Proseminar in Jewish Communal Service

SW690, Section 001

This is a 4-term course. Students participate in this course beginning in their first Fall term and begin enrollment/registration in the course in the Winter term and the subsequent Fall and Winter terms for a total of 3 credit hours. The Proseminar is designed to help students integrate knowledge and skill acquired in professional and Judaic studies courses with field instruction. This course will provide opportunities for students to meet with professional and lay community leaders in their fields, explore the relationship of personal and professional identity to the selection of career options, and get peer feedback on leadership tasks undertaken in field instruction and elsewhere. This course will also serve as a setting for the exploration of emerging student interests of relevance to their professional development. Students will be encouraged to address aspects of diversity, such as: ethnicity, race, religion, and national origin; class and culture; age and (physical and mental) ability; and gender and sexual orientation. This course will provide a forum for examination of the intersections of social work professional ethics, American social values, and traditional Jewish commitments to social justice (Tzedakah) and activism (tikkun olam).