COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ECO 4121 THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Economics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR GONCA DARIK

Offered to

Economics

Course Objective

Course is designated for the student to investigate the special relationship between capitalism and the democracy. Interaction among the democratic and economic institutions, and the political behaviour and the economic policy interactions are paid special attention.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Student is expected to have an intellectual accumulation on modern society transformation.
2   Student is expected to learn the policy tools of a welfare economy.
3   Student is expected to be able to understand the economic motivations and economic outcomes of the political behaviour.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Transformation to modern societies
3 Economic institutions
4 Democratic institutions
5 Welfare economics and economic policy tools
6 Welfare economics and economic policy tools
7 Midterms
8 Midterms
9 Presentations
10 Presentations
11 Presentations
12 Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

to be announced

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MT Midterm
2 ASS Assignment
3 PRS Presentation
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MT * 0.40 +ASS * 0.20 +PRS * 0.40

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 3 5 15
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Design Project 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 128

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1555
LO.2444
LO.3244434