Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
9900001158VOLUNTEERİNG STUDİES Elective124
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The main aim of the course is to strengthen the ties between the university and the society by using the knowledge, skills and knowledge that students have acquired throughout their education life; humanitarian, social, economic etc. to raise awareness about various issues and problems in society, especially migration and disasters, disabled people and disadvantaged groups; To ensure the development of humanitarian, social, cultural, moral values and skills through some volunteering activities they will participate and perform, and to increase visibility and awareness in the society on socially sensitive issues such as life of the disabled, migration and disasters; In this way, it is aimed to ensure that students take part in volunteering activities for a semester within a plan to be prepared in advance in a volunteering area they choose and share their results.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1To understand the importance of volunteering practices.
2To be able to discuss social problems
3Informing non-experts about social problems on this subject
4To be able to identify local and universal current problems of the society and to prepare projects to produce solutions.
5To be able to develop a positive attitude towards voluntarily participating in volunteering activities
6To be able to communicate effectively both inside and outside the project while carrying out projects.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
No
Recommended Optional Programme Components
No
Course Contents
Management and Organization Concepts; Concept of Volunteering and Volunteer Management; Basic Volunteering Areas (Disaster and Emergency, Environment, Education and Culture, Sports, Health and Social Services etc.); Project Development Related to Volunteer Studies and Participation in Volunteer Studies in the Field; Ethical, Moral, Religious, Traditional Values and Principles in Volunteer Studies; Participation in Voluntary Work in Public Institutions, Local Administrations and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs); Risk Groups and Volunteering in Society; Immigrants and Volunteering.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introducing the course content, volunteering society and reviewing the concepts related to society. / Introducing the course content, reviewing the concepts related to volunteering society and society.
2The importance of volunteering practices. / Determination of Groups
3Management and Organization Concepts / Discussion of Group Project studies
4Concept of Volunteering and Volunteer Management / Discussion of Classroom Project studies
5Determining the current problems of the society, in which areas related to society within the scope of volunteering discussing the ability to work / implementing group project work
6Basic Volunteering Areas (Disaster and Emergency, Environment, Education and Culture, Sports, Health and Social Services etc.) / Implementation of group project studies
7Basic Volunteering Areas (Disaster and Emergency, Environment, Education and Culture, Sports, Health and Social Services etc.) / Implementation of group project studies
8Midterm Exam
9Project Development Related to Volunteer Studies and Participation in Volunteer Studies in the Field / Implementation of group project studies
10Project Development Related to Volunteer Studies and Participation in Volunteer Studies in the Field / Implementation of classroom project studies
11Ethical, Moral, Religious, Traditional Values and Principles in Volunteer Studies; Participation in Volunteer Studies in Public Institutions, Local Administrations and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) / Implementation of classroom project studies
12Risk Groups and Volunteering in Society; Immigrants and Volunteering / Implementation of classroom project work
13Presentation of the projects done
14Evaluation of projects
15Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Lecture notes of the lecturer, recommended resource books
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
No
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Attending Lectures12336
Team/Group Work5210
Individual Study for Mid term Examination4520
Individual Study for Final Examination8648
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)116
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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