COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
UBY 2004 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Seferihisar Fevziye Hepkon School of Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR MUSTAFA ÜNÜVAR

Offered to

International Trade

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to provide students an understanding of basic concepts regarding international economic relations

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Demonstrate understanding of the causes, patterns and consequences of international trade according to various trade models.
2   Identify the methods of government intervention into international trade by studying diversified trade policies and the rational for these policies in order to evaluate their effects on domestic and world welfare.
3   Demonstrate the ability to conduct simple partial equilibrium analyses of trade policy tools with diagrams.
4   Demostrate an understanding of balance of payments.
5   Demonstrate understanding of how exchange rates are determined within different institutional settings for monetary policy.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Global Economy
2 Comparative Advantage
3 The Standard Trade Model
4 Heckscher - Ohlin and Other Trade Theories
5 Heckscher - Ohlin and Other Trade Theories
6 Trade Restrictions: Tariffs
7 Mid-term exam
8 Mid-term exam
9 Nontariff Trade Barriers
10 Economic Integration
11 International Resource Movements and Multinational Corporations
12 Balance of Payments
13 The Foreign Exchange Market and Exchange Rates
14 The Foreign Exchange Market and Exchange Rates
15 Final exam
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Acar, M. Sadık, Uluslararası Reel Ticaret: Teori, Politika, DEÜ Yayınlar, Izmir 2004.
Ünsal, Erdal, Uluslararası Iktisat, Açık Makro Iktisat, Teori ve Politika, Imaj Yay. 2005.
Seyidoglu, Halil, Uluslararası Iktisat, Teori, Politika ve Uygulama, Güzem Yayınları.
Karluk, Rıdvan, Uluslararası Ekonomi, Teori, Politika, Sistem Kurumlar, Meta Yayın, 2009.
Seymen, Dilek, Türkiye'nin Dış Ticaret Yapısı ve Rekabet Gücü, DEÜ Yayını, Izmir 2009.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Skill in analysis, synthesis and critical thinking; skill in problem solving; skill in application via midterm and final exams

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 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 84

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.5555

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