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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS IKT 4028 HETERODOX ECONOMICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Economics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR TIMUÇIN YALÇINKAYA

Offered to

Economics Economics

Course Objective

To analyze the heterodox schools of economics, that criticize orthodox nature of the theoretical and applied knowledge taught at the department of economics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to earn practice and capability on criticizing economics in philosophical context. 2   To be able to understand the paradigms of the schools of economics, countervailing against the mainstream economics. 3   To be able to develop an interdisciplinary view for economics. 4   To be able to see the place of ideology in economics. 5   To be abe to understand the place and significance of culture in economics. 6   To be able to understand the perception towards human being in economics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 General structure of orthodox economics 2 Critiques of the paradigm and conceptions of orthodox economics 3 Philosophical and methodological view to economics 4 Main conceptions for heterodox economics 5 Radical political economy 6 Historical school of economic 7 Institutional economics 8 Midterm exam 9 Midterm exam 10 Behavioural economics 11 Evolutionary economics 12 Feminist economics 13 Post-Keynesian economics 14 Other heterodox schools of economics

Recomended or Required Reading

* Gülten Kazgan, Iktisadi Düşünce: Politik Iktisadın Evrimi, Dokuzuncu Basım, Remzi Kitabevi, Istanbul, 2000. * Mark Blaug, Iktisatta Yöntem, Çeviren: Levent Konyar, Eflatun Yayınevi, Ankara, 2009. * Ercan Eren ve Metin Sarfati (Editörler), Iktisatta Yeni Yaklaşımlar, Iletişim Yayınları, Istanbul, 2011. * Ömer Demir, Kurumcu Iktisat, Vadi Yayınları, Ankara, 1996. * Eyüp Özveren (Editör), Kurumsal Iktisat, Imge Kitabevi, Ankara, 2007.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

- Participation and discussion - Exams

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 12 3 36 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36 Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8 Preparation for final exam 1 10 10 Reading 1 16 16 Midterm 1 1 1 Final 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 108

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 LO.1 5 5 LO.2 5 3 3 LO.3 5 4 4 4 3 LO.4 3 4 5 LO.5 3 LO.6 3