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Oct 23, 2026
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PRSW 2500 - Field Experience in Social Work
Credits: 3
Catalog Description
This course involves entry-level supervised field experience with a social service agency. Students complete 120 hours of experiential learning and attend a regularly-scheduled seminar that integrates the field experience with reflection, social work values, knowledge, and practice skills. An application is required during the semester before registration. Students should be aware that a MN Human Services background study and fingerprinting may be required. In addition, some field-experience sites may have a minimum-age requirement.
Prerequisite(s) (must have a grade of C or better): PRSW 2100
Additional fee to student: No
Learner Outcomes
- Understand and identify professional roles and boundaries in human services.
- Demonstrate professional demeanor in behavior, appearance, and communication.
- Identify personal and professional values within the human services profession.
- Develop self-awareness to eliminate the influence of personal biases and values in working with diverse individuals.
- Identify cultural and systemic structures that may marginalize, create, or enhance privilege and power.
- Identify agency and organizational policies that advocate social well-being.
- Demonstrate professional communication with agency members and populations served.
- Identify the variety of social service delivery options available to individuals.
- Examine human diversity within social service settings.
- Display culturally appropriate intervention and strategies that are congruent with the lived experiences of the individuals.
Major Areas of Course Content
- Human Services and Social Work fields
- Career paths in the social services
- Various needs of client populations
Credit for Prior Learning Options
No credit for prior learning option is available for this course.
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