Social Work Memorial University of Newfoundland

Overview

Key facts

The BSW is not a direct-entry program. Admission Requirements for the BSW program are outlined in the University Calendar. Entry to the BSW program is competitive. Selection of candidates for admission is based on academic standing and relevant experience/involvement in human services.

The Bachelor degree in Social Work At the Memorial University of Newfoundland consists of 120 credit hours completed over a four year period. This includes the 30 credit hours of required prerequisite courses that must be completed prior to applying to the program. Once admitted, students complete the degree full-time, at the St. John's campus, over three years, in the Fall and Winter semesters. The program includes two 350 hour field practicum placements.

The aim of the BSW program is to develop social workers with generically based skills for working with individuals, families, communities and groups in a variety of settings. Our graduates work in child protection, health care, addictions and justice, to name a few. Students receive an education which prepares them to work in urban centres and rural settings. A special emphasis is placed on the importance of identifying local needs and developing the means of meeting these needs in the context of available resources.

The objectives of the undergraduate program are to prepare students to:

• promote social justice and social well-being and creatively challenge oppression;

• acquire and apply knowledge, skills, values, professional ethics and critical thinking abilities;

• recognize limitations and strengths as a beginning social work practitioner;

• integrate reflexively critical self-awareness;

• assume leadership in collaboration and interdisciplinary practice;

• utilize and participate in innovative and traditional inquiry and research models;

• creatively practice with diverse individuals and collectives;

• promote and critique the social work profession on regional, provincial, national and global levels;

• commit to the process of lifelong learning;