Social Development Studies and Bachelor of Social Work Double Degree admission requirements for Alberta high school students

Program requirements

English Language Arts 30-1 -- A minimum grade of 70 is required

Admission average

Low 80s

General requirements

• High school diploma with five academic courses at the 30 or 31 level.
• If you write a provincial exam for any subject except for English Language Arts 30-1, we will use the higher grade of either your in-class school grade or your final grade (blended school and exam mark) for admission and scholarship decisions. For English Language Arts 30-1, we will only use the final blended grade.
• Physical Education 30 and Career and Technology Studies courses are not accepted as academic courses.
• For admission purposes, two 3-credit 30-level academic courses may be considered equivalent to one 5-credit 30-level academic course.

Notes

You need to provide an English language test score if your four most recent years of full-time education have not been in an English language school system.

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