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   The Master's Degree (MSW)
About the MSW Program 
 
The Master of Social Work program is available on a full or part-time basis and may be completed through a thesis or a practicum route. The MSW builds on the BSW by offering students an integrated research, policy, practice concentration in one of the key thematic areas: social work in northern and remote areas, First Nations, women and the human services, and community practice and research. The aim of the MSW is to provide students with advanced social work research, policy and practice skills.  It is designed to enable students to pursue independent studies that will help them undertake a variety of responsibilities in management, policy formulation, program consultation, planning, advanced social work, clinical practice, and research within the human services.
 
Social Work Grad
Tracey Downey,
Prince Rupert 2008




 
Accreditation
 
The MSW program at UNBC was granted full accreditation by the Canadian Association for Social Work Education (CASWE), in June 2003. CASWE is a voluntary, national, non-profit association of university faculties, schools or departments that offer professional education in social work at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels.
 
There are two entry routes into MSW at UNBC:
 
MSW
Entry from a BSW and one year (12 months full-time equivalent) post-BSW human service experience. Entry at this level leads directly into the MSW Program.

 
MSW Foundation Year
Entry from a Bachelor degree in a related area and two years (24 months full-time equivalent) human service experience. Entry at this level begins with an MSW Foundation Year of studies.
 

 
 
 
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