Evaluation forms are provided for this purpose. Students who are on academic probation, suspension, or dis- missal are ineligible for field. In addition to meeting the above prerequisites for field instruction, students must have the explicit permission of the social work faculty before they may be assigned a field placement. Students who are denied permission to enter field work are notified either by the Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Field Instruction or by the student's faculty advisor. Routine course-advising authorization to preregister for SOWK 480 and SOWK 481 should not be interpreted as the prerequisite faculty approval to participate in the Field Instruction and Methods II courses since preregistration occurs almost two months prior to the faculty's review of field placement applications.
Field work starts only in the fall and continues through the spring semester.
Students must be in field work during the Winter Session. Field Instruction and Social Work Methods are linked courses. Field placements are made in a variety of agencies and organizations where students participate actively in the delivery of social services. Students are placed in an agency with the expectation that they will remain in the same agency for the entire academic year. The amount of time required in field work is 16 hours per week.