STG JD / MSW: Requirements (field: Indigenous Trauma and Resiliency)

Field: Indigenous Trauma and Resiliency

Minimum Admission Requirements

  • Applicants must meet the admission requirements of the JD program, the School of Graduate Studies, and the MSW program.
  • Students with a BSW from a recognized university may be admitted with advanced standing.

Academic Path to Completion

Every CDP involves a specific combination of approved degree programs. The CDP requirements build on those of the two separate degree programs. Each CDP has a unique pattern of academic activity year by year.

YearProgressionSpecific Requirements
1
  • Year 1 JD program requirements.
  • Complete all Year 1 courses of the JD program at the Faculty of Law.
2
  • Year 1 MSW — Indigenous Trauma and Resiliency field requirements.
3 and 4
  • Complete JD credits and MSW — Indigenous Trauma and Resiliency field requirements.
  • Complete 32 JD credits including a moot, a perspective course, and an international/comparative/transnational (ICT) perspective course.
  • Year 3: complete the following MSW courses: SWK4901H, SWK4111H, and SWK4517H.
  • Years 3 and 4: complete the following MSW courses: SWK4902H, SWK4903H, SWK4904H, and SWK4905H.
  • Year 3 or Year 4: complete the practicum SWK4703Y.
  • Complete 6 JD credits or 1.0 FCE in integrated courses:
    • LAW345Y1 (3 JD credits) plus a directed reading project (3 JD credits) or a directed reading course (3 JD credits) or
    • integrated law and social work courses (1.0 FCE).
  • Complete a law-related field practicum placement (8 law credits or suite of 8 to 12 courses).

Program Length

4 years

Time Limit

5 years