Applied Health Sciences

This flexible, fully-online graduate diploma prepares learners to excel and work adaptively in this rapidly changing environment and contribute to the complex problem-solving required by the health challenges of today and tomorrow. This program is ideal for individuals seeking skills that will prepare them to:

• Adapt rapidly to changes in health care systems
• Remain competitive in their existing role and practice
• Pivot into a new, more challenging position
• Thrive in inter-professional teams

Program Length

• 3 Terms

Program Design

• Part-time study
• Course-based
• Fully online

Tuition and Fees

Tuition and fee schedules (per term) are posted on the Office of the Registrar's website at http://www.registrar.uwo.ca/student_finances/fees_refunds/fee_schedules.html

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Admission Requirements

Applicants must meet the following admission requirements in order to apply:

• An undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in the area of health sciences, from an accredited university, college or institute
• Minimum B average based on the last two years or 20 half credits of study
• Learners who hold an undergraduate degree, or equivalent, in an unrelated field and have at least two years of appropriate, full-time employment experience in the health sciences may be admitted on a case-by-case basis

English Language Proficiency

Applicants whose first language is not English must provide evidence of their proficiency in the use of the English language by a satisfactory achievement within the last two years in one of the following:

• The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). The minimum acceptable score is 105 (internet-based test); 620 (paper-based test); 260 (computer-based test). [Western's TOEFL ID is 0984].
• The International English Language Testing Service (IELTS Academic). The minimum acceptable score is 7.5 out of 9.
• The Duolingo English Test.  The minimum acceptable score is 135.

Applicants who are required to present evidence of proficiency in English must make their own arrangements to complete one of the above tests or programs and to have the official results sent directly to SGPS by the testing agency.

Application Deadline

• TBA