SWK 209 - Social Work Practicum

Credits: 3

Students will be assigned to a social work setting or social service agency approved by the Director of the social work program. This will allow students to apply some of their social work skills in settings that may include juvenile and adult correctional facilities, mental health services, job and family welfare settings, health care institutions, school systems, homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters and family services. Students will implement the generalist perspective in these settings integrating theory, social work research, and social work skills. This practicum includes 200 clock hours of clinical field work. The course is taken during the last semester of the student’s second year of schooling.

Theory: 3
Prerequisites: PSY 101, SOC 101, SWK 101, SWK 102, SWK 103, SWK 203, SOC 110, SWK 208, SWK 206, SWK 204, SOC 203 , MTH 128