COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COOPERATIVES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YÖN 4126 COOPERATIVES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SULTAN KAVILI ARAP

Offered to

LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS (Evening)
LOCAL ADMINISTRATIONS

Course Objective

Get to know the basic concepts of cooperatives and cooperative practices in Turkey; to have opinion about the importance of cooperatives in local development.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to understand the cooperatives notion
2   Being able to evaluate the economic and social aspects of cooperatives
3   Being able to explain the relationship between state and cooperatives
4   Being able to compare the cooperatives and corporations
5   Being able to understand the general situation and the problems of the cooperatives in Turkey

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course, basic concepts
2 Cooperatives principles
3 Development of cooperatives in the world through some country examples
4 Development of cooperatives in Turkey
5 Differences between cooperatives and corporations
6 The relationship between state and cooperatives
7 Mid-Term Exam
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Cooperatives legislation in Turkey
10 Cooperatives legislation in Turkey
11 Classification of cooperatives and major cooperative types in practice
12 The most common cooperative types in Turkey
13 Current practices on cooperatives in Turkey and their importance
14 General evaluation of Turkish cooperatives;the problems and the solutions

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s)/References/Materials:
Mülayim, Ziya Gökalp. 2010. Kooperatifçilik. Ankara.
Çıkın, Ayhan ve Karacan, Ali Rıza. 1994. Genel Kooperatifçilik. Izmir: Ege Üniversitesi Yayını.
Supplementary Book:
Türkiye Kooperatifçilik Raporu 2014. 2015. Ankara: Gümrük ve Ticaret Bakanlığı Yayını

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Question and answer
3. Case study

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.40 + FN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.40 + BUT* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes will measured by mid-term exam and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is mandatory to attend 70% of the course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sultan.arap@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 1 6 6
Web Search and Library Research 2 4 8
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 66

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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