History of Department of Co-operative Studies
The Department of Co-operative Studies is one of the five major departments that offering degrees in University of Co-operative and Management, Sagaing. Educational programs of Department of Co-operative Studies have been developed to cultivate leading academics and youth social entrepreneurs needed by social sector. The educational fields that the department provides cover of the social-economic fields including (a) Social Entrepreneurship (b) Social Enterprise Management (c) Social Science Human Resource Management (d) Strategic Management (e) Economic Development (f) Research Methodology. Now, Department has produced the students who B.BSc(SEM) degree holder (211) , PGDSEM degree holder (57), Master degree holder (34). In addition, Department draws to open HRD program which Diploma in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (Dip.ESBD) will be opened in 2021.
Vision
- To become a Department that brings up an excellent students experience who transform the wider socio-economic environment towards sustainable development.
Mission
- To produce brilliant students who cater the changing and growing social sector needs.
- To enable aspiring social entrepreneurs to face challenging situations with strategic thinking and practical application of skills.
- To nurture social-minded person who can make the social work practice sustainable and effective by utilizing social entrepreneurship.
- To train and produce well qualified persons who can fulfill the needs of socio-economic environment.
Objectives
- The educational objective of the department is to nurture scholars who possess a fundamental research capability and social entrepreneurs who have expertise sufficient to independently engage in social business activities.
Our Organization Structure
Table (1) shows the number of academic staff in Department of Co-operative Studies for 2020-2021 years.
| No. |
Position |
No. of Staff |
Remarks |
| Org Structure |
Current |
Extra |
Vacant |
| 1 |
Professor, Head of Department |
2 |
2 |
- |
- |
|
| 2 |
Associate Professor |
4 |
2 |
- |
2 |
|
| 3 |
Lecturer |
12 |
2 |
- |
10 |
|
| 4 |
Assistant Lecturer |
19 |
3 |
- |
16 |
|
| 5 |
Tutor |
7 |
2 |
- |
5 |
|
| 6 |
Upper Divisional Clerk |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
|
| 7 |
Lower Divisional Clerk |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
| 8 |
Deputy Assistant Computer Operator |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
| 9 |
Office Assistant |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
|
Total |
48 |
12 |
- |
36 |
|
Curriculum Plan
| Year |
First Semester |
Second Semester |
| 1st Year |
1. Fundamentals of Social Enterprises |
- |
| 2nd Year |
- 1. SMEs and Microfinance
- 2. Social Enterprise Creation
|
- Entrepreneurship
- 3. Social Business Model in Developing Countries
|
| 3rd Year |
- Humanity and Social Science
- Social Innovation
- Marketing For Co-operatives and Social Enterprises
|
- Social Entrepreneurship
- Social Enterprise Development
- Co-operative Thought
|
| 4th Year |
- Human Resources Management for Public and Non-profit Organizations
- Total Quality Management of Social Enterprises
- Co-operation, Ethics and Development
- Financing of Social Enterprises
|
- Social Enterprise Management I
- Social Responsibility in Social Enterprises
- Environmental Science and Cooperation
- Corporate Innovation
|
| PGDAS |
- Social Enterprise Management II
- Community Organization and Social Action
- Social Economy and Social Entrepreneurship
- International Economics
|
- Project Management in Social Enterprises
- Environmental Management for Sustainable Development
- Change Management in Social Enterprises
- Social Innovation and Organizational Diversity
|
|
MSEM I
|
- Business Ethics
- International Finance
- Charity Trading and Social Enterprises
|
- Social Capital and Economic Development
- Strategic Management
- Managing and Organizing the Social Enterprises
|
|
MSEM II
|
- Governance and Management of Human Resources
- Social Protection in a Global Economy
- Environmental and Natural Resource Management
- Social Enterprise and Public Policy
|
Conducting Thesis
|
Number of Graduate Students
Table (3) shows the number of Social Enterprise Management graduated students form 2017-2018 to 2020-2021 academic years.
| No |
Graduate |
Year |
No. of graduated students |
| 1. |
Bachelor of Business Science Social Enterprise Management B.BSc (SEM)
|
2017-2018
2018-2019
2019-2020
|
73
126
12 |
| 2. |
Post Graduate Diploma in Social Enterprise Management (PGDSEM)
|
2015-2016
2016-2017
2018-2019
|
23
8
2 |
| 3. |
Master of Social Enterprise Management (MSEM)
|
2017-2018
2018-2019
|
17
17 |