NGO Education Survey

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Contact Information:

Memorial University of Newfoundland
School of Social Work
St. John's College
P.O. Box 4200 230 Prince Philip Drive
St. John's
Newfoundland and Labrador A1C 5S7
Canada
Northern America
Americas
www.mun.ca/socwrk


Critical Thin king and Ethical Evaluation for Assessment and Intervention
Credit Bearing: 3 credits
Level: Graduate

This course will enable the student to develop knowledge and skills in critical thinking and ethical evaluation within the context of reflective practice and systematic inquiry. Content will normally include, but not be limited to social work’s historical context, principles of social and personal change, humanism, and issues of social practice and disadvantage.


Leadership for Social Justice
Credit Bearing: 3 credits
Level: Graduate

This course will explore leadership for social justice in direct practice and supervision, examining social responsibility as it relates to professional supervision and leadership. It will address frameworks for critical thinking about leadership and supervision in the pursuit of social justice and preventing injustice with the supervisory relationship and within the broader organizational context.


Leadership in Social Policy and Programs
Credit Bearing: 3 credits
Level: Graduate

This course focuses on frameworks to develop, analyze and evaluate social policies and programs. The course prepares students to demonstrate the knowledge and skills expected within the context of professional judgements, and competent professional action in evaluating social policies and social programs. The conceptual bases is interdisciplinary with particular attention to the research skills in the evaluation of policies and programs consistent within the social work traditions in community, private, and governmental and not for profit sector.


Perspectives with Diverse Communities
Credit Bearing: 3 credits
Level: Graduate

This course is designed to provide students with a critical understanding and appreciation for community social work practice. Fundamental to this understanding is community social work practice with Aboriginal and diverse populations and communities in terms of micro and macro community intervention skill application, capacity-building, leadership, participatory action and social action research methodologies, anti-oppressive practice, and ecological and social justice perspectives. This course explores the many dimensions of community social work within a framework of inquiry that encompasses understanding communities and neighbourhoods; relevant ideological foundations, theories and concepts; practice principles; tensions and dilemmas in practice; integration of individual and community work; contemporary challenges; power politics and conflicts in communities; and community social work as it relates to urban, rural, remote, northern, and Aboriginal communities.


Seminar in Community Development
Credit Bearing: 3 credits
Level: Graduate

Seminar in Organization Development
Credit Bearing: 3 credits
Level: Graduate

Seminar in Social Administration: Evaluation of Policies and Programs
Credit Bearing: 3 credits
Level: Graduate

Seminar in Social Administration: Program Design and Development
Credit Bearing: 3 credits
Level: Graduate

Seminar in Social Administration: Social Policy Analysis, Development and Administration
Credit Bearing: 3 credits
Level: Graduate

Seminar in Social Planning and Social Development
Credit Bearing: 3 credits
Level: Graduate

Program Information:

Social Work
Services

Practica

Degree and Certificate Information

Degrees

Degree: MSW
Level: Graduate
Title: Master of Social Work


No certificates listed.

Information on Training and Other Services

None listed

Additional Information

None available