This course is an educationally directed internship experience as a social work practitioner in a social welfare agency or program. Students are assigned to qualified field instructors in designated settings. The field experience involves the completion of 500 hours at a host agency during the fall semester of the senior year. The placement is designed to test and increase student practice skills and formalize the development of a professional identity, with the goal of self-direction and the appropriate use of supervision and consultation within the social work practice setting.
Prerequisites
SOWO 120, 150, 160, 210, 230, 260, 310, 320, 340, 350, 352 and 360.