The School of Social Work offers a reduced-credit BSW for graduates of a completed Social Service Worker/Techniques de Travail Social DEC within the last five听years. This applies to all admission categories (CEGEP, transfers from another university, 每日探花 graduates, and inter/intra-faculty transfers from within 每日探花). Applicants from the mature student category are not eligible for a reduced-credit BSW. Please note that students with a completed Social Service Worker/Techniques de Travail Social DEC within the last 5 years should apply to the BSW program in the proper admission category; there is no specific admission category for this reduced-credit BSW.
A maximum of 15 students will be admitted per year in this category.
Students admitted with a completed Social Service Worker/Techniques de Travail Social DEC normally receive 18 credits applied from the Social Service Worker/Techniques de Travail Social DEC to the BSW. Students are also eligible for up to an additional 9 credits, for a maximum of 27 credits in total. The School of Social Work cannot guarantee an accelerated timeframe for completing the BSW, even with a reduced credit load.
For students accepted into the BSW with a completed CEGEP Social Service Worker DEC within the last 5 years and no other university-level studies, credit will be granted for the following specific BSW courses based on overlapping content from specific CEGEP courses with a grade of 70% or better. As needed, students will be asked to provide their CEGEP course outlines to determine overlap. Students are thus eligible for credit for the following BSW courses:
- SWRK 220 History & Philosophy of Social Work (3 credits)
- SWRK 221 Public Social Services in Canada (3 credits)
- SWRK 222 Introduction to Practicum (3 credits)
- SWRK 224 Human Development Across the Lifespan (3 credits)
- SWRK 321 Intro to Practice with Groups (3 credits)
- SWRK 423 Research Methods (3 credits, to be determined)
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For students accepted into the BSW with a completed CEGEP Social Service Worker DEC within the last 5 years and no other university-level studies, an additional 9 credits will be reviewed for credit for the following BSW courses based on overlapping content from specific CEGEP courses with a grade of 70% or better:
- SWRK 322 Field Practice 1 (3 credits)
- SWRK 323 Field Practice 2 (3 credits)
- SWRK 344 Integrative Seminar 1 (3 credits)
For students accepted into the BSW with a completed CEGEP Social Service Worker DEC to facilitate the process of securing credit for field placement training:
- Send to the fieldeducation.socialwork [at] mcgill.ca (Field Education Team )a copy of your CEGEP transcript and the course outline(s) for any 鈥淚ntegrative Seminar鈥� courses taken in your Social Services DEC program from the years and terms in which you took these courses. Also, send the听Director of Field Education,听with a copy to the听Field Education Team,听all field placement evaluations received in your Social Services DEC program from the years and terms in which you completed field placement training. Please 鈥淪UBJECT鈥� your email with your last name, your 每日探花 student number, and the topic of your email, i.e., Last name, 123456789, Request for field placement credits for advanced standing. Your specific Integrative Seminar courses will be reviewed for overlap and equivalency to SWRK 344, Integrative Seminar 1, and your field placement experiences will be reviewed for overlap and equivalency in meeting the U2 field placement goals for SWRK 322 & 323, Field Practice 1 & 2. A follow-up meeting with a member of the Field Education team might be requested to clarify the field placement learning overlap. 听If you received a grade of 70% or better and the course content is considered equivalent, you will receive an exemption with credit.
Note:
- An exemption with or without credit for SWRK 224, 鈥淗uman Development Across the Lifespan,鈥� based on overlapping content from a course taken at CEGEP, meets the prerequisite for admission into the MSW program, provided the grade is 70% or better.
- Please retain a copy of your CEGEP transcript to confirm your grade and the course syllabus to upload with your MSW application.
- An exemption with or without credit from SWRK 224, 鈥淗uman Development Across the Lifespan,鈥� based on overlapping content from a course taken at CEGEP, does not meet the prerequisite for the MSc.A. Couple and Family Therapy program.
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