BSW Practice-Based Learning - SOWK 488
The BSW Internship program is designed to provide our students with the opportunity to apply theories and practice skills learned in the classroom to a direct practice experience in our approved social work agencies.
Students are challenged with learning assignments that aim at increasing their skill level to that of a professional generalist social worker: one who can work competently with individuals, families, groups, and communities at the foundation level of social work practice.
The BSW Practice-Based Learning program requires 450 hours of internship. Students can chose to fulfill these hours in one semester at 28 hours per week, or in two concurrent semesters at 14 hours per week for summer and fall semesters and 19 hours per week during the summer semester.
MSW Practice-Based Learning - SOWK 588/688
Preparing students for advanced generalist practice is the focus of the internship portion of the MSW program. During internship students work toward mastery of the foundation-level and concentration-level social work competencies and practice behaviors.
Our MSW programs, with one exception, require two internships. The first placement requires that students complete 270 internship hours. Foundation-level Internship in the full-time on-campus program span one semester; placements in the part-time distance program span two semesters.
The second placement requires 675 internship hours. Concentration-level internships in the full-time on-campus program span two semesters; placements in the part-time distance program span from two to five semesters. (There are fewer scheduled hours per week in the distance program.)
Advanced-standing students complete one internship of 675 internship hours. Students with a BSW from an accredited school may be admitted as advanced-standing students in the Advanced Standing MSW program.
All internships are structured around the CSWE Core Competencies. Whether students choose an internship in a micro or macro setting, all students will engage in learning in all competency areas during their internship.
Tevera
The School of Social Work uses Tevera to manage Practice-Based Learning education.
