ProgramsCoursework
September 4, 2026
BSW Field Practicum: How the 400 Required Hours Work
CSWE requires at least 400 hours of field practicum in an accredited BSW, taken in a real agency under a named field instructor, and almost always in the senior year. How the hours fall across the calendar, who arranges the placement and why the program’s local agency network matters, whether you can hold a job alongside it, how online programs handle a requirement that cannot be met remotely, and why those 400 hours are what advanced standing is built on.