Social Work

The objectives of the BSW program are to provide an academic environment within which students will develop: integrated social work knowledge pertaining to its history, theoretical foundations, research base, practice modalities and policies that influence the delivery of health and social services, professional skills in the well-established methods of practice with individuals, families, and groups in communities and organizations, an understanding of social policy in Canada, the factors, processes and forces that shape it, and the skills to intervene, an awareness of the various dimensions of diversity and how they intersect in an increasingly heterogeneous society, a sense of identity with the profession of social work, which implies awareness of self as the intervening agent in practice, a sense of responsibility that accompanies the act of intervention, and sensitivity to the ethical issues that arise in practice, and a commitment to advancing knowledge and improving skills in social work practice that are the prerequisites for entry into more specialized professional studies at the graduate level.

Field of study: Social Work