Topics will depend on needs and interests of eligible students. The student must confer and reach agreement with the faculty member who will guide the independent study. The student and the faculty member must agree upon a topic, course content, evaluation procedures, reading list, and amount of credit prior to registration for the course. May be repeated for credit. Student must have completed 12 clock hours in the major to enroll.
Students apply foundation knowledge, skills, values, and ethics of professional generalist practice.
Through supervision students enhance their awareness of self, develop written and oral communication skills necessary for analysis of professional practice, and apply critical analytic skills for implementing and evaluating agency policies and programs. Students operationalize the unique values, functions and roles of professional social work practice and develop competency in identifying and assessing situations where the relationship of people and their social environment needs to be enhanced or changed. The professional responsibility of advocacy toward change and recognition of the impact of policy and programs on oppressed groups is an integral part of the applied learning. A grade point average of 2.0 must be attained in order to enter this course. I. Offered in fall only.