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.

Year Progression Specific 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.

  • Complete 4.5 full-course equivalents (FCEs) from the following Year 1 MSW courses: SWK4101H, SWK4102H, SWK4106H, SWK4108H, SWK4109H, SWK4110H, SWK4510H, SWK4516H, and SWK4902H.
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