COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IKT 5130 ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Economics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ISMAIL MAZGIT

Offered to

Economics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to examine the information society and the basic features of information economics in this social restructure and present social structure of Turkey and transition policies to information economics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to learn multiple, organic and integrated restructure of system, structure and process of social problems in the context of system analysis based on social entirety.
2   To be able to learn organic cumultaive netwotk interaction and interaction relationships in the entirety of society.
3   To be able to learn the basic features of information economics and its effects on the science of economics.
4   To be able to learn the production of information in the information society, the use of information and economic effects and the reasons of the differences of development between countries.
5   To be able to analyze the social structure of Turkey and to learn the necessary policies for the transition to information society.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Knowledge and the types of knowledge.
2 The transformation from agricultural society to industrial society.
3 The transformation from industrial society to knowledge society: transition from Newtongil paradigma to Quantum paradigma.
4 Knowledge society and the condition make it occurs.
5 The parameters of knowledge society and comparisons between countries and country cases.
6 The structure of knowledge society and fundamental features of it.
7 The effects of knowledge society on the sub-areas of social entirety
8 Knowledge society and its features, indicator of knowledge society, comparisons between countries.
9 Production process of knowledge and intellectual capital.
10 Production process of knowledge and intellectual capital.
11 The effects of knowledge economics on macro economics: employment, growth, income distribution, price stability, external equilibrum
12 The effects of knowledge economics on micro economics: firm structure, entrepreneurship, market structure, consumption, effects on production.
13 The effects of knowledge economics on economic policy
14 Present social structure of Turkey and transition policy to knowledge society.

Recomended or Required Reading

Main References:
Hüsnü Erkan, Bilgi Toplumu ve Ekonomik Gelişme
Yardımcı kaynaklar:
Don Tapscott, Dijital Ekonomi
Chris Freeman, Luc Soete, Yenilik Iktisadı
Hüsnü Erkan, Bilgi Uygarlığı Için Yeniden Yapılanma
Cihan Dura, Hayriye Atik, Bilgi Toplumu Bilgi ekonomisi ve Türkiye

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught by using analytical and schematic materials that uses verbal and numerical datas.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

A written document containing the above-mentioned learning outcomes and presentations, the course through oral discussions, practical evaluation of the results discussed within the group.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

selim.sanlisoy@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Giving the Lecture 13 3 39
Preperation for the mid exam 1 20 20
Preperation for the final exam 1 20 20
Preperation of essay 1 10 10
Before/After Lecture Preperation Process 13 3 39
Final Exam 1 3 3
Mid Exam 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 134

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.144253
LO.245
LO.332344
LO.44244
LO.52325

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