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Distinct and Diverse Communities General Information Program Notes Social Service Worker Program Immigrants and Refugees stream - Seneca College Approved Distinct and Diverse Communities Courses offered by Other Departments/Centres Description of Courses

Distinct and Diverse Communities
Associate Dean Dorothy Griffiths Co-ordinator/Academic Adviser Jo Stewart
General Information
Assistant to the Dean Carol-Ann Farinacci 905-688-5550, extension 3425 Scotiabank Hall 324 The Distinct and Diverse Communities program involves courses offered through Brock University and Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology. This four-year program combines either an Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) Distinct and Diverse Communities or a BA With Major Distinct and Diverse Communities at Brock with training in a variety of applied social service settings at the colleges. Students obtain both solid applied skills and a strong theoretical foundation in a variety of aspects of social services. The program leads to career opportunities in a wide variety of areas in the social services for Immigrants and Refugees in the Province of Ontario. At Brock, students complete an integrated series of courses from a wide variety of disciplines. At Seneca students complete the Social Service Worker - Immigrants and Refugees program. Obtaining both an Honours BA or BA with Major and a college diploma would ordinarily involve at least five years of study, but this Brock-Seneca program combines the two in a single integrated package that can be completed in four years. Enrolment is limited. Requirement for graduation with a BA (Honours) Distinct and Diverse Communities degree is a minimum of 70 percent major average, a minimum 60 percent non-major average and a minimum 60 percent overall average. Requirement for graduation with a BA With Major Distinct and Diverse Communities degree is a minimum 60 percent major average and a minimum 60 percent overall average. Further details concerning the Distinct and Diverse Communities program are available from the Office of the Dean of Social Sciences.
Program Notes
1.  Admission to year 4 (Honours) is by application and requires a minimum 75 percent overall average.   2.  Students must apply to the Office of the Dean of Social Sciences at the end of Year 1 for admittance to the college program(s). Admittance to these programs is limited to those students with a 70 percent overall average. Students who do not meet this entrance requirement will be required to change their major at the end of Year 1.   3.  No more than 5.0 credits may be taken from any one discipline.   4.  Language credit must be taken from the following list: FREN 1F00, 1F01, 1F90, ITAL 1F00, 1F01, 1F90, ARAB 1F00, GERM 1F00, 1F90, JAPA 1F00, 1F80, MAND 1P00, 1P01, 1P80, 1P81, PORT 1F00, 1F90, RUSS 1F00, SPAN 1F00, 1F90, SWAH 1F00.   5.  In the 20-credit Honours degree program, at least 12 credits must be numbered 2(alpha)00 or above, six of which must be numbered 2(alpha)90 or above and of these, three must be numbered 3(alpha)90 or above. In the 20-credit BA with Major program, at least 12 credits must be numbered 2(alpha)00 or above, six of which must be numbered 2(alpha)90 or above, and of these one and one-half must be numbered 3(alpha)90 or above.
Social Service Worker Program
Immigrants and Refugees stream - Seneca College
Year 1 PSYC 1F90 CHSC 1F90 SOCI 1F90 one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)00 to 1(alpha)99 (POLI 1P93 recommended; see program note 5) one Humanities Context credit or Science Context credit Year 2 Three credits from the list of approved Distinct and Diverse Communities courses (see program note 5) one of one language credit, one APCO/COSC credit, MATH 1F92 (see program note 4) the Humanities context credit or Science context credit not taken in year 1 Year 3 taken at Seneca College Year 4 Four credits from the list of approved Distinct and Diverse Communities courses (see program note 5) one elective credit (see program note 5)
Approved Distinct and Diverse Communities Courses offered by Other Departments/Centres
CHSC 2P15 Processes of Health and Wellness CHSC 3P59 Diversity and Health INTC 1P80 Introduction to Intercultural Studies PHIL 2P08 Ethics: Foundations and Cases PHIL 2P12 Indian Philosophy: An Introduction to Hindu Thought (also offered as INTC 2P12) PHIL 2P13 Indian Philosophy: An Introduction to Buddhist Thought (also offered as INTC 2P13) PHIL 2P17 Introduction to Chinese Philosophy (also offered as INTC 2P17) POLI 2F20 International Relations POLI 2P42 The Rise of China POLI 2P47 Rights Across Borders POLI 2V40-49 Government and Politics of a Selected Nation State POLI 2V70-79 Politics and Culture POLI 3P02 Citizenship POLI 3P18 Law and Politics POLI 3P26 International Law and International Organization POLI 3P43 Politics in the Developing World POLI 3P52 Ethics in Government POLI 4P20 Globalization and Global Governance POLI 4P26 International Politics and National Security POLI 4P27 Theories of International Relations POLI 4P39 Elites and Power PSYC 2P30 Fundamentals of Social Psychology PSYC 3P28 Introduction to Abnormal Psychology PSYC 3P33 Psychology of Intergroup Behaviour (also offered as COMM 3P33) PSYC 3P51 Health Psychology PSYC 3P75 Stress PSYC 4P71 Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination PSYC 4P78 Topics in Clinical Psychology PSYC 4P79 Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy RECL 1P03 Introduction to Leisure in Canadian Society RECL 3P23 Therapeutic Benefits of Humour SOCI 2P58 Self and Society SOCI 2P65 Liberties, Rights and Protections SOCI 3P47 Racism and Anti-Racism SOCI 4P70 Social Issues in the Community WISE 2P99 Canadian Women in a Global Context (also offered as INTC/SOCI 2P99)
Description of Courses
See relevant calendar entry for course descriptions.