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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Supervisors
A supervisor is required for this program. Students are not required to identify potential supervisors prior to applying to the program.
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Elizabeth Oddone Paolucci
- Medical Education; Measurement & Assessment; Teams & Leadership
seeking students
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 Your Program of Interest for more information.

Completion requirements
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.

Admission requirements and information
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
NoneCommunity 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
TwoTest scores
NoneEnglish 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
If you’re not a Canadian or permanent resident or if you have international credentials make sure to read and learn about international specific requirements

Tuition fees and funding
All graduate students must pay general fees each year, as well as program fees.
Fees
Estimate for full-time students
Canadian and
permanent resident
International
student
General fees
For 12 months of study
$1,843 CAD
$1,843 CAD
Tuition fees
For program completion in 12 months
$14,544 CAD
$14,544 CAD
Total fees
For program completion in 12 months
$16,387 CAD
$16,387 CAD
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
Highlights of the Disability and Community Studies Program
Learn more about this program
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
403.210.3918
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