 The program consisted of five full courses, or thirty semester hours, at the institution of the student's choice and led to the awarding of the B.Ed.degree jointly by the consenting university and the Nova Scotia Teachers College.In 1989 the Nova Scotia Teachers College was granted degree-granting status by the Nova Scotia government and the college entered into an affiliation agreement with Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax which saw NSTC grant a Bachelor of Education degree.