L.SCW 350 - Career Options and Professional Practice

Credits: 3

An educationally focused community service experience and seminar that emphasizes socialization into the profession of social work. The course combines a two times weekly seminar with agency-based volunteer work in a helping role. A minimum of 100 hours of volunteer work must be completed to receive credit for the course. The seminar assists students in exploring their “goodness of fit” with a social work career and in developing an understanding of their own capacities in relation to professional social work competencies.
Prerequisite: L.SCW 231
Co-requisite: None
General Education Classification: Not Applicable