As a professional program, graduates of a Bachelor of Social Work program are uniquely qualified to work as registered social workers, as formally recognized by the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. However, the skills and knowledge gained from Social Work courses can also be applied across contexts in the helping professions.

Students who pursue courses or a degree path in Health and Society, or in Aging and Society, have unique insights into the way social and health systems impact individual and family health. They often pursue work in helping professions, whether that is supporting client health and well-being across the life course, or helping build healthy communities, programs, and institutions.

Social psychology students tend to be interested in pursuing work that rewards deep understanding of how the individual experience of mental health an well-being is embedded within social, cultural, and systemic structures. Their multidisciplinary perspective makes them well-suited to a wide range of helping professions.

Sociology courses and programs prepare students with a wide range of analytical and systems thinking skills, which prepares them well for either policy-focused roles or for careers focused on building individual helping relationships.