SOWK 250 Social Work Practice with Individuals

This is the first course offered in the practice series and is designed to introduce students to the philosophy and characteristics of helping relationships within the generalist framework in Social Work. It introduces basic relationship building, communication, social work principles and values, critical thinking and problem solving skills for use with any client system (individual, family, group, organization, community), but has a primary focus on working with individuals within a social context. A one-day per week practicum experience (SOWK 251) runs concurrent with course work and offers an opportunity for students to begin understanding, evaluating, and assessing practice. SOWK 250 requires a minimum grade of C+ in all previous SOWK courses to progress in the major.