Become an effective advocate for people with disabilities in your community and around the world. This is the only joint Social Work and Disability Studies program in North America with the ability to graduate with a BSW degree. You’ll have the opportunity to gain real hands-on experience working in the field. where you can impact the lives of people with disabilities. This is a program where you can learn to make a difference in the world!
Course Requirements: English/ENG4U (min. avg. 60%)
Minimum Average: 70%
Mean Average: 80%
Course Requirements: Grade 12 English
Minimum Average: 70%
Mean Average: 80%
Major Courses
Required Course: Effective Writing I
Recommended Other Courses
Students investigate the local and global origins of a contemporary social problem through the eyes of social justice activists. Students will assess the strengths and limitations of strategies and theoretical frameworks for social change and use this knowledge to create social action messages that raise public awareness, influence government or corporate policy, or positively change attitudes and behaviours. (3 lecture hours per week) (Also offered as Social Justice Studies SJST 1000.)
Introduction to selected areas in psychology including learning, perception, physiological psychology, emotion, and motivation.
This course examines the historical, philosophical and political aspects of the development and delivery of the Canadian social welfare system. Special attention will be focused on ways to identify and assess the needs of, and services to, vulnerable populations within the context of social and cultural diversity.
A foundational course aimed at developing effective writing skills for communicating ideas in academic and other contexts. Topics may include grammar, paragraph writing conventions, academic learning, and critical thinking. This is a hybrid course.
Introduction to selected areas in psychology including developmental, social, personality, and clinical.
This course examines the ways in which social workers in generalist practice intervene to meet the needs of clients within the Canadian social welfare system. Attention will be paid to the development of an understanding of generalist social work practice within an ecological and systems perspective. This course provides an introduction to social work processes. Attention will be given to the needs of vulnerable and marginalized populations within traditional and alternative social work perspectives such as ecological, systems, strengths, feminist, and anti-oppressive practice. Students will gain an understanding of personal, professional, agency, and societal needs and values and how they influence social work practice. Students will be introduced to the generalist social work practice perspective within a problem-solving process that includes focused assessment, intervention, termination, and evaluation of practice. Ethical and professional issues such as confidentiality and accountability will be introduced.
A continuation of GART 1500 aimed at developing and refining writing skills for communicating ideas in academic and other contexts. Topics may include grammar, essay writing conventions, research skills, scholarly citations, editing and revising, academic learning, and critical thinking. This is a hybrid course. (Prerequisite: GART 1500.)
The University of Windsor sits on the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, which includes the Ojibwa, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi. We respect the longstanding relationships with First Nations people in this place in the 100-mile Windsor-Essex peninsula and the straits – les détroits – of Detroit.
Thursday, December 5th, 2024