Basic Generalist Practice

Catalog description

Prerequisites: Students must be Social Work majors. Students must have completed or be taking concurrently the following Social Work courses prior to SWK 350: SWK 200, SWK 201, SWK 300, SWK 302, SWK 303, SWK 304. Approval by the BSW Coordinator. This course is the first of the Intervention sequence, which prepares social work majors for generalist social work practice. It is designed to develop and enhance the students’ knowledge, skills and affective development in forming working relationships necessary for generalist social work practice with individuals, families, small groups, organizations, and communities within a diverse society. Students participate in a learning project interviewing social workers within a Health and Human Service Agency. Two presentations are made by each student. Students are required to achieve a grade of “C” or better to proceed in the major.