SW 454: Field Instruction and Seminar I

The first of the two-part field education course series, this is the department’s signature pedagogy course that is designed to help students integrate into the professional role of being a social work practitioner. The course allows students to connect social work theory, knowledge, values, and skills acquired throughout the social work curriculum with actual practice within an agency setting. Along with assigned coursework, students receive supervised field practice within an approved agency selected by the department. Students are expected to demonstrate growth in their progress towards the achievement of the course competencies, which are based on the program's goals. Students are required to complete 225 field practicum hours. Students are required to have liability insurance for both SW 454 and SW 455.