Admission will be limited and offered through a competitive process. Students are admitted on a full-time basis to the Professional Years of the Social Work program. Students complete the professional program over a two-year period by completing 5.0 credits in year 3 and 5.0 credits in year 4. To be considered for admission into year 3 (the professional years), students must have met the requirements by May 15 of the application year: Admissions requirements can be found under Social Work in the Academic Calendar and by referring to the current Professional Years Admissions Package.
Students applying to the professional years will only be admitted for the beginning of third year (September). Students will be charged an application fee to apply for the professional years. There is a required supplemental application that includes a list of their employment, volunteer, and extracurricular experiences, as well as a short critical thinking essay. The application for the professional years will open in February and close in April (specific dates to be specified shortly) in the Trent portal, under the Academics Tab - Admissions - BSW Supplemental Application. Students will be asked to state a campus preference (you can select Peterborough, Durham, or either campus). An "either campus" selection increases students' opportunities for seats in the professional years of the BSW Program. There are a maximum of 30 spaces available on each campus. Offers will go out mid-June of the application year.
All successful applicants to the Professional Years are required annually to obtain and pass a Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Screening. A student with a criminal record that is unacceptable to a placement agency may be unable to complete the program. Placements may be a driving distance of an hour or more from home campus. Students are expected to provide their own transportation to and from the placement setting.
For full details on how to apply for the Professional Years please reference the Admissions Package. If you have any questions about applying or completing the professional years, please do not hesitate to contact our department, via email or phone 705-748-1011 ext 7618.
Admission Cycle:
- The online application opens February 1 via the myTrent portal.
- The online application (via the Academics/Admissions section of the myTrent portal) closes at 11:59 pm, April 1 (there are no extensions).
- All grades to be used to meet requirements for admissions to the Professional Years must be available by May 15.
- Decisions will go out mid-June to students’ Trent University email address (@trentu.ca) only.
- The deadline to accept will be noted in the offer of admissions email.
Admission Details:
- Students applying to the BSW Professional Years will only be eligible for admissions to 3rd year. The professional years only have one start session, which is September. Students admitted to the Professional Years are not able to start in any other session.
- Fulfillment of the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission.
- There is a non-refundable application fee of $60. Your application is not considered complete until the payment is made.
- Payment is made via myTrent: MyTrent>Finance>Make a Payment (then select the Social Work application fee from the drop-down menu).
- Overall GPA, individual grades in SWRK courses, and the online supplemental application information will be considered.
- Admission can be competitive with a limited number of spaces available at each campus.
- There will be an optional voluntary equity declaration as part of the online application.
- There will be one applicant pool. On the online application form, students will indicate: “Peterborough campus only”, “Durham campus only”, “either campus prefer Peterborough”, or “either campus prefer Durham”.
- Offers of admission will indicate the student’s assigned campus. Students must attend the assigned campus for all required professional years courses.
- Students are admitted on a full-time basis to the Professional Years of the BSW Program and must complete the professional requirements over two consecutive years.
- Offers cannot be deferred (students would have to reapply).
- Students admitted into the BSW Professional Years are required to annually obtain a Criminal Record Check (with Vulnerable Sector Screening if required by placement agency). A student with a criminal record that is unacceptable to their field placement agency may not be able to complete the program.
- Students must complete NVCI and ASIST training in the third year of the program. Students are responsible for the cost of this training.