CSWRK 5020 Fieldwork I
This required Fieldwork course is taken concurrently with Field Seminar I. It is the first of four foundation, experiential learning, or Fieldwork courses designed to link the four Fieldwork courses and experiences (for a total of 400 hours during the Foundation year and 600 hours in the Advanced Generalist year) with the social work curriculum through assignments that integrate understanding of the influence of social policy on service delivery, and concepts such as self-awareness, evidence-informed practice, social work values and ethics, culturally-aware and evidence-informed engagement with clients, assessment processes, interventions and strategies for the evaluation of client progress.