Specialized Field Education 1

Catalog description

This is the third course in the four-part field education practicum sequence comprised of a two-part foundation first year sequence and a two-part advanced practice second year sequence. Field education is the signature pedagogy for social work education. The Specialized Field Education I course is the student's advanced social work field education experience. The Specialized Field Education I course is the advanced field placement in the continuation of the MSW student's social work field education experience. This course builds upon the work completed in the foundation Field Education sequence by providing the MSW student with increased independent direct clinical practice experience in a clinical agency setting. The MSW student will directly fulfill the role of a professional social worker by utilizing skills in the maintenance of professional boundaries and ethics while managing a caseload of assigned clients. Additionally, the MSW student will begin work on their graduate Capstone Project during the Specilized Field Education I course. The student will continue to attend a weekly synchronous one-hour on-line seminar session for the continued integration of classroom knowledge with professional practice skills. Field education provides MSW students the opportunity to work directly with field instructors, other professional colleagues, and client systems in micro, mezzo and macro practice applying the theories and concepts taught in the explicit curriculum of the program including various technologies supporting practice and service provision.