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A field practicum (SWK 435 & 445) is required of the social work major and entails a minimum of 500 400 hours across 2 semesters of the senior academic year.  Students are placed in a social work setting for a minimum of sixteen hours a week, which meets the requirements for earning five (5) credits per semester.   Field Seminars I & II (SWK 436 and 446) and practice courses (SWK 401 & 402) are co-requisites of field practicum.  

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Field Instruction occurs throughout the graduate social work curriculum and is concurrent with specific coursework (see table below). Field Instruction requires two separate internships, one at the foundation level and one at the concentration level, either Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) or Advanced Integrated Practice (AIP). 

Each field placement The foundation level is a minimum of 400 hours (200 per semester) and typically occurs across two consecutive semesters in one academic year. The concentration level is a minimum of 500 hours (250 per semester) and typically occurs across two consecutive semesters in one academic yearthe second or third academic years. Students will intern in social work settings for a minimum of sixteen hours a week, which meets the requirements for earning three credits per semester. A field seminar is a requirement of SWK 671 Field Instruction I, SWK 672 Field Instruction II and SWK 771 Field Instruction III. The field seminar facilitates students’ understanding of the learning experience through critical reflection of field and course work. 

Residential Advanced Standing Program—36 Credit Hour 

Field Instruction for Advanced Standing students is concurrent with specific coursework (see table below). Advanced standing students are required to complete one internship at the concentration level, either Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) or Advanced Integrated Practice (AIP). This field placement is a minimum of 500 hours and typically occurs across two semesters in one academic year. Students are placed in social work settings for a minimum of sixteen hours a week, which meets the requirements for earning three credits per semester. 

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The SWK 671 VFX course allows for 200 hours of internship experience.  The 3-semester progressive learning internship results in a total of a minimum of an additional 800 700 hours of in-person agency-based field experience.  Students will intern in agency based social work settings for an average of 16-20 hrs. per week depending on how many weeks you engage in your internship. The break down is as follows:  First semester (foundation level) is no less than 250 and no more than 300 hours total200 hours.   Second semester (concentration level)  no less than 250 hours and no more than 300 hours total,  depending on how many hours were completed in the first semester.    Third the third semester (concentration level) ,  is no less than 250 and no more than 300 hours depending on how many hours have been accumulated in the previous semester.    As you can see   Students are expected to physically attend their internship at the assigned agency based location.  Students are required to stay in the internship until the last day week of their final semester at the internship.  This means that students can not "speed up" and bank hours to end their internship early.  The program model is predicated on a concurrent model of internship and practice class.  

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The progressive learning internship format is a distinctive feature of our MSW Online program.  Students in the MSW Online program will complete their 800 700 hours of internship at one human service agency: beginning at the foundation level and transitioning into a concentration level experience either in advanced clinical practice (ACP) or advanced integrated practice (AIP).  The breakdown of hours in both levels of internship is fluid and dependent on the student’s progression in the internship, as well as the field instructor’s assessment of student’s readiness to transition into a more focused and skilled level of social work.  Students in progressive learning should spend roughly 300 200 foundation hours engaging in generalist social work practice at the micro, mezzo and macro levels, while the concentration internship should consist of roughly 500 hours.  The goal is for students to develop a deep understanding of the knowledge, values, skills and cognitive and affective processing within the context of social work field education with little to no placement disruptions. 

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• If you are only able to do 10 hours a week, you should communicate this to your placement planner.  Your internship will last longer than the expected time frame  (all advanced standing and residential:  50 weeks at 10 hours per week,  progressive learning:  80 70 weeks at 10 hours per week).  This would require students to take a planned incomplete at the end of each semester that they are enrolled in field.  The Incomplete allows the student to complete the required time into the next semester.  Students can register for the next level of field instruction while also having an incomplete on record for the previous field instruction course. 

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• If you are only able to do 10 hours a week, you should communicate this to your placement planner.  Your internship will last longer than the expected time frame  (all advanced standing and residential:  50 weeks at 10 hours per week,  progressive learning:  80 70 weeks at 10 hours per week).  This would require students to take a planned incomplete at the end of each semester that they are enrolled in field.  The Incomplete allows the student to complete the required time into the next semester.  Students can register for the next level of field instruction while also having an incomplete on record for the previous field instruction course. 

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1. The site must meet the criteria outlined in the “Selection of Field Instruction Settings” policy.

2. The site must be a field site partner or be willing to engage in the SU legal contracting process to become a field site partner.

3. A staff member who meets the minimum field instructor requirements as outlined in the “Selection of Field Instructors” policy; 

4. The student intern can propose that their current job tasks be considered internship tasks and learning opportunities.  This is only approved if:

   1. Each job duty that is being proposed as an internship task/learning opportunity must align with at least one of the 9 social work competencies; 

   2. If the student is unable to align all 9 competencies (or in progressive learning internships all 9 generalist and 9 concentration competencies),  the student must add additional internship activities/learning opportunities to ensure that all 9 social work competencies are being developed,  this is especially relevant for those who are in a progressive learning environment where you will be expected to align to the generalist and concentration competencies. 

5. The student intern can propose to not utilize their current job toward their internship and can independently negotiate with their employer to propose an internship separate from their job duties .

6. The student can count up to 20 hours a week toward internship hours.

7. In either above scenario, the agency must provide a different staff member to provide the social work field instruction.  There is an inherent dual role and potential conflict when the current supervisor oversees the supervision from both the employer and field instructor (teacher) standpoint.   However, in certain instances the O.F.I. will assess utilizing the current supervisor under the following conditions: 

   1. the supervisor provides a proposal referencing how they will ensure distinct supervision that will will be focused in the student internship role, including agreeing to providing the staff member a minimum of 1 hour individual supervision in addition any supervision that is provided in the employee role.

   2. complete a field education supervision template (outlines distinct intern caseload, paperwork under intern role, and chain of liability), this template will include a problem solving plan for how to manage conflicts if/when they come up.

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A: Residential BSSW and MSW students are generally required to complete 16-18 hours a week (250 200 per semester or 500 400 hours per academic year) preferably in a two day time frame.  Online Traditional/Progressive learning students engage in a 3 semester internship totaling 800 700 hours.  Online advanced standing students complete two semesters of internship for a minimum of 500 field hours. Some students do break up their hours over several days if this meets client and programmatic needs. Occasionally, part-time students may have an alternate schedule for an entire year. Speak with your placement planner about such arrangements for more detail. 

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A: Yes and No. Students are required to be in their internship all semester. Students cannot complete their internship any earlier than semester finals week. If a student exceeds the minimum 250 -300 hours per semester, the additional hours can be used toward the next semesters total BUT students can not end internship earlier than the last week in the semester.   Internship sites want consistency over time and want predicable hours.

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Two semesters beginning at end of August, finishing very early in May.  250 200 hours each semester, usually completed at rate of 16-18 hours per week for a total of 500 400 hours.

Remitted Tuition Credits Earned by Agency:

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There are two options that agencies/programs can choose from.  All residential students are required to complete 500 400 internship hours.

• Academic year (fall and spring semesters only), at the rate of 16-18 hours per week during the fall and spring semesters of the academic year.  This typically works out to about 30-32 25 weeks of internship.  250 200 hours each semester.

• Full year (fall, spring, & summer) at the rate of 10 hours per week resulting in a 45-50-40 week internship commitment.  134 hours each semester.

Online students are required to complete 16 -20 hours per week of field placement.

• The online program runs the full year (fall, spring, & summer)

• • Traditional students complete 300 200 foundational field hours over the course of one semester.

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Up to 3 credits each semester for each student supervised. Site must be in CNY area.

Supervision requirements:

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