Master of Social Work (MSW) at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador

Programme overview

The MSW focuses on creative approaches to critical thinking for leadership in diverse social work practice, with thesis and course routes. The course route has seven courses, a field internship, Pathway and Pathway Scholarship; the thesis route has six courses, a field internship, Pathway and a thesis.

Faculty: School of Graduate Studies | Duration: 1 year full-time (3 consecutive semesters) / 2-3 years part-time | Study mode: full-time / part-time | Location: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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Application information

Domestic applicants: CAD 12,000 for the whole programme. Newfoundland and Labrador students. Total programme tuition listed for this master's programme; ancillary and special fees are extra. Source

International applicants: CAD 15,600 for the whole programme. Total programme tuition listed for this master's programme; ancillary and special fees are extra. Source

Graduate intakes are Fall (September to December), Winter (January to April) and Spring (May to August); the intake offered depends on the programme, and most master's programmes admit for Fall.

Deadlines vary by programme. January 15: Anthropology, Applied Ocean Technology, Archaeology, Data Science, Environmental Policy, Folklore, Gender Studies, History, Mathematics and Statistics, Music, Nursing (MScN), Occupational Health and Safety, Political Science (MA), Public Health (both streams) (Fall). February 1: Education (most diplomas and MEd), Environmental Science, Human Kinetics and Recreation, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Health Ethics (Fall). February 15: Employment Relations, Humanities (MPhil), Scientific Computing (Fall). March 15: Management (MMgt) (Fall). April 1: Engineering and Applied Science graduate diploma and MASc (Fall), Software Engineering international (Fall), Artificial Intelligence for Canadian applicants (Fall); December 1: Artificial Intelligence for all applicants, Computer Science (all programmes), Management (MSc), Engineering (MEng) (Fall). See the source page for all programmes, including Winter and Spring intakes.

Graduate application processing fee: $60 for Canadian applicants and $120 for non-Canadian applicants; Pharmacy adds a faculty fee of $125 (Canadian) or $175 (international) and Music adds $40 for the MMus; late fee $30 up to one week after the deadline and $10 for each subsequent week.

Apply through the official page: https://www.mun.ca/become/graduate/apply-to-memorial/

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