COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AIR TRANSPORT ECONOMICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSH 0067 AIR TRANSPORT ECONOMICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Efes Vocational School

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

HAKAN SÖNMEZ

Offered to

Catering Services Programme
Tourism and Hotel Management
Civil Aviation Management

Course Objective

To examines the structure, organization and function of the transportation sector by using economic methods.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to learn the concepts and scope of the transportation economy, its importance in the country and world economies
2   Students will learn general world politics about transport economics
3   The students will be able to learn the principles and methods of price determination in transportation economics
4   Students will learn that each type of transport (road, air, rail, sea, combined)
5   Students will have an idea about the historical development of transportation policies and the current situation in the Turkish economy

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concepts of transportation economics, historical development
2 Transportation economy politics, elements
3 Alternative modes of transport economy
4 Characteristics of the transportation economy market
5 Types of transportation economy pricing
6 Cost problem in transportation economy, investments
7 Mid-Term Exam
8 The road transport economy in Turkey
9 The railway transportation economy in Turkey
10 The marine transportation economy in Turkey
11 The airline transportation economy in Turkey
12 Communication and communication economics policies in Turkey
13 Policies of transportation economies in Turkey
14 Policies of transportation economies in Turkey
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Cem Saatçioğlu, Ulaştırma Ekonomisi, Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara 2011.

Supplementary Book(s):
Süleyman Barda, Ulaştırma Ekonomisi, Menteş Kitabevi, Istanbul 1982.
TC Kalkınma Bakanlığı, Özel Ihtisas Komisyonu Raporları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing and preparing to subjects

Assessment Methods

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


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

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
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 64

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.31
LO.41
LO.51