NGO Education Survey

Fundraising and Resource Generation

Explores the importance of philanthropy in Canada and provide participants with the ability to apply various methods and practies of seeking donations and generating resources.

Advanced Theory for Social Work Practice

Advanced theory of the intersection of practice in direct intervention, community work, and social administration and policy, from a perspective of a range of structural inequalities.

Community Work

Models and methods of community organization. Social-economic contexts and ideological approaches to social change work; social change efforts; globalization and corporate rule.

Practicum I

Integration of academic and practical aspects of social-work education. 500 hours of guided learning in a community-based setting. Field seminar required.

History of Social Work and Social Welfare

Historical development of social welfare policies and the Canadian welfare state. History of relationship of economy, family, welfare institutions and Canadian state.

Poverty and Income Security

Examination of theories of poverty and wealth, conflicting understandings of poverty and the unequal distribution of income and wealth in Canada.

Practicum II

500 hours integrating advanced social work theories and practice. Students are expected to build on and to develop beyond present knowledge and skills. Field seminar required.

Research and Evaluation in Social Work

Addresses the logic of inquiry, and assesses quantitative and qualitative techniques. Attention to program and direct intervention evaluation especially with the use of action and participatory research approaches.

Seminar in Social Policy

Issues of housing in Canada

Social Administration and Policy

Knowledge and skills required for understanding, analyzing and practicing social policy development and administration in social work. Political, economic, and social context of policymaking, theoretical perspectives for developing policy

Social Policy Analysis

Conceptual, theoretical, and empirical tools for the analysis of social policies in Canadian society.

Social Work with Immigrants and Refugees

social construction of immigrants

Theories in Social Science and Social Work

Examines relationships between theories in social science and in social work exploring connections to social work practice and emphasizing theories of inequality

Thesis

Prerequisite: registration in M.S.W. Year II.

Women and Social Policy

Structural analysis of social policy affecting women. Relationship of feminist scholarship to the practical w ork of developing policy and to policy outcomes for women.