Fieldwork: B.S.W.
Field practicum is an integral and essential component of the B.S.W. degree curriculum. Field practicum places students in agency settings and engages the student in supervised social work practice. It provides valuable opportunities to apply classroom learning in the field. Field coordinators are college or university social work faculty members with M.S.W. degrees and a minimum of two years of work experience.
CSWE mandates that B.S.W. programs establish minimum standards for field supervision and that supervisors are experienced social service agency personnel, preferably with a B.S.W. or M.S.W. degree. This formalized supervision results in consistent high standards of quality.
B.S.W. students must have the equivalent of two full days a week for two semester of ssupervised hours of field experience. Through their field practicums, B.S.W. students refine their professional social work skills and integrate classroom course content with on-the-job experience in service provision, outreach, networking and resource development.
