Investigation of satisfaction levels of students of sport sciences and other faculties with their faculties

In lexical meaning, Satisfaction is defined as "Fulfillment of something desired, reaching contentment and gratification". Job satisfaction is an attitude that reflects positive and negative feelings of an individual about a work, colleagues and work environment. It is also defined as the pleasant and positive mood that results from the evaluation of job and work experiences. A university is "A higher education foundationwhich consists of faculties, institutions, academies and similar establishments and units which have scientific autonomy and public entity and performs education at a high level, scientific research, publishing, and consulting". The population of the study consists of university students and the sample group consists of students of Faculty of Sport Sciences of Fırat University and students of different faculties of the same university in order to determine the satisfaction levels of the students with their faculties/departments. In order to determine this difference among faculties, The JOB SATISFACTION SCALE, which was developed by Judge et al., was utilized. A total of 400 students participated in the study voluntarily. According to the statistical results at the conclusion of the study, statistically meaningful differences were observed among the participant on the matters such as "The bond with my school and me is quite strong", "If it is necessary for the benefit of the job I will work, I can sacrifice my own benefit", "I feel a weak bond with the job I will do when I graduate"and "Sometimes, I feel sad or depressed". As a result, it was concluded that students of faculty of sport sciences, thanks to their field of education, were happier, more self-sacrificing, more charitable and had a stronger bond with their jobs while students of faculty of sport sciences were more pessimist and insecure about their future concerns, by the nature of team spirit and fair play rules of the job, they were observed to be more self-sacrificing, more charitable and had more bonds to their jobs, compared to the students of other departments.