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Program Requirements

Currently under review. Admissions will not be accepted for the 2011-2012 academic year. The Certificate in Northern Social Work Practice offered by the School of Continuing Studies on behalf of the School of Social Work is available only in the North and is for Inuit community workers employed by Nouveau Québec. The courses reflect the sociocultural characteristics of northern society as well as the social service needs of Inuit communities. Particular attention is directed to the complex role of the social worker in various relationships to the community. Courses will reflect the following themes: identification and analysis of social problems; welfare policy and legislation methods of social work practice with individuals, groups, and organizations and the process of community organizing. All the courses are taught in the North by the staff of the School of Social Work.

Required Courses (21 credits)

• SWRK 351 Children's Needs and Social Services (3 credits)

  Offered by: Social Work (School of Continuing Studies)

  Overview

  Social Work

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.

• SWRK 354 Social Work in the Health Field (3 credits)

  Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Social Work : An introduction to health and health institutions in the context of service delivery. Major themes will include: multidisciplinary teamwork in the hospital; crisis intervention; legal ethical issues; and emerging issues for social workers in health.

  Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012

  Instructors: Ptack, Allan (Winter)

  • Restrictions: Limited to BSW U2, BSW U3, and 2-year BSW students.

• SWRK 473 Individuals and Families in Crisis (3 credits)

  Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Social Work : Theory and practice of work with individuals and families under stress. Topics include: categories of hazardous events; affective, behavioural and role disorganization; phases in the crisis cycle; techniques of crisis intervention and abatement.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.

  • Restriction: Limited to B.S.W. U3 and Special B.S.W. students

Complementary Courses (9 credits)

9 credits from:

• EDPI 211 Social and Emotional Development (3 credits)

  Offered by: Educational&Counselling Psych (Faculty of Education)

  Overview

  Ed Psych & Couns (Inclusive) : Intensive training in observation of the development and behaviour of children as individuals and as members of modern First Nations or Inuit society. Study of educational implications of both common and divergent behaviour. Development of relevant teaching practices.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.

  • Offered through Continuing Education. Limited to students enrolled in First Nations and Inuit Education programs.
• SWRK 374 Community Development/Social Action (3 credits)

  Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Social Work : The organizing process and development of direct organizing skills. Emphasis on organizational entities, community power and conflict, organizing strategies and their application, urban community development.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.

  • Fall
  • Restriction: Not open To U1 Level Students.
• SWRK 377 Women's Issues in Practice (3 credits)

  Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Social Work : Social work practice with women based on recent advances in understanding women's relationships to the structures and institutions of society. Issues which arise in the provision of social services: women and the family, mental and physical health, poverty and the welfare system, feminist counselling.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.

  • Winter
  • Restriction: Limited to BSW U2, BSW U3, Special BSW and U3 Women's Studies Major/ Minor Concentration students
• SWRK 485 Tutorial: Social Work Practice (3 credits)

  Offered by: Social Work (Faculty of Arts)

  Overview

  Social Work : An individual or small group tutorial in which students will work independently in conjunction with the instructor. The student will undertake a project related to the area of specialization.

  Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012, Summer 2012

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.

  • Restriction: Limited to BSW U3 and 2-year BSW students

Optional course

• EDEE 249 Inuktitut Orthography and Grammar (3 credits)

  Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed (Faculty of Education)

  Overview

  Elementary Education : Structure and morphology of Inuktitut for teachers working in that language. Use of orthography, both qaliujaaqpait (Roman script) and qaniujaaqpait (syllabics) as established by the Inuit Cultural Association.

  Terms: Summer 2012

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.

  • Prerequisite: Fluency in Inuktitut