Field Experience

Catalog description

This course provides students with a beginning "hands-on" experience to examine the operations of a social service agency, to observe the functions and activities of social service workers, and to develop entry-level social service skills with clients. Students will complete a field experience with a social service agency, and provided professional supervision by an agency representative who has the educational and professional experience in the student's field of interest. This initial field experience is helpful to students in determining the compatibility of their own values, personal qualities, skills, and level of commitment to the social work practice. Students will have the opportunity to assess their field experience to make an informed decision on future educational and career plans.