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A four-year Bachelor of Community Rehabilitation (BCR) program is offered for students coming directly from high school and a two-year program is offered for those with a first degree, approved college diploma, or two full years of university prerequisite courses. The BCR is an interdisciplinary degree both in the courses it provides and the students it serves.

Students are expected to achieve a foundation in health, social science, law and management, and will work with individuals of diverse ages and disabling conditions. Through specialized interdisciplinary study, practical experience and project work, they gain professional skills in individual counselling and personal planning, team coordination, design and management of community services, advocacy and small business development.

Students can specialize in areas such as career development, working with seniors, brain injury, community mental health or early intervention. Students specialize by choosing appropriate health and senior social science course options and doing their projects and practica in their chosen area.

Potential Candidates

This degree was designed for the following categories of students:

• People working in human services with a diploma or degree who need specialized and focused training in community rehabilitation practice to advance or respond to changing conditions.
• People trained in other fields who are considering a career change to work in community-based and customized services.
• People with disabilities who are interested in working in advocacy and independent living careers.
• University undergraduates interested in pursuing a four-year interdisciplinary degree in community rehabilitation.
• High school graduates interested in exploring a range of professions related to disability.

Distance Education Program

This decentralized inter-institutional model is managed by the University of Calgary in cooperation with participating colleges in Alberta and other provinces. The partner colleges provide classroom and meeting space and educational resources such as access to libraries and technological support and university transfer courses.

The cohort, called a Community of Learners, is a group of students with more than three years experience in the field, often from diverse backgrounds who plan and evaluate course content, sequence and delivery to ensure that courses reflect local needs.

International

The Bachelor of Community Rehabilitation degree has been made available to cohorts of students living in other countries. Suitable funding arrangements to cover the cost of delivery are established in advance of starting such programs.

North American Mobility Exchange: a partnership agreement between universities in Arizona, USA; Sonora, Mexico; and Canada allowing students to participate in a variety of exchanges between the countries.

For information on our programs and specific contacts, please refer to our web address: http://www.crds.org.

A Minor in Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies is open to on-campus students in other faculties. A specialized Minor in Adapted and Therapeutic Physical Activity is offered for Kinesiology students by Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies in conjunction with the Faculty of Kinesiology.

Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies sponsors a post-degree program leading to a Diploma of the Faculty of Medicine with a specialization in Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies for those who are working in the field of community rehabilitation and disability studies or wishing to transfer their current professional training to community practice. The diploma program provides the foundation interdisciplinary skills identified by the field as necessary for practice. The diploma will also assist students in meeting the entrance requirements of the Pan Canadian Master's Degree program in Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies.