SWRK at McGill University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate SWRK coursework.

• SWRK 320Practice with Individuals and Families 1opens 6 courses (3 directly)
• SWRK 322Field Practice 1opens 2 courses (2 directly)
• SWRK 420Advanced Field Practice 1opens 2 courses (2 directly)
• SWRK 622Understanding and Assessing Familiesopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• SWRK 424Mental Health and Illnessopens 1 course (1 directly)
• SWRK 664Intensive Advanced Field Placementopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate SWRK work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 28 SWRK and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 53 more SWRK courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in SWRK. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at SWRK 353

  1. SWRK 224Human Development Across the Lifespan
  2. SWRK 320Practice with Individuals and Families 1
  3. SWRK 424Mental Health and Illness
  4. SWRK 353Introduction to Mental Health Practice

• 4 courses deep, ending at SWRK 610

  1. SWRK 224Human Development Across the Lifespan
  2. SWRK 320Practice with Individuals and Families 1
  3. SWRK 622Understanding and Assessing Families

• 3 courses deep, ending at SWRK 323

  1. SWRK 219Anti-Oppression Social Work Practice
  2. SWRK 322Field Practice 1
  3. SWRK 323Field Practice 2

• 3 courses deep, ending at SWRK 421

  1. SWRK 219Anti-Oppression Social Work Practice
  2. SWRK 420Advanced Field Practice 1
  3. SWRK 421Advanced Field Practice 2

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for SWRK yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under SWRK yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

SWRK does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the McGill campus feed.