Social Work Courses (SOCW)

Undergraduate Courses

All 300- and 400-level Social Work courses are only open to Social Work students unless otherwise noted in the course description. When a course is oversubscribed, preference will be given to Social Work students who are closest to graduation. Contact the School of Social Work or refer to current timetable for course offerings.

200-level courses

• 200A   An Introduction to Social Work Practice
• 200B   Introduction to the Critical Analysis of Social Welfare in Canada

300-level courses

• 304     Social Work Practicum I
• 304A   Social Work Practicum by Prior Learning Assessment (PLA)
• 311     Understanding Oppression
• 312     Collaborative Conversations: Working within Communities
• 319     Research for Social Change
• 350A   Social Work, Social Justice and the Law
• 350B   Legal Skills for Social Workers
• 354     An Introduction to Indigenous Issues and Human Services
• 356     Human Development and the Social Environment within a Global Context
• 390     Directed Studies
• 391     Indigenous Approaches to Healing and Helping

400-level courses

• 400     Introduction to Social Work in the Health Care Sector
• 402     Social Work Practicum II
• 404     Child Welfare Specialization: Child Protection Practicum
• 404A   Child Welfare Specialization: Child Welfare Practicum
• 413     Critical Social Work Practices
• 433     Working with Trauma
• 435     Critical Perspectives in Mental Health Practice
• 451     Indigenous Policy Issues in Social Work
• 452     Teaching and Learning for Social Change
• 460     Special Topics in Social Work and Social Welfare
• 465     Interdisciplinary Practice with Children and Families
• 469     Introduction to Disability Studies
• 471     Addictions in Society: Theory, Practice and Policy
• 472     Social Work Practice in the Field of Addictions
• 474     An Introduction to Community Work
• 475     Child Welfare Practice
• 476     Family and Child Welfare Policy
• 477     Developing Skills and Knowledge in Family Practice
• 490     Directed Studies
• 491     Integration of Indigenous Approaches to Healing and Helping
• 492     Protecting Indigenous Children

Graduate Courses

500-level courses

• 500     Promoting Professional and Community Learning
• 501     Debates, Ideas and Discourses in Social Work
• 503     The Social Construction of Health, Illness, and Aging
• 504     Community Development in Health and Social Services
• 505     Advanced Child Welfare Seminar
• 506     Advanced Practice Practicum
• 506A   MSWI Practicum
• 510     Policy Context of Practice
• 512     Knowledge and Inquiry
• 516     Research Methodologies
• 517     Research Seminar
• 518     Making Other/Making Self: Race and the Production of Knowledge
• 521     Indigenous Perspectives on Knowledge and Research
• 522     Critical Indigenous Analysis of Social Work Theory
• 523     Self-Conscious Traditionalism in Indigenous Social Work Practice Seminar
• 524     Critical Indigenous Analysis of Social Welfare Policy
• 525     Seminar in Child Welfare Policy and Practice in Indigenous Communities
• 526     Seminar in Community Health Policy and Practice in Indigenous Communities
• 527     Research Methods
• 528     Research Seminar
• 530     Critical Exploration of the Social Work Therapeutic Relationship in Health Care
• 531     Critical Exploration of Leadership Roles for Social Workers in Health Care
• 532     Introduction to Social Work in the Health Care Sector
• 533     Working with Trauma
• 540     Foundation Practicum
• 543     Theorizing Social Difference
• 544     Social Work, the State and Citizenship
• 545     Networks and Communities
• 546     Collaborative Conversations
• 548     Community Research Methods
• 550     Law and Social Work
• 551     Indigenous Communities: Practice and Policy
• 560     Communities, Politics and Social Change
• 580     Special Topics in Social Work and Social Welfare
• 590     Directed Studies
• 596     Team Graduating Research Project/Report
• 598     Individual Graduating Research Project/Report
• 599     Thesis