Mar 29, 2024  
Graduate Catalog 2018-19 
    
Graduate Catalog 2018-19 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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SWRK 6750 - Field Education in Advanced Standing Program Social Work Practice


Interpersonal Practice students - This course provides the opportunity to integrate classroom learning into the application of clinical practice in face-to-face client situations. Placements are in agency units offering direct service experience with some combination of individuals, families, and groups for ninety-six (96) hours. Either hours of field labs/seminar are also required. Students will practice skills related to assessment, intervention, termination, and evaluation of practice with client systems. Additional experiences are provided consistent with the student’s learning needs, social treatment objectives, and agency service plans. The placement will continue during fall and spring semesters in the same agency.
Policy, Planning, and Administration students -  Field education in the social policy, planning, and administration concentration (PP&A) is intended to provide students with opportunities to develop and exercise practice skills for designing, maintaining, and changing social systems. Field placements in social welfare organizations and special programs are arranged in accordance with student interests and abilities for ninety-six (96) hours. Eight hours of field labs/seminars are also required. Students are introduced to the theories and techniques of leadership and management in the planning seminar and in other courses. It is the student’s responsibility to integrate and apply the knowledge given in the classroom to his/her field placement setting with the guidance of the field instructor and faculty liaison. The placement will continue during fall and spring semesters in the same agency.

 

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: Admission to the Social Work Advanced Standing program.

Credits: 3 hours

Notes: Graded on a Credit/No Credit basis. Open to graduate Students only.



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