Offered by Sheridan College in Oakville, Canada, Honours Bachelor of Social and Community Development is a honours degree in Social Work programme. The programme runs for 2 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 21,051 per year (CAD 8,420 per year for local students).
The Honours Bachelor of Social and Community Development is a two-year honours baccalaureate degree-completion program offered at Sheridan College's Davis Campus in Brampton, with a virtual (online) delivery option. It is designed for graduates of a diploma in Social Service Work, Social Service Work – Gerontology, Child and Youth Care or Community Work, or an equivalent program, who meet admission requirements and enter directly into the third year without bridging courses. Across four semesters plus an internship, the curriculum covers project management, social innovation and problem-solving, non-profit governance, research and grant writing, social entrepreneurship, and community leadership and advocacy. Students undertake a research project addressing real-world issues brought forward by community partners, who provide feedback on the work, and complete a four-month summer internship applying these skills in practice. The program can be taken remotely or through a hybrid delivery model, with daytime or evening course options. Graduates have gone on to further study in areas such as social work, community development, counselling psychology and conflict resolution. The program suits working human-service diploma holders who want to convert their credential into a degree over a short, flexible timeframe.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry is a diploma-completion pathway: applicants must hold an Ontario college diploma in Social Service Worker, Social Service Worker - Gerontology, Community Worker, or Child and Youth Care/Child and Youth Worker (or an equivalent diploma accepted by the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers), with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0; postsecondary transcripts must be submitted at application. Applicants below the 3.0 GPA threshold, or whose qualifying diploma was conferred before 2009, must submit a Letter of Intent under 500 words explaining their candidacy and how the degree serves their goals. Applicants whose first language is not English must meet Sheridan's institution-wide English Proficiency Requirement for degree programs: IELTS Academic 6.5 (no band below 6.0), TOEFL iBT 88 (no section below 21), PTE 60 (no section below 57), or Duolingo 115 (no subscore below 95). All applicants must agree to Sheridan's Academic Integrity Policy on submission.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for programmes starting in Fall 2027 the application opened 26 September 2026, the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, and offers can go out from 1 November 2026, with portfolio- and audition-based programmes deciding later in March; accepted offers must be confirmed by 1 May 2027. Winter and Spring/Summer 2027 entry use the same portal but Sheridan publishes no fixed equal-consideration date for them and reviews those on an ongoing basis. International applicants apply directly through Sheridan's own International Application Portal, not ontariocolleges.ca; the college publishes no fixed international deadline and admits on a rolling, space-permitting basis, so early application is advised for the 2027 entry cycle. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
