COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DLY 5019 TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Logistics Management

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SADIK ÖZLEN BAŞER

Offered to

Logistics Management

Course Objective

Understanding of the economic importance of transportation systems. Acquisition of the basic concepts and information on transport economics. Learning and Discussion of subject to international businesses and management. Understanding of every stage of transportation; investment, management and operation decisions about the impact of national and international economic environment. Economic Analysis and evaluation of tranportation. show the analytical approaches to solving problems in the acquisition of competence.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognition of the economic environment of the transport and logistics
2   Analyzing of transportation enviroment with the approach of economy
3   Learning and implementation of economic policies
4   Understanding of fundamentals for the economic analysis of transportation
5   Solving problems in the field of management, transportation management, management, sharing of written and oral solutions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Macro-and microeconomic subjects Economic Systems
2 Scarcity and Choice, Supply and Demand
3 Market Demand and Elasticity
4 Input Resolutions, Cost - Benefit Analysis
5 Output - Price Decisions
6 Market Structure
7 MIDTERM EXAMS
8 Market Structure
9 Income and Expenditure
10 Employment, Unemployment and Inflation
11 Fiscal Policy - Monetary Policy
12 International Trade and Comparative Advantage, Macro-and microeconomic subjects Economic Systems
13 Transportation Systems, components, and factors influencing the choice of transport mode.
14 Transportation Markets characteristics, Transportation unitize, standardization and integration

Recomended or Required Reading

To be announced.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.30 + STT * 0.40 + FIN* 0.30
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.30 + STT * 0.40 + BUT* 0.30

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

MSc level knowledge, skills and competencies in research, examination, critics, oral and written presentation of transportation economics will be assessed.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-posta: hakki.kisi@deu.edu.tr Tel: 3018832

Office Hours

Tuesday, 16.00 17.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Presentation 13 3 39
Practice 0
Preparation for Other Exams 0
Other (Please specify) 0
Weekly Preparations before and after the Course 12 6 72
Preparation for Midterm Exam 1 5 5
Preparation for Final Exam 1 10 10
Preparation of Project 1 15 15
Preparation of Presentation 1 5 5
Other Exams 0
Final Exam 1 2 2
Midterm Exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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