Social Work
Course Overview
Social Work is a profession devoted to helping people function the best they can in an environment. Social workers provide services directly to clients, or work for change to improve social conditions.
Social workers identify and build on individual, family and community strengths, while promoting human dignity and positive social change.
Course Structure
- SOW-4000: Introduction to Social Work (3 hours)
- SOW-4110: Social Work Values and Ethics (3 hours)
- SOW-4200: Social Welfare Policies and Services (3 hours)
- SOW-4210: Cultural Sensitivity in Social Work Practice (3 hours)
- SOW-4300: Professional Development and Leadership in Social Work (3 hours)
- SOW-4310: Loss and Mourning (3 hours)
- SOW-4320: Human Behavior in the Social Environment I (3 hours)
- SOW-4325: Human Behavior in the Social Environment II (3 hours)
- SOW-4350: Social Work with Abusive and Addictive Systems (3 hours)
- SOW-4420: Social Work Practice I: Micro-Methods of Intervention (3 hours)
- SOW-4430: Social Work Practice II: Mezzo-Methods of Intervention (3 hours)
- SOW-4440: Social Work Practice III: Macro-Methods of Intervention (3 hours)
Entry Requirement
| Language Requirement | |
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| TOEFL-IBT Score (Minimum) | Direct admission No ESL courses required TOEFL iBT or TOEFL iBT Special home edition: Score 90 or higher, with a minimum combined score of 34 for speaking and writing. ESL courses required with option for credit TOEFL iBT or TOEFL iBT Special home edition: Score between 75 and 89 with a minimum combined score of 34 for speaking and writing. To ensure your TOEFL results are forwarded directly to Concordia University, you must indicate 0956.00 as the “Institution Code” when you write the test. Concordia does not use the "My Best Score" superscore result.
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| IELTS Score (Minimum) | Direct admission
No ESL courses required
IELTS score of 7 or higher, no component score under 5.5
ESL courses required with option for credit
IELTS score of 6.5 or 6 and in both cases, no component score under 5.5 |
| CAE Score (Minimum) | Direct admission
No ESL courses required
C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency: min. score 190 with no part under 165
ESL courses required with option for credit
C1 Advanced: min. score 175 overall with no part under 165 |
| PTE Score (Minimum) | Direct admission
No ESL courses required
Minimum overall PTE academic score of 61 with a minimum of 46 in speaking and writing.
ESL courses required with option for credit
Minimum overall PTE academic score of 50 with a minimum of 46 in speaking and writing. |
Career Opportunities
Career Opportunities
- Community Social Work
- Case Manager
- Child Welfare Worker
- School Social Worker
- Clinical Social Worker
- Public Health Social Worker
- Occupational Social Worker
- Geriatric Social Worker
- Behavior Therapist
- Family Court Counselor
- Foster Care Caseworker
- Human Resources Consultant
- Parenting Coach
- Probation/Parole Officer
- Victim Services Worker
- Volunteer Coordinator
- Crisis Counselor