Social Service Worker - Part-time
Diploma | 0122P
Program Overview
Humber’s Social Service Worker diploma program prepares you to work with people in a professional helping role. Approaching your education from an individual and a community perspective, you will learn how to empower people to meet their goals and to access needed services and programs.
Our curriculum is updated frequently to ensure that what you are learning is current and relevant. Skilled, committed faculty with real-life work experience in the human services field teach with a focus on promoting equity and addressing barriers people face on the basis of race, class, disabilities, gender or sexual orientation.
You will study topics such as human behaviour and development; interpersonal, interviewing and counselling skills; family dynamics; legislation and social policy; and how to work effectively with groups and communities. You will develop the skills needed to intervene in crisis situations and to work with a broad range of people including those experiencing poverty, settlement challenges, domestic violence, mental health and substance abuse issues, post-traumatic stress, and other challenging life events.
Curriculum
Quick-Look Availability Scheduler
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| Compulsory | 2023/2024 Academic Year | 2024/2025 Academic Year | |||||||||||||
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| Empty row | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
| GNED 101: An Introduction to Arts and Sciences | |||||||||||||||
| SSW 101: Foundations of Social Issues | |||||||||||||||
| SSW 103: Orientation to Human Services | |||||||||||||||
| SSW 108: Interpersonal and Group Skills | |||||||||||||||
| SSW 109: Professional Practice | |||||||||||||||
| SSW 153: Counselling Skills 1 | |||||||||||||||
| WRIT 100: College Reading and Writing Skills | |||||||||||||||
| SSW 154: Family Dynamics | |||||||||||||||
| SSW 155: Cross-Cultural Skills | |||||||||||||||
| SSW 157: Field Practice and Seminar 1 | |||||||||||||||
| SSW 210: Counselling Skills 2 | |||||||||||||||
| SSW 255: Case Management: Advocacy | |||||||||||||||
| WRIT 200: Workplace Writing Skills | |||||||||||||||
| PSYC 210: Psychology: Developmental | |||||||||||||||
| SSW 208: Political Process | |||||||||||||||
| SSW 209: Mental Health Foundations | |||||||||||||||
| SSW 212: Community Development | |||||||||||||||
| SSW 213: Crisis Intervention and Trauma | |||||||||||||||
| SSW 257: Field Practice and Seminar 2 | |||||||||||||||
| SSW 252: Agency Administration and Fundraising | |||||||||||||||
| SSW 254: Legislation in Human Services | |||||||||||||||
| SSW 258: Applied Social Service Worker Project | |||||||||||||||
| SSW 259: Special Topics in Social Service Work | |||||||||||||||
| SSW 267: Field Practice and Seminar 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Take 1 of the following electives | 2023/2024 Academic Year | 2024/2025 Academic Year | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empty row | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
| ANTH 202: Physical Anthropology | |||||||||||||||
| ANTH 205: Cultural Anthropology | |||||||||||||||
| ARTS 138: Understanding Movies: An Introduction to Film Studies | |||||||||||||||
| ARTS 229: Musical Pioneers | |||||||||||||||
| ARTS 246: Art and Artists: Money, Madness and Masterpieces | |||||||||||||||
| CULT 120: Indigenous Perspectives on Music, Film and Media | |||||||||||||||
| CULT 206: Canadian Society and Culture | |||||||||||||||
| CULT 211: Conspiracy Theories and Critical Thinking | |||||||||||||||
| CULT 220: News: Constructed and Consumed | |||||||||||||||
| CULT 228: Popular Culture: Shaping How We Live | |||||||||||||||
| CULT 229: Understanding Diversity: The World in Canada | |||||||||||||||
| CULT 239: Digital Culture | |||||||||||||||
| CULT 242: Culture, Technology and Identity | |||||||||||||||
| CULT 243: Crossing Borders: Migration and Culture | |||||||||||||||
| CULT 245: The Body: Beauty, Sex and Consumerism | |||||||||||||||
| CULT 248: Women and Popular Culture | |||||||||||||||
| ECON 150: Real Life Economics | |||||||||||||||
| ECON 204: People, Money and Markets | |||||||||||||||
| ECON 206: The History of Money | |||||||||||||||
| ENGL 239: Dark Days Ahead | |||||||||||||||
| GEOG 212: Political Geography | |||||||||||||||
| HIST 217: History of War | |||||||||||||||
| HIST 240: Law and Society | |||||||||||||||
| HUMA 137: Art Matters: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art | |||||||||||||||
| HUMA 226: The Arts and the 21st Century Imagination: Longing for Paradise | |||||||||||||||
| HUMA 230: Women and Religious Traditions | |||||||||||||||
| HUMA 235: World Religions: Western and Eastern Traditions | |||||||||||||||
| HUMA 240: Rethinking Animals | |||||||||||||||
| HUMA 242: Vampires in Film and Literature | |||||||||||||||
| HUMA 245: The Islamic World: An Introduction | |||||||||||||||
| HUMA 250: God, Science and Religion | |||||||||||||||
| HUMA 255: Death and the Afterlife: Global Perspectives | |||||||||||||||
| HUMA 260: The World of Myths and Legends | |||||||||||||||
| IKN 100: Original People: Culture, Knowledge and Worldview | |||||||||||||||
| IKN 101: Indigenous Cultural Values: Behaviour and Identity | |||||||||||||||
| IKN 200: Indigenous Family and Community | |||||||||||||||
| IKN 201: Encounter, Change, Resistance and Renewal | |||||||||||||||
| MILE 210: Italy: Art and Architecture | |||||||||||||||
| MILE 215: Great Cities: USA | |||||||||||||||
| MILE 220: Vietnam Study Abroad: Hanoi & Danang | |||||||||||||||
| PHIL 120: Philosophy: A History of Ideas | |||||||||||||||
| PHIL 150: The Love of Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy | |||||||||||||||
| PHIL 217: Ethical Issues | |||||||||||||||
| PHIL 222: Justice: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law | |||||||||||||||
| PHIL 225: Philosophy of Love and Sex | |||||||||||||||
| PHIL 226: World Philosophy | |||||||||||||||
| PHIL 227: Business Ethics | |||||||||||||||
| PHIL 228: Success: Philosophical Perspectives | |||||||||||||||
| PHIL 229: Violence, Order and Justice: An Introduction to Political Philosophy | |||||||||||||||
| PHIL 230: Environmental Ethics | |||||||||||||||
| PHIL 235: Technology, Values, and Science | |||||||||||||||
| PHIL 250: Science Fiction and Philosophy | |||||||||||||||
| POLS 150: Introduction to Politics | |||||||||||||||
| POLS 206: Morality, Democracy and Politics | |||||||||||||||
| POLS 219: Globalization | |||||||||||||||
| POLS 220: Politics in an Apocalyptic World: Zombies, Aliens, and Killer Viruses | |||||||||||||||
| POLS 223: War and Terrorism | |||||||||||||||
| POLS 224: Justice, Equality and Rights | |||||||||||||||
| POLS 225: Environmental Policy and Economics | |||||||||||||||
| PSYC 110: Groups, Teams and Their Dynamics | |||||||||||||||
| PSYC 150: Psychology: Introduction | |||||||||||||||
| PSYC 210: Psychology: Developmental | |||||||||||||||
| PSYC 224: Psychology: Social | |||||||||||||||
| PSYC 230: Psychology: Abnormal | |||||||||||||||
| PSYC 245: Personality and its Assessment: Who am I? (And how do I know?) | |||||||||||||||
| SCIE 150: The Science of Everything | |||||||||||||||
| SCIE 209: Water: A Life or Death Issue | |||||||||||||||
| SCIE 213: Astronomy: The Evolving Universe | |||||||||||||||
| SCIE 216: Origins of Life | |||||||||||||||
| SCIE 218: Science Behind the Headlines | |||||||||||||||
| SCIE 219: Dangerous Earth | |||||||||||||||
| SCIE 221: The Environment | |||||||||||||||
| SCIE 222: Big History: A Biography of the Universe | |||||||||||||||
| SCIE 223: Astrobiology: Life in the Universe | |||||||||||||||
| SCIE 224: Discovering Dinosaurs | |||||||||||||||
| SCIE 250: The Science of Superheroes | |||||||||||||||
| SOCE 006: Canadian Society and Culture | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 150: Sociology: Introduction | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 207: Social Entrepreneurship: Profit, People and the Planet | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 211: Sociology of the Everyday Life | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 218: Population and Social Change | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 219: Sport and Society | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 226: Health and Society | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 227: Environmental Citizenship | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 232: Gender, Power and Society | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 233: Sociology of Cultural Difference | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 234: Society and Conflict | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 236: Issues in Crime | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 237: The Sociology of Fashion | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 238: Sociology of Food | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 239: Citizenship, Immigration and Democracy | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 240: Sociology of the Family | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 246: Sociology of Emotions | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 247: Leadership | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 249: Imagining the City | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 257: Canada Today | |||||||||||||||
| SOCI 277: Sexual Diversity: Contemporary Social Issues | |||||||||||||||
Compulsory Courses
GNED 101
An Introduction to Arts and Sciences
SSW 101
Foundations of Social Issues
SSW 103
Orientation to Human Services
SSW 108
Interpersonal and Group Skills
SSW 109
Professional Practice
SSW 153
Counselling Skills 1
WRIT 100
College Reading and Writing Skills
SSW 154
Family Dynamics
SSW 155
Cross-Cultural Skills
SSW 157
Field Practice and Seminar 1
SSW 210
Counselling Skills 2
SSW 255
Case Management: Advocacy
WRIT 200
Workplace Writing Skills
PSYC 210
Psychology: Developmental
SSW 208
Political Process
SSW 209
Mental Health Foundations
SSW 212
Community Development
SSW 213
Crisis Intervention and Trauma
SSW 257
Field Practice and Seminar 2
SSW 252
Agency Administration and Fundraising
SSW 254
Legislation in Human Services
SSW 258
Applied Social Service Worker Project
SSW 259
Special Topics in Social Service Work
SSW 267
Field Practice and Seminar 3
GNED
General Elective
1 of the following electives
ANTH 202
Physical Anthropology
ANTH 205
Cultural Anthropology
ARTS 138
Understanding Movies: An Introduction to Film Studies
ARTS 229
Musical Pioneers
ARTS 246
Art and Artists: Money, Madness and Masterpieces
CULT 120
Indigenous Perspectives on Music, Film and Media
CULT 206
Canadian Society and Culture
CULT 211
Conspiracy Theories and Critical Thinking
CULT 220
News: Constructed and Consumed
CULT 228
Popular Culture: Shaping How We Live
CULT 229
Understanding Diversity: The World in Canada
CULT 239
Digital Culture
CULT 242
Culture, Technology and Identity
CULT 243
Crossing Borders: Migration and Culture
CULT 245
The Body: Beauty, Sex and Consumerism
CULT 248
Women and Popular Culture
ECON 150
Real Life Economics
ECON 204
People, Money and Markets
ECON 206
The History of Money
ENGL 239
Dark Days Ahead
GEOG 212
Political Geography
HIST 217
History of War
HIST 240
Law and Society
HUMA 137
Art Matters: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art
HUMA 226
The Arts and the 21st Century Imagination: Longing for Paradise
HUMA 230
Women and Religious Traditions
HUMA 235
World Religions: Western and Eastern Traditions
HUMA 240
Rethinking Animals
HUMA 242
Vampires in Film and Literature
HUMA 245
The Islamic World: An Introduction
HUMA 250
God, Science and Religion
HUMA 255
Death and the Afterlife: Global Perspectives
HUMA 260
The World of Myths and Legends
IKN 100
Original People: Culture, Knowledge and Worldview
IKN 101
Indigenous Cultural Values: Behaviour and Identity
IKN 200
Indigenous Family and Community
IKN 201
Encounter, Change, Resistance and Renewal
MILE 210
Italy: Art and Architecture
MILE 215
Great Cities: USA
MILE 220
Vietnam Study Abroad: Hanoi & Danang
PHIL 120
Philosophy: A History of Ideas
PHIL 150
The Love of Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 217
Ethical Issues
PHIL 222
Justice: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law
PHIL 225
Philosophy of Love and Sex
PHIL 226
World Philosophy
PHIL 227
Business Ethics
PHIL 228
Success: Philosophical Perspectives
PHIL 229
Violence, Order and Justice: An Introduction to Political Philosophy
PHIL 230
Environmental Ethics
PHIL 235
Technology, Values, and Science
PHIL 250
Science Fiction and Philosophy
POLS 150
Introduction to Politics
POLS 206
Morality, Democracy and Politics
POLS 219
Globalization
POLS 220
Politics in an Apocalyptic World: Zombies, Aliens, and Killer Viruses
POLS 223
War and Terrorism
POLS 224
Justice, Equality and Rights
POLS 225
Environmental Policy and Economics
PSYC 110
Groups, Teams and Their Dynamics
PSYC 150
Psychology: Introduction
PSYC 210
Psychology: Developmental
PSYC 224
Psychology: Social
PSYC 230
Psychology: Abnormal
PSYC 245
Personality and its Assessment: Who am I? (And how do I know?)
SCIE 150
The Science of Everything
SCIE 209
Water: A Life or Death Issue
SCIE 213
Astronomy: The Evolving Universe
SCIE 216
Origins of Life
SCIE 218
Science Behind the Headlines
SCIE 219
Dangerous Earth
SCIE 221
The Environment
SCIE 222
Big History: A Biography of the Universe
SCIE 223
Astrobiology: Life in the Universe
SCIE 224
Discovering Dinosaurs
SCIE 250
The Science of Superheroes
SOCE 006
Canadian Society and Culture
SOCI 150
Sociology: Introduction
SOCI 207
Social Entrepreneurship: Profit, People and the Planet
SOCI 211
Sociology of the Everyday Life
SOCI 218
Population and Social Change
SOCI 219
Sport and Society
SOCI 226
Health and Society
SOCI 227
Environmental Citizenship
SOCI 232
Gender, Power and Society
SOCI 233
Sociology of Cultural Difference
SOCI 234
Society and Conflict
SOCI 236
Issues in Crime
SOCI 237
The Sociology of Fashion
SOCI 238
Sociology of Food
SOCI 239
Citizenship, Immigration and Democracy
SOCI 240
Sociology of the Family
SOCI 246
Sociology of Emotions
SOCI 247
Leadership
SOCI 249
Imagining the City
SOCI 257
Canada Today
SOCI 277
Sexual Diversity: Contemporary Social Issues
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