Academic Calendar - 2026

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2026

Huron

Honours Specialization HONOURS SPECIALIZATION IN GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT
Centre for Global Social Innovation - Faculty of Arts and Social Science



Admission Requirements

Completion of first-year requirements with no failures. Students must have an average of at least 70% in 3.0 principal courses, including at least 1.0 essay course, satisfied with either two half–year courses or one full–year course, plus 2.0 additional courses, with no mark in these principal courses below 60%. Students should note the Diversality Requirement for graduation in this module when selecting first year courses. Anthropology, Centre for Global Social Innovation, Economics, English, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, Geography and Environment, History, Indigenous Studies, Media and Communication Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Social Justice and Peace Studies, and Sociology are recommended as first year courses.

 

Module/Program Information

Module
9.0 courses:

2.0 courses: GSI 2002F/G, GSI 3220F/G, GSI 3516F/G, GSI 3519F/G.
0.5 course from: GSI 2003F/G, GSI 2004F/G.
0.5 course from: GSI 3001F/G, GSI 3006F/G.
0.5 course from: GSI 3200 level.
2.0 courses from: GSI 3509F/G, GSI 3512F/G, GSI 3518F/G, GSI 3527F/G, GSI 3532F/G.
2.5 courses from: GSI 3000-4999 level; or up to 2.0 non–GSI courses at the 2200 level or higher from Arts and Humanities, Social Science, or Information and Media Studies that engage directly with Global Development content, as approved by the Centre for Global Social Innovation.
1.0 course from: GSI 4000-4999 level.


Diversality Requirement

Students must include within or with their undergraduate program identifiable forms of academic study and/or experiences that enhance their abilities to appreciate, affirm, and gain practice in acknowledging the richly diverse ways in which persons and communities in the world know and orient themselves to one another and the cycles of life that sustain their communities.

The Diversality Requirement may be fulfilled by students in any one or combination of the following manners (not exceeding 2.0 courses, when combining course–based options), as approved by the Centre for Global Social Innovation:

  • demonstration of working knowledge in a language other than English, either through: verifiable existing knowledge; significant studies in a language other than English prior to or external to their undergraduate program; or completing up to 2.0 university courses in one or two languages other than English;
  • up to 2.0 of GSI 3200-level courses or community-based learning courses offered by other academic units in which students engage with diversity in knowing and community experiences, as approved by the Centre for Global Social Innovation;
  • substantial non-academic community-based experiences (such as placements with community groups or internships), either prior to or during their undergraduate studies, in which students engage with diversity in knowing and community experiences, as approved by the Centre for Global Social Innovation.

Where a student is fulfilling their Diversality Requirements with language courses, GSI 3200-level courses, or other community–based university courses, these courses may be either those already serving as credit within the course requirements of the student's degree module or taken outside of the requirements for their module.