Academic Calendar - 2025
Western University Academic Calendar. - 2025
HONOURS SPECIALIZATION IN GLOBALIZATION STUDIES
Centre for Global Studies - Faculty of Arts and Social Science
Admission Requirements
Completion of first-year requirements with no failures. Students must have an average of at least 70% in 3.0 principal courses, including at least 1.0 essay course, satisfied with either two half–year courses or one full–year course, plus 2.0 additional courses, with no mark in these principal courses below 60%. Students should note the Diversality Requirement for graduation in this module when selecting first year courses. Anthropology, Centre for Global Studies, English, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, Geography, History, Indigenous Studies, Media and Communication Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Social Justice and Peace Studies, and Sociology are recommended as first year courses.
Module/Program Information
Module
9.0 courses:
1.0 course: CGS 2004F/G, CGS 3001F/G.
0.5 course from: CGS 2002F/G, CGS 2003F/G.
0.5 course from: CGS 3005F/G, CGS 3006F/G.
1.0 course from: CGS 3509F/G, CGS 3514F/G, CGS 3517F/G, CGS 3530F/G.
1.0 course from: CGS 3513F/G, CGS 3525F/G, CGS 3527F/G, CGS 3528F/G.
4.0 courses from: CGS 3000-4999 level; or up to 2.0 non–CGS courses at the 2200 level or higher from Arts and Humanities, Social Science, or Information and Media Studies that engage directly with Globalization Studies content, as approved by the Centre for Global Studies.
1.0 course from: CGS 4000 - 4999 level.
Diversality Requirement
Students must include within or with their undergraduate program identifiable forms of academic study and/or experiences that enhance their abilities to appreciate, affirm, and gain practice in acknowledging the richly diverse ways in which persons and communities in the world know and orient themselves to one another and the cycles of life that sustain their communities.The Diversality Requirement may be fulfilled by students in any one or combination of the following manners (not exceeding 2.0 courses, when combining course–based options), as approved by the Centre for Global Studies:
- demonstration of working knowledge in a language other than English, either through: verifiable existing knowledge; significant studies in a language other than English prior to or external to their undergraduate program; or completing up to 2.0 university courses in one or two languages other than English;
- up to 2.0 of CGS 3200-level courses or community-based learning courses offered by other academic units in which students engage with diversity in knowing and community experiences, as approved by the Centre for Global Studies;
- substantial non-academic community-based experiences (such as placements with community groups or internships), either prior to or during their undergraduate studies, in which students engage with diversity in knowing and community experiences, as approved by the Centre for Global Studies.
Where a student is fulfilling their Diversality Requirements with language courses, CGS 3200-level courses, or other community–based university courses, these courses may be either those already serving as credit within the course requirements of the student's degree module or taken outside of the requirements for their module.
HONOURS SPECIALIZATION IN GLOBALIZATION STUDIES
Centre for Global Studies - Faculty of Arts and Social Science
Admission Requirements
Completion of first-year requirements with no failures. Students must have an average of at least 70% in 3.0 principal courses, including at least 1.0 essay course, satisfied with either two half–year courses or one full–year course, plus 2.0 additional courses, with no mark in these principal courses below 60%. Students should note the Diversality Requirement for graduation in this module when selecting first year courses. Anthropology, Centre for Global Studies, English, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, Geography, History, Indigenous Studies, Media and Communication Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Social Justice and Peace Studies, and Sociology are recommended as first year courses.
Module/Program Information
Module
9.0 courses:
1.0 course: CGS 2004F/G, CGS 3001F/G.
0.5 course from: CGS 2002F/G, CGS 2003F/G.
0.5 course from: CGS 3005F/G, CGS 3006F/G.
1.0 course from: CGS 3509F/G, CGS 3514F/G, CGS 3517F/G, CGS 3530F/G.
1.0 course from: CGS 3513F/G, CGS 3525F/G, CGS 3527F/G, CGS 3528F/G.
4.0 courses from: CGS 3000-4999 level; or up to 2.0 non–CGS courses at the 2200 level or higher from Arts and Humanities, Social Science, or Information and Media Studies that engage directly with Globalization Studies content, as approved by the Centre for Global Studies.
1.0 course from: CGS 4000 - 4999 level.
Diversality Requirement
Students must include within or with their undergraduate program identifiable forms of academic study and/or experiences that enhance their abilities to appreciate, affirm, and gain practice in acknowledging the richly diverse ways in which persons and communities in the world know and orient themselves to one another and the cycles of life that sustain their communities.The Diversality Requirement may be fulfilled by students in any one or combination of the following manners (not exceeding 2.0 courses, when combining course–based options), as approved by the Centre for Global Studies:
- demonstration of working knowledge in a language other than English, either through: verifiable existing knowledge; significant studies in a language other than English prior to or external to their undergraduate program; or completing up to 2.0 university courses in one or two languages other than English;
- up to 2.0 of CGS 3200-level courses or community-based learning courses offered by other academic units in which students engage with diversity in knowing and community experiences, as approved by the Centre for Global Studies;
- substantial non-academic community-based experiences (such as placements with community groups or internships), either prior to or during their undergraduate studies, in which students engage with diversity in knowing and community experiences, as approved by the Centre for Global Studies.
Where a student is fulfilling their Diversality Requirements with language courses, CGS 3200-level courses, or other community–based university courses, these courses may be either those already serving as credit within the course requirements of the student's degree module or taken outside of the requirements for their module.