Question or Concerns
Have a question?
We can help.
The Don Wright Faculty of Music Student Services
is in Talbot College Room 210.
Help is available for:
- Confidential
discussion regarding personal, medical or religious issues that affect
performance and what accommodation is available
- Advice
about eligibility for the various degrees and modules
- Assistance
in interpreting academic policies and procedures
- Processing
recommendations from departments, such as special permissions
- Assistance
with registration procedures
- Scholarship
inquiries
- Assistance
and processing of forms including those required for withdrawal from the
Faculty or University
- Letter
of Permission inquiries
Advisors
To ensure you receive the most accurate, current
academic program information and advice, consult the appropriate advisor:
Incoming Students
First Year Students
Bachelor of Musical Arts (BMusA)
Bachelor of Arts Honors Specialization
Music Major and Minor Students
Please consult the Faculty of Music’s Academic
Counselor, Diane Mills and the office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate
Admissions and Programs.
Contact Odilla Van Delinder, ovandeli@uwo.ca, 519-661-2044 to make an
appointment.
Bachelor of Music (BMus) Honors Students
Once you have been admitted to a Bachelor of
Music Honors program, the Chair of the student’s degree program becomes your
academic advisor.
To make your appointment, contact:
- Gayle Day, gday@uwo.ca, 519-661-2111 ext. 85332 Music
Education secretary.
- Melaney Mathews, mamathew@uwo.ca, 519-661-2111 ext.
85402, Music Perofrmance Studies secretary.
- Linda Kusters,
department assistant, linda.kusters@uwo.ca
519-661-2111 ext. 85332, for Music
Research and Composition students registered in the Specialization in Music Administrative
Studies and the Popular
Music Major.
Diploma and Certificate Students
- Melaney Mathews, mamathew@uwo.ca, 519-661-2111 ext.
85402 to make an appointment with the department chair for Performance and
Artist Diplomas.
- Co-ordinator Anne
Fleming-Read, afleming@uwo.ca,
519-661-3497 for Piano Technology.
Medical Accommodation Policy
Western’s medical note policy applies to all
students.
- Detailed information
and forms.
- Further policy
information.
Outline of policy:
"In order to ensure fairness and consistency
for all students, academic accommodation for work representing 10% or more of
the student’s overall grade in the course shall be granted only in those cases
where there is documentation indicating that the student was seriously affected
by illness and could not reasonably be expected to meet his/her academic
responsibilities. Documentation shall be submitted, as soon as possible, to the
appropriate Dean’s office..."
Documentation from Family Physicians and Walk-In
Clinics
A Western Student Medical Certificate (SMC)* is
required if a student is seeking academic accommodation. This documentation
should be obtained at the time of the initial consultation with the physician
or walk-in clinic.
Download SMC*: https://studentservices.uwo.ca/secure/index.cfm.
Hard copies are available from the student’s home Faculty Academic Counseling
Service.
Documentation from Student Health Services
- Students are required
to have their physician or health care provider fill out the Student
Medical Certificate.
- At Student Health
Services the fee to have this form filled out is $20. Students seeking
academic accommodation should request a Western Student Medical
Certificate be filled out at the initial visit with the physician.
- Medical certificates
will only be considered for students seriously affected by illness,
who can not reasonably be expected to meet his/her academic
responsibilities.
- Medical certificates
may NOT be issued for minor illness, such as colds, non-acute
vomiting or diarrhea, menstrual cramps, insomnia or for past illnesses not
seen at Student Health Services.
- If the requested
accommodation is related to a death in the family, please see your
academic counsellor directly.
Documentation from Hospital Urgent Care Centres
or Emergency Departments
- Students should
request an SMC* be filled out.
- Students may bring
this form with them, or request alternative Emergency Department
documentation.
- Documentation should
be secured at the time of the initial visit to the Emergency Department.
- Where it is not
possible for a student to have an SMC* completed by the attending
physician, the student must request documentation sufficient to
demonstrate that his/her ability to meet his/her academic responsibilities
was seriously affected.
*Print or see an example of the Western Student
Medical Certificate (SMC) at https://studentservices.uwo.ca/secure/index.cfm.
See also "Deferrals &
Accommodation for Medical Illness" in the MPS Handbook.
