This information is maintained by the University Secretariat. Please contact Erika Hegedues or Kathy Learn if you have questions regarding any of these policies.

Academic Handbook Updates

• Handbook updates 2009 – 2010
• Handbook updates 2010 - 2011
• Handbook updates 2011 - 2012

How to Make Changes

• General Information on Proposing or Changing Scholarships and Awards
  • Board/Senate Approval Process for Scholarships, Awards and Scholarship Policy
• General Information on Proposing or Changing Academic Policy or Undergraduate Programs and Courses
  • Dean's Responsibility for Admissions, Academic Programs and Scholarships
  • How to Make Changes to Academic Policy, Programs and Courses
  • Western's Institutional Quality Assurance Process (IQAP)
  • Format for Submissions to SCAPA (The Senate Committee on Academic Policy and Awards)
    • Sample SCAPA Submission
    • Schedule of Meetings of SCAPA and the Senate
    • Terms of Reference and Composition of SCAPA
  • Format for Submissions to DAP (The Deans: Academic Programs) "Virtual" Committee
    • Sample DAP Submission
    • DAP Approvals
  • Format for Minor Course Change Submissions to the Registrar's Office
• Introducing International Dual-Credential Degree Programs (Undergraduate and Doctoral)
• Guidelines for Educational Partnerships
• Articulation Agreements
• Undergraduate Programs which have been Introduced or Withdrawn
• Graduate Programs which have been Introduced or Withdrawn

General Policy

• Academic Counselling for Undergraduate Students
• Academic Records and Student Transcripts
• Affiliation Agreements (UWO, Brescia, Huron, King's University Colleges, St. Peter's Seminary)
• Certificates and Diplomas
• Convocation and Graduation Diplomas
• Definitions of Grades; Grading Scale for Undergraduate Students
• Grading Scale for Graduate Students
• Official Version of the Academic Calendar
• Official Student Record Information Privacy Policy
• Structure of the Academic Year
• Teaching Evaluations
  • Original 1996 Proposal with Senate Minutes
  • 1998 Follow-up Report with Senate Minutes

Policy on Scholarships and Awards

• Admission and In-Course Scholarships
• Athletic Financial Awards
• General Policies on Scholarships, Awards and Prizes
• Approval Process for Scholarships, Awards and Award Policies
• Gold Medals

Policy on Admission

• Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (CAATs)
• Deadlines: General Policies on Admission and Application Deadlines
• English Language Proficiency - Admission Requirement
• Graduate Studies Admission
• International Students
• Mature Student Applicants
• Nursing Applicants
• Offers of Admission, Deferred Registration
• Ontario Applicants: General Admission Requirements to Western's Programs and Credit Acceptable
• Potential Health Risks/Immunization Requirements (for students in the health sciences, dentistry and medicine)
• Preliminary Year at Brescia University College
• Professional Program Admission - Business Administration, CSD (Preparatory Year), Dentistry, Education, Law, Medicine (MD)
• Professional Upgrading and Non-Degree Credit Admissions
• Admission of Students from Provinces other than Ontario 
• Readmission
• Scholar's Electives Program
• Senior Citizen Applicants
• Transfer Credit for Courses Taken at Other Universities
• Articulation Agreements with other Institutions
• Part-Time Admission for OSSD Students (WISE and SWAU)
• UWO Faculty - Admission

Policy on Registration/Progression/Graduation

• Adding and Dropping Courses
• Course Credit
• Course Load
• Course Numbering Policy, Essay Courses, and Hours of Instruction
• Dean's Honor List and Graduation with Distinction
• Exchange Course Grades
• Graduation Requirements
• Letter of Permission
• Career-Related Learning: Internships, Co-Ops, Placements, Etc.
• Part-Time Students - Registration
• Prior Learning Assessment
• Professional Program Progression Business Administration, Dentistry, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine (MD), Nursing
• Registration and Progression in General and Honors Programs
• Vulnerable Sector Screening (Criminal Records Check for Placements)

Policy on Examinations

• Access to and Retention of Exam Papers and Other Work
• Administration of Examinations
• Attendance Regulations for Examinations
• Course Outlines (Undergraduate and Graduate), Scheduling of Assignments, Tests and Examinations; Use of "Clickers"
• Definitions of Types of Examinations
• English Language Proficiency for Assignment of Grades
• Evaluation of Academic Performance
• Examination Conflicts
• Final Examinations: Distance Studies Courses
• Posting of Preliminary and Final Examination Timetables
• Scheduling of Examinations and Responsibility for Printing
• Timing of Submission of Final Marks, Informing Students of Their Final Grades

Policy on Academic Rights and Responsibilities

• Academic Appeals
  • Graduate Student Academic Appeals
  • Undergraduate Student Academic Appeals
    • SRBA Application for Hearing
• Academic Sanctions
• Academic Accommodation for Students in the Reserve Forces
• Academic Accommodation for Students with Disabilities
  • Faculty Handbook on the Implementation of this Policy
• Accommodation for Medical Illness - Undergraduate Students
• Accommodation for Political Candidacy of Students
• Accommodation for Religious Holidays
• Instructor-Student Conflict of Interest
• Observance of Remembrance Day
• Scholastic Discipline
  • Graduate Students - Scholastic Discipline
  • Undergraduate Students - Scholastic Discipline
    • Scholastic Discipline Process (Chart)
• Social Conduct: Code of Student Conduct

• Western's Mission Statement
• The University of Western Ontario Act
• Strategic Planning
  Documents
• Campus Master Plan
• The Office of the President
• The Chancellor
• Institutional Planning and Budgeting
• Information and Privacy Office