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Joint M.S.W. with B.C.L. and LL.B. (132 credits)

A joint Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) with integrated Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.) and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) program is offered by the School of Social Work and the Faculty of Law.

Students complete 45 credits for the M.S.W. degree and 87 credits for the integrated B.C.L. and LL.B. degrees for a total of 132 credits.

Required - Social Work

SWRK 612 (3) Knowledge, Values and Practice
SWRK 643 (3) Research Methods 2
SWRK 650 (3) Field Work Practicum 1
SWRK 651 (3) Field Work Practicum 2
SWRK 653 (3) Research Methods 1
SWRK 660 (6) Field Work Practicum 3
SWRK 691 (12) Social Work / Law Independent Study Project

Complementary - Social Work

Students complete 12 credits of SWRK 500 or 600 level courses. A total of 6 graduate-level credits may be taken outside the School of Social Work with the approval of the academic adviser.

Required - Law

LAWG 100D1 (3) Contractual Obligations
LAWG 100D2 (3) Contractual Obligations
LAWG 101D1 (2.5) Extra-Contractual Obligations/Torts
LAWG 101D2 (2.5) Extra-Contractual Obligations/Torts
PRAC 147D1 (1.5) Introductory Legal Research
PRAC 147D2 (1.5) Introductory Legal Research
PRAC 155D1 (1) Legal Writing, Mooting and Advanced Legal Research
PRAC 155D2 (1) Legal Writing, Mooting and Advanced Legal Research
PROC 124D1 (2) Judicial Institutions and Civil Procedure
PROC 124D2 (2) Judicial Institutions and Civil Procedure
PROC 200 (3) Advanced Civil Law Obligations
PRV1 144D1 (2.5) Civil Law Property
PRV1 144D2 (2.5) Civil Law Property
PRV3 200 (3) Advanced Common Law Obligations
PRV4 144 (4) Common Law Property
PUB2 101D1 (3) Constitutional Law
PUB2 101D2 (3) Constitutional Law
PUB2 111 (3) Criminal Law
PUB3 116D1 (2) Foundations
PUB3 116D2 (2) Foundations

Complementary - Law

Students complete 39 credits of complementary courses toward the B.C.L. and LL.B. degrees.

Complementary - Law, Civil Law

Students complete 4.5 credits of civil law courses. The following courses count for their full credit weight as civil law.

BUS2 461 (3) Insurance
LEEL 470 (3) Employment Law
PROC 349 (3) Lease, Enterprise, Suretyship
PRV1 255 (3) Successions
PRV2 270 (3) Law of Persons
PRV4 448 (3) Administration Property of Another and Trusts

Complementary - Law, Common Law

Students complete 4.5 credits of common law courses. The following courses count for their full credit weight as common law.

PRV3 434 (3) Remedies
PRV4 449 (3) Equity and Trusts
PRV4 451 (3) Real Estate Transactions
PRV4 456 (2) Wills and Estates
PRV4 500 (3) Restitution
PRV5 182 (2) Advanced Torts

Complementary - Law, Civil & Common Law

The following trans-systemic courses count half their credit weight toward the civil law requirement of 4.5 credits and half their credit weight toward the common law requirement of 4.5 credits.

BUS2 365 (4) Business Associations
CMPL 522 (3) Medical Liability
LAWG 200 (4) Sale
LAWG 273 (3) Family Law
LAWG 300 (3) Family Property Law
LAWG 316 (3) Private International Law
LAWG 400 (4) Secured Transactions
LAWG 415 (3) Evidence (Civil Matters)
PRV5 483 (3) Consumer Law

Complementary - Law, Social Diversity and Human Rights

Students must take at least 3 credits from the following courses related to social diversity and human rights.

CMPL 500 (3) Aboriginal Peoples and the Law
CMPL 504 (3) Feminist Legal Theory
CMPL 511 (3) Social Diversity and Law
CMPL 516 (3) International Development Law
CMPL 565 (3) International Humanitarian Law
CMPL 571 (3) International Law of Human Rights
CMPL 573 (2) Civil Liberties
CMPL 575 (3) Discrimination and the Law
LAWG 503 (3) Inter-American Human Rights
LEEL 482 (3) Law and Poverty
PUB2 105 (3) Public International Law
PUB2 451 (3) Immigration and Refugee Law
PUB2 500 (3) Law and Psychiatry
PUB2 502 (3) International Criminal Law
PUB3 115 (3) Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Complementary - Law, Other Courses

Students select the remaining 27 credits from among Faculty of Law offerings.

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Faculty of Law—2009-2010 (last updated Mar. 31, 2010) (disclaimer)
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