BSW

FIELD EDUCATION AND PRACTICUM LAB As the first year students come from varied academic backgrounds, the focus of the first semester field practicum Lab is primarily orientation and first hand exposure to the agencies in the different settings like industries, hospitals, correctional settings, community based organizations, Government Organizations, special schools, NGOs etc Field orientation is conducted in the form of observational visits to various settings of Social Work practice. This is organized in order to give the students an exposure and orientation to the ongoing services by different social work/welfare organizations/Projects for addressing people's needs. They are also meant to give the student an idea of the possibilities ahead, to understand the element of professionalism, the issues and the problems involved. The orientations include fifteen exposure visits to agencies/projects in and around the institution. Students are prepared for the visits with a brief orientation session, and are given guidelines for observation and report writing. Each visit is followed by a group discussion facilitated by a faculty member. The option is also there for the department to conduct rural camp/exposure programmes in place of 5 orientation visits followed by students’ reports.