Academic Calendar - 2025
Western University Academic Calendar. - 2025
HONOURS SPECIALIZATION IN GLOBAL RIGHTS STUDIES
Centre for Global Studies - Faculty of Arts and Social Science
Admission Requirements
Completion of first–year requirements with no failures. Students must take 3.0 principal courses, achieving an average of at least 70% across them and with no final grade of less than 60% in any of them. These principal courses must include at least 1.0 course from GSWS 1021F/G, GSWS 1022F/G, GSWS 1024F/G, GSWS 1030F/G.
It is recommended that the remaining first–year courses may be taken from Anthropology, English, History, Human Rights Studies, Indigenous Studies, Media and Communication Studies, Philosophy, Political Science or Sociology. It is particularly recommended that students take both Philosophy 1250F/G and Political Science 1020E. Students should note the Diversality Requirement for graduation in this module when selecting first-year courses.
Module/Program Information
Module
10.0 courses:
3.5 courses: CGS 2003F/G, CGS 3005F/G, CGS 3006F/G, CGS 3512F/G, CGS 3523F/G, GSWS 2220E.
0.5 course from: CGS 3201F/G, CGS 3202F/G, CGS 3203F/G.
1.0 course from: CGS 3509F/G, CGS 3517F/G, CGS 3518F/G, CGS 3524F/G, CGS 3532F/G.
1.0 course from: CGS 3100E, CGS 3101F/G, CGS 3204E, CGS 3205E, CGS 3514F/G, CGS 3522F/G, CGS 3526F/G, CGS 3533F/G.
1.0 course from: Philosophy 2760F/G, Philosophy 2810F/G, Philosophy 2812F/G, Philosophy 2821F/G, Philosophy 3820F/G; Political Science 2219E, Political Science 2270E.
1.0 course from: CGS 3515F/G; GSWS 2231F/G, GSWS 2240F/G, GSWS 2270A/B, GSWS 2290F/G, GSWS 3305F/G, GSWS 3324F/G, GSWS 3350F/G; Indigenous Studies 2807F/G.
1.0 course from: CGS 4010F/G, CGS 4012F/G, CGS 4015F/G, CGS 4018F/G, CGS 4500E.
1.0 course from: Anthropology 2283A/B; Childhood and Youth Studies 2251F/G, Childhood and Youth Studies 3355F/G; Disability Studies 2201F/G, Disability Studies 3325F/G; GSWS 2290F/G; Indigenous Studies 2807F/G, Indigenous Studies 3722F/G; History 2709F/G, History 2813F/G, History 3313F/G; Philosophy 2800F/G, Philosophy 2801F/G; Sociology 3360F/G, Sociology 3371F/G, the former English 2264E.
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 Studies:
- 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 CGS 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 Studies;
- 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 Studies.
Where a student is fulfilling their Diversality Requirements with language courses, CGS 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.
HONOURS SPECIALIZATION IN GLOBAL RIGHTS STUDIES
Centre for Global Studies - Faculty of Arts and Social Science
Admission Requirements
Completion of first–year requirements with no failures. Students must take 3.0 principal courses, achieving an average of at least 70% across them and with no final grade of less than 60% in any of them. These principal courses must include at least 1.0 course from GSWS 1021F/G, GSWS 1022F/G, GSWS 1024F/G, GSWS 1030F/G.
It is recommended that the remaining first–year courses may be taken from Anthropology, English, History, Human Rights Studies, Indigenous Studies, Media and Communication Studies, Philosophy, Political Science or Sociology. It is particularly recommended that students take both Philosophy 1250F/G and Political Science 1020E. Students should note the Diversality Requirement for graduation in this module when selecting first-year courses.
Module/Program Information
Module
10.0 courses:
3.5 courses: CGS 2003F/G, CGS 3005F/G, CGS 3006F/G, CGS 3512F/G, CGS 3523F/G, GSWS 2220E.
0.5 course from: CGS 3201F/G, CGS 3202F/G, CGS 3203F/G.
1.0 course from: CGS 3509F/G, CGS 3517F/G, CGS 3518F/G, CGS 3524F/G, CGS 3532F/G.
1.0 course from: CGS 3100E, CGS 3101F/G, CGS 3204E, CGS 3205E, CGS 3514F/G, CGS 3522F/G, CGS 3526F/G, CGS 3533F/G.
1.0 course from: Philosophy 2760F/G, Philosophy 2810F/G, Philosophy 2812F/G, Philosophy 2821F/G, Philosophy 3820F/G; Political Science 2219E, Political Science 2270E.
1.0 course from: CGS 3515F/G; GSWS 2231F/G, GSWS 2240F/G, GSWS 2270A/B, GSWS 2290F/G, GSWS 3305F/G, GSWS 3324F/G, GSWS 3350F/G; Indigenous Studies 2807F/G.
1.0 course from: CGS 4010F/G, CGS 4012F/G, CGS 4015F/G, CGS 4018F/G, CGS 4500E.
1.0 course from: Anthropology 2283A/B; Childhood and Youth Studies 2251F/G, Childhood and Youth Studies 3355F/G; Disability Studies 2201F/G, Disability Studies 3325F/G; GSWS 2290F/G; Indigenous Studies 2807F/G, Indigenous Studies 3722F/G; History 2709F/G, History 2813F/G, History 3313F/G; Philosophy 2800F/G, Philosophy 2801F/G; Sociology 3360F/G, Sociology 3371F/G, the former English 2264E.
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 Studies:
- 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 CGS 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 Studies;
- 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 Studies.
Where a student is fulfilling their Diversality Requirements with language courses, CGS 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.