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Program Requirements
Qualifying Period (summer) (9 credits)
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SWRK 350 Social Work Skills Laboratory (3 credits)
Overview
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.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Summer
Restriction: Limited to "Qualifying Year" MSW candidates only.
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SWRK 353 Introduction to Mental Health Practice (3 credits)
Overview
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
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Tarshis, Sarah (Fall)
Summer
Restriction: Only open to BSW U2 students
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SWRK 485 Tutorial in Social Work Practice (3 credits)
Overview
Social Work : With approval and under the supervision of an interested faculty member, students propose and pursue a topic of their own related to social work practice or contribute to a faculty member's topic of interest related to social work practice. Students work independently on the topic of interest related to social work practice, individually or in a small group. The faculty member oversees the tutorial on the topic of social work practice.
Terms: Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Summer 2024
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Restriction: Only open to B.S.W. U3 students.
- Program-specific Activities
- Intensive English
Required Courses (24 credits)
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SWRK 633 Program Evaluation (3 credits) **
Overview
Social Work : 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.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
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SWRK 643 Research Methods 2 (3 credits) **
Overview
Social Work : 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.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite: SWRK 653.
Restriction: Limited to M.S.W. students.
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SWRK 650 Field Work Practicum 1 (3 credits) *
Overview
Social Work : Supervised educational experience in social work practice integrating practice with theoretical knowledge characteristic of the specialized field. Individual and group instruction. Involves approximately 115 hours of work in a field setting.
Terms: Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Summer 2024
Instructors: Mitchell, Nicole; Orzeck, Pam (Fall) Mitchell, Nicole; Orzeck, Pam (Winter) Mitchell, Nicole (Summer)
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SWRK 651 Field Work Practicum 2 (3 credits) *
Overview
Social Work : Supervised educational experience in social work practice integrating practice with theoretical knowledge characteristic of the specialized field. Individual and group instruction. Involves approximately 115 hours of work in a field setting.
Terms: Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Summer 2024
Instructors: Mitchell, Nicole; Orzeck, Pam (Fall) Mitchell, Nicole; Orzeck, Pam (Winter) Mitchell, Nicole (Summer)
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SWRK 653 Research Methods 1 (3 credits) **
Overview
Social Work : Covers a range of qualitative and quantitative methods used in social work related research. Provides a framework for accessing, interpreting, and integrating research literature into social work practice.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Débrosse, Régine (Fall)
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SWRK 660 Field Work Practicum 3 (6 credits) *
Overview
Social Work : Supervised educational experience in social work practice integrating practice with theoretical knowledge characteristic of the specialized field. Individual and group instruction. Involves approximately 115 hours of work in a field setting.
Terms: Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Summer 2024
Instructors: Mitchell, Nicole; Orzeck, Pam (Fall) Mitchell, Nicole; Orzeck, Pam (Winter) Mitchell, Nicole (Summer)
Involves approximately 220 hours of work in a field setting
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SWRK 690 Independent Study Project (9 credits) *
Overview
Social Work : An independent study project on a topic of interest in a comprehensive and creative fashion. The project is completed by the student following initial guidance from her/his advisor. It systematically examines a theoretical, substantive or empirical matter, using appropriate methodology.
Terms: Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Summer 2024
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
* These courses will be undertaken in the home community in the second year, as has been the case for previous cohorts.
** Students take SWRK 633 or SWRK 643 or SWRK 653.
Complementary Courses (21 credits)
21 credits of SWRK courses at the 500 or 600 level. Up to 6 credits in total may be taken outside the Department.
Faculty of Arts—2023-2024 (last updated Aug. 31, 2023) (disclaimer)
