Program Requirements - MSW Two-Year Program
Within the two-year full-time program , except for the Gerontology Specialization (see below), students are required to:
- Complete 8.5 full-course equivalents (FCE) including 7.5 required FCE and 1.0 elective FCE
- Thesis option: students in specializations Children and Their Familes, Social Justice and Diversity, and
- Mental Health and Health,complete a total of 8.5 FCE., including core MSW Year One course work (4.0 FCE), required MSW Year Two field-specific specialization course work (2.0 FCE), practicica (1.5 FCE), and a thesis (1.0 FCE). Students who have a minimum of two years of prior full-time social work experience are eligible to apply for substitution of two 0.5 FCE electives in place of the full-credit SWK4702Y. Workplace supervision must have occurred with a MSW supervisor. Requests for substitution must be reviewed and approved by the Faculty-Assessment Committee.The thesis option is available to a limited number of students, whose proposed research must be approved by the Associate Dean and a review panel. Students who choose the thesis option may require additional time to complete the program.
- Satisfy SGS residency and full-time student requirements. All MSW degrees must be completed within four years from the date of first registration in the program.
Within the two-year full-time program , Gerontology Specialization , students are required to:
- Complete 9.0 FCE, including 8.0 required FCE required and 1.0 elective FCE. All students enrolled in the Social Work and Gerontology specialization will automatically be enrolled in the Collaborative Program in Aging, Palliative and Supportive Care Across the Life Course.
- Thesis option: students enrolled in the Gerontology specialization complete 8.0 FCE, plus the thesis (1.0 FCE).
Courses
Year One
| SWK 4102H Social Policy and Social Welfare in the Canadian Context |
| SWK 4103H Elements of Social Work Practice |
| SWK 4105H Social Work Practice Laboratory |
| SWK 4107H Foundations of Social Work: Knowledge, Theory and Values that Inform Practice |
| SWK 4510H Research for Evidence-Based Social Work Practice (SWK 4510H is a prerequisite for all second year required courses.) |
| SWK 4602H Social Work Practice with Groups |
| SWK 4605H Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families |
| SWK 4654H Social Work Practice in Organizations and Communities |
| SWK 4701H Social Work Practicum I (SWK 4103H and SWK 4105H are prerequisites) |
Year Two
Students choose one of the following five specializations:| SWK 4514H Research for Practice with Children and their Families |
| SWK 4608H Social Work Practice with Families |
| SWK 4620H Social Work Practice with Children and Adolescents |
| SWK 4625H Contemporary Issues in Working with Children and their Families [Note: new title February 2011: The Intersection of Policy and Practice with Children and their Families] |
| SWK 4702Y Social Work Practicum II (full-credit) |
| 1.0 elective FCE |
| SWK 4304H Globalization and Trans-nationalization: Social Work Responses Locally and Globally |
| SWK 4306H Process of Social Exclusion, Marginalization, and Resistance |
| SWK 4512H Creating Knowledge to Inform Critical Practice |
| SWK 4606H Diversity, Access, and Equity in Social Work Practice |
| SWK 4702Y Social Work Practicum II (full-credit) |
| 1.0 elective FCE |
| SWK 4412H The Context of Mental Health and Health Practice |
| SWK 4511H Practice-Based Research in Mental Health and Health |
| SWK 4702Y Social Work Practicum II (full-credit) |
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Plus students can then elect to take one of three choices: |
| SWK 4622H Social Work Practice in Health followed by SWK 4604H Social Work Practice in Mental Health SWK 4622H Social Work Practice in Health followed by SWK 4632H Advanced Social Work Practice in Health (Prerequisite: SWK 4622H) SWK 4604H Social Work Practice in Mental Health followed by SWK4631H Advanced Social Work Practice in Mental Health (Prerequisite: SWK 4604H) Specialization: Social Service Administration (commences September 2009 pending approval) |
| 1.0 elective FCE |
| SWK 4425H Leadership Skills in Social Service Organizations |
| SWK 4426H Financial Management of Social Service Organizations |
| SWK 4427H Human Resource Management in Social Service Organizations |
| SWK 4515H Research and Quality Improvement in Human Service Organizations |
| SWK 4702Y Social Work Practicum II (full-credit) |
| 1.0 elective FCE |
| AGE 2000H Principles of Aging |
| SWK 4513H Knowledge Building in Social Work |
| SWK 4612Y Social Work and Aging: Integrated Policy and Practice (full-credit) |
| SWK 4618H Special Issues in Gerontological Social Work |
| SWK 4702Y Social Work Practicum II (full-credit) |
| 1.0 elective FCE |