# Minors & Specializations

**Source**: https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/bcr/program/minors-specializations
**Parent**: https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/bcr

## Minors in BCR

Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies is a small, dynamic, program that offers course combinations and delivery options for students interested in community support services that enrich the lives of families and individuals with special needs

## On Campus Only

A Minor in Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies is open to on campus students in other faculties.\
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For more information please contact:\
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[**Ben Henne / Sarah Hawley**](mailto:bcr@ucalgary.ca)\
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### [Minor in CRDS](#collapse2109000213)

**6 units from the following introductory courses:**

CORE 205: Intro to Disability Studies

CORE 209: Disability in Theory and Everyday Life - examining disabling conditions throughout the lifespan

**6 units from the following Practica:**

CORE 207: Introduction to Community Rehabilitation Practice and Professional Conduct and CORE 487: Practicum in Rehabilitation Practice

OR

CORE 594: Development of Services and Programs - Needs analysis, proposal writing, fund procurement, and innovative service design. Students work on a project for agency or group and CORE 595: Supervision in Community Practice

**18 units from the following:**\
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CORE 321: Communication Skills in Rehabilitation

CORE 435: Social Research in Disability, Health and Rehabilitation Disablement

CORE 441: International Disability Research and Policy

CORE 471: Community Rehabilitation Practice for Families and their Children

CORE 473: Social Justice and the Labor Force

CORE 475: The Aging Process

CORE 477: Disability and the Law

CORE 510: Critical Disability Theory

CORE 553: Health Foundations: Disabilities Across the Lifespan

CORE 569: Recovery Models: Mental Health & Disability

CORE 591: Advanced Study Topics in Community Rehabilitation

CORE 594: Practicum I

CORE 595: Practicum II

For further details, check the [Academic Calendar here](https://calendar.ucalgary.ca/programs/CMRH-MIN)

### [Combined Degree in Psychology](#collapse1138865597)

Bachelor of Community Rehabilitation (BCR) / Psychology Combined Degree

For guidance in completing degree requirements in both degrees:

Psychology requirements, contact:

Arts Students' Centre\
Social Sciences 102\
618 Campus Place NW\
Phone number: 403.220.3580\
[ascarts@ucalgary.ca](mailto:ascarts@ucalgary.ca)

and

BCR requirements, contact:

- Sarah Hawley, Undergraduate Student Advisor [sjhogan@ucalgary.ca](mailto:sjhogan@ucalgary.ca)\
  Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies Program\
  CWPH, 3rd Floor\
  Foothills Campus\
  403-220-2985

For further details on requirements for the BCR portion of this combined degree please refer to the calendar:

For further details, check the [Academic Calendar here](https://calendar.ucalgary.ca/programs/BCRBCR)*\*Choose "Program Details"*\