Disability and Community Studies

Master of Disability and Community Studies (MDCS)

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Program overview

Fostering leadership and innovation that improves the lives of people with disabilities is a key aim of the Disability and Community Studies program. It is designed for professionals from several disciplines and professions who have a minimum of three years of accumulated work/life/volunteer experience with disability, chronic illness, and other marginalized conditions. The course-based program aims to advance knowledge, policy, practice and partnerships in Community Rehabilitation. The program is part of Community Health Sciences, which focuses on the intersection between population, public health, research, and education to promote the study of health and disease.

NOTE: This program is currently not accepting students.

Outcomes and next steps

Policy analyst; researcher; academic; rehabilitation, case or respite worker; disability, behavioural or statistical consultant; recreation therapist; family outreach & advocacy; learning resource teacher; clinical trials biostatistician; epidemiologist; data/survey analyst; statistical programmer; psychometrician; knowledge broker; knowledge translation, prevention, development or health promotion specialist; scientific or program director.

A course-based master’s degree in disability and community studies is usually considered a final degree.

Degree at a glance

Completion requirements
Full course completion; capstone project and paper

Courses
12 courses
Program requirements

Commitment
Three years full-time; six years maximum

Supervisor
A supervisor is required, but is not required prior to the start of the program

Fees and funding
Calculated per course; funding not offered

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Elizabeth Oddone Paolucci

Medical Education; Measurement & Assessment; Teams & Leadership

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Gregor Wolbring

Disability Studies
Ability Studies
Social implications of Science, Technology and Innovation including governance discourses
Social aspects of Sustainability
Social aspects of Human Enhancement
Social aspects of Sport
Conflict Studies, Peace Studies
risk narrative
Social aspects around Community Based Rehabilitation, NOT Clinical/medical aspects of Community Based Rehabilitation

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Stacey Page

Research ethics, professional ethics, clinical ethics, complementary and alternative medicine

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Additional supervisors may be available. Contact the Faculty of Graduate Studies for more information.

Courses

Topics may include Leadership and Innovation, Social Construction and Health Capacity and more.

Presentation

Students will complete a capstone project/paper, presented publicly to their student cohort.

Requirements for the Disability and Community Studies Program

GPA

A minimum of 3.3 GPA on a 4.0 point system, over the past two years of full-time study (a minimum of 10 full-course equivalents or 60 units) of the undergraduate degree.

Minimum education

A four year baccalaureate degree, or equivalent from a recognized institution.

Work samples

None

Community Rehabilitation

Three years of experience in a field of practice in community rehabilitation.

Documents

An up-to-date C.V. or resume
A written statement and professional profile of past education and work experience

Reference letter

Two

Test scores

None

English language proficiency

An applicant whose primary language is not English may fulfill the English language proficiency requirement in one of the following ways:

TOEFL score of 86 with no section less than 20 (Internet-based). Our institution code is 0813
IELTS score of 6.5 with no section less than 6.0 (Academic version)
MELAB score of 80, or higher
PTE score of 59, or higher (Academic version)
Tier 3 of the International Foundations Program with minimum grades of B,C,C (Writing & Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension & Oral Fluency)

Deadlines

For admission on September 1

Canadian and permanent residentJan. 31 Application deadline

InternationalJan. 31 Application deadline

If you’re not a Canadian or permanent resident make sure to read and learn about international specific requirements

Fees

Estimate for full-time students

Canadian and
permanent resident

International
student

General fees

For 12 months of study

$1,843 CAD

Tuition fees

For program completion in 12 months

$14,544 CAD

Total fees

For program completion in 12 months

$16,387 CAD

General fees and tuition

General fees are annual and per-term fees. Annual fees are paid once per year, while per-term are paid each term (3 terms per year).

Tuition covers standard academic costs. Tuition shown is for full course completion of 12 courses. Domestic and international students pay $1212 per course. Textbooks & other material costs are not included.

What are annual continuing fees?

Continuing fees do not apply to this program.

Funding availability

Funding is not available for this program.

Fees listed here are estimates only, and have been rounded to the nearest dollar. These amounts should not be considered accurate. All amounts are in Canadian Dollars.
Fees are subject to change.
For more details and the most accurate information go to the Academic Calendar
For more general information, see our Fees and Funding Guide

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Cumming School of Medicine
Health Sciences Centre
Foothills Campus, University of Calgary
Calgary, ABT2N 4N1

Community Health Sciences - Graduate Studies
Health Science Centre, Room G345C
3330 Hospital Drive NW
Calgary, ABT2N 4N1
403.210.7051

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