Academic Calendar - 2025
Western University Academic Calendar. - 2025
SPECIALIZATION IN GLOBAL HEALTH STUDIES
Centre for Global Studies - Faculty of Arts and Social Science
Admission Requirements
Completion of first-year requirements including a minimum cumulative average of 65% in 3.0 principal courses with no grade lower than 60%. These principal courses must include:
1.0 course: Health Sciences 1001A/B, Health Sciences 1002A/B
1.0 essay course, satisfied with either two half–year courses or one full–year course.
2.0 first-year courses may be taken from across the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences. Geography 1400F/G, Geography 1500F/G, and Sociology 1020 or Sociology 1025A/B and Sociology 1027A/B are recommended to satisfy prerequisites needed in the module. Anthropology, Centre for Global Studies, History, Indigenous Studies, Political Science, and Social Justice and Peace Studies are also recommended as first year courses.
Students should note the Diversality Requirement for graduation in this module when selecting first-year courses.
Module/Program Information
Module
9.0 courses:
5.0 courses: CGS 2002F/G, CGS 3220F/G (or the former CGS 3520F/G), CGS 3519F/G, CGS 3532F/G, CGS 3533F/G; Geography 2411F/G or Indigenous Studies 2601F/G; Health Sciences 2244 or GSWS 2244; Health Sciences 2250A/B, Health Sciences 3250F/G.
0.5 course from: CGS 2003F/G, CGS 2004F/G.
0.5 course from: CGS 3001F/G, CGS 3006F/G.
1.5 courses from: CGS 3509F/G, CGS 3512F/G, CGS 3513F/G, CGS 3514F/G, CGS 3517F/G, CGS 3518F/G, CGS 3525F/G, CGS 3526F/G, CGS 3527F/G, CGS 3528F/G, CGS 3530F/G; and with permission: CGS 3201F/G, CGS 3202F/G, CGS 3203F/G, CGS 3206F/G.
1.0 course from: Health Sciences 3010F/G, Health Sciences 3025A/B, Health Sciences 3042A/B, Health Sciences 3071A/B, Health Sciences 3262F/G, Health Sciences 3624A/B, Health Sciences 3630F/G, Health Sciences 3704A/B, Law 3101A/B, and with permission: Health Sciences 3090A/B, Health Sciences 3091A/B, Health Sciences 3092A/B, Health Sciences 3093F/G, the former Health Sciences 3290A/B, Sociology 3370F/G, Sociology 3371F/G.
0.5 course from: Geography 2430A/B, Geography 3431A/B, Geography 3432A/B.
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.
SPECIALIZATION IN GLOBAL HEALTH STUDIES
Centre for Global Studies - Faculty of Arts and Social Science
Admission Requirements
Completion of first-year requirements including a minimum cumulative average of 65% in 3.0 principal courses with no grade lower than 60%. These principal courses must include:
1.0 course: Health Sciences 1001A/B, Health Sciences 1002A/B
1.0 essay course, satisfied with either two half–year courses or one full–year course.
2.0 first-year courses may be taken from across the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences. Geography 1400F/G, Geography 1500F/G, and Sociology 1020 or Sociology 1025A/B and Sociology 1027A/B are recommended to satisfy prerequisites needed in the module. Anthropology, Centre for Global Studies, History, Indigenous Studies, Political Science, and Social Justice and Peace Studies are also recommended as first year courses.
Students should note the Diversality Requirement for graduation in this module when selecting first-year courses.
Module/Program Information
Module
9.0 courses:
5.0 courses: CGS 2002F/G, CGS 3220F/G (or the former CGS 3520F/G), CGS 3519F/G, CGS 3532F/G, CGS 3533F/G; Geography 2411F/G or Indigenous Studies 2601F/G; Health Sciences 2244 or GSWS 2244; Health Sciences 2250A/B, Health Sciences 3250F/G.
0.5 course from: CGS 2003F/G, CGS 2004F/G.
0.5 course from: CGS 3001F/G, CGS 3006F/G.
1.5 courses from: CGS 3509F/G, CGS 3512F/G, CGS 3513F/G, CGS 3514F/G, CGS 3517F/G, CGS 3518F/G, CGS 3525F/G, CGS 3526F/G, CGS 3527F/G, CGS 3528F/G, CGS 3530F/G; and with permission: CGS 3201F/G, CGS 3202F/G, CGS 3203F/G, CGS 3206F/G.
1.0 course from: Health Sciences 3010F/G, Health Sciences 3025A/B, Health Sciences 3042A/B, Health Sciences 3071A/B, Health Sciences 3262F/G, Health Sciences 3624A/B, Health Sciences 3630F/G, Health Sciences 3704A/B, Law 3101A/B, and with permission: Health Sciences 3090A/B, Health Sciences 3091A/B, Health Sciences 3092A/B, Health Sciences 3093F/G, the former Health Sciences 3290A/B, Sociology 3370F/G, Sociology 3371F/G.
0.5 course from: Geography 2430A/B, Geography 3431A/B, Geography 3432A/B.
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.