  {"id":680,"date":"2024-07-30T11:10:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T15:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registration\/?page_id=680"},"modified":"2026-03-04T15:01:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T20:01:29","slug":"bsw","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registration\/course-selection-guide\/bsw\/","title":{"rendered":"Bachelor of Social Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registration\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/03\/BSW-Photo-1600x700.jpg); background-position: 50% 1%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Bachelor of Social Work\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full max-w-xl mx-auto overflow-hidden bg-white rounded-lg shadow-lg cu-stackedlist cu-component not-contained not-prose\">\n    <h2 class=\"px-6 py-4 text-base font-semibold border-b rounded-t-lg md:text-xl bg-gray-50 text-cu-black-800\">\n        Table of Contents\n    <\/h2>\n    <div class=\"grid cu-scrollto cu-stackedlist--toc cu-stackedlist--1 md:grid-cols-1\">\n            <div class=\"space-y-1\">\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#welcome-to-your-bachelor-of-social-work-degree-program\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Welcome to your Bachelor of Social Work degree program!\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                                        <div class=\"space-y-1\">\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.1\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#your-degree-program\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Your Degree Program\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.2\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#more-program-information\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        More Program Information\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.3\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#courses-required-for-first-year\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Courses Required for First Year\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.4\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#contact-information\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Contact Information\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"welcome-to-your-bachelor-of-social-work-degree-program\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welcome to your Bachelor of Social Work degree program!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please read this degree guide prior to registering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"your-degree-program\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Your Degree Program<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bachelor of Social Work is an Honours (4-year) degree that requires completion of the following 20.0 credits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Core Social Work courses&nbsp;[10.5 credits]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Includes 4.0 credits of supervised field practice in a community setting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Non-Social Work courses&nbsp;[9.5 credits]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2.0 credits in related programs (any combination of the following subjects): Anthropology (ANTH), Criminology and Criminal Justice (CRCJ), Economics (ECON), History (HIST), Human Rights (HUMR), Indigenous Studies (INDG), Law (LAWS), Public Affairs and Policy Management (PAPM), Political Science (PSCI), Psychology (PSYC), Sociology (SOCI), or Women\u2019s and Gender Studies (WGST).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6.0 credits not in Social Work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.5 credits in Free Electives (which may include Social Work elective courses and\/or SOWK 4908 [1.0 cr.] \u2013 the Honours Essay).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The degree is typically completed over 4 years of study with 5.0 credits taken per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have completed studies prior to your admission to ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´, please consult your admission documents to find out which courses you have been granted credit for. Typically, in the School of Social Work, students are not given advanced standing for core courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"more-program-information\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>More Program Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For program information please visit the School of Social Work\u2019s website and read through&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/program-hub\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Bachelor of Social Work Program Hub<\/a>&nbsp;as well as the BSW Essential Requirements. These are important documents for you to read and understand thoroughly. Students are strongly encouraged to begin by exploring the School\u2019s available resources, including information on on <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/bsw-cgpa-information\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CGPA requirements<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/bsw-academic-audit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reading your academic audit<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/bsw-course-load-and-degree-planning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">course load considerations and degree planning information<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/bsw-program-requirements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">program requirements<\/a>. It is important to familiarize yourself with understanding your academic audit as it is essentially a road map to completing your degree, and these resources were developed to empower students to map out their degree plan and give them the confidence in knowing one\u2019s requirements for making important course selection and program decisions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students should attend the mandatory <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/seo\/orientation\/academic-orientation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Academic Orientation<\/a> session in early September as this is an invaluable opportunity to begin to familiarize yourselves with faculty, staff, and the Social Work program. The faculty and administrative staff at the School of Social Work are approachable and helpful and continuously work at creating an open and pleasant environment. We look forward to meeting you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"courses-required-for-first-year\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Courses Required for First Year<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p>Fall Term (2.5 Credits):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SOWK 1001 [0.5 cr.] Introduction to Social Welfare<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elective in related program<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elective in related program<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elective not in Social Work<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elective not in Social Work<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p>Winter Term (2.5 Credits):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SOWK 1002 [0.5 cr.] Introduction to Social Work<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elective in related program<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elective in related program<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elective not in Social Work<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elective not in Social Work<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Please Note: All students at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University are required to maintain minimum CGPAs overall and within their major to remain eligible to continue. Please review the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/undergradprograms\/socialwork\/index.html#academiccontinuationevaluationtext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Academic Continuation Evaluation requirements for the Bachelor of Social Work<\/a>&nbsp;or check with the undergraduate administrator prior to the beginning of your program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"contact-information\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a>Contact Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Gabrielle Crete<br>Undergraduate Administrator<br>School of Social Work<br>509 Dunton Tower<br>1125 Colonel By Dr.<br>Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6<br>P: 613-520-2600, ext. 5602<br><a href=\"mailto:gabrielle.crete@carleton.ca\">gabrielle.crete@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to your Bachelor of Social Work degree program! Please read this degree guide prior to registering. Your Degree Program The Bachelor of Social Work is an Honours (4-year) degree that requires completion of the following 20.0 credits: Core Social Work courses&nbsp;[10.5 credits] Non-Social Work courses&nbsp;[9.5 credits] The degree is typically completed over 4 years [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":0,"parent":381,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[14],"class_list":["post-680","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-general"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1711,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/680\/revisions\/1711"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}