Academic Calendar 2007
(New Academic Choices)

Before entering the concurrent BESc/MD degree program, students must have completed the first three years of the Mechanical Engineering program at Western, Option C (Mechanical Engineering and Medicine). In addition to applying for the concurrent degree program through the Office of the Associate Dean - Academic of the Faculty of Engineering, 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 Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry (Admission Office) indicating their intent to proceed into the concurrent BESc/MD program.

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 with a minimum year weighted average (YWA) of 80%, and the second and third year program of Option C (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 and GPA, determined by the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, and must be invited and attend a personal interview with the Schulich School 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.

A student interested in the concurrent BESc/MD program will apply during the February registration period of the first common year of the Engineering program for admission to the Mechanical Engineering program, Option C (Mechanical Engineering and Medicine). The student must write the MCAT 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.

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

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

If the student fails to satisfy the conditions above, he or she will be required to withdraw from the concurrent program and will be required to transfer out of Option C into Option A of the Mechanical Engineering program.

Common first year of Engineering.

Applied Mathematics 275, MME 202a/b, MME 204a/b, MME 213a/b, MME 259a/b, MME 260a/b, MME 273a/b, Statistical Sciences 243a/b, ES 211F/G, Business Administration 299.

Applied Mathematics 375a/b, ECE 373a/b, ECE 374a/b, ES 498F/G, MME 303a/b, MME 307a/b, MME 334a/b, MME 360a/b, MME 379a/b, MME 380a/b, MME 381a/b, MME 385y.

MME 425a/b, MME 450a/b.
Regular Year 1 of the MD program.

Regular Year 2 of the MD program.

Regular Year 3 of the MD program.

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

MME 419 (will count as an "elective" credit in the fourth year of the MD program).