Professional Degree courses in Dentistry, Education, Law, Medicine and Theology (MTS, MDiv)
6000-6999
Courses offered by Continuing Studies
9000-9999
Graduate Studies courses
* These courses are equivalent to pre-university introductory courses and may be counted for credit in the student's record, unless these courses were taken in a preliminary year. They may not be counted toward essay or breadth requirements, or used to meet modular admission requirements unless it is explicitly stated in the Senate-approved outline of the module.
Suffixes
no suffix
1.0 course not designated as an essay course
A
0.5 course offered in first term
B
0.5 course offered in second term
A/B
0.5 course offered in first and/or second term
E
1.0 essay course
F
0.5 essay course offered in first term
G
0.5 essay course offered in second term
F/G
0.5 essay course offered in first and/or second term
H
1.0 accelerated course (8 weeks)
J
1.0 accelerated course (6 weeks)
K
0.75 course
L
0.5 graduate course offered in summer term (May - August)
Q/R/S/T
0.25 course offered within a regular session
U
0.25 course offered in other than a regular session
W/X
1.0 accelerated course (full course offered in one term)
Y
0.5 course offered in other than a regular session
Z
0.5 essay course offered in other than a regular session
Glossary
Prerequisite
A course that must be successfully completed prior to registration for credit in the desired course.
Corequisite
A course that must be taken concurrently with (or prior to registration in) the desired course.
Antirequisite
Courses that overlap sufficiently in course content that both cannot be taken for credit.
Essay Courses
Many courses at Western have a significant writing component. To recognize student achievement, a number of such courses have been designated as essay courses and will be identified on the student's record (E essay full course; F/G/Z essay half-course).
Principal Courses
A first year course that is listed by a department offering a module as a requirement for admission to the module. For admission to an Honours Specialization module or Double Major modules in an Honours Bachelor degree, at least 3.0 courses will be considered principal courses.
Students will explore the interplay between innovative design and commercial success. Students will apply a human-centered design approach to understand why technologies succeed/fail, and to investigate how design iteration can lead to innovation when used as a tool to elicit and test a customer’s unspoken needs.
Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in Year 2 or above in Engineering.
The course is intended to reveal and develop project management best practices. The student will learn the industrially accepted techniques associated with the management of time, cost, and scope in order to achieve total project stakeholder satisfaction. The expected outcome will be to prepare students when pursuing the designation PMP.
This course highlights new venture creation and technology innovation. The entrepreneurial process is introduced as a path to market that includes searching for and screening new ideas, planning development, and starting up new ventures. The course delivery, through the Ivey Business School case method, fosters learning within an active class environment.
This course develops leadership success skills, providing insight into individual attributes, character and behaviour and how they impact leadership style and approaches. Other critical topics include: vision and leading change, leading through crises, coaching, managing performance, and developing organizational culture.
Antirequisite(s): The former Engineering Science 4480A/B.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of year 2 Engineering or enrollment in year 2 Software Engineering.
Students analyze the PEO Code of Ethics, legal principles, and leadership character to appreciate their professional responsibility for ethical and equitable engineering practice. Students apply these frameworks to recent engineering cases and in the exploration of the ethics and sustainability of emerging technologies.
Antirequisite(s): The former Engineering Science 4498F/G.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of third year of any Engineering program or registration in Year 3 Integrated Engineering.
This course enables students to understand the economic environments in which they will operate as managers and develop focused strategies for an organization to achieve success. Sustainability of initiatives will receive special attention. The course is delivered through the case method, developed by the Ivey Business School to challenge students to learn by doing within an active class environment.
This course introduces the concepts and general principles of risk analysis assessment and management in engineering systems. The course discusses the qualitative risk identification methods and the quantitative risk assessment methods and techniques. All this through the lens of different Engineering fields. This will be a case-based learning course.
This course explores the commercialization potential of generational technologies like artificial intelligence and data driven technologies, from the perspectives of the intellectual property strategist and the patent engineer. This class will provide engineers with the ability to identify, generate, and strategically use intellectual property and data assets to drive businesses.
Prerequisite(s): Registration in Year 3 or higher in Engineering.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours per week. Accreditation units: Complementary Studies = 100%.