Qualifying for the Field

In order for the School of Community, Justice and Liberal Studies, Mohawk College to proceed placing students in clinical/field placements, students must

• Been successful in passing all of the prerequisites required to enter their placements. This includes both Academic and Non-academic perquisites
• Academic Prerequisites: Interviewing Skills (COMM SO226) and Field Placement Prep and Community Awareness (HMNS 10101).
• Non-Academic Prerequisites: completion of all “required” categories as noted by HS Trax (such as WHMIS, AODA, specified Police Check, etc.).
• Students must demonstrate good physical, mental health and wellness in order to participate in the field component of the program, including compliance with Mohawk College’s Student Behavior Policy.
• Subject to accommodation as required by law, any student who has an active drug addiction and/or discloses personal information about behaviors which pose a risk to the safety or well-being of the student or others will not be offered a field/clinical placement. Students must be free from substance abuse for a period of two years or until they can produce documentation that their health and wellness has improved for a period reasonable in the circumstances. The final decision to proceed in placing a student in field/clinical placements rests with the academic Associate Dean.