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NEW MODULES/PROGRAMS
Welcome to a new section of the Academic Calendar. We hope this section will make it easier for you to view what modules and programs have recently been introduced and withdrawn at Western.

The date indicated below is the month and year in which the new module/program or item was passed by SCAPA and approved by Senate.

 
September 2008
King's University College, Honors Specialization in Catholic Studies for Teachers, introduced.
King's University College, Major in Catholic Studies for Teachers, introduced.
 
October 2008
Faculty of Law, Change in Degree Title from Bachelor of Laws (LLB) to Juris Doctor (JD), revised.

Don Wright Faculty of Music, Admission Requirement for BA Music Administrative Studies, revised.
 
King's University College, Major in Catholic Studies for Teachers, revised.

November 2008
Faculty of Social Science and Continuing Studies, Diploma and Certificate Programs in Organizational Development, withdrawn.

Faculty of Science, Honors Specialization in Applied Quantitative Information Technology (AQIT), discontinued.

December 2008
Faculty of Engineering, Green Process Engineering, introduced.
 
 
King's University College, Honors Specialization and Major in Continental Philosophy, introduced.
 
King's University College, Honors Specialization and Major in Philosophy and Religion, introduced.
 
King's University College, Major in Thanatology, introduced.

King's University College, Minor in Catholic Studies, introduced.
 
January 2009
Faculty of Engineering, Option D: Software Engineering - Embedded Systems Option, introduced.

Brescia University College, Minor in Religious Studies introduced.

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Renaming of Pharmacology and
Toxicology Modules as Pharmacology Modules, revision.

Faculty of Education, Faculty of Social Science and Continuing Studies,
Diploma and Certificate Programs in Career Development, withdrawn.

Faculty of Science, Joint Three-Year BSc Physics (UWO) and Diploma in Electronics Engineering Technology or Control Engineering Technology (Fanshawe College), withdrawn.

King’s University College, Major in Canadian Studies, withdrawn.
 
February 2009
Faculty of Social Science, Honors Specialization in Economics, Politics and Philosophy, introduced.

Faculty of Social Science, Honors Specialization in Global Economics, introduced.

King’s University College, Honors Specialization in Criminology, introduced.

Brescia University College, Major in Canadian Social and Environmental History, introduced.

Brescia University College, Major in Religious Education, introduced.

Brescia University College, Certificate in Religious Education, withdrawn.

Brescia University College in Partnership with the Faculty of Science, Honors Specialization in Food Science and Technology, introduced.

Brescia University College and Faculty of Science, Honors Specialization in Foods and Nutrition to be renamed Honors Specialization in Nutrition and Dietetics.

Faculty of Education in Partnership with Continuing Studies, Diploma and Certificate in Adult and Organizational Learning, withdrawn.

Faculty of Education, Admission Requirements for Diploma in
Education (Technological Education), revised.
 
March 2009
School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Programs, MESc, MEng, and PhD Programs in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and Civil and Environmental Engineering, introduced.

School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Programs, PhD in Women’s Studies and Feminist Research, introduced.

School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Programs, Master of Nursing/Nurse Practitioner (MN/NP) Degree Program, revised/renamed.

Faculty of Health Sciences, Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Certificate Program, re-introduced.

Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Minor in Writing Studies, introduced.

Faculty of Social Science, Major in Population Studies, withdrawn.

April 2009
Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Diploma in Technical and Professional Communication, renamed to Diploma in Writing for Professional Programs.

Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Certificate in Technical and Professional Communication, renamed to Certificate in Writing for Professional Programs.

Faculty of Science, Minor in Statistical Theory, withdrawn.

Faculty of Science, Minor in Probability, withdrawn.

Faculty of Science, Minor in Operations Research, withdrawn.

Academic Information, Breadth Requirements for Undergraduate Degrees, revised.

May 2009

Faculty of Arts and Humanities,Certificate Programs in Practical Spanish,
Italian and German, introduced.

Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Certificate Program in Theatre Arts, introduced.

Brescia University College, Major in French for Teaching, introduced.

Faculty of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Externship, introduced.
 
June 2009
 
Faculty of Law, JD (UWO) / LLM (Auckland) Combined Program with The University of Auckland, New Zealand, introduced.

Faculty of Health Sciences, Honors Specialization in Kinesiology - Fitness and Exercise Prescription, introduced (effective September 2010).

Faculty of Health Sciences, Honors Specialization in Kinesiology - Physical
Education for Teaching
, introduced (effective September 2010).

Faculty of Social Science, Major in Physical Geography, introduced. 

Combined Honors BA Program, Faculty of Social Science (Honors Economics) and Richard Ivey School of Business (Honors Business Administration), introduced.

Brescia University College, Major in Dimensions of Leadership, introduced.

King’s University College, Honors Specialization and Major in Catholic Studies for Teachers, revised.

Faculty of Health Sciences, Preparatory Year Program for
Communication Sciences and Disorders, revised (effective September 2010).

Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Programs, revised (effective September 2010).
 
September 2009

School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Graduate Program: American Studies, proposal pending OCGS approval.

Faculty of Science, Honors Programs in Geology, Environmental Geoscience, and Geophysics, introduced.

Faculty of Social Science and Continuing Studies, Diploma and Certificate in Labour Relations, withdrawn.

Faculty of Health Sciences, Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN Program: Mature and CAAT Admissions, revised.

Faculty of Information & Media Studies, Admission Process for
Media, Information and Technoculture, revised.
 
October 2009

School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, MBA and Accelerated MBA Programs, and the JD/MBA Program, revised (2010).
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