Seoul Volunteer Center-Seoul Citizens University, Operating 'Citizen Master's Program' to Train Volunteer Experts
Seoul Volunteer Center-Seoul Citizens' University Launch Citizen Master's Program for Longtime Volunteer Leaders
45 First Cohort Students Participate in 200-Hour, 1-Year Course and Receive Citizen Master's Degree Upon Completion
[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Volunteer Center and the Seoul Lifelong Education Promotion Institute announced on the 22nd that they have established the "Seoul Citizen University Volunteer-Citizen Master's Program" to systematically organize activity experiences in the field of citizen participation and support knowledge production. Students who complete the course will be awarded the Citizen Master's degree in the name of the Mayor of Seoul.
Seoul Citizen University operates an honorary citizen degree system that recognizes citizens' course attendance and activities as learning hours and awards honorary citizen degrees (Citizen Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate) in the name of the president (Mayor of Seoul) according to the completed hours. Since the honorary citizen degree system was first introduced in 2018, 1,257 Citizen Bachelor's and Citizen Master's degrees have been awarded to date.
The Volunteer-Citizen Master's Program consists of a humanities course that reflects on the experiences accumulated by volunteers through essential master's courses such as Seoul Studies and Citizen Studies at Seoul Citizen University and field activities, and a volunteer-specialized course that enhances practical volunteer skills. To complete this course, participants will engage in a total of 200 hours of learning over one year.
Additionally, a major seminar course is conducted to systematize the experiences and wisdom accumulated by volunteers through volunteer activities into public resources. The self-report submitted as a graduation research output will summarize past activities through guidance from professors and small group research, containing the knowledge and know-how gained.
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The Volunteer-Citizen Master's Program will officially begin with an entrance ceremony held on the 23rd at the Southeast Campus of Seoul Citizen University. Kim Joo-myung, Director of the Seoul Lifelong Education Promotion Institute, said, "The Volunteer-Citizen Master's Program, attempted for the first time this year, is significant in that it presents a new learning path by linking learning and practice," and added, "We expect learners to grow from passive knowledge consumers to voluntary knowledge producers."
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