ADMISSIONS

MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK REQUIREMENTS

You must have an undergraduate degree with a GPA of 2.7 or above in a field related to Social Work from an accredited institution. The following are our admission requirements:

• Application form

• Two (2) recommendations

• Medical form

• Official transcript from undergraduate institution

• Three counselling sessions with a professional counsellor / therapist

• An Interview with a Social Work faculty member (if necessary)

• Essay questions – give typed responses of at least one page each (single space) to the following questions:

  1. What are some life events which may have influenced your decision to pursue a profession in social work?

  2. What is your understanding of social work as a profession in the Caribbean?

  3. What is your perspective of social work in terms of your own spirituality?

  4. How do you hope to use this degree?

The following pre-requisite courses are needed to commence the Master of Social Work programme. If you have not done these courses, you are required to complete them.

• Introduction to Politics (3 credits)

• Introduction to Psychology (3 credits)

• Introduction to Social Work (3 credits)

• Introduction to Sociology (3 credits)

• Introduction to Statistics (3 credits)

• Anthropology of the Peoples of the Caribbean (3 credits)

Once you have been accepted as a Master of Arts or Master of Social Work student you are required to do the following as it pertains to your practicum and dissertation:

• Individual Psychological Evaluation (16PF test)

• Ten Counselling Sessions