Academic Calendar 2007
(New Academic Choices)

Enrolment in all modules in Media, Information and Technoculture is limited. Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee that students wishing to enter any Module in Media, Information and Technoculture will be offered enrolment.

Completion of all first-year requirements with no failures. Students must have an average of at least 72% in 4.0 principal courses, with no mark in any principal course below 60%, and including a minimum grade of 70% in each of MIT 025a/b, MIT 026a/b and MIT 027a/b.

9.0 courses:

2.5 courses required in second year: MIT 201F/G, 202F/G, 203a/b, 204F/G, Writing 121F/G
1.0 course required in third year: MIT 301a/b and 302F/G
0.5 course required in fourth year: MIT 430F/G-439F/G
5.0 MIT courses at the 200 level or above

For the 5.0 MIT courses in the last item above, a maximum of 3.0 courses at the 200 level or above may be substituted from other offerings relevant to the study of media, information and technoculture. An approved list of substitutions is available from the Faculty of Information and Media Studies Dean's Office.

Note: Students who intend to complete their final year of Honors Specialization on exchange or on Letters of Permission cannot take the 400-level seminar course during their third year at Western or at the host institution, but must return to Western to complete this course prior to graduation.