AREA OF CONCENTRATION

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AREA OF CONCENTRATION

Full-time students registering in the second year of the 3-year BA or BSc program must specify an area or areas of concentration. Part-time students must declare an area of concentration before registering in their seventh course.

The areas of concentration available to students will be:

An approved area within a discipline;
Undeclared (available, with the approval of the student's Dean, to students in second year who intend to enter a professional program in third year). Students progressing into third year must meet the requirement of an area of concentration.
A Cross Disciplinary Area consisting of five senior courses specified and approved by the student's Dean (not available in the 3-year BSc program).

Students progressing to the second year of a 3-year BA program are required to achieve a minimum mark of 60% in all prerequisite introductory course(s) for an area of concentration; students progressing to the second year of a BSc program in the Faculty of Science will be required to achieve a minimum mark of 60% in the first year course(s) designated by the departments concerned.

Bachelor of Arts

For the BA the senior courses specified for the area or areas of concentration must be completed with an average of at least 60.0%; and at least three of the five senior courses specified for the area of concentration must be completed through The University of Western Ontario or through one of its affiliated colleges. In addition, for the BA, students must complete a senior designated essay course in one area of concentration. This requirement does not apply to those students who are completing areas of concentration entirely within the Faculty of Science or those students who declared an area of concentration before May 1, 1995 and who graduate by September 2004. This essay course must be completed through The University of Western Ontario or through one of its affiliated colleges.

Bachelor of Science

For the BSc the senior courses specified for the area or areas of concentration must be completed with an average of at least 60.0%; and the majority of the senior courses specified for the area of concentration must be completed through The University of Western Ontario or through one of its affiliated colleges.

Students who fail to satisfy the above requirements for either a BA or a BSc Area of Concentration will be ineligible to graduate. Such students will be directed to consult with the Dean of their Faculty.

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