Junior Field Experience and Seminar

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Resident Prerequisite: ((SOWK 120 and SOWK 150) or SOWK 135 ) and SOWK 101 and SOWK 270 and ( SOWK 294 or (Retired) Social Work Gate 1 with a score of 3) and SOWK 300 and SOWK 350 (may be taken concurrently) and SOWK 355 and ( SOWK 365 or (Retired) Social Work Gate 2 with a score of 3) and GLST 220 and PSYC 255 and ( MATH 115 or MATH 116 or MATH 117 or MATH 121 or MATH 122 or MATH 125 or MATH 126 or MATH 128 or MATH 130 or MATH 131 or MATH 201 or MATH 217 ) Online Prerequisite: SOWK 101 and SOWK 135 and SOWK 270 and ( SOWK 294 or (Retired) Social Work Gate 1 with a score of 3) and SOWK 300 and SOWK 350 (may be taken concurrently) and SOWK 355 and ( SOWK 365 or (Retired) Social Work Gate 2 with a score of 3) and GLST 220 and PSYC 255 and ( MATH 115 or MATH 116 or MATH 117 or MATH 121 or MATH 122 or MATH 125 or MATH 126 or MATH 128 or MATH 130 or MATH 131 or MATH 201 or MATH 217 ) Junior field experience provides students with the opportunity to develop competency and perform in the role of a social work practitioner under the supervision of an experienced social worker. Students will participate in this experience one 8 hour day per week (or two half-days) over the course of the entire semester in a setting which employs social workers. Students will also meet for two hours weekly in a synchronous seminar to receive support and mentoring from peers and professor and to integrate the theoretical concepts learned in the classroom with the practical experiences in field placement.