COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PROFESSIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IKT 3067 PROFESSIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Economics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Economics
Economics

Course Objective

This course provides students to follow English literature about economic growth, development, foreign trade and economic crisis which are the main problems of economy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to do main readings about economic growth and development theories in English
2   To be able to read and understand English literature about foreign trade theory
3   To be able to do main readings about international trade theory in English
4   To be able to learn fundamenal English concepts about economic integration theory
5   To be able to understand English papers about international financial markets and crisis

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Fundamental concepts about growth theories
2 Comparisons between Neoclassical and Endogenous growth theories
3 Fundamental concepts about development theory
4 Fundamental concepts about foreign trade
5 Fundamental concepts about international trade theories
6 Classical and Neoclassical trate theories
7 New international trade theories
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Mid-Term Exam
10 Fundamental concepts about economic integration theory
11 Fundamental concepts about international economic organizations
12 Relationship between European Union and Turkey
13 Important world economic crisis and their effects
14 Current economic developments about Turkish economy

Recomended or Required Reading

Baldwin, Richard and Charles Wyplosz (2012). The Economics of European Integration. 4th Edition. MaGraw Hill Higher Education.
Barro, J. Barro and Xavier Sala-i-Martin(1995). Economic Growth. McGraw-Hill.
Bhagwati, Jagdish N. (1988). Writings on International Economics. Oxford University Press.
Krugman, Paul R. and Maurice Obstfeld (1991). International Economics, Theory and Policy. Second Edition. Harper Collins.
Todaro, Michael P. and Stephen C. Smith (2012). Economic Development. 11th Editon. Pearson.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course is designed on a lecture and case/issue dscussion basis.

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

Turkish

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 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Reading 2 10 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 122

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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