Application Process

• The MSW application deadline is November 15 of each year.
  
• Incomplete听and late听applications听are not considered
• Equal consideration is given to part time and full time applications
• BSW Entry Applicants听indicate if they wish to apply for campus or online distance delivery. Applicants听cannot听apply for听both delivery modes
• Non BSW Entry available only on campus, full time

Transcripts

For your initial application to graduate studies, we only require your unofficial academic transcripts for each post secondary institution you have attended including colleges and institutions attended for an exchange program, transfer credit or letter of permission from their home institution regardless if the grades appear on the transcript of their home institution. In progress transcripts are required for institutions you are currently attending. Please include degree certificates if degree conferral is not stated on your transcripts.

Unofficial transcripts can be uploaded to your file when completing the academic section of the online graduate application. High School transcripts are not required. Please note that if an applicant fails to provide transcripts for all institutions or does not reflect attending all institutions in their online application, the Admissions Office will not assess the file.

If you are accepted for admission, your final and official transcripts will be required within 90 days of the start date of your program.听 Once accepted, official transcripts should be emailed to the Faculty of Graduate Studies at听graduate.studies@dal.ca

References

When completing the online graduate application, there is a section for referee information. Once this information is entered and your application is submitted, the system will make contact and collect the references directly into the application portal.听 It is important to submit your application in advance to ensure your referees have sufficient time to complete the forms. Additional letters are not required but there is an option to attach an additional letter to the reference form if needed. You will need to enter information for two referees based on the guidelines below.

Academic referees should be a university instructor, should not be a college instructor.

Professional referees can be a current or previous supervisor, should not be a co-worker.

• For applicants who are currently attending university or completed their undergraduate (or related graduate) degree within the past 3 years:

听听听听听听听听听 a) Two academic references

• For applicants who completed their undergraduate (or related graduate) degree 3 to 5 years ago:

听听听听听听听听听 a) One academic reference and one relevant professional reference, or

听听听听听听听听听 b) Two academic references

• For applicants who completed their undergraduate (or related graduate) degree more than 5 years ago:

听听听听听听听听听 a) Two relevant professional references, or

听听听听听听听听听 b) One academic reference and one relevant professional reference, or

听听听听听听听听听 c) Two academic references

Work and Volunteer Summary Forms

Please note this information is requested within the online graduate application. Be sure to include number of hours per week for each role listed.