COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 5002 DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Human Resources

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Human Resources

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to develop an understanding of innovative approach in dealing with social problems and to gain knowledge about opportunities and challenges in social entrepreneurship.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Acquire in-depth understanding of the field of social entrepreneurship
2   Differentiate between entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship
3   Acquire knowledge about personal characteristics of social entrepreneurship
4   Have an idea of social innovativeness
5   Comprehend the relationship between social policy and social entrepreneurship
6   Understand the impact of social entrepreneurship on labour market
7   Discuss social entrepreneurship from economical point of view

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Defining social entrepreneurship
2 Social problems at the focus of social entrepreneurship
3 Social innovation
4 Social entrepreneurship and development
5 Personal characteristics of social entrepreneurs
6 Social entrepreneurship cases
7 Social enterprises and different types of social enterprise
8 Fund raising in social enterprises
9 Volunteer management in social enterprises
10 Creation of employment and social enterprises
11 Social impact analysis
12 Sustainability of social enterprises

Recomended or Required Reading

Kümbül-Güler, B. (2010). Sosyal Girişimcilik. Ankara: Efil Yayınları
Besler, S. (2010). Sosyal Girişimcilik (Derleme). Istanbul: Beta Yayınları.
Volkmann, C. K, Tokarski, K. O., Ernst, K. (2014). Social Entrepreneurship and Social Business: An Introduction and Discussion with Case Studies. Wiesbaden: Springer.
Kickul, J. & Lyons, T. S. (2012). Understanding Social Entrepreneurship: The Relentless Pursuit of Mission in an Ever Changing World. New York: Routledge.
Bornstein, D. (2004) How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas. New York: Oxford University Press.
Light, P. (2005). Searching for Social Entrepreneur: Who might they be, where they might be found, what they do Research on Social Entrepreneurship: Understanding and Contributing to an Emerging Field. (pp. 13-37). In R. Mosher-Williams. ARNOVA Occasional Paper Series.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

- Participation
- Presentation
- Exams

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assoc. Prof. Burcu GÜLER
burcuguler@gmail.com

Office Hours

Thursday 13:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 85

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5
LO.155
LO.255
LO.3555
LO.45
LO.5555
LO.655
LO.755

CONTACT INFORMATION
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