432 Social Science Degree Programs in Canada

The Social Services Worker Diploma (SSWD) program provides opportunities for students to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills, and qualifications to enable them to work in a human services worker field. The program involves two years of full-time study, with a combination of practice, theory, and academic course requirements aimed to prepare students to become critical practitioners with an emphasis on advocacy, social justice, and social change. The program may also be taken on a part-time basis.

In a world of mounting pressures and uncertainty, there is a need for competent, compassionate professionals who work to bring healing to others. You don’t have to look very far to see that alleviating human suffering in our world involves complexities and challenges.

The three-year General Arts program offers students the opportunity to engage critically with the multifaceted nature of the human experience over the centuries and in the modern world. This program constitutes a stepping stone to employment in areas where responsibility, solid judgment, communication, and technical skills are required.

The Doctor of Social Sciences program is the first degree of its kind in North America. It approaches the study of complex, real-world problems within an interdisciplinary and Trans disciplinary framework. The program design brings the research intensity of a traditional doctorate to an applied, professional focus. In this program, you will explore interdisciplinary applications of the social sciences for practical, sustainable transformation across organizations and society.

Carleton’s Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) is a four-year Honours degree that places a strong emphasis on the interactions between people and their environments. The BSW program combines a liberal arts education with professional social work education. In your first year, you will take a range of courses outside of social work and two social work courses that will introduce you to the profession of social work and the programs and policies of the state.

This program trains bilingual social workers who contribute to social and personal development. Social workers support individuals, families, groups in order to improve their well-being. They promote social changes that can improve living conditions. They work in many areas: counseling, group facilitation, mental health, patient support, child and family services, assessments for long-term care centers, etc. A career of endless possibilities awaits you!

The Social Service Worker diploma program combines in-class learning with field experience to teach you the skills you need to succeed. You will study theoretical models and approaches to practice as you develop skills in group facilitation, mental health supports, social innovation and anti-oppressive practice.

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The Community Social Work program at Portage College provides you with practical training and experience to assist individuals, families, and various groups in navigating their way through situations in life.

With TRU's interdisciplinary Master of Arts in Human Rights and Social Justice, you can become a leader in the advancement of a just society — locally and globally. This new continuous 16-month program offers a number of completion pathways.

Centennial College’s Liberal Arts to Trent University program will teach you about a wide range of subjects in the humanities and social sciences as well as communications and research methods. More importantly, it will lay the foundation for future post-secondary education, letting you smoothly transfer into a program at Trent University.

Carleton’s Bachelor of Global and International Studies (BGInS) is the first program in Canada to emphasize approaches that are both global (issues concerning the world) and international (between two or more countries).

Centennial College’s Museum and Cultural Management program will offer an applied, learner-centred curriculum to help you develop the skill set to manage programs and resources that preserve and publicly present our civilization's cultural and natural heritage. Courses in this graduate certificate program will cover industry-based subjects and museum administration topics while exploring, in-depth, contemporary issues and cases in Canada and abroad. The core theory will be applied to current workplace realities while assignments, lessons and student placements will be linked to Canada and Ontario's vast network of museums.

The Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy Concentration provides students with an interdisciplinary perspective on important issues and problems facing Canada and the global community. It features introductory and advanced political science courses in Canadian governance and International Relations.

The General Arts and Science one-year certificate at George Brown College is designed for students who wish to develop the skills and competencies required in college, university, and the workplace. As a student in this program, you will explore subjects within humanities, social sciences, and science and mathematics; develop skills in critical thinking, oral and written communications, and career development; and acquire knowledge and explore ideas in a range of disciplines to meet your needs and interests. Students who meet GPA requirements may transfer into the two-year diploma program, which has established pathways to a number of universities.

This French-language Master is deliberately professional and is halfway between a work-study program and academic training: students are integrated into start-ups. The goal of this program is to immerse students in the world of technology entrepreneurship in order to understand its workings and particularities. Students are hosted in North American incubators and work in an international context. Topics covered Cultural immersion; Technological entrepreneurship; and Creative Industries.

In the INVC program, you will deepen your understanding of the visual, cultural, social, and political histories of Indigenous peoples and explore your own art and design through a supportive studio-based learning environment.