Welcome Yeungnam University Exchange Students

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Welcome Yeungnam University Exchange Students!
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Kings and City of London

• Kings University College offers the best of
  both worlds
• As an affiliate of The University of Western
  Ontario (UWO), Kings students receive a UWO
  degree, and have access to all UWO facilities and
  services.
• As a small university college within the larger
  UWO community, Kings students enjoy smaller
  classes and more interaction with their
  professors
• Kings has one of the best scholarship and
  bursary programs in Canada.
• Kings is multicultural, and offers extensive
  support to international students.
• International students at Kings are eligible to
  have part-time jobs in the London community
• International students who graduate from Kings
  are eligible to seek full-time employment in
  Canada.

• Welcome to the City of London. . .
• London is located in the center of Southwestern
  Ontario, two hours by car from Toronto (Canadas
  largest city) and Detroit, Michigan (The United
  States automotive capital). Niagara Falls and
  Buffalo, New York are only 2.5 hours from London,
  while Port Huron, Michigan can be reached in just
  one hour.
• With a population near 350,000, the City of
  London is large enough to offer excellent
  cultural, social, recreational and commercial
  opportunities, while retaining high levels of
  safety and environmental friendliness. London is
  known as The Forest City, and offers parks,
  trails, rivers, trees and a lake all publicly
  available.

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• Course Selection Guidelines
• Registration Requirements
• In addition to the ESL writing course,
  University Writing for English as a Second
  Language Students you may register in up to 4.0
  full or equivalent courses. Course descriptions
  are available in the Kings Academic Calendar
  beginning on page 32 and can also be found on the
  web http//www.uwo.ca/kings/general_information/co
  urse_descriptions/index.html
• Although you are able to choose up to 4.0 full
  or equivalent courses, this is a full course-load
  (including the required ESL Writing course) and
  you may find the workload heavy. As you may wish
  to participate in clubs, intramural athletics, or
  other activities of student life, you may find it
  helpful to select one or two less courses.
• You may choose courses only from the list
  approved by your home university. Course
  substitutions cannot be made without the
  permission of the Registrar, Marilyn Mason.
• It is your responsibility to determine how these
  courses will fulfill your degree requirements at
  your home university. Your grades from courses
  taken at Kings will be sent directly to your
  home university.

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Creating your Schedule Course Codes

• E full year essay course
• F first term essay half course
• G second term essay half course
• a first term half course
• b second term half course
• 0001-0999 pre-university level introductory
  courses
• 1000-1999 year 1 courses
• 2000-4999 senior level undergraduate courses

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Add/Drop Dates for 2008/2009

• September 12th Last day to add a full course, a
  first term half course, or a full year half
  course.
• October 15th Last day to drop a first-term half
  course without academic penalty.
• November 30th Last day to drop a full course
  and a full year half course without academic
  penalty.
• January 13th Last day to add a second-term half
  course.
• February 15th Last day to drop a second-term
  half course without academic penalty.
• See page 6 in the UWO Academic Calendar for
  complete details or at http//www.westerncalendar
  .uwo.ca/2008/pg13.html
• Prior to your arrival, we can arrange academic
  counselling over the phone or by email. During
  the last week in August when you arrive for the
  International Student Bridging Program, we have
  scheduled time for you to meet with a counsellor
  to revise any of your course selections the week
  before classes start.
• If you choose to make course changes, please be
  aware add/drop is a busy week and it may be
  difficult to get into a particular course. Also,
  you may find it challenging to catch up if you
  miss more than the first week of class.

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Services for International Students

• The Write Place effective writing program
  will provide individual assistance
• Free Tutoring in ESL, Economics, Math, French and
  Writing
• Learning Skills provide workshops on essay
  writing, study skills, exam techniques etc.
• Peer guide programs provide opportunities to
  connect with other international and Canadian
  students
• Student Health Services (at Western) access to
  on-campus medical assistance
• Campus Ministry, personal, financial and academic
  counselling