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HBA/Honours Specialization in Urban Development at Western University

Western University, Canada

Programme overview

HBA/Honours Specialization in Urban Development is a combined degree programme at Western University combining the HBA and the partner degree.

Faculty: Ivey Business School  |  Department: HBA Combined Programs  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: London, Ontario, Canada

What you will study

Year 1 Completion of 5.0 first-year courses with no failures. Students must have an average of at least 75% and no mark below 60% in the 3.0 principal courses. Principal Courses: 1.0 course* from Geography and Environment 1100, Geography and Environment 1200A/B, Geography and Environment 1300A/B, Geography and Environment 1400F/G, Geography and Environment 1500F/G, Environmental Science 1021F/G, (with Geography and Environment 1400F/G recommended). 1.0 course from Economics 1021A/B and Economics 1022A/B. 1.0 course numbered 1000-1999.

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Entry requirements

To be eligible for consideration for admission to the combined program, in the first two years students must complete a minimum of 10.0 courses including Business Administration 2257. In Year 1 they must complete the admission requirements as specified in the current Academic Calendar for entry into the Honours Specialization module offered by the Department of Geography and Environment. In Year 2 students must enrol in the Honours Specialization in Urban Development in the Department of Geography and Environment and satisfy the minimum progression requirements for the second year of that Honours Specialization. Under certain conditions, students who in Year 2 enrol in a Major in Geography and Environment may be eligible for admission to the combined degree program, but they will have to transfer into the Honours Specialization in Urban Development module in the Department of Geography and Environment if they are accepted into the combined degree program. Such a transfer is only possible if they have received the marks needed to transfer into the Honours Specialization module and are able to complete all the requirements of the combined degree program for the module.

Full-time undergraduate programmes start in September (Fall/Winter, September to April). Part-time studies have a May start (Summer Evening, Intersession, Summer Distance) and a September start (Fall/Winter Day or Evening and Distance).

Applications open on the OUAC in late September 2026. The deadline for equal consideration to full-time undergraduate studies is January 15, 2027. Medicine (MD) closes October 1; Law (JD) and Dentistry (DDS) close November 1; Education (BEd) closes November 2; Compressed Time Frame BScN RPN Stream B closes December 1; Compressed BScN Regular Stream and RPN Stream A close February 15, 2027. Ivey AEO closes January 15, Music audition and interview registration February 1, Visual Arts digital portfolio February 15, SASAH February 28, Commercial Aviation Management supplementary application March 1, 2027. Part-time May start deadline is March 1 and part-time September start deadline is July 1, 2027. Applications are submitted through the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC), for up to three faculties or direct-entry programmes.

2026-27 application fees: Law $150; Medicine $135; Dentistry $375; Education (BEd/Dip.Ed.) $80; Ivey HBA $200; part-time application $100.

Apply through the official page: https://welcome.uwo.ca/next-steps/

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