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Course Detail

Course Name Field Work I – Orientation Visits
Course Code 26SWK591
Semester 1
Credits 4
Campus Amritapuri, Coimbatore

Syllabus

Text Books / References

Assessment & Evaluation

  Internal Assessment External Assessment
  Daily evaluations on the performance of students by Social Work Faculty + Orientation session/workshop Viva Voce Examination
Weightage 70% 30%
Marks 70 30

Introduction

Field Work is an integral component of the Social Work curriculum. It connects the students to the realities of social issues, marginalization and vulnerabilities of various sections of society. The field work would enhance the capacity of the students to interact and intervene with clients/ groups/ community. Field hours requirements:

Objectives and Outcomes

Course Objective

  1. Observeand orient on the activities and program carried out in the organization
  2. Introducestudents to basic concepts of field work
  3. Orientthe realities of social issues to students in
  4. Orientthe Students about the problems of marginalized and vulnerable sections of society.
  5. Studentsare encouraged to interact and intervene with clients/ groups/

In the first semester, the students are introduced to basic concepts of fieldwork with an orientation about the types of setting where the students can undergo fieldwork. In the subsequent semesters, the students will be placed in selected settings where they have to practice basic methods of Social Work.

Course Outcome

  1. Toobserve and orient on the activities and program carried out in the organization
  2. Toenable students to practice the basic concepts of field work
  3. Toaddress social issues in
  4. Toaddress the problems of marginalized and vulnerable sections of society.
  5. Studentswill use the skills to interact and intervene with clients/ groups/

Time line

  Days
Training 5 (40 hours)
Orientation Visits + Case Conference 20 (160 hours)
Total (25 days) 200 hours

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