/socialwork/taxonomy/term/221/all en /socialwork/prospective/msw/admissions <h2>Applicants seeking Admission to the MSW Programs<strong> </strong><u><strong>must have</strong></u>:</h2> <div class="accordion"> <h3>Bachelor of Social Work</h3> <div> <p>All international applicants to the MSW Programs are required to verify their <a href="/gradapplicants/how-apply/application-steps/equivalency">degree equivalencies and eligibility for admission</a></p> </div> <h3>A cumulative grade point average of 3.2 or higher on a 4.0 scale</h3> <div> <p>For more information on grading, please visit <a href="/study/2014-2015/university_regulations_and_resources/undergraduate/gi_grading_and_grade_point_averages" target="_blank">ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ Grading and Grade Point Averages</a>.</p> </div> <h3>Prerequisite Course Requirements [PLEASE NOTE REVISED DATE FOR COMPLETION OF PREREQUISITE COURSES]</h3> <div> <ul> <li>Completed no later than <strong><u>July 15 </u></strong>for a September start date, and at the university-level, the following two prerequisite 3-credit courses (no tutorials or reading courses accepted): Statistics, and Human Development Across the Lifespan. <strong>Applicants will be asked to upload their course outlines in their application on uApply.</strong> Below is a description of the content for each of these prerequisite courses</li> <li>The School of Social Work is not able to review applicant's academic history in advance of an application. Applicants are asked to consult the website and use course descriptions, syllabi and other materials to complete the required forms to the best of their abilities. Successful applicants who are offered admission will be advised of any conditions of acceptance, which may include fulfilling any pre-requisite course requirements.</li> <li>All international applicants to the MSW Program are required to verify their <a href="/gradapplicants/how-apply/application-steps/equivalency">degree equivalencies and eligibility for admission</a>.</li> </ul> <div class="tabs"> <ul class="tab-nav"> <li><a href="#">Statistics</a></li> <li><a href="#">Human Development Across the Lifespan</a></li> <li> </li> </ul> <div> <h2>Statistics Course Requirements</h2> <p>One 3-credit Statistics course that should include the following topics:</p> <ul> <li>Variables, distributions, and scales</li> <li>Summary statistics</li> <li>Means, standard deviations, cross-tabs, and correlations</li> <li>Test hypotheses using bivariate tests of significance</li> <li>Confidence intervals</li> <li>Bivariate tests of association: t-test, analysis of variance, chi-square</li> <li>Graph data</li> </ul> <p><u><strong>Possible options* for where to take the prerequisite course:</strong></u></p> <p><strong>STATISTICS:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ:</strong></li> </ul> <p>Math 203, Psyc 204, Soci 211</p> <ul> <li><strong>Concordia:  </strong></li> </ul> <p>Comm 215, Psyc 315, Psyc 204, Soci 212, Soci 213, Stat 250, Econ 221, Geog 362</p> <ul> <li><strong>Thompson Rivers (online):</strong></li> </ul> <p>Psyc 2101</p> <ul> <li><strong>Athabasca (online):</strong></li> </ul> <p>Soci 301, Math 215</p> <ul> <li><strong>Laurentian U (online):</strong></li> </ul> <p>Stat 2126EL 12, Stat 2066EL 13</p> <ul> <li><strong>Carleton U (online):</strong></li> </ul> <p>Sowk 3002v, Psyc 2002</p> <ul> <li><strong>UNB (online):</strong></li> </ul> <p>Stat 2263</p> <p><strong>*This is not an exhaustive list; applicants and incoming students are required to locate appropriate courses to fulfill the requirements, as detailed above</strong></p> </div> <div> <h2>Human Development Across the Lifespan Course Requirements</h2> <p>One 3-credit Human Development Across the Lifespan Course that should include the following topics:</p> <ul> <li>The full span of life from pregnancy/birth to death; courses that concentrate on one phase of development (i.e., child or adolescent or adult development) are not accepted</li> <li>Focuses on normative human development; courses that emphasize psychopathology are not accepted</li> <li>Preferably, your course covers: theories of human development derived from some of the key scholars (Freud, Piaget, Bowlby, Erickson, Bandura, Kohlberg, Bronfenbrenner)</li> <li>And an understanding of the various areas of development and their influence on one another: physical, affective, social, moral, and cognitive</li> <li>As well as the ways in which gender, socio-economic status, ethnicity, culture etc. may shape one’s development</li> <li>Ideally, you should be able to identify developmental risk factors and developmental protective factors and apply the theoretical models to real life situations as a result of having taken this course.</li> </ul> <p><b><u>Possible options* for where to take the prerequisite course:</u></b></p> <p><b>HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN:</b></p> <ul> <li><strong>Concordia:</strong></li> </ul> <p>Psych 230, Psych 333, AHSC 220</p> <ul> <li><strong>Thompson Rivers (online):</strong></li> </ul> <p>Socw 3551</p> <ul> <li><strong>Athabasca (online):</strong></li> </ul> <p>Psyc 228</p> <ul> <li><strong>Laurentian U (online):</strong></li> </ul> <p>PSYC 2005EL 12</p> <ul> <li><strong>Manitoba (online):</strong></li> </ul> <p>Fmly 1010</p> <p><strong>*This is not an exhaustive list; applicants and incoming students are required to locate appropriate courses to fulfill the requirements, as detailed above</strong> Sun, 30 Aug 2015 18:56:10 +0000 naomi.manintveld@mail.mcgill.ca 956 at /socialwork