Academic Calendar 2006
(New Academic Choices)

At Western and its affiliated university colleges the usual full-time course load in any year of the 3-year or 4-year BA and BSc programs is 5.0 courses. In any one term the usual full-time load is five 0.5-courses or their equivalent.

During the spring/summer period (May to August), undergraduate students can only attend Western on a part-time basis (see below "Maximum Course Load for Part-Time Students") .

The Dean of the Faculty of registration may authorize enrolment in a pattern that exceeds these limitations for students with high academic standing.

Students may take a maximum of 3.0 courses during the spring/summer sessions if no more than 2.0 courses are taken simultaneously. If 2.0 courses are taken simultaneously in the spring/summer session, only 1.0 course may be an honors or laboratory/tutorial course, and only 1.0 may be taken by distance studies.

Students may not take more than 1.0 course by distance studies during the spring/summer session and 2.0 courses during the fall/winter session.

Distance Studies courses are restricted to students who will be resident in Canada and the United States during the session. Exceptions from this restriction require special permission from the Office of the Dean of the Faculty in which the student is registered.

Students must request written permission authorizing additional work from the Dean of their academic faculty before course selection.