Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
University of British Columbia. School of Social Work
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Description area
Dates of existence
[192-]-1945, 1950-
History
Instruction in social work at the University of British Columbia dates back to the late 1920s. The University implemented a two-year diploma course within the Department of Economics, Sociology and Political Science. Initially coordinated by S.E. Beckett and then C.W. Topping, the program slowly expanded. In 1943, Marjorie J. Smith became the first full-time instructor in social work at the University. Two years later, the course evolved into the Department of Social Work with Smith as its first head. In 1950, the department's status was again changed as it became the School of Social Work within the Faculty of Arts. In 1999, the School of Family and Nutritional Sciences was discontinued, and the Family Studies program was transferred to the School of Social Work. The School was then known as the School of Social Work and Family Studies. In 2007, the Family Studies program was moved to the School of Sociology.