Internships

Field Education in Social Work refers to agency-based learning experiences, which involve client-centered practice with individuals, families, groups, and community client systems.

The Social Work program’s Field Education experience requires a 500-hour supervised field experience during the final semester of the Social Work curriculum.  

Field Education reinforces the student’s identification with the purposes, values, and ethics of the profession, fosters the integration of empirical and practice-based knowledge, and promotes the development of professional competence at the generalist level of practice. It is designed to give the student the opportunity to apply his or her knowledge base and skills under supervision.

In all field experiences, the student is expected to abide by the National Association of Social Worker’s Code of Ethics (1996) and work within the participating agency’s mission and practice protocols.