Description
Field education component involving 200 clock hours per term of direct service taken concurrently with Field Seminar (SW 4950). This is the "signature pedagogy" of social work education. Working under social work supervision, students apply the knowledge, skills, and values of generalist social work practice with client systems of all sizes. Refining of skills to engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate within the profession?s values and ethics. Provision of a structured learning opportunity to integrate theory and practice in the role of social work practitioner. Prerequisites: all junior-level social work courses. Prerequisites or corequisites: SW 4700, SW 4750; corequisite: SW 4950. Formal admission to Field Practicum is required.