[] About Program

Düzce University Social Services Department was established in 2009 in accordance with the School of Health. The aim of the department is to serve as a planner, organizer, manager, researcher and practitioner in social services at various levels (public, local, non-governmental organizations), knowledge and skills on the basic social structure, problems and social service methodology of the country, Social service specialists. There is a graduate program in the department. The language of instruction is Turkish. The curriculum includes theoretical and practical courses. Theoretical lectures are given by contemporary methods such as conferences, group discussions, role playing, case studies. In applied lessons, students gain professional skills and behavior by transferring the theoretical knowledge learned by the students. In the methods of social work, social work, social group work, community work and social work management, students are placed in various social service institutions both inside and outside Düzce and abroad, and they are practiced under the supervision of educational administrators. Applied research courses are conducted in small groups under the supervision of an educational administrator and students gain experience in producing scientific knowledge on social issues and social services.

Goal
A professionally performing social work profession; To educate social workers who are aware of the problems of the individual, family, groups and society and can produce solutions.

Target
Being a school that is well-educated and knowledgeable and skillful in national and international social service field.

[] Goals

Duzce University; Adheres to Ataturk's principles and reforms; internalized national, spiritual and social ethical values; As a modern and democratic university; raises virtuous scientific, professional, artistic people and leaders; establishing collaborations at regional, national and international levels; Pioneering the sustainable development of Düzce province and its surroundings; It is an innovative, entrepreneurial university that produces universal knowledge and value.

[] Objectives

To be a pioneer in the field of environmental and health technologies with the universal values ​​it produces, and a regional leader with its project collaborations.

[] Education Language
Turkish
[] Degree to Be Won
Students who successfully complete the programme will be awarded an Bachelor's Degree in Department of Social Work.
[] Earned Level of Qualification
It is a programme that provides undergraduate (first cycle) education.
[] Admission Requirements
The admission of students to the programmes is made according to the Student Selection and Placement Centre (OSYM – University entrance exam) within the framework set by the regulations of Higher Education Council (HEC). After students inform the Student Selection and Placement Centre about what programmes they want to study at, students are placed in the related programmes according to their scores they got from the exam.

Foreign students are admitted to the related programmes with the scores of internationally acceptable exams such as SAT, ACT or are admitted to the related programmes with their high school graduation grades (Undergraduate and Graduate Programmes for Foreign Students Admission Guidelines).

The admission of students of General Academic Exchange Protocol to the related programmes are done within the framework of the bilateral agreements (ERASMUS, FARABI, etc) signed between Duzce University and the partner universities. Guest students may enrol into the courses in this programme, if the related academic unit approves. Sufficient language knowledge is required to monitor the programme.
[] Course's Contrubution To Program
To complete the available courses in the program (a total of 240 ECTS) successfully, the students have to get at least 50 points out of 100 and required to achieve 2.50 on a 4.00 weighted grade point average. To graduate from the programs students should get at least DD in all of the courses provided.
[] Recognition of Prior Learning
Students enrolled in DU might be exempted from certain courses within the framework of certain regulations. A student can be exempted from a certain course provided related course content previously received from another institution complies with that of DU, which is subject to approval and verification by the Board of faculty/graduate school/school.

Recognition of Education Abroad

DU recognises academic terms and courses studied by a student that has been involved in an exchange programme for one or two terms at the universities with which a partnership was established.

Students that are selected to avail themselves of Student Mobility for Studies under ERASMUS are obliged to draw up an education agreement with relevant ERASMUS Unit Coordination prior to the mobility term. The education agreement demonstrates the courses to be studied at the partner university the student intends to go, as well as appropriate ECTS credits.

In addition to this, students shall be asked to issue a Recognition Sheet, which refers to the equivalent of foreign courses in DU, so that the credit transfer is planned and approved.

At the end of the exchange term, the courses studied abroad are recorded and demonstrated in the transcript, together with the original course codes and names and ECTS credits. Pursuant to ERASMUS Programme and Collaboration Agreements concluded thereunto, official transcripts will quote, an abbreviation signal of ET, European Transfer, for the courses studied abroad.
[] Description of Program
It is to train social workers who develop social welfare, can offer preventive, therapeutic and rehabilitative care, and adopt evidence-based practices. As a social worker who is a social work practitioner and a competent social worker with a developmental qualification, students who graduate from this program are awarded "Social Worker Graduate Diploma". We have graduated diploma by completing the program; They can be employed in public and private sectors, such as social services and nursing homes, elderly care homes, hospitals, childrearing homes, community centers where social services are carried out. The graduates of the program have the opportunity to graduate by entering the ales and yds exam in accordance with the relevant legislation.
[] Program Requirements
No Program Requirements
1 Identify as a professional social worker and conduct oneself accordingly
2 Apply social work ethical principles to guide professional practice
3 Apply critical thinking to inform and communicate professional judgment
4 Engage diversity and difference in practice
4 Advance human rights and social and economic justice
5 Advance human rights and social and economic justice
6 Engage in research-informed practice and practice-informed research
7 Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment
8 Engage in policy practice to advance social and economic well-being and to deliver effective social work services
9 Respond to context that shape practice
10 Engage,assess,intervene, and evaluate with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities
11 Following and assessing theoretical and practice debate in the area of society and world related to field of social work
12 Using theoritical framework, approach and model guiding social work practice at every level of social work intervention
[] TYYÇ - Based on the Adequacy-Relationship Adequacy of Program
[] Professional Profile of Graduates
Students who graduate from this section with the title of social worker in various private and public organizations and institutions are employed.
Graduates can work areas;
  • Ministry of Family and Social Policies
  • Day care centers 0-12 age group
  • Children's Homes 12-18 age group
  • Training Institutes for Girls and Boys
  • Counseling Centers for Adolescents
  • Foster Family units
  • Family Counseling Centers
  • Old People's Homes
  • Centers for Care and Rehabilitation of the Disabled
  • Spastic Children's Center
  • Community Centers
  • General Directorate of Social Assistance Foundation
  • Ministry of Health
  • University and Private Hospitals
  • Branch and Specialization Hospitals (Oncology, Sanatoriums, Children, Maternity, Venereal Disease, Psychiatry)
  • Child-maternity health and family planning centers
  • Universities' Medico Social Centers
  • Credit and Student Hostels Administration
  • Youth Centers
  • Ministry of Justice
  • Prisons
  • Reformatory Schools
  • Juvenile Courts
  • Centers for Street Children
  • H.U. Department of Social Work and other related departments of different Universities
  • State Planning Organization
  • South Eastern Anatolia Project
  • Labour Institution of Turkey
  • Social Security Institution
  • Insurance Agency for Independent/Self Employed People
  • Foundations for Social Solidarity and Social Assistance
  • Public Relations units of different departments Public and Private Industries Local administration, (Municipalities)
  • Various national and international NGO's
[] The Upper Stage of a Transition

Undergraduate students who graduate from this program, can apply to study graduate programs

[] Program Structure
The main objective of the social services department is to educate graduates who are aiming at people, working with people, offering social services in an area that makes applications that affect the lives of individuals and groups and societies. The Social Services Department carries out its internal and external activities and duties through the rectorate as dean and senior body in the framework of the vision it draws. The Social Services Department raises students so that they can employ many areas where social services are provided. The stakeholders for whom the Social Services Department interacts and wants to interact can be summarized as the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, Social Services Directorate, Public and Private Nursing Homes / Nursing Homes / Rehabilitation Centers, Universities, Health Higher Schools, Research Institutions, Graduates, Individuals and Families . Our department is trying to educate its students in the best way with its teaching and researching faculty members. Our students improve their skills in social services by implementing them in institutions such as community centers, rehabilitation centers, hospitals, AFAD in the responsibility of our faculty members. They also develop communicative projects between the department and the community in a positive way by developing projects with social content on the sites they practice. The courses given in the department include field lessons that provide knowledge and professional skills related to social work, history, Turkish, English, information and communication technologies and so on. Lessons.
[] Examinations, Assessment and Grading
For each course, the method of assessment and grading is defined "Course Information Form" in details. Click for more information about regulations.
[] Graduation Requirements

Education is the eighth semester term. Each semester lasts 14 weeks. This duration midterm exams,  applications, etc. within the period of educational activities are all included. Students completing 240 ECTS during 4 years of education gain gualify to gradua

[] Type of Training
Full-Time
[] Dean and Assistant Deans
Acting Dean
Prof. Dr. Şerif DEMİR
E-Mail:serifdemir@duzce.edu.tr

[] Programme Director
Assist. Prof. Dr. Deniz ORUÇ
E-Mail:denizoruc@duzce.edu.tr
[] ECTS Coordinator
Assist. Prof. Dr. Deniz ORUÇ
E-Mail:denizoruc@duzce.edu.tr
[] Academic Staff
  • Head of Department
       Assist. Prof. Dr. Deniz ORUÇ
       denizoruc@duzce.edu.tr

  • Faculty Member
       Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eda BEYDİLİ GÜRBÜZ
       edagurbuz@duzce.edu.tr

  • Faculty Member
       Assist. Prof. Dr. Ülkü AKÇA ÜŞENTİ
       ulkuusenti@duzce.edu.tr

  • Faculty Member
       Assist. Prof. Dr. Çetin YILMAZ
       cetin.yilmaz@duzce.edu.tr

  • ECTS Coordinator
       Assist. Prof. Dr. Deniz ORUÇ
       denizoruc@duzce.edu.tr

  • Lecturer
       Res. Assist. Dr. Hatice Kübra DOĞANCI
       kubrasimsek@duzce.edu.tr

  • Lecturer
       Res. Assist. Buşra Bahar ÇOKYAMAN
       busrabaharataoglu@duzce.edu.tr