service learning.

The School of Social Work is committed to the creation and support of service-learning opportunities, having found that students learn best about the practice of social work through practical experiences combined with classroom instruction. Faculty members who have been instrumental in developing service-learning components in both the BSSW and MSW programs include Debra Anderson, Theresa Barron-McKeagney, Patricia Carlson, Ann Coyne, Jeanette Harder, Nancy Kelley-Gillespie, Amanda Randall, Jacque Reiser, and Karen Rolf.

In the BSSW program, several classes participate in service-learning, including Volunteer Experience, Social Work with American Indians, Policy I: Analysis of Social Work Policy, Policy II: Racism & Discrimination in Social Welfare Policy, Social Work Practice II, Social Work Practice III, and Research Methods in Social Work Practice. In the MSW program, Generalist Practice II, Social Work and the Law, Social Work Administration, Research Methods in Clinical Practice, Research and Computer Applications, Evaluation of Social Programs, Advanced Social Work Practice with Older Adults all offer service-learning.