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Bachelor of Social Work

The Bachelor of Social Work degree places importance on both the skills and knowledge required for not only Indigenous peoples but mainstream individuals, families, and communities as well. The program explores and emphasizes principles such as community healing and social justice. With both extensive experience in the classroom as well applying learned skills such as critical analysis, students will be taught how to create a social work framework valuing ethics, equality, respect, and dignity of everyone.

The program admits approximately 50 students into this 2-year program, and students are admitted at year 3 of this degree. Students are required to have obtained 60 credits of transferrable courses to be eligible for admission.

Students are generally required to take the core courses as well as certain elective courses as deemed required by the program.

SOCIAL WORK CORE COURSES

  • SOCW-301 – Introduction to Social Work Research
  • SOCW-304 – Social Work Field Practice
  • SOCW-306 – Theory and Ideology of Social Work
  • SOCW-311 – Indigenous Perspectives on Social Policy
  • SOCW-320 – Trauma Informed Social Work Theory & Practice
  • SOCW-353 – Social Work Practice with Individuals
  • SOCW-402 – Social Work Field Practice
  • SOCW-404 – Ethical Practice in Aboriginal Communities
  • SOCW-457 – Aboriginal Social Work Theory
  • SOCW-486 – Aboriginal Social Work Practice

ELECTIVE COURSES

  • SOCW-358 – Legal Skills for Social Workers
  • SOCW-359 – Advanced Individual Social Work Practice
  • SOCW-375 – Cultural Immersion
  • SOCW-376 – Child Welfare Practice
  • SOCW-420 – Family Violence & Social Work Practice
  • SOCW-430 – Sexual Diversity & Social Work Practice
  • SOCW-440 – Social Work and Mental Health
  • SOCW-450 – Leadership Practice in Social Service
  • SOCW-452 – Education for Social Change
  • SOCW-455 – Social Work Practice with Communities
  • SOCW-460 – Special Topics in Social Work &
  • SOCW-461 – Social Work with Groups
  • SOCW-465 – Older People, Aging and Society
  • SOCW-466 – Addictions
  • SOCW-477 – Family Practice
  • SOCW-478 – Introduction to Disability Studies
  • SOCW-490 – Directed Studies

Associate of Arts Degrees

Criminology

This degree is awarded at the successful completion of two years’ worth of full-time study. This degree requires 60 credits, inclusive of 3 elective credits. Students must maintain an overall minimum GPA of 2.33.

Upon completion, students will then be eligible to transfer directly into Simon Fraser University’s criminology program to complete the final two years required to obtain their Bachelor of Arts Degree. This program is also articulated for transfer to the University of the Fraser Valley.

Students in this program will gain an extensive understanding of the complexities of criminal and deviant behaviour, and how society reacts to the actions of criminals and deviants.

Admission Eligibility Requirements

  • Grade 12 or equivalent, including a C+ minimum in the following:
  • English 12 (or ENGL 060)
  • Foundations of Math 11 (or Math 051)

YEAR 1 COURSES

  • Students will be required to successfully complete the following 30 credits:
  • Elective English UT 100 Level 3
  • Elective Lab Science UT 100 Level 3
  • CRIM-101 – Introduction to Criminology
  • CRIM-104 – Sociology of Deviance
  • ENGL-110 – English Composition
  • PHIL-100 – Critical Thinking
  • POLI-111 – Canadian Government & Politics
  • PSYC-111 – Introduction to Psychology I
  • PSYC-121 – Introduction to Psychology II

YEAR 2 COURSES

After students have successfully completed Year 1, they will then be required to complete the 27 credits below plus 3 elective credits:

 

  • Elective Math, Statistics or Science UT 100 Level 3
  • Elective Criminology UT 200 Level 3
  • Elective UT Elective 100 or 200 Level 3
  • CRIM-103 – Psychological Explanations of Criminal and Deviant Behaviour
  • CRIM-131 – Introduction to Criminal Justice System
  • CRIM-135 – Introduction to Canadian Law
  • CRIM-220 – Introduction to Research Methods
  • CRIM-230 – Criminal Law
  • CRIM-231 – Intro to the Judicial Process
  • SOCI-111 – Introduction to Sociology I
  • STAT-203 – Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences

First Nations Studies

This degree is awarded upon the successful completion of two years of full-time study. The program requires 60 credits, and students must maintain a minimum GPA of 2.33.

Admission Eligibility Requirements

  • Grade 12 graduation plus a C+ minimum in the following:
  • English 12 (or ENGL 060)
  • Pre-Calculus 11 (or Math 051)

YEAR 1 COURSES

Students must complete 24 credits plus 6 elective credits in either Arts, Science, or other acceptable programs.

 

  • ENGL-110 – English Composition
  • ENGL-111 – Introduction to Modern Fiction
  • FNST-100 – Introduction to First Nations Studies I
  • FNST-101 – Introduction to First Nations Studies II
  • HIST-100 – Intro to General Canadian History I
  • HIST-101 – Introduction to General Canadian History II
  • SOCI-111 – Introduction to Sociology I
  • STAT-203 – Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences
  • STSC-101 – Strategies for Success 101

YEAR 2 COURSES

Upon completing the courses in Year 1, students will then be required to complete 12 credits plus 18 elective credits in the following areas:

 

  • FNWS Elective 3 credits @ 200 level: Recommended courses are ENGL 202: The Cultural Politics of Indigenous Literature or FNWS 207: Storytelling as Metaphor: First Nation Women’s Lives
  • ENGL Elective 3 credits @ 200 level: Recommended courses are ENGL 212: Discourse and Colonization of Indigenous Social Spaces, ENGL 208: Creative Writing, poetry, or ENGL 209: Creative Writing, Short Stories
  • Laboratory Science Elective 3 credits @ 100 or 200 level: Recommended courses are FNSC 106: Exploring the Natural Sciences, FNSC 107: Environmental Sciences, BIOL 110: Biological Principles, SCIE 150: Aspects of Plateau Ethnoscience, NRTC 153: Botany and Zoology, SCIE 108: Aboriginal Land Use Planning
  • SOCI Elective 3 credits @ 200 level
  • Arts Elective 6 credits @ 100 or 200 level
  • CMSC-109 – Computer Applications
  • FNED-150 – International Indigenous Studies
  • FNST-203 – First Nations of the Americas
  • FNWS-206 – First Nation Women’s Artistic Tradition

General Arts

This degree is awarded upon successful completion of two years of full-time study. It requires students to obtain 60 credits and an overall GPA of 2.33 is required. Other institutions may grant transfer credit(s) for approved courses. Upon successful completion, students can transfer to a university to complete their Arts or Education majors.

Admission Eligibility Requirements

  • Grade 12 graduation, with a C+ minimum in the following:
  • English 12 (or ENGL 060)
  • Pre-Calculus 11 (or Math 051)

YEAR 1 COURSES

Students must complete 30 credits:

 

  • 6 credits* of Social Science (CRIM, ECON, FNSS, POLI, PSYC, SOCI)
  • 6 credits* of Humanities (FNED, FNST, HIST, PHIL)
  • 3 credits* of Science
  • 3 elective credits**credits must be fully transferable

*credits must be fully transferable

  • ADMN-165 – Introduction to Computing Systems
  • CMSC-109 – Computer Applications
  • ENGL-110 – English Composition
  • ENGL-111 – Introduction to Modern Fiction
  • STAT-203 – Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences
  • STSC-101 – Strategies for Success 101

YEAR 2 COURSES

Upon successful completion of Year 1 courses, students will then be required to successfully complete 30 credits:

 

  • 18 elective credits at the 200 level
  • 12 elective credits at the 100/200 level