The Faculty of Social Sciences is pleased to announce the launch in September 2006 of several new undergraduate programs authorized by Senate in December.
A new baccalaureate with a major and minor concentration in anthropology will be offered in French and English, an initiative of the Department of Sociology.As underscored in the support document tabled at Senate: “Issues regarding cultural diversity, which are the primary focus of anthropology and a central axis of sociology, have recently come to the forefront as a major preoccupation of several academic disciplines.”
This program will complement others launched in the last several years, such as the International Relations and Global Politics Program of the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Aboriginal Studies Program of the Faculty of Arts.
In addition, the School of Social Work is offering a French-language baccalaureate of social work responding to strong demand for specialists in this field able to serve Ontario’s Francophone population. Many students are currently registered in the Université du Québec’s baccalaureate program, the only French-language undergraduate social work program in the region, and a number of them then take the master’s program at the University of Ottawa.
This new program will need to be accredited by the Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work (CASSW).
In keeping with the interdisciplinary philosophy that is the hallmark of all its programs, the Institute of Women’s Studies will be offering a new major in women’s studies to which a maximum of 20 French and 20 English applicants will be accepted in the program’s first year. As presented to Senate, “the major in women’s studies will allow students to expand their understanding of the social relations between the sexes within diverse private and public spheres.”
Finally, Senate has also approved the creation of yet another interdisciplinary program, this one a minor in the social sciences of health. The six teaching units of the Faculty of Social Sciences will take part in the program, as well as any other within the University with expertise in the area.
