COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name Code Semester T+A+L (hour/week) Type (C / O) Local Credit ECTS
Civic Responsibility Project KHAS 110 Spring 00+02+00 Compulsory 1 2
Academic Unit: Core Program
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Prerequisites: -
Language of Instruction: Turkish
Level of Course Unit: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: - -
Course Objectives: This course introduces students to the concept of social responsibility with theoretical knowledge and universal values. It aims to transform this information into active citizenship skills through civic engagement activities.
Course Contents: This course introduces civic engagement and active citizenship concepts within the framework of social responsibility. The course presents basic knowledge and understanding in the field of social responsibility theoretically. Additionally, the course also allows the students to design and implement a project to develop their skills of realizing problems of the society they live in and developing solutions for these problems.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO):
  • 1- Define civic engagement and active citizenship.
  • 2- Gain awareness of social responsibility in accordance with universal values.
  • 3- Design, implement and share a responsibility project suitable for the social needs of the environment they live in.
  • 4- Express themselves orally and in writing by developing ideas about the topics covered in the course.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: Short lectures and presentations supported by movies/videos/TED talks/radio podcasts; research exercises, writing exercises, in-class discussion forums.


WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATIONS

WeekSubjectsRelated Preperation
1 Course introduction, introduction to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) and project pool
2 Forming Project groups – Input on project proposal and plan / presentation about an NGO Choosing themes/groups
3 Project Proposal and Plan Preparing presentations
4 Field work of the project
5 Presentations of Weekly Activity Report– Concept presentations -Preparing activity reports (every member of the group) -Preparing concept presentations (those assigned for concept presentations)
6 Field work of the project
7 Presentations of Weekly Activity Report– Concept presentations -Preparing activity reports (every member of the group) -Preparing concept presentations (those assigned for concept presentations)
8 Spring Break
9 Field work of the project
10 Presentations of Weekly Activity Report– Concept presentations -Preparing activity reports (every member of the group) -Preparing concept presentations (those assigned for concept presentations)
11 Field work of the project
12 Presentations of Weekly Activity Report– Concept presentations -Preparing activity reports (every member of the group) -Preparing concept presentations (those assigned for concept presentations)
13 Field work of the project
14 Presentations of Weekly Activity Report– Concept presentations -Preparing activity reports (every member of the group) -Preparing concept presentations (those assigned for concept presentations)


REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED READING

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OTHER COURSE RESOURCES



ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

Semester RequirementsNumberPercentage of Grade (%)
Project 1 80
Presentation / Jury 2 20
Total: 3 100


WORKLOAD

EventsCountDuration (Hours)Total Workload (hour)
Course Hours14228
Project12020
Preparation for Presentation / Jury212
Total Workload (hour):50


THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)

# PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12
LO1                        
LO2                        
LO3                        
LO4