Students engage in direct experience under supervision in an agency, for eight hours per week and meet on campus in a discussion group one hour per week with faculty and fellow students. To be taken concurrently with SWK 379. An emphasis on understanding human behavior in the social environment and, consequently, establishing skills necessary to social work practice. Such skills include interviewing, beginning assessment and developing helping relationships. To be taken concurrently with SWK 378.
Students also attend a weekly integrative field hour on campus with faculty and fellow students.
The field placement includes direct practice with an added emphasis on research and evaluation. May. Students also practice in their agency for 40 hours during the break between the Fall and Spring Semesters. To be taken concurrently with SWK 481. Students who earn a grade of D or F may retake SWK 480 or SWK 482 only by permission of the faculty. To be taken concurrently with SWK 480 .