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Students who will have completed a Social Work Diploma at an Alberta Community College that has an admission agreement with the Faculty of Social Work may apply for admission to the third year of the BSW Post-Diploma route. Such applicants must also meet basic University admission requirements. Applicants not meeting University basic admission requirements cannot be admitted to the Faculty.

Applicants to the Post Diploma route will receive credit for ten full-course equivalents from their Diploma program. In order to be considered for admission, students must have completed four full-course equivalent university transfer non-Social Work courses (normally, as part of the Social Work program).

Applicants are evaluated on the following criteria:

1. Grade Point Average (60%). One-third of the grade point average is calculated on the cumulative grade point average for social work courses and two-thirds of the grade point average is based on the last five full-course equivalent non-Social Work courses completed. Refer to the general admissions section for detailed information on calculation of the GPA.

2. One letter of reference from the field instructor of record (5%);

3. Admission essay (10%);

4. A recommendation from the chair/director of the social work program that the student attended (15%);

5. Relevant volunteer/work experience (10%).

Note: Students who graduated with an Alberta Social Work Diploma more than five years prior to applying to the University of Calgary, will need to provide three letters of reference and are not required to supply the recommendation from the chair/director of the social work program that the student attended and the field instructor of record.

Note: Students who have graduated with a Social Work Diploma from a College that does not have an agreement with the Faculty of Social Work, will normally receive credit for five unspecified full-course equivalents which will include Social Work 201, from their Diploma program. 

In order to graduate, students must have completed:

Four full-course equivalents: Social Work 351, 353, 357, 385, 389, 412, 413

Two full-course equivalents Social Work at the 500-level

Four full-course equivalents of senior non-Social Work courses.

Note: All required 300-level Social Work courses must be completed prior to registering in Social Work 412.

Note: All required non-Social Work courses will normally be completed prior to registering in Social Work 412.

Note: Students who have graduated with a Social Work Diploma from a College that does not have an agreement with the Faculty of Social Work, will normally be required to complete an additional five full-course equivalents of options towards their degree requirements.

Note: During Fall and Winter Terms, social work courses in the Post-diploma Route in Calgary will normally be offered on evenings and weekends. Required senior non-social work courses may not be available on evenings and weekends.