SOWK 4310

Social Work Practice I

This course provides the general method as a practice framework for beginning social work practice. Building on foundation knowledge, values, and skills introduced in SOWK 1020, SOWK 3300, and SOWK 3000, this course emphasizes an ecological systems approach to problem solving. Students further develop this foundation as it relates to engagement, data collection, assessment, intervention, evaluation, and termination phases in service delivery with a variety of systems. Primary emphasis is on micro and small group systems. Students learn how to work effectively without bias or discrimination. Students are required to participate in community-based learning experiences.

Units: 4.0