FACULTY OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE


E. Mechanical Engineering and Medicine Option

Admission

Before entering the concurrent BESc/MD degree program, students must have completed the first three years of the Mechanical Engineering program at Western, Option E (Mechanical Engineering and Medicine). In addition to applying for the concurrent degree program through the Office of the Associate Dean - Academic of theFaculty of Engineering Science, students must also make a separate application for admission into the MD program. As a part of the application process, students must write a letter to the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry (Admission Office) indicating their intent to proceed into the concurrent BESc/MD program.

Admission Criteria

To be eligible for the concurrent degree program, students must have completed all the requirements of the first year curriculum in the Faculty of Engineering Science with a minimum year weighted average (YWA) of 80%, and the second and third year program of Option E (Mechanical Engineering and Medicine), in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, with a minimum year weighted average (YWA) of 80% in each year. In addition, the applicant must meet the minimum performance standards in the MCAT, determined by the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, and must be invited and attend a personal interview with the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry. A confidential assessment form, proficiency in English and Basic Life Support Training is also required.

Entrance into the concurrent degree program is competitive and limited.

Admission Procedures

A student interested in the concurrent BESc/MD program will apply during the February/March registration period of the first common year of the Engineering program for admission to the Mechanical and Materials Engineering Program, Option E (Mechanical Engineering and Medicine). The student must write the MCAT in April or August before the third year of the Mechanical Engineering and Medicine Program, for the following year's admission into the MD Program. Students must apply to the MD Program by the deadline established (usually October) by the Ontario Medical School Application Service (OMSAS) during the third year of the Mechanical Engineering and Medicine Program.

Admission to the BESc program does not guarantee admission to the MD program.

Progression Requirements

A student enrolled in the concurrent BESc/MD degree program must satisfy the following progression requirements:

  1. Year 2: a minimum YWA of 80% in courses taken as a part of Option E (Mechanical Engineering and Medicine)
  2. Year 3: a minimum YWA of 80% in courses taken as a part of Option E (Mechanical Engineering and Medicine)
  3. Year 4: progression requirements of the MD Program and successful completion of engineering courses.
  4. Year 5: progression requirements of the MD Program
  5. Year 6: progression requirements of the MD Program
  6. Year 7: progression requirements of the MD Program and successful completion of engineering courses.

If the student fails to satisfy the conditions (i)-(vi), he or she will be required to withdraw from the concurrent program and will be required to transfer out of Option E into one of Options A, B, or C in the Mechanical Engineering Program.

Concurrent Degree Program

First Year Program

Common first year of Engineering

Must take Economics 020 as Non-technical Elective

Summer after completion of the First Year:

  1. Biology 022 or Biology 023 or
  2. Economics 150a and Economics 184b*

Second Year Program

Applied Mathematics 275, MME 202a/b, MME 204a/b, MME 213a/b, MME 258a/b, MME 259a/b, MME 273a/b, ES 211F/G, CBE 216, Statistical Sciences 241a/b

Summer after completion of the Second Year:

  1. Biology 022 or Biology 023 or
  2. Economics 150a and Economics 184b*

(whichever was not taken the previous summer)

Third Year Program

Applied Mathematics 375a/b, MME 303a/b, MME 307a/b, MME 357a/b, MME 380a/b, MME 381a/b, MME 385y, MME 386a/b, ECE 373a/b, ECE 374a/b, ES 384a/b, ES 498a/b

Fourth Year Program

Regular Year 1 of the MD Program

MME 450a/b, MME 425a/b

Fifth Year Program

Regular Year 2 of the MD Program

Sixth Year Program

Regular Year 3 of the MD Program

Seventh Year Program

Regular Year 4 of the MD Program less the Advanced Communication Skills course.

MME 419 Mechanical Engineering Project (will count as an "elective" credit in the fourth year of the MD Program).

Note

*Economics 150a/b and 184a/b offered in the summer term are subject to availability


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