COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMIC HISTORY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ESH 0003 INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMIC HISTORY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Faculty Of Letters

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR ISMAIL YAVUZ BÜLENT UĞRASIZ

Offered to

Archeology
Museology
.
Translation and Interpreting
.
Turkish Language and Literature
Translation and Interpreting(Turkish-German-English)
Psychology
Archeology
Comparative Literature
Sociology
Sociology
Philosophy
Linguistics
History
Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)
History
Comparative Literature

Course Objective

In economic history, there are different periods. To understand the existing contemporary period, we should know past periods. To understand the existing capitalist system we should know 16. centuary's economic system which was mercantilism. After mercantilism, there was the period of physiocracy and then we will examine the theory of Adam Smith. To understand the critique of capitalism, we should be aware of the theory of karl Marx. In this course, we will analyze the characteristics of mercantilism, physiocracy, capitalism, marxism.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn different economic models before capitalism.
2   To learn capitalist economic system
3   To learn marxist economic model
4   to learn the comparision of capitalism and marxism
5   To learn the history of money and interest, how interset becomes the key element of the capitalist system.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Money, how money invented, different periods of money in the history
2 How interest becomes the factor of capitalism
3 To develop the capitalist system, how risk venture capital is used.
4 Mercantilism
5 Mercantilism
6 Physiocracy
7 Adam Smith
8 Mid term
9 Adam Smith
10 Karl Marx and his theory
11 Karl marx and his theory
12 The comparison of capitalism and marxism
13 The questions of Marxist model
14 general review

Recomended or Required Reading

Richard G. Lipsey, Peter O. Steiner. Economics, New York, A Harper International Edition, 1969.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + PAR * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Term paper
Active participation in the classroom

Assessment Criteria

Midterm
Term paper
Active participation in the class
Final

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Midterm
Term paper
Active participation in the class
Final

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assis.Prof.Dr. Bülent Uğrasız
Room: A/111

Office Hours

Tuesday 9.30-11.30 am

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 112

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.13355
LO.23355
LO.33355
LO.43355
LO.53355

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