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CONCURRENT BA HONORS KINESIOLOGY/LLB
Admission Requirements
The minimum requirements for admission are: - Complete first year with an overall average of 80%, with no less than an 80% in Kinesiology 021
- complete second year with an overall average minimum average of 80%, and
- meet the minimum LSAT requirement estaclished by the Law School Admissions Committee.
Meeting the minimum admission requirements does not guarantee a position in the program.
Application Information
Students applying to this program must submit a letter of intent to the Director of the School of Kinesiology by September 30th of the applicant's second year in Kinesiology. A separate application must also be submitted to the Faculty of Law in accordance with the submission deadlines advertised in The University of Western Ontario academic calendar.
Program Requirements
The program will take six academic years to complete. In years one and two, students will be registered in the School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health Sciences and will follow the Kinesiology curriculum. Students will register in the Faculty of Law in year three and will take the first year law curriculum. In years four, five and six, students will be registered in both the School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, and the Faculty of Law and will take an approved mix of Kinesiology and Law courses. Students are required to take 48 credit weights of upper-year Law School courses, including the core curriculum and the other mandatory requirements of the Law Program. Upon completion of the program students will receive both an Honors BA in Kinesiology and an LLB. Students registered in the concurrent program are expected to abide by all guidelines associated with each of the individual programs.
Program
First Year
Kinesiology 021 plus four other first year courses.
Second Year
Third Year
Law 322, 407, 410, 412, 425, 430, 327
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth Years
By the end of the program, students must have completed the following requirements: Law 401a/b, 403a/b, 414a/b, 438a/b, 446a/b, 476a/b
Law electives equalling at least 24 credit weights. One of these courses must have an essay requirement of at least two credit weights.
Kinesiology 250a/b, 280a/b, 263F/G, 236a/b, 390F/G, 398a/b, 459a/b, 473a/b
One full course equivalent from: Kinesiology 288a/b, 358a/b, 468a/b, 472a/b, 491a, 492b, 493F/G
One senior full course equivalent elective offered outside of the School of Kinesiology and the Faculty of Law.
Progression Standards
Once admitted to the concurrent program, students would be required to maintain a 75% or B average in every year of the program.
Failure to Meet Progression Requirements
A student who fails to meet these progression requirements would be required to withdraw from the concurrent program. However, if that student has met the progression requirements of either the Kinesiology or Law program, he or she will be allowed to proceed to the next year of that program. In order to graduate a student who is withdrawn from the concurrent program must complete all the degree requirements of the program in which he or she is registered.
Dean's Honors List
Students in the concurrent program are considered for the Dean's Honor List in the Faculty in which they are enrolled. In years four, five, and six, students must meet the standards of both the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Faculty of Law in order to be on the Dean's Honor List.
Graduation with Distinction
Students in the concurrent program must meet the conditions of both the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Faculty of Law in order to graduate with distinction.
Exchange Programs
Students enrolled in the concurrent program may be eligible in the fifth year for exchange programs offered within either faculty provided that both program Directors approve.
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