Academic Calendar - 2024

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2024

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Combined Degree Program LAW/CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Faculty of Law - Law Combined Programs


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Admission Requirements


Before entering the combined BESc/JD degree program, a student must have completed the first three years of the Chemical Engineering program at Western (or equivalent). In addition to applying for the combined degree program through the Office of the Associate Dean - Academic of the Faculty of Engineering, a student must also make a separate application to the Faculty of Law for admission into the JD program by the published deadline, May 1. The application to Law must indicate that the student is applying to the combined BESc/JD program.

Admission Criteria

To be eligible for the combined degree program, students must have completed all the requirements of the first year curriculum in the Faculty of Engineering, and the second and third year program, Option D, in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering with either a minimum cumulative weighted average (CWA) of 80% or stand in the top 10% of the class. In addition, the applicant must meet the minimum LSAT requirement established by the Law School Admissions Committee for all combined degree programs.
 
Entrance into the combined degree program is competitive and limited. Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee a position in the combined program.

Module/Program Information


Engineering Common First Year Program

Full-year courses: Engineering Science 1050, Business Administration 1299E.
Full-year half course: Engineering Science 1022A/B/Y.
Half-year coursesNumerical and Mathematical Methods 1411A/B, Numerical and Mathematical Methods 1412A/B, Numerical and Mathematical Methods 1414A/B, Chemistry 1302A/B, Engineering Science 1021A/B, Engineering Science 1036A/B, Physics 1401A/B and Physics 1402A/B.

(Three of the half courses are taken in each term as scheduled)


Second Year Program

Numerical and Mathematical Methods 2270A/B, Numerical and Mathematical Methods 2277A/B, CBE 2206A/B, CBE 2207A/B, CBE 2214A/B, CBE 2220A/B, CBE 2221A/B, CBE 2224A/B, CBE 2290A/B, CBE 2291A/B, Statistical Sciences 2143A/B, Writing 2130F/G.


Third Year Program

CBE 3307A/B, CBE 3310A/B, CBE 3315A/B, CBE 3316A/B, CBE 3318A/B, CBE 3319A/B, CBE 3322A/B, CBE 3323A/B, CBE 3324A/B, CBE 3395Y, two 0.5 technical electives***


Fourth Year Program

First year Law curriculum. No courses outside Law may be taken during this year.


Fifth and Sixth Year Programs

CBE 4497, two 0.5 Technical electives approved by the CBE program.

In years five and six, students must take courses in Law totaling 45 credit hours. These courses must include the four compulsory upper-year courses and courses that satisfy the Faculty of Law writing requirements. They must also include one of the courses listed below under “Economics” and one listed under “Impact of Technology on Society”.

Notes: Fulfillment of the Faculty of Engineering requirement of courses that expose students to the impact of technology on society, ethical issues, economics and the thought processes in the Humanities and Social Sciences must be taken as follows:

Economics: One of Law 5220 Income Taxation, Law 5550 Competition Law, Law 5555 Corporate Finance, or another Law course approved by the Associate Dean (Academic) .
Impact of Technology on Society: One of Law 5814 Disruptive technologies and the Law, Law 5615 Biotechnology Law, Law 5605 Advanced Issues in Technology Law, Law 5350 Media Law, Law 5600 Advanced Intellectual Property, Law 5620 Information Law, Law 5625 Intellectual Property, Law 5630 International Protection of Intellectual Property, Law 5610 Advanced Patent Law, or another Law course approved by the Associate Dean (Academic).


Progression


Progression Standards

Once admitted to the combined program, students are required to maintain a minimum year weighted average of 75% in their Engineering curriculum courses and a B- average in their Law courses.

Failure to Meet Progression Standards

A student who fails to meet the combined program progression standards in any year will be required to withdraw from the combined program. However, a student who has met the progression standards of either the Engineering or JD program, will be allowed to proceed to the next year of that program. If the progression standards of both individual programs have been satisfied, the student may continue in either program and may petition the Faculty whose program was not selected for permission to complete that program at a later date. A student who is required to withdraw from the combined program and wishes to pursue either or both of the individual programs, must complete all the degree requirements of the individual program or programs in order to graduate from that program or those programs.


Related Information


Exchange Programs

Students enrolled in the combined program are not eligible for an exchange program with the Faculty of Engineering; however, they may be eligible for an exchange through the Faculty of Law in Year Five or Six. This will require advanced planning with both faculties.