Social Work Field Education I

6 credits · Undergraduate

three-day per week field placement, which includes a bi-weekly integrative seminar, is required of all students. Students are involved in a wide range of practice roles and responsibilities at the individual, family, group and community levels. The course provides an initial opportunity for students to link social work concepts and theory with practice skills. It also introduces students to the structure, goals and operation of different human service agencies. Field practice objectives and details are worked out among the student, the agency supervisor and the faculty field instructor. This course is graded on a PASS/FAIL basis. Prerequisite(s): SOCW 300-3, SOCW 301-3, SOCW 310-3 and SOCW 320-3; enrolment is limited to students admitted to the School of Social Work