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    • MSW 2024/25 Course Offerings

    MSW 2024/25 Course Offerings

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    Before you begin: 

    • Review your program requirements to ensure you are registering in the required courses for your program in the appropriate terms.
    • Make sure you are viewing the appropriate online or on-campus courses. 
    • Consult the registration guide and how-to videos to assist you through the registration process. 
    • Course registrations are on a first-enrolled, first-served basis.
      • Should the need arise to lower enrolment limits on course sections or even our enrolments over sections, those who registered last in a specific section of a course may be moved to another section offered at the same day, time and delivery method without notice. 
      • Should we be able to increase enrolment limits on a course section, those on a waitlist (where applicable) would have priority on those spaces.
    • Courses are subject to minimum registrations in each section. Courses with low enrolment may be cancelled. If this is necessary, affected students will be notified via email. 
      • on-campus sections are typically just a number or a single letter.
    • SK628, SK635, SK644, SK645, SK646, SK647 and SK648 are for students enrolled in the Indigenous Field of Study Advanced Standing MSW program (IFS) only. Requests for space in those courses from students outside the IFS will not be approved.

    If you have questions or receive error messages on LORIS, please review the Error Messages Guide. If that does not help, send us the exact error message you receive or a screenshot of the error as well as your name, ID number and your program to fswassist@wlu.ca for on-campus students and onlinemsw@wlu.ca for online students.

    If you are looking for course information from the 2022-2023 academic year, you can find it here. 

    Full-Time Program Course Offerings

    The following courses listed are the available required courses and electives open to full-time students. Students in the full-time Regular Track and Advanced Standing programs do not have access to courses in the part-time Regular Track and Advanced Standing programs.

    PLACEMENT COURSE: Register for the appropriate placement course in each term that you are scheduled to be in the placement setting. If you are in a field placement, earning hours, you must be registered in the appropriate field placement course.

    • SK541 - Foundational Placement (Year 1 Regular Track Students)
    • SK649 - Advanced Placement (Year 2 Regular Track and Advanced Standing Students)

    Times and dates can be found in the dynamic schedule on LORIS.

    IMPORTANT: Review sequence of courses required on the program requirements page. 

    Fall 2024

    Winter 2025

    Spring 2025

    Year 1 Regular Track

    SK501
    1, 2, 3
    SK504 1, 2, 3, 4
    SK507 1, 2, 3
    SK522 1, 2, 3
    SK545 1, 2, 3

    Year 2 Regular Track & Advanced Standing 

    SK508 1, 2
    SK621 1, 2
    SK649 A
    SK651 1, 2
    SK690 1, 2

     

    Year 1 Regular Track Students

    SK509 1
    SK536 1, 2, 3
    SK541 B
    SK552 1, 2
    SK599 B
    SK641 1
    SK681 1, WB1*

    Year 2 Regular Track & Advanced Standing

    SK649 B
    2 Electives

    Electives:
    In Person
    SK619 1
    SK632B 1
    SK632V 1
    SK659 1
    SK668 1

    Online
    SK605 WB2
    SK632X WA1
    SK656 WA1

    *limited space, requires departmental approval

    Year 1 Regular Track 

    SK541 C
    SK615 1, 2, 3, 4
    SK665 1, 2, 3, 4

    Advanced Standing

    SK615 1, 2, 3, 4
    SK665 1, 2, 3, 4
    2 Electives

    Electives:
    In Person
    SK693 1
    SK641 1*

    Online

    SK632N SA1






    *limited space, requires departmental approval


    ELECTIVES

    Please choose only two electives  for the Winter term. Those who register in more than 2 electives  are at risk of being removed from the extra electives at our discretion. We will allow additional elective courses to be added to Winter after December 1 should space be available. 

     

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    Please contact the programs office for assistance with course registration.

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    Online Course Offerings

    Online courses are first and foremost for our online program students. 

    Your program sequencing, for Regular Track or Advanced Standing, is outlined in your Welcome email sent at the time of admission.

    You must register for courses as they are outlined in your sequence.  Deviation from your program sequence will result in de-registration.

    If you are off-track due to a leave from the program or change of placement start term, email onlinemsw@wlu.ca for your individualized course plan.

    Online course sections:

      • Start with F, W, or S for the applicable fall, winter, or spring academic term.
      • The term is followed by a section:  A for the 1st 6 weeks, B for 2nd 6 weeks and C for the full term courses.
      • Some courses are designed for specific programs. Courses with term (F, W, S) followed by AS are for the Advanced Standing program and RT for the Regular Track program.
      • Exception: Course sections starting with FI or PI are for the Indigenous Field of Study program only.

    When choosing sections, evenly distribute A and B six-week sections.

    PLACEMENT COURSE: Register for the appropriate placement course in each term that you are scheduled to be in the placement setting. 

    • SK600 - Regular Track Students
    • SK649 - Advanced Standing Students

    If you receive an error message indicating you have exceeded the maximum credits allowed per term, reach out to onlinemsw@wlu.ca for an override.


    Course Offerings

    Course Offerings for Fall 2024

    Fall A

    Fall B

    Fall C


    SK504 FA1, FA2
     SK507 FA1 
    SK615 FA1, FA2
    SK641 FA1, FA2
    SK681 FA1

    Electives:
    SK632N FA1
    SK656 FA1
    SK693 FA1

     Electives Requiring Override:
    SK641 FA1, FA2
    SK681 FA1

    SK509 FB1
    SK545 FB1, FB2
    SK552 FB1, FB2
    SK651 FB1
    SK690 FB1

    Electives:
    SK605 FB1
    SK632X FB1
    SK668 FB1

     Electives Requiring Override:
    SK509 FB1
    SK552 FB1, FB2

     

    SK536 FC1

    SK598 FAS, FRT
    SK599 FAS, FRT
    SK621 FC1, FC2

    Field Placement: 

    SK600 FC1
    SK649 FC1

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    Course Offerings for Winter 2025

    Winter A

    Winter B

    Winter C

    SK504 WA1, WA2
    SK507 WA1
    SK522 WA1, WA2
    SK615 WA1, WA2
    SK665 WA1, WA2

     Electives:
    SK632J WA1
    SK668 WA1

     

     

    SK501 WB1, WB2, WB3, WB4
    SK651 WB1
    SK681 WB1
    SK690 WB1


    Electives:
    SK605 WB1
    SK632P WB1
    SK652 WB1
    SK693 WB1

     Electives Requiring Override:

    SK681 WB1
     

    SK536 WC1
    SK621 WC1, WC2
    SK598 WAS, WRT
    SK599 WAS, WRT

    Field Placement: 

    SK600 WC1
    SK649 WC1

     

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    Course Offerings for Spring 2025

    Spring A 

    Spring B

    Spring C

    SK504 SA1, SA2, SA3, SA4
    SK507 SA1
    SK552 SA1
    SK615 SA1, SA2
     

    Electives:

    SK619 SA1
    SK632M SA1
    SK668 SA1

     Electives Requiring Override:

    SK552 SA1

    SK545 SB1, SB2, SB3
    SK651 SB1
    SK665 SB1, SB2, SB3
    SK690 SB1


    Electives:

    SK632K SB1
    SK656 SB1


     

    SK536 SC1, SC2

    SK598 SAS, SRT
    SK599 SAS, SRT
    SK621 SC1

     Field Placement: 

    SK600 SC1
    SK649 SC1

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