Overview
The PhD program includes two offerings: a general offering and Indigenous offering. Each offering involves the same program structure and milestones. Students complete seven required courses and one elective course, with an optional elective available. They then complete the comprehensive examination followed by the dissertation.
Features
- The Social Work PhD comprehensive examination at Wilfrid Laurier University is an important stepping-stone in students’ dissertation research.
Programme Structure
Curriculum:
- Community-Engaged Research for Inclusion
- Indigenous Scholarship and Decolonizing Relationships, Knowledges, and Practices
- Adversity, Trauma, Wellbeing and Social Change
- Gender and its Intersections
- Social Work
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 48 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApplication deadline not specified.
Language
Delivered
Disciplines
Social Work View 16 other PhDs in Social Work in CanadaAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
Student insurance
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Other requirements
General requirements
- A Master of Social Work (MSW) or equivalent from a related discipline with a minimum A- standing.
- Three or more years of post-MSW practice experience, but other combinations of practice, education, and lived experience may be considered. We particularly value practice with diverse marginalized communities and populations.
- Strong critical and analytic abilities and a passion for intellectual and personal growth and research that fosters social justice, inclusion, and well-being.
- Potential and motivation to pursue independent research that reflects social work values.
Tuition Fee
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International
13770 CAD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 6885 CAD per semester during 48 months. -
National
5246 CAD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2623 CAD per semester during 48 months.
Living costs for Brantford
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Funding
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Scholarships Information
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Available Scholarships
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