SW 521: Field Education 1

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 show growth in their progress towards achieving the course 9 competencies, based on the program goals. Students are required to complete 225 field practicum hours, along with 15 service-learning hours.