SOWK 4401Senior Capstone I

Catalog

The first of a two-course sequence of directed study experience. Capstone is an applied, experiential, collaborative, and community-engaged effort that is grounded in professional social work education. Capstone is designed to demonstrate and evaluate how students have integrated the nine Council on Social Work Education competencies, the program goals of the Dalton State BSW Program, and the knowledge, values, and ethics necessary for future practice as professional social workers. Student groups will begin to work collaboratively to design the outline for a community-based, research informed Capstone Project designed to address one of the Grand Challenges of Social work or an issue of social justice and human rights. This course involves required activities in the community that extend beyond the classroom hours. (F) Prerequisite: Admission to upper division or permission of the instructor. Corequisite: SOWK 4995, SOWK 4998.