Transferability
All support courses are transferable to post-secondary institutions in BC. Institutions granting the Bachelor of Social Work degree offer some transfer credit for the core Social Service Worker courses. Students who successfully complete the Certificate Program will have transfer credit for Social Work 200A and 200B and/or for Social Work 200 and 201 (the numbering of these courses varies at the different universities). These courses are requirements for admission to Bachelor of Social Work programs at the universities offering BSW degrees.
A number of students who graduate from the SSW Program are choosing to enter Bachelor of Child and Youth Care degree programs. Many of these programs offer very generous transfer credit for the core program courses in addition to the support course transfer credit.
Please check the BCCAT website at www.bctransferguide.ca for further information.
If you are not enrolled in the SSW Program but are interested in learning about Canadian Social Welfare and Social Work, consider taking SSRV 2000 and 2001. Both of these are university transferable courses open to all students.
SSRV 2000: Introduction to Social Welfare in Canada
SSRV 2000 is a University Transfer course that is open to all students. It is also one of two required courses for students wishing to enter a Bachelor of Social Work program.
SSRV 2001: Introduction to Social Work Practice
SSRV 2001 is a university transfer course that is open to all students. It is also the second of two required courses for students wishing to enter a Bachelor of Social Work program (the other course is Langara SSRV 2000).