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BSW Required Courses
The Following courses are required for all BSW students.
U1
Fall:
History and Philosophy of Social Work (SWRK 220)
SWRK 220. History and Philosophy of Social Work.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Historical, theoretical and philosophical base of social work which includes the role of social work in the social welfare, modalities of practice, professional codes of ethics, and human rights legislation.
- Restrictions: Only open to B.S.W. U1 students.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderPublic Social Services in Canada (SWRK 221)
SWRK 221. Public Social Services in Canada.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Federal and provincial social welfare programs - the intended objectives, program design, issues of eligibility and funding, and comparison with programs in other parts of Europe and North America. Particular emphasis on concepts of social justice and poverty. Programs such as income security, labour market, health, immigration, and social services.
- Restrictions: Only open to B.S.W. U1 students.
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SWRK 224. Human Development Across the Lifespan.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Physical, cognitive, emotional, behavioural and social development in different stages of the life course with a focus on childhood and adolescence. Human development in different social contexts. Theory and research as it relates to social work practice.
- Restriction: Limited to BSW U1 students
- Restriction: Limited to BSW U1 students
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Introduction to Practicum (SWRK 222)
SWRK 222. Introduction to Practicum.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026
Description
Basic social work skills.
- Restrictions: Only open to B.S.W. U1 students.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the first lecture day and withdrawal is the third lecture day.
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Fall:
Introduction to Practice with Groups (SWRK 321)
SWRK 321. Introduction to Practice with Groups.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Introduction to theories and techniques informing social work practice with groups. Emphasis on understanding group formation, assessment, and models of group intervention across a range of practice settings and with different populations.
- Restrictions: Only open to B.S.W. U2 students.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderPractice with Individuals and Families (SWRK 320)
SWRK 320. Practice with Individuals and Families 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Introduction to theories and techniques informing clinical social work practice with individual and family systems in a social context. Sexual orientation, race, class, gender, culture, ability and diverse family forms are integrated. Knowledge and skills required for assessment and treatment across a range of practice settings.
- Restrictions: Only open to B.S.W. U2 students.
- Prerequisite: SWRK 224.
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Approaches to Community Practice (SWRK 327)
SWRK 327. Approaches to Community Practice.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description
A comparison of approaches to community practice, with a focus on social change. An analysis of community practice assumptions and methods, including views, theories, and ideologies on social justice. Methods to bring change will also be discussed including strategies, tactics, and actions.
- Restrictions: Only open to B.S.W. U2 students.
- Prerequisites: SWRK 219
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderAnti-Oppression Social Work Practice (SWRK 325)
Course information not available.
U3
Fall:
Critical Thought and Ethics (SWRK 525)
Course information not available.
Social Policy and Administration (SWRK 428)
SWRK 428. Social Policy and Administration.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
An analysis of the administrative structures and dynamics of social service organizations, with special attention to Québec policies and to the role of social workers. Examples are drawn from current field experiences of students.
- Prerequisites: SWRK 221
- Restriction: Only open to B.S.W. U3 students.
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Social Work Research (SWRK 423)
SWRK 423. Social Work Research.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025
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Description
Appraising and analyzing social work practice research, including the perspectives of the authors, the literature reviewed, the practice questions, the research methodology and analysis and the implications of the findings for practice.
- Prerequisite: SWRK 326
- Restrictions: Limited to BSW students. Not open to students who have taken SWRK 401.
- Restrictions: Only open to B.S.W. U3 students.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderMental Health/Illness (SWRK 424)
SWRK 424. Mental Health and Illness.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Symptoms of mental illness and approaches to the delivery of services and programs within various sites of care. Impact of stigma and the place of psychosocial rehabilitation. Biopsychosocial framework and effective practice models examined with an emphasis on policy and its implications for the delivery of services and programs.
- Restrictions: Limited to BSW U3 students. Not open to students who have taken SWRK 482
- Prerequisite: SWRK 320
- Restriction: Only open to BSW U3 students. Not open to BSW students who have taken SWRK 353.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderIntegrative Seminar (SWRK 422)
SWRK 422. Integrative Seminar 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Analyzing field experiences operationalizing the link between scholarship and practice. Dimensions of equity will be integrated.
- Prerequisite: SWRK 420
- Restriction: Only open to B.S.W. U3 students.
- Corequisite: SWRK 421
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderBSW Complementary Courses
The Following BSW courses are complimentary and may be selected by students according to areas of interest:
First People’s Issues in Social Work (SWRK 345)
Course information not available.
Practice with GLBT-S People (SWRK 342)
SWRK 342. Social Work, Gender and Sexual Diversity.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Examination of issues facing Two-Spirit, gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans and intersex people. How social workers can support the development of health and social services informed by principles of social justice and equity. Topics include self-esteem, youth at risk, families, intersectionality, and aging.
- Restrictions: Open to BSW students and U3 non-Social Work students.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderSocial Work in the Health Field (SWRK 354)
SWRK 354. Social Work in the Health Field.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
An introduction to health and health institutions in the context of service delivery. Major themes will include: multidisciplinary teamwork in the hospital; crisis intervention; legal ethical issues; and emerging issues for social workers in health.
- Restriction: Limited to Social Work students
- Restriction: Not open to B.S.W. U1 students
- Restrictions: Open only to BSW students.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderInternational Social Work (SWRK 532)
SWRK 532. International Social Work.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Discussion based upon intensive study and reports on problems in selected countries. Emphasis on identifying major social problems, understanding the social forces bearing on those problems and considering appropriate professional approaches to aid in their solution.
- Restriction: Limited to B.S.W. U3, 2-year B.S.W. and M.S.W. students
- Restriction: Open to U3 and M.S.W. students, or by permission of the instructor.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderInvoluntary Clients (SWRK 434)
SWRK 434. Practice with Involuntary Clients.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Issues and practice problems encountered with involuntary clients in settings such as courts, youth protection agencies and total institutions. Topics include: reaction of the client and worker to the "involuntary" situation, the ethics and efficacy of "coerced treatment" and practice interventions with involuntary clients. Students draw on their own experience with these issues.
- Winter
- Restriction: Open only to BSW students.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderSocial Work Practice with Elderly (SWRK 463)
SWRK 463. Social Work Practice with Older Adults.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
An introduction to gerontological social work practice and the roles of social workers in a variety of settings.Themes include: the strengths of older people, families in later life, retirement, caregiving, death of a spouse or partner, institutionalization, end of life care, economics and aging, community care and services and resources for older adults.
- Restriction: Limited to B.S.W. U2, B.S.W. U3, 2-year B.S.W. and U3 non-B.S.W. students
- Restriction(s): Only open to B.S.W. U3 students or by permission of the instructor.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderChild Protection (SWRK 493)
SWRK 493. Seminar on Child Protection.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
The field of child protection and the problems of physical and sexual abuse and neglect of children. The general characteristics of this vulnerable population group and their families as well as some models of intervention.
- Restriction: Limited to B.S.W. U3 and 2-year B.S.W. students
- Restriction(S): Open to B.S.W. U2 and U3 students.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderRefugees (SWRK 400)
SWRK 400. Policy and Practice for Refugees.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Refugee-generating conflicts, international and national responses are considered. Canadian policy, history and response to refugees are analyzed. Theory-grounded practice with refugees is examined, including community organizing and direct service delivery to individuals and families.
- Restriction: Limited to B.S.W. U3 level sudents, and U3 non-Social Work students
- Restrictions: Open to U3 students or by permission of the instructor.
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The following courses are required for all Q Yr students.
Fall:
Intro. To Practice (SWRK 353)
SWRK 353. Introduction to Mental Health Practice.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Introduces specialized knowledge and assessment skills in mental health first aid and crisis intervention through the lens of social, cultural, and historical developments. Particular emphasis is placed on the dynamics of institutional responses to mental illness and current conditions and programs, the differential
effects of mental illness with regard to age, race, culture, gender identity, and socioeconomic status, the changing conceptions of cause, diagnosis, and treatment across time and socio-cultural boundaries, recovery interventions and comprehensive assessments
- Restriction: Limited to "Qualifying Year" MSW students only
- Restriction: Only open to BSW U2 students
- Restriction: Only open to BSW U2 students. Not open to BSW students who have taken SWRK 424.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderSocial Work Skills Lab (SWRK 350)
Course information not available.
Critical Thought and Ethics (SWRK 525)
Course information not available.
Public Social Services in Canada (SWRK 221)
SWRK 221. Public Social Services in Canada.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Federal and provincial social welfare programs - the intended objectives, program design, issues of eligibility and funding, and comparison with programs in other parts of Europe and North America. Particular emphasis on concepts of social justice and poverty. Programs such as income security, labour market, health, immigration, and social services.
- Restrictions: Only open to B.S.W. U1 students.
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Foundations of Social Policy in Canada (SWRK 404)
Course information not available.
Approaches Community/Group Practice (SWRK 405)
Course information not available.
Practice with Individuals and Families (SWRK 326)
SWRK 326. Practice with Individuals and Families 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Advanced integration of theories and techniques informing clinical social work practice with individual and family systems in a social context. Sexual orientation, race, class, gender, culture, ability and diverse family forms are integrated. Knowledge and skills required for assessment and treatment across a range of practice settings.
- Prerequisite: SWRK 320
- Restrictions: Only open to B.S.W. U2 students.
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Course information not available.
MSW Required Courses
MSW Courses are classified according to the Following Streams:
- Children and Families
- Health and Social Care
- International and Community Development
Students in each stream will be given priority to register for the complementary courses within that stream (*required course):
Children and Families
Fall:
Family Assessment (SWRK 622)*
SWRK 622. Understanding and Assessing Families.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
The changing family system and overview of recent advancements in family assessment. Family developmental and systemic applications, with attention to the heterogeneity and diversity of the post-modern family, integrating contextual, gender, cultural and relational perspectives through the evaluation process.
- Prerequisite: SWRK 320 D1/D2
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderViolence Against Women (SWRK 628)
SWRK 628. Violence against Women.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Discussion of the psychological, social and political factors which create and maintain a society where male violence against the women they love occurs. A feminist theoretical perspective will be developed and analyzed. Treatment approaches will be considered focussing on interventive strategies to help both the battered and the batterers.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderMental Health (SWRK 657)
SWRK 657. Child and Adolescent Mental Health .
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Canadian mental health policies and practices related to children and adolescents, including historical trends in the conceptualization of mental illness/wellness, and foundations of child/adolescent DSM diagnoses and best practice approaches.
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Youth Justice (SWRK 602)
SWRK 222. Introduction to Practicum.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026
Description
Basic social work skills.
- Restrictions: Only open to B.S.W. U1 students.
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the first lecture day and withdrawal is the third lecture day.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderCouple Counseling (SWRK 623)
SWRK 623. Couple Therapy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
The goal of this course is to introduce students to the major models of couple therapy. The course will be divided into four core theoretical approaches to couple therapy: integrated systemic therapy for couples, emotionally focused therapy for couples, mentalizing based couple therapy, and cognitive behavioural marital therapy. Common factors will be explored such as communication skills, therapeutic alliance and client/therapist characteristics, in couple treatment. Models will be presented integrating the lens of gender, race, poverty, social class, and multiculturalism into couple treatment.
- Prerequisite: SWRK 622
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderReclaiming Child Welfare (SWRK 606)
SWRK 606. Reclaiming Child Welfare.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Reflection on current practices in child welfare. An overview of contemporary theoretical frameworks and students' experiences in the field will form the basis of class discussion. Topics include: the construction of abuse and neglect; the risk ethos, families'/mothers' experiences of child welfare services; the reflective practitioner and resistance.
- Note: Seminar.
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SWRK 610. Family Treatment.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
An advanced seminar on techniques and practice of current therapies.
- Prerequisite: SWRK 622
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Fall:
Bereavement (SWRK 668)
SWRK 668. Living with Illness, Loss and Bereavement.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This seminar addresses the psycho-social concerns of patients and family members living with illness and/or non-bereavement loss. An interdisciplinary theoretical perspective is combined with clinical practice interventions. Special attention will be given to the role of the social worker.
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SWRK 670. Seminar on Caregiving.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
The psychosocial concerns and needs of caregivers to people living with illness, disability and/or facing end of life, using an interdisciplinary framework. The role of social workers in delivering strength-based clinical interventions that best address the challenges of giving and receiving care while at the same time attending to experiences of loss and bereavement.
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SWRK 609. Understanding Social Care.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Historical overview of social care to respond to contemporary issues in health and community services. Topics include: meaning of care; history of care in home and community; need, risk, dependence/independence; and organisation of care in Quebec and beyond.
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Seminar on Aging (SWRK 655)
SWRK 655. Seminar on Aging.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Advanced graduate seminar which focuses on a critical examination of historical and contemporary theories and practice models in gerontological social work.
- Specific content will vary from year to year to allow for in-depth exploration of current topics in aging.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderDisabilities & Rehabilitation (SWRK 669)
Course information not available.
International & Community Development
Fall:
International Social Work (SWRK 532)
SWRK 532. International Social Work.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Discussion based upon intensive study and reports on problems in selected countries. Emphasis on identifying major social problems, understanding the social forces bearing on those problems and considering appropriate professional approaches to aid in their solution.
- Restriction: Limited to B.S.W. U3, 2-year B.S.W. and M.S.W. students
- Restriction: Open to U3 and M.S.W. students, or by permission of the instructor.
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SWRK 626. International and Community Development.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Advanced analysis of international and community development as a field of practice, policy and research. Critical concepts include colonization, development and underdevelopment, international socio-economic inequalities, social justice and social change, planning for development, governance.
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SWRK 624. Community Organization: Advocacy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
The aim of this course is to develop an understanding of organizing advocacy at
community and systemic levels. This session will focus specifically on an advocacy approach called "Mosquito Advocacy" where students will create social action campaigns to design and implement evidence informed social change movements.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderSocial Policy (SWRK 723)
SWRK 723. Advanced Seminar on Social Policy.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Analysis of social policies and their impact on social work practice and on the clienteles that they affect. Study of the interaction between social policies and styles of management of social work organizations responsible for their application.
- Restriction: Open only to students in the joint Social Work Ph.D. program
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Trauma and Resilience (SWRK 621)
SWRK 621. Seminar on Trauma and Resilience.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Examination of the concepts of trauma and resilience within a comparative and international context. Exploration of theory, research, and practice interventions concerning trauma and resilience, both nationally and globally. Analysis of the ways in which culture, ethnicity, gender, class, and age shape experiences of trauma and recovery.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderMigration & Social Work (SWRK 620)
SWRK 620. Migration and Social Work.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Informing practice through examination of how migration's social, economic, political, legal, cultural aspects shape lives of those migrating voluntarily or involuntarily to Canada. Historical context of immigration policies, acculturation frameworks, different models of service provision in resettlement. Intersecting oppressions of status, ethnicity, gender, class, age, sexual orientation and differential ability.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderSocial Policy Analysis (SWRK 641)
SWRK 641. Social Policy Analysis.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
A seminar that reviews available theoretical approaches to the analysis of social policy, examines their ideological and methodological characteristics, and applies them to selected substantive welfare policies.
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Critical Thought and Ethics (SWRK 525)
Course information not available.
Research Methods 1 (SWRK 653) *
SWRK 653. Research for Social Justice.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description
Integration of relevant research in social work practice to inform program design, development, and evaluation. Activist-researcher and practitioner-researcher roles in social work, research literacy and knowledge mobilization skills. Tools to design and propose research projects that contribute to justice practices with communities.
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Launch Visual Schedule BuilderResearch Methods 2 (Quant.) (SWRK 643)*
SWRK 643. Research Methods 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Covers a range of qualitative and quantitative methods used in social work related research. Focuses on research skills and knowledge mobilization tools for conducting applied research in partnership with social service agencies and communities.
- Prerequisite: SWRK 653.
- Restriction: Limited to M.S.W. students.
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SWRK 633. Program Evaluation.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Social Work (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The theoretical and practical problems involved in evaluating the impact of social work services and social welfare programs. Topics include goal definition, comparison of experimental and non-experimental designs, data sources, qualitative and quantitative approaches, and outcome measures.
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