Social Work (Post-Degree)
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.
At the 2000 level, your first required courses will take you a step further into the practice of critical social work by looking at systemic inequalities and social justice issues. As a Post-Degree student, you may also take some or all of your level 3000 core courses in your first year to fast track your progression upon consultation with Academic Advising.
- 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
In your level 3000 courses, you will begin to get ready for field practice by honing your communication and research skills as a future social worker. Electives inside the 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
- Social Work Electives
The final 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 Post-Degree stream accepts applicants who already have an undergraduate degree in another discipline. These applicants may receive up to 66 transfer credits and are exempt from the first-year social work course, all general education requirements, and non-major elective courses.