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The syllabus can still surprise you

A tour of Western courses shows how curiosity finds its way into unexpected corners of the timetable.

Cool, unique courses at Western University. Official Western News image.
Campus & cultureCool, unique courses at Western University. Official Western News image.Photo: Western News / official source page

Some of the most memorable learning begins with a course title that does not sound like a requirement. Western's cool-courses list gives students permission to follow a question before they know where it will lead.

For alumni, it is a familiar university promise in a current form: there is always one more subject capable of changing the shape of a week.

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  1. Original reporting · news.westernu.ca
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