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下面是一些UWO的资料
1151 Richmond Street, Suite 2
London, Ontario N6A 4B8
Canada
Tel: (519) 661-2111
Fax: (519) 661-3710
Web Site:
http://www.uwo.ca
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Programs
Our 12 faculties offer more than 200 undergraduate programs in traditional fields, as well as some leading-edge programs unique to Western.
Only here can you get a degree in Health Information Management, or specialize in practical and critical issues involving cyberspace.
Second-Level Entry Professional Programs
After your first year, the choices are even broader. Choices include Education, Law, Medicine, Dentistry, and Business Administration. A wide variety of post-graduate programs are also an option - some allow you to further explore your undergraduate discipline, while others such as Occupational or Physical Therapy, Journalism, or Library and Information Science give you valuable professional education.
International Exchanges
Obtain your degree from Western while exploring other parts of the world. We have students studying on almost every continent!
Internship Programs
Many programs at Western offer internships opportunities. Participating corporations say they prefer internships to co-op programs, because interns come to the job with more education. Paid internships are 12 or 16 months, giving you enough time to add significant work experience to your portfolio. You also gain valuable contacts. Students selected for internships are usually the first to get jobs after graduation.
Academic Excellence
Ranked No. 2 in Canada for academic support.
Ranked No. 3 in Canada for quality of teaching.
Our Professors
Academic excellence is at the heart of Western and that quality starts with our award-winning faculty. Every year, our professors are recognized both nationally and internationally for their teaching and research achievements. Your success in first year is important to us, which is why we have more tenured faculty teaching first-year courses than any other university in the country.
Great Peers
Your peers will be some of the brightest students in Canada - last year? average entering grade was 84.1 percent. Western has had three Rhodes Scholars in the past five years. Just imagine how much your future friends and fellow students will enrich your education!
Leading Research
Some of the exciting projects Western professors and students are working on include mapping deep brain function, determining how the Internet can help breast cancer patients, and taking an interdisciplinary look at history and the structure of intellectual thought. The world-renowned researchers involved in these projects are the same people who will be teaching you. This is what makes Western one of the top 10 research universities in Canada.
Academic Environment
Ranked No. 1 in Canada for campus attractiveness.
Our Beautiful Campus
Our campus is truly one of the most spectacular in Canada with a blend of gothic and modern architecture, rock gardens, Japanese gardens, and abundance of trees. Take a walk through the Sherwood Fox Arboretum or walk around campus and search for our unique art pieces located throughout campus. With the Thames River winding through campus, you?l find a variety of picturesque spots to study at Western.
Small Classes
You?l be surprised to discover that you are in small classes in first and second year. We consistently rank in the top of Canadian universities in terms of our class sizes. Most of our first- and second-year classes have fewer than 100 students in them and 47 percent have 25 or fewer students. This gives you more personal attention from your professors, which translates into a better educational experience.
Scholarships and Financial Aid
Great Scholarships
If you have an entering average of 85 percent or higher, Western has a scholarship for you. Well over half our first-year students will receive an admission scholarship valued between $1,500.00 and $10,000.00.
Financial Aid
At Western, we offer more than $15 million in financial aid, including more than 2,000 on-campus Work Study opportunities, which provide financial assistance as well as valuable work experience.
We are committed to ensuring that no undergraduate student who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident and has been offered admission should be prevented from attending Western for lack of access to adequate financial resources, nor should they be forced to withdraw from Western after registering for lack of access to adequate financial resources.
Campus Safety
Our Foot Patrol and Police Force
Our volunteer student Foot Patrol (Canada? first and largest) provides trained co-ed teams to escort you to your destination from 6:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., seven days a week. Calls to the Foot Patrol are free from any campus phone. We have our own Police Force as well as a Student Emergency Response Team dedicated to helping our students and university community.
Facilities for Learning
Ranked No. 1 in Canada for overall quality of Library Services.
Ranked No. 1 in Canada for overall quality of on-campus classrooms as well as the student/community centre.
Libraries and Computer Labs
Western? libraries constitute the fourth-largest collection in Canada and house more than seven million books, journals, CD-ROMs and other items, the fourth-largest collection in Canada. Computer labs are available in many buildings.
Recreation and Athletics
Our athletic and recreational facilities offer a wide variety of activities from fitness classes and yoga to recreational basketball and intramural sports. Our TD Waterhouse Stadium was the showpiece of the 2001 Canada Summer Games
Arts and Culture
Between the McIntosh Gallery and John Labatt Visual Arts Centre gallery on campus, enriching your art background or giving your eyes a visual feast is just a few steps away from any building on campus. Let our opera, orchestra, or choral programs enchant your ears.
Areas of Expertise
Undergraduate Programs
One of the advantages of studying at Western is the wide variety of courses and programs to choose from. Regardless of what your interests are, there is a program at Western to suit you. There are 200 different programs in our 12 faculties and you can choose from over 90 different courses in first year alone. Many of our programs begin with Western? common first year while others take you directly into specialized first-year studies.
At Western, we offer programs that range from the traditional to the leading edge. You can study Old English Literature, pop culture, or Mediterranean Studies in the Arts. In the Social Sciences, discover how the media shape political images and attitudes, or study how the brain affects our behaviour. In the Faculty of Science, study the laws of nature, black holes, pulsars and quasars, or the complex interrelationships humans have with medicine, the environment, and the organisms that reside on earth.
One of our most innovative programs is Commercial Aviation Management, where you can get a university degree and a commercial pilot? license too. Explore the issues of the burgeoning information economy in our popular undergraduate programs in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies. Did you know that you could obtain both a degree and a diploma in our joint program in Media, Theory and Production program with London? Fanshawe College? Or if business administration is your goal, our Academic Excellence Opportunity offers pre-admission to our highly popular Honors Business Administration program.
The Common First Year
Your first year in Arts, Science, Social Science, Kinesiology, or Media, Information and Technoculture is a time to explore a wide variety of disciplines. You will take introductory courses and gain broad knowledge while meeting new friends with a wide range of backgrounds and interests. By the end of this year you will be able to make an informed decision about choosing your major based on your academic strengths and interests.
The Degree Structure
There are four possible modules of study, which may be entered after your first year:
- Honors Specialization (9.0 or more specified principal courses)
- Specialization (9.0 or more specified principal courses)
- Major (6.0 to 7.0 specified principal courses)
- Minor (4.0 to 5.0 specified principal courses)
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