SW 0450 - Introduction to Field Experience

Fall 1 Credit Hour
Field experience in social work is a capstone experience utilizing practice in a professional setting, found in the community, concluding the bachelor of social work degree. The course is designed to orient the students to the policies and procedures, and roles and responsibilities for the capstone field experience occurring the last 2 semesters of the degree program. Throughout the course the students will become familiar with the documents utilized for field experience. Additionally, the student will decide on a practice area of social work practice to pursue during field experience and, by the end of the course, finalized a placement at a local community agency to complete the field experience. Prerequisites: SW 0410 with a grade of ‘C’ or higher and SW 0420 with a grade of ‘C’ or higher (may be taken concurrently), and SW 0430 with a grade of ‘C’ or higher (may be taken concurrently).