps you adapt practical theatre skills to achieve your goals in non-traditional performance contexts and styles. You could work as an animator at a living history site, use theatre to raise awareness around social issues, create experiences that build or celebrate community, engage youth in learning opportunities, and help at-risk populations develop skills and support networks.
At CBU, you can study traditional theatre skills such as acting, directing and stage management, alongside the versatile techniques of applied theatre, including improvisation and devising. Enhance your studies with work placements and courses that support applied theatre careers, like entrepreneurship, marketing, musicology or cultural policy.
By studying applied theatre, you can learn how to recognize the needs of your communities and use theatre to meet those needs, bringing real change to the world in which you live.
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DRAM-1101 Play Production (3 Credits)
DRAM-2101 Introduction to Acting (3 Credits)
DRAM-2105 Performing Culture (3 Credits)
DRAM-2151 Voice Production (3 Credits)
DRAM-2201 Directing (3 Credits)
DRAM-2203 Theatre for Children (3 Credits)
DRAM-2204 Improvisational Drama (3 Credits)
DRAM-2205 Applied Theatre (3 Credits)
DRAM-2621 Playwriting I (3 Credits)
DRAM-2623 Playwriting II (3 Credits)
DRAM-2701 Special Topics in Drama (3 Credits)
DRAM-3101 Movement for Theatre (3 Credits)
DRAM-3103 Voice for Theatre (3 Credits)
DRAM-3104 Stagecraft (3 Credits)
DRAM-3105 Stage Management (3 Credits)
DRAM-3106 Acting II (3 Credits)
DRAM-3107 Collective Creation & Devising (3 Credits)
DRAM-3117 Cultural Policy & the Arts (3 Credits)
DRAM-3709 L'nu Culture in Media /Culture (3 Credits)
DRAM-4100 Advanced Applied Theatre (6 Credits)
DRAM-4101 Site-Specific Theatre (3 Credits)
Possible Career Paths
Theatre practitioner (acting, directing, stage management, etc.)
Teacher
Activist
Historical interpreter
Community support worker
Medical Insurance: 744 per year
