Social Work (Direct Entry High School)
Honours Degree Overview
Before registering for courses, we strongly encourage you to have an appointment with your Academic Advisor. The yearly pathway indicated here is only a suggestion and it may be adjusted according to your individual circumstances upon consultation with Academic Advising.
In your first year, you will begin to explore what critical social work is while building your knowledge in other disciplines with Humanities, Social Science, and Natural Science courses.
- SOWK 1011 Introduction to Critical Social Work
- General Education Courses (1000 level)
Second year will take you a step further into the practice of critical social work by looking at systemic inequalities and social justice issues. You will also have the opportunity to explore other interests outside of your major.
- SOWK 2050 Identity, Diversity and Anti-Discriminatory Practice
- SOWK 2060 Social Justice Work with Groups, Communities and Social Movements
- SOWK 2070 Indigenous Understandings in Social Work Theory and Practice
- Courses Outside the Major
In your third year, you will begin to get ready for field practice by honing your communication and research skills as a future social worker. Electives inside your major (non-core courses) will also be available so you can start focusing on particular areas of interest within social work.
- SOWK 3041 Communication
- SOWK 3060 Integrated Social Work Practice
- SOWK 3070 Foundations of Social Work Research
- SOWK 3110 Policy Frameworks
- Courses Outside the Major
- Social Work Electives
Fourth year will have you applying theory to practice with 700 hours of placement in the community.
- SOWK 4000 Practicum in Social Work I
- SOWK 4001 Practicum in Social Work II
- SOWK 4020 Issues in the Study of the Welfare State: Power, Organization and Bureaucracy*
- Social Work Electives
*SOWK 4020 is a practicum co-requisite. It can only be taken when you are on placement.
The School of Social Work aims to prepare students to be critical practitioners who seek social transformation. The 101 Direct Entry stream accepts applicants from high school to enter their first year of the Bachelor of Social Work program.