2 years at RDC - 2 years at U of C main campus OR
2.5 years at U of C with Learning Circles at RDC

The University of Calgary, Faculty of Social Work, Learning Circle Route, offers an innovative variation of the Bachelor of Social Work degree at RDC campus. Students attend nine-hour modules on alternate weekends throughout the Fall and Winter terms (normally on Friday evenings and Saturdays). Students enter the program in September. The application deadline is April 1 for the following September. For further information or to obtain an application form, contact the University of Calgary, Faculty of Social Work directly at 1.888.492.2083 or check out their website.

To be eligible to apply to the Bachelor of Social Work Learning Circles route, students require 60 credits of transferable coursework, including the class SOWK 207. You can take these 60 credits at RDC in a Bachelor of Arts. RDC’s Social Work Diploma can also be used towards the first 2 years of the Bachelor of Social Work if diploma students have completed ELA 30-1 or equivalent, have taken 6 credits (2 courses) of English as part of the diploma’s communication requirement, and have chosen option courses that transfer to the University of Calgary. For more information on admission requirements, please contact the Red Deer College artscienceinfo [at] rdc [dot] ab [dot] ca (School of Arts and Sciences Advisors).