HDFS 207 Introductory Internship

Field experience to learn, primarily through observation, how to apply human service intervention strategies and skills to helping individuals and families served by professional agencies and organizations. Supervision by agency and instructor. Requires 90 hours of work on-site. Supplementary seminar, readings, and reports. Graded P/N. This course may be repeated at OSU for up to eight credits.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Prerequisite: HDFS 107 Human Services Internship Orientation with a C or better.

Offered

Spring Term Only

Notes

Lower Division Transfer (LDT) Course

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Integrate classroom learning with field experience. Summarize work experience and growth as a helping professional. Evaluate and report on workplace competencies and skills. Describe workplace culture and expectations. Describe the dynamics of power, privilege, and interculturalism in one's own experience.