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Normally, students apply for the concurrent program during their second year in the Honors Specialization module in MIT. To be eligible for admission for the concurrent program, students must complete all requirements for the first two years of the Honors Specialization module in MIT, obtain a minimum two year average of 80% with no failures, and achieve a minimum 70% in Business Administration 257. Demonstrated participation in extracurricular and/or community activities, leadership and work experience are also admission criteria. Admission to the program is competitive and limited. Upon completion of the program students will receive a Bachelor of Arts degree in both Honors Specialization in Media, Information and Technoculture and Honors Business Administration.

Students applying to the Ivey Business School's Academic Excellence Opportunity (AEO) are also eligible to be considered for the concurrent program, as are students who have completed the first two years of the four-year Honors Specialization module in MIT and the first year of the HBA program.

5.0 courses from 001-099 including:

To be considered for admission to second year of the Honors Specialization module in MIT, a student must achieve a minimum overall weighted average of at least 72.0% in 5.0 full course equivalents numbered 001-099 with no unsatisfactory attempts. Admission to the program is limited and competitive. Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission.

• Media, Information and Technoculture 201F/G, 202F/G, 203a/b, 204F/G
• Writing 121F/G
• Business Administration 257
• 1.5 full course equivalent options

• MIT 404F/G
• 2.0 MIT full-course equivalent electives at the 200 level or higher
• 2.5 400-level courses in the Business School. Business Administration 420y must be included if not taken in Year Four.

Students registered in the concurrent program are expected to abide by all guidelines associated with each of the individual programs.

Students enrolled in this concurrent program may be eligible for HBA exchanges in Year 5. A student must satisfy both the Program Director for the HBA program and the Associate Dean of FIMS that his or her course load is appropriately balanced before permission will be given to participate in an exchange program. If an exchange is undertaken, the student will take his/her MIT courses at Western in one semester of Year 5 and will go on the exchange in the other term, taking the Business courses while on exchange.

Students enrolled in first year HBA (Year 3) must attain a standing in the top half of the HBA1 class. In Years 4 and 5, students must attain a minimum weighted average of 75% in their 400 level HBA courses. They also must achieve a minimum weighted average of 75% in their MIT courses.

A student who fails to meet the progression standards in any year must withdraw from the concurrent program. However, a student who has met the progression standards of either the HBA or MIT program will be allowed to proceed to the next year of that program. If the progression standards of both individual programs have been satisfied, the student may continue in either program and may petition the School or Faculty whose program was not selected for permission to complete that program at a later date. A student who is required to withdraw from the concurrent program must complete all the degree requirements of the program in which s/he is registered in order to graduate.

At the Ivey Business School, concurrent students are considered for the Dean's Honor List during their first year of HBA, in Year 3. Students enrolled in Years 4 and 5 of the concurrent program are considered for the Dean's Honor List in Year 5 only. Only grades obtained in 400 level Business courses will be used in calculating averages for determining Dean's Honor List standing. Courses taken on exchange and courses taken outside the Business School are excluded. The Dean's Honor List for HBA2 typically includes the top 10% of all of the class and is determined by vote of the teaching faculty. Those who stand on the Dean's Honor List over all 300 and 400 level courses taken at the Business School at the completion of the concurrent program will graduate as Ivey Scholars.

In the Faculty of Information and Media Studies, students may be eligible for the Dean's Honor list in Years 4 and 5. Adjudication will be based on having an overall 80% average on all courses (including both MIT and HBA courses) taken in each academic year.

Each faculty confers its own graduation "With Distinction". In the HBA program, graduation "With Distinction" is determined on all courses taken as part of the HBA program, including 300 and 400 level Business courses, exchange courses and non-Ivey courses.

For the MIT program, a student who receives an overall average of 80% and no grade lower than 70% on the entire program with no failed courses will receive the designation graduation "With

Eligibility is determined by the regulations in effect in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies and the Business School respectively.

When enrolled in the MIT/HBA concurrent program, students pay the fees as determined by the University policy on Concurrent Programs. Contact the Office of the Registrar, Stevenson Lawson building, Room 190, (519) 661-3023 or at www.registrar.uwo.ca for details.