Program highlights
Practicum
Gain practical experience — participate in a foundational hands-on practicum experience working with diverse populations, including individuals and families, living in complex social settings.
Discover your social work professional pathway.
Get registered ― apply to become a registered social worker after graduation.
Further your education — be prepared to pursue a graduate degree in social work (Master of Social Work and PhD).
Mount Royal’s BSW is a direct entry, four-year degree with a unique focus on generalist practice, Indigenous ways of knowing, diversity and social justice. Gain extensive hands-on experience working with individuals, children, families, groups and communities in complex social settings. Choose from a generalist approach to social work practice or pursue a child intervention concentration.
The Bachelor of Social Work is designed to meet the standards for excellence in social work practice and graduates are eligible for registration with the Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW).
Practicum is a valuable experiential opportunity to put your academic learning into practice. Required for the Bachelor of Social Work, you will gain program-related field experience while under supervision that will help connect theory to real-world application and prepare you for employment upon graduation.
MRU's BSW program has received Pre-Accreditation status from the Canadian Association of Social Work Educators from Feb. 1, 2021 to Jan. 31, 2025. Learn the benefits of pre-accreditation for students and grads.
Career possibilities
The BSW gives you a series of professional choices, without precluding you from any career. The degree is a bridge to fullness in the social work profession. As a social worker, you can work with the following populations or sectors:
- Child intervention/welfare/child protection
- Family and sexual violence
- Primary health care
- Mental health and addictions
- Homelessness and housing
- Schools
- Long-term care
- Corrections
- HIV/AIDS
- Disability/Rehabilitation
Admission requirements and costs
Curriculum and courses
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Faculty of Healthy, Community and Education
Mount Royal offers six bachelor's degrees and one diploma in the Faculty of Health, Community and Education: the Bachelor of Social Work, Bachelor of Child Studies, Bachelor of Education, Bachelor of Health and Physical Education, Bachelor of Midwifery, Bachelor of Nursing and Social Work diploma.
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