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School of Social Work

Faculty of Social Sciences

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BSW Application Request

If you wish to apply for admission to undergraduate studies in Social Work at McMaster, please provide as much of the information requested below as you can. We will review it and e-mail you with a recommendation on whether or not to apply.

Application Deadlines

Ontario University Application Centre Form 105D - February 1

School of Social Work Supplementary Application - no later than February 1

Please Note: 

All Fields below MUST be completed or your Request will be ignored !

Program Choice  


Are you applying as Full Time or Part Time?  


Answer Yes or No to the items listed below
I have/will have the minimum 67% C.A. by April 30th (in the last 10 half courses or equivalent of university-level courses)


I have/will have completed 6 units of university level Introductory Social Work and/or Introductory Sociology by the end of April.


I have/will have completed a Social Service Worker diploma by April with a minimum overall GPA of 85% or higher to obtain the required 24 units of transfer credit.  


I have/will have a General Arts & Sciences Diploma completed by the end of April (including pre-requisite courses & minimum GPA for 24 units of transfer credit. If you are unsure if you have the required courses, please contact the School of Social Work Office.


I have/will have completed six units (two one-semester courses) from the course list (below) by April  


Please select those courses from the following list. The course codes may not be an exact match, but they are the introductory level course for that subject.  
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