SOCW 5010 - Field Practicum and Seminar I

3 credit hours
This is the first of three consecutive and interdependent Practicum and Seminar courses in the foundation year. During fall quarter of the MSW foundation year the Field Practicum and Seminar I serves as an introduction to professionalization as a social worker, to field practicum and to community agency setting. The seminar provides the foundation year student with the necessary information and skills to maximize their success in their field practicum. The student will be at the practicum agency site, under the supervision of an experienced MSW social worker, for 16 hours/week for a quarterly total of 160 hours. The student will meet in the university classroom for 10 hours as part of this course. In this seminar the student will continue learning and integrating professional behaviors with professional knowledge and values with the practice skills learned at the agency site. Required.