<ul><li>&nbsp;Chemical engineering is a broad-based and a versatile discipline ideally suited to address the major global challenges of today in energy, water and the environment</li><li>The undergraduate program at Western combines strong fundamentals in natural sciences, mathematics, process engineering design and economics</li><li>The objective of the program is to combine and integrate the fundamental principles of chemical and biochemical engineering to design commercial processes and plants that make consumer products that are both economical and environmentally friendly</li><li>Among the distinguishing features of the program is the emphasis on prevention of pollution at the source before by integrating innovative design principles of physical, chemical and biological processes</li><li>The capstone fourth-year design course involves students finding solutions to industrial problems in close cooperation with industry
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<ul><li>After completing Western Engineering’s Common First Year, students can enroll in the Electrical Engineering program, which covers a broad discipline including energy and power systems, information communication and transmission, control and automation systems, biomedical engineering, and more</li><li>Students may select technical electives in fourth year among a wide variety of courses to specialize in any one or a combination of these areas:<ul><li>Information Communication and Transmission</li><li>Power Systems</li><li>Biomedical Engineering</li></ul></li><li>Technical electives in the information communication and transmission domain allow students to investigate the operation and design of communication systems, such as courses in the theory and design of Communications Systems, Antennas, Data Networks, and Digital Signal Processing</li><li>Technical electives in the domain of power systems provide students with a firm foundation in the design and operation of traditional power systems, as well as insight into current and alternative forms of electric power production</li><li>Technical electives in the biomedical engineering option provide students with a solid foundation in signal processing, imaging, and biomedical systems </li></ul>

<ul><li>A Bachelor of Health Sciences degree (BHSc) provides students with an interdisciplinary perspective of health and well-being, with professors drawn from a variety of traditional academic areas, including Anatomy, Epidemiology, Philosophy, Psychology, Anthropology, Nursing, Rehabilitation Sciences and Kinesiology</li><li>This interdisciplinary curriculum provides a solid foundation for students wishing to pursue professional training in medicine, or rehabilitation sciences (such as, speech pathology, physical therapy, or occupational therapy)</li><li>Bachelors in Health Sciences give students the opportunity to learn about and experience a broad range of topics that relate to health across the lifespan</li><li>Students will learn about youth and adolescent health, health in aging populations, health promotion, and health ethics</li><li>In their upper years, students may choose from a diverse selection of courses, ranging from disease mechanisms and embryology, to social media and health, healthcare law, and sexuality, gender and health
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<ul><li>Students will learn a variety of qualities of animals, including animal communication, foraging, sexual behavior, social structure, and cognition</li><li>Students will research into behavior ranges from analyses involving hormone levels and gene expression through to addressing broad questions such as the functions that behaviour serves, how behaviour develops, and how did specific behaviors evolve</li><li>Students will look more into why animals and people behave as they do</li><li>This area of study draws on expertise from both the Department of Biology as well as the Department of Psychology</li><li>Graduates will have a wide range of research careers in the public and private sectors
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<ul><li>This program teaches how hereditary information is transferred using such a short code of DNA, discovered by analyzing creatures in which something was wrong (mutants)</li><li>Students in this program will learn through a variety of courses focusing on gene structure, function, and regulation</li><li>Students take a range of courses focused on gene structure, function and regulation that introduce modern ‘omic’ approaches (e.g., genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics), taught using a range of animal, plant and microbial systems</li><li>Courses in genetic engineering, developmental genetics, behavioral genetics, and evolutionary genetics are all part of the curriculum</li><li>In addition, students must choose courses such as genetic engineering and developmental genetics to form the basis of additional courses
 
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<ul><li>The Bachelor of Science (Honours Specialisation) program is designed to give students a deeper appreciation of the life sciences</li><li>Students will study courses throughout the broad scope of Kinesiology, that include exercise physiology, biomechanics, anatomy, sports injuries, exercise psychology, sport management and professional ethics</li><li>In addition, students must choose courses such as Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Math from the Faculty of Science</li><li>All Kinesiology students take a common set of first-year courses before selecting a program/module prior to second year</li><li>Graduates will have a plethora of employment opportunities, including working as an athletic trainer for a Western varsity team or assisting kinesiology specialists on campus at the Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic
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<ul><li>This engineering program stresses fundamental engineering concepts, contemporary design practices, development of interpersonal skills and interaction with engineering practitioners</li><li>In the program, the second and third-year courses are designed to provide a strong knowledge base in the core areas of Mechanical Engineering</li><li>Fourth-year students are then allowed to tailor their areas of specialization by taking six advanced technical electives chosen from a list that includes (but is not limited to) courses in Fluid and Thermal Systems, Control Systems, Nuclear Energy Systems, Manufacturing, Robotics, Production Management, Materials Science, Biomechanics, Medical Devices, and NEMS/MEMS devices</li><li>Fourth-year students also complete a major Mechanical Engineering Design Project in which they work closely with faculty and industry partners</li><li>Students in the Mechanical Engineering program also actively participate in international competitions such as Formula SAE (race car), Baja SAE (all-terrain vehicle), Flying Mustangs (model airplane), and SunStang (solar car)
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<ul><li>After completing Western Engineering’s Common First Year, students can enroll in the Civil Engineering program</li><li>Students in their third year of study will have the choice of studying Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or International Development with Structural or Environmental Engineering</li><li>Students pursuing the structural engineering option will take electives such as Structural Theory and Design, Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Design, Steel Design, Structural Dynamics, Finite Element Design and Tall Buildings, Soil Mechanics, Business, Engineering Ethics, Sustainable Development, and Law</li><li>Students who take environmental engineering as an elective will learn how to find solutions for a wide range of environmental challenges, such as adjusting to the effects of climate change, recovering damaged areas, and managing rising demand for clean water</li><li>International Development with Structural or Environmental Engineering options introduce students to the complex societal, environmental, political and economic issues associated with building safer communities in Canada and in the developing world as well as providing the students with the opportunity to work four months there
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Western University

All Courses

Bachelor in Chemical Engineering

Bachelor in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor of Health Sciences

Bachelor of Science in Animal Behaviour

Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Genetics

Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Kinesiology

Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor in Civil Engineering