COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES OF THE EU

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ERA 4922 ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES OF THE EU ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Economics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR UTKU UTKULU

Offered to

Economics
Economics

Course Objective

To be able to analyze essential theoretical base of the economic integrations such as customs union, free trade area and monetary union.
To be able to define the workings of the EMU in specific (not only in theory but also in practice) and also gains and loses.
To be able to interpret the principles of a single market, and static and dynamic effects of economic integrations (also with in the context of Turkey and the EU relations).
To be able to research current issues and trends using variety of sources and data.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain basic concepts of economic integration
2   To be able to explain the economic effects of the Customs Union
3   To be able to evaluating the economic efffects of the Customs Union on the Turkish economy
4   To be able to evaluating asic knowledge for the other economic integrations in the world.
5   To be able to evaluate the relations with existing monetary unions and their effects on Turkish economy
6   To be able to analyze the Turkey-EU relations and negotiation process from an historical perspective

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

HAZIRLIK - FOREIGN LANGUAGE PREPARATION CLASS

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 International Economic Theory and Economic Integration: Introduction
2 International Economic Theory and Economic Integration: Basic concepts and Framework
3 The Theory of Economic Integration: Introduction
4 The Theory of Economic Integration: Economic Effects of the Customs Union (CU)
5 Static Effects of the CU
6 Dynamic Effects of the CU
7 The Economic Effects of the CU on the Turkish Economy: An evaluation
8 Mid-term Exam
9 Mid-term Exam
10 Monetary Union: Introduction
11 Optimum Currency Area
12 Europen Monetary Union (EMU)
13 EMU and Turkey
14 Other Economic Integrations in the World such as EFTA and NAFTA General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Ali M. El-Agraa (1994), The Economics of the European Community, 4th Ed. Harvester Wheatsheaf Press.
Helen Wallace, William Wallace and Carole Webb (ed.) (2000), Policy-making in the EU, Oxford.
Blanchard, O. (2004) The Economic Future of Europe, MIT, Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, 2004/4, Feb. 2004.
Canan Balkır ve Allen Williams (ed.)(1993), Turkey and Europe, Pinter Publishers, London.
McDonald, F. And S. Dearden, European Economic Integration, Longmans. 3rd ed.
Utkulu, Utku "Turkey's Competitiveness in the EU Market: A Comparison of Different Trade Measures", European Trade Study Group (ETSG) 9th Annual Conference 2007, 13-15 September 2007, Athens (together with Dilek Seymen and Nevzat Şimşek)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course consists of lecturing, role plays, class discussions, weekly homeworks, and academic essay / project (written). In this context, the students will develop effective processes to manage a project and work within a team to assess an issue or process.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Field study 7 2 14
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 108

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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