Information Package / Course Catalogue
Volunteering Studies
Course Code: TUİ242
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 1
Prt.: 2
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

The main aim of the course is to strengthen the bonds between the university and the society by using the knowledge, skills and knowledge acquired by students throughout their education life; humanitarian, social, economic, etc. to ensure that they become sensitive about problems and disasters, disability, disadvantaged groups and various issues and problems in the society; To ensure the development of human, social, cultural, moral values and skills with some volunteering activities they will participate and perform, and to increase the visibility and awareness of social sensitivity in areas such as disabled life, migration and disaster in this purpose; Thus, in a volunteering field that students choose, to ensure that they take relative and share their results in volunteer work for a period within a plan to be prepared in advance.

Course Content

Management and organization concepts, volunteering concept and volunteer management, basic volunteering areas (disaster and emergency, environment, education and culture, sports, health and social services etc.), project development related to volunteer work and participation in volunteer work in the field, ethics in volunteer work ethical, religious, traditional values and principles, participation in voluntary work in public institutions, local governments and non-governmental organizations, risk groups and volunteering in society, immigrants and volunteering.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To contribute to public welfare and peace.
2.Learning to take initiative.
3.Supporting entrepreneurship skills.
4.To develop project based learning.
5.To contribute to the development of social sensitivity.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Volunteering and Youth in NGOs - Tarih Vakfı Yurt Publishing
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Management and organization concepts
Week 2 - Theoretical
The concept of volunteering and volunteer management
Week 3 - Theoretical
Basic volunteering areas (disaster and emergency, environment, education and culture, sports, health and social services etc.)
Week 4 - Theoretical
Basic volunteering areas (disaster and emergency, environment, education and culture, sports, health and social services etc.)
Week 5 - Theoretical
Project development related to volunteer work and participation in volunteer work in the field
Week 6 - Theoretical
Project development related to volunteer work and participation in volunteer work in the field
Week 7 - Theoretical
Project development related to volunteer work and participation in volunteer work in the field
Week 8 - Theoretical
Project development related to volunteer work and participation in volunteer work in the field
Week 9 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm exam
Week 10 - Theoretical
Ethics in volunteer work
Week 11 - Theoretical
Moral, religious, traditional values and principles
Week 12 - Theoretical
Participation in voluntary work in public institutions, local administrations and non-governmental organizations
Week 13 - Theoretical
Participation in voluntary work in public institutions, local administrations and non-governmental organizations
Week 14 - Theoretical
Risk groups and volunteering in the community
Week 15 - Theoretical
Immigrants and volunteering
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140114
Lecture - Practice280128
Project125025
Midterm Examination1011
Final Examination1011
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)69
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
PÇ-14
PÇ-15
OÇ-1
5
OÇ-2
5
OÇ-3
5
OÇ-4
5
OÇ-5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026