Health Sciences
Big Picture, Micro Lens
Through the pandemic, we learned how health and wellness connect people around the world. And there’s so much more yet to learn — and so many ways to make a difference.
Study the Health Sciences at Western and join a global community finding ways to tackle — and prevent — every kind of health issue. It’s a highly interdisciplinary program, with focused views into biology, chemistry, and other life sciences, and macro lenses on political, economic and environmental factors.
Build your degree with programs in health promotion, aging, nursing, kinesiology or rehabilitation services. Or build a combined degree with health sciences and an Ivey HBA. It’s all here at Western, a Canadian university that inspires and innovates.
Explore Health Sciences
The world needs strong leaders in health, now more than ever before. In Health Sciences, you’ll take a holistic approach to studying all sociocultural aspects of health. Big world challenges, like a pandemic? You’ll be ready to make an impact with innovative solutions and a social justice perspective.
You can study:
- Health Sciences
- Health Sciences with Biology
- Rehabilitation Sciences
Honours Specializations:
- Honours Specialization in Health Sciences
- Honours Specialization in Health Sciences with Biology
- Honours Specialization in Rehabilitation Sciences
- Specialization in Health Sciences
Majors:
Minors:
Combined Degrees:
Apply to Health Sciences:
- First-year class size = 400
- OUAC Code = EW
- Required Courses:
- English, ENG4U
- Biology, SBI4U
- One of:
- Advanced Functions, MHF4U
- Calculus and Vectors, MCV4U
- Math of Data Management, MDM4U
- Students interested in Health Sciences with Biology should take Chemistry SCH4U, it’s a prerequisite for the first year chemistry course required for Health Sciences with Biology
- Admission Average Guideline: High 80s to Low 90s
- Averages reflect Ontario high school students
- Remember, these are guidelines only
- Admission to Western is competitive – achieving an average in the suggested range does not guarantee admission
Beyond the Classroom
During your fourth year, you’ll have the opportunity to do a practicum, independent study, or a mentored research project.
Sample Courses
- 1001A/B - Personal Determinants of Health
- 1110A/B - Personal and Social Determinants of Resilience and Wellbeing
- 3240A/B - Environmental Health Promotion
- 3262F/G - Mental Illness and Healing Across Cultures
- 3721A/B - Aging Globally: Lessons from Scandinavia
- 4208A/B - Understanding Stress
- 4615F/G - History and Ethics of Food
- 4710A/B - Palliative & End of Life Care: Critical Issues
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WHY WESTERN?
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practicum opportunities available
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health sciences courses integrate service to the community or international experiences as a part of the course curriculum
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top teaching awards have gone to six faculty members in the School of Health Studies
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