Qualifying Year Schedule & Courses

Social Work: 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.

Offered by: Social Work

• Restrictions: Only open to B.S.W. U1 students.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Social Work: This course accompanies Introduction to Social Work Practice. It links theories of ecosystems, stress, coping and resilience with practice as students master interviewing, contracting and assessment skills. It develops professional skills of critical thinking, self-reflection, and use of feedback which are applicable to agency-based practices encountered in social work settings.

Offered by: Social Work

• Summer
• Restriction: Limited to "Qualifying Year" MSW candidates only.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Social Work: 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

Offered by: Social Work

• Summer
• Restriction: Only open to BSW U2 students

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Social Work: Supervised educational experiences in social work practice designed to integrate practice and theory.

Offered by: Social Work

• Restrictions: Only open to B.S.W. students.
• To register for this course, students must have completed 15 credits of U1 B.S.W. required courses plus 9 credits derived from any combination of B.S.W. SWRK complementary, non-SWRK complementary, and/or non-SWRK elective courses totalling 24 credits.
• Prerequisites: SWRK 219, SWRK 220, SWRK 221, SWRK 222, SWRK 224

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Social Work: 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.

Offered by: Social Work

• Prerequisite: SWRK 320
• Restrictions: Only open to B.S.W. U2 students.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Social Work: Supervised educational experiences in social work practice designed to integrate practice with theoretical knowledge.

Offered by: Social Work

• Prerequisite: SWRK 322
• Restrictions: Only open to B.S.W. students.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year