Course Name | Trade and Finance in EU |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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ITF 402 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | The objective of this course is to assess and evaluate developments and the contribution of EU to the growing and globalizing world economy, to contribute to the student’s understanding of the developments of the EU economy with special emphasis on trade and finance. The course will lay the foundations to the students to follow and analyze the current economic developments of the EU countries and their trade and financial relations to the other emerging and developed economies. The integration process and the current economic, social and political situations will be addressed. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | To lay the foundation, modes of regional economic integration, monetary integration, the history and reasons behind the economic and monetary integration of Europe will be discussed and EU’s economic relationship with other countries and Turkey will be analyzed.The financial structure of EU, especially EURO, and financial institutions such as Central Bank of Europe, and European Stability Mechanism will be covered.In the second half of the semester,the students will prepare and present a group project involving the economic situation of an EU country with special emphasis on trade and finance. |
Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
| Core Courses | X |
Major Area Courses | ||
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Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction: Debt Crisis in EU- 2011-2012 Revisited | |
2 | Modes of Regional Economic Integration and the European Economic and Monetary Union | David N. Balaam and Michael Veseth. “The European Union: The Economics and Politics of Integration” in Introduction to Political Economy, Second Edition, 2001. p. 231-251Hitiris, Chp. 1 |
3 | Optimum Currency Areas | DeGrauwe. Chp. 1 & 2 Baldwin and Wyplosz, Chp. 11 |
4 | Costs and Benefits of a Common Currency | DeGrauwe, Chp. 3 & 4 |
5 | European Central Bank and the Turkish Central Bank European Financial Stability Fund | DeGrauwe, Chp. 8 Caner Bakır, Merkezdeki Banka: Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası ve Uluslararası Bir Karşılaştırma. İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2007. EU Website and pertinent articles |
6 | Fiscal Policy and the Stability and Growth Pact | Baldwin and Wyplosz. Chp. 18 DeGrauwe, Chp. 10 |
7 | Midterm Exam | |
8 | External Trade Policy in EU | Hitiris, Chp. 8, Baldwin and Wyplosz, Chp. 15 Nello, Chp. 18-19,McDonald and Dearden, Chp12. |
9 | Trade within EU | EUROSTAT Statistics Pertinent Articles |
10 | Trade with non EU Countries EU Trade with Turkey | EUROSTAT Statistics T.C. Ekonomi Bakanligi Foreign Trade Statistics and Reports Pertinent Articles |
11 | Country Report Presentation | |
12 | Country Report Presentation | |
13 | Country Report Presentation | |
14 | Country Report Presentation | |
15 | Review of the Semester | |
16 | Review of the Semester |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Powerpoint presentations, daily news |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Newspapers of National and international broadcast news, the economic and financial data bases |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 14 | 10 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 1 | 10 |
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | ||
Presentation / Jury | ||
Project | 1 | 25 |
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 1 | 30 |
Final Exam | 1 | 25 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 70 | |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 30 | |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 2 | 32 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | 1 | ||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | |||
Presentation / Jury | 8 | ||
Project | 1 | 15 | |
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 1 | 14 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 18 | |
Total | 127 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to identify and analyze problems in the field of trade and finance, and to develop solutions. | X | ||||
2 | To be able to use the theoretical and practical knowledge gained in the field of International Trade and Finance. | X | ||||
3 | To be able to analyze the developments in global markets by using critical thinking skills. | X | ||||
4 | To be able to analyze and interpret data in the field of finance, commerce and economics by using information technologies effectively. | X | ||||
5 | To be able to acquire knowledge about the legal regulations and practices in the field. | X | ||||
6 | To be able to foresee and define the risks that could be encountered in the field of trade and finance and to take decisions to manage such risks. | X | ||||
7 | To be able to acquire and use verbal and numerical skills necessary for the nature of the International Trade and Finance program. | X | ||||
8 | To be able to obtain, synthesize and report the information related to the fields of trade and finance. | X | ||||
9 | To be able to contribute to the solution of problems as individual, team member or leader. | |||||
10 | To be able to evaluate the issues related to the field with an ethical perspective and social sensitivity. | |||||
11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of International Trade and Finance and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to their field of expertise. |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest