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COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION
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| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| Course Objectives | |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Major Area Courses | X | |
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| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
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WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction and general description of the course materials | |
| 2 | Reasons of Economic Unions: Theoretical Perspectives | Eichenengreen, B. “A More Perfect Union? The Logic of Economic Integration.” Essays in International Finance. June 1996: No: 198: 132.Gould, D. M., Woodbridge, G. L., and Ruffin, R. J. “The Theory and Practice of Free Trade.” Economic Review (4)1993: 115 |
| 3 | NonEconomic Objectives of Economic Integrations | Bhagwati, J., and Srinivasan, T. N. “Optimal Intervention to Achieve NonEconomic Objectives.” The Review of Economic Studies 36(1), January 1969: 2738 |
| 4 | Theory of Economic Integrations and Foundations of the European UnionPartial Equilibrium ModelsGeneral Equilibrium Models | |
| 5 | Competition Policy in the EU | |
| 6 | Avrupa Birliği’nde Sanayi Politikası / Industrial Policy in the EU | |
| 7 | Common Agricultural Policy | |
| 8 | Monetary Policy in the EU | |
| 9 | Social, Economic and Political Structure of the EU Countries | Endrew Leake (1996), The European Union, Macmillian Press (Several Chapters)Boratav, K., Turel, O., and Yeldan, E. “ The Turkish Economy in 19811992: A Balance Sheet, Problems, and Prospects.” Middle East Technical University Studies in Development, 22(1995):136Baysan, T. “Some Economic Aspects of Turkey’s Accession to the EC: Resource shifts, Comparative Advantage, and Static Gains.” Journal of Common Market Studies 13(3), September 1984:1534.Boratav, K., Turel, O., and Yeldan, E. “Dilemmas of Structural Adjustment and Environmental Policies Under Instability: Post1980 Turkey.” World Development 24(1996):373393. |
| 10 | Customs Union and Turkey | Harrison, G. H., Rutherferd, T. F., and Tarr, D. G. “Economic Implications for Turkey of a Customs Union with the European Union.” European Economic Review 41(1997): 861 870.Harrison, G. H., Rutherferd, T. F., and Tarr, D. G. “Economic Implications for Turkey of a Customs Union with the European Union.” World Bank Policy Research Working Papers, n.1599, 1996. |
| 11 | Sectoral Impacts of the EU on Turkish Economy | Bekmez, S “Sectoral Impacts of Turkish Access into the European Union: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis” Eastern European Economics, MarchApril, 2002 Vol: 40 No: 2 pp: 5784Bekmez, S., and Kennedy, P. L., “A Computable General Equilibrium Model for the Organized and Marginal Labor Markets in Turkey” Southwestern Economic Review, Spring 2002, vol: 29 no: 1 pp: 97109. Bekmez, S. and Genc, I.H. “The Political Economy of TurkeyEuropean Union Relationship and Macroeconomic Impacts of the Full Membership” American Review of Political Economy, 2002 Vol:1 No:1 pp: 28 – 51Bekmez, S., and Kennedy, P. L., “Macroeconomic Implications of the European Integration on the Turkish Economy” Middle East Technical University, METU Studies in Development, 2001 Vol: 28, No: 34 pp: 263 279 |
| 12 | European Union General Policies“ | Avrupa Birligi Destek Programlari” Ege University, Science, Technology and Research Center Publications. Publication number: 5, 2001. |
| 13 | Projections on Future Relationship Between the EU and Turkey | |
| 14 | The European Union and the Developing World | |
| 15 | General Discussions on the EU | |
| 16 | Review of the Semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Frank McDonald and Stephen Dearden (Ed.), 2005), European Economic Integration, 4th edition, Prince Hall, Pearson Educated Limited, Englandii) Hillary Ingham and Mike Ingham (2002), EU Expansion to the East: Prospects and Problems, Edward Elgar Pressiii) Kirsten Appendini and Sven Bislew (1999), Economic Integration in the NAFTA and the EU, Macmillian Press. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Selahattin BEKMEZ, (Ed.), (2008), Avrupa BirliğiTürkiye Sektörel Rekabet Analizleri, Nobel Press, Ankara Turgay Uzun and Serap Özen (2004) Avrupa Birliği Sürecinde Türkiye, Seçkin Press.ii) Muhsin Kar and Harun Arıkan (2004) Avrupa Birliği Ortak Politikalar ve Türkiye: Beta Press |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 4 | 10 |
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 5 |
| Project | 1 | 20 |
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 2 | 40 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 25 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 75 | |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 25 | |
| Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
| 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 | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 4 | 3 | |
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 10 | |
| Project | 1 | 20 | |
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 2 | 15 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 30 | |
| Total | 150 |
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To have a sound knowledge of the quantitative and qualitative methods that will help to examine the premises of different theories for an applied subject so that a contribution to solving current economic problems can be made. | X | ||||
| 2 | To have the experience of writing, using software, and doing presentations in the newspapers, magazines, meetings, panels, and in equivalent virtual platforms (internet), in order to share their accumulated knowledge and problem solving ability acquired during their education. | X | ||||
| 3 | To be able to participate in academic, professional, regional, and global networks and to utilize these networks efficiently. | X | ||||
| 4 | To have adequate social responsibility and awareness with regards to the needs of the society and to have sufficient experience and qualifications to organize and support the activities to influence the social dynamics in line with the social goals. | X | ||||
| 5 | To be able to integrate the knowledge and training acquired during the university education with personal and work experience and produce a synthesis of knowledge she requires. | |||||
| 6 | To have the ability to evaluate his/her advance (post graduate) level educational needs and do necessary planning to fulfill those needs through the acquired capability to think analytically and critically. | X | ||||
| 7 | To have sufficient practical and theoretical knowledge base in order to define the economic agents and their interaction both in the national and global level, to process economic data and to implement scientific research for development of economic policies. | X | ||||
| 8 | Keeping in mind that economics is a social science, to have the skills to integrate social dynamics into economic process both as an input and an output and to be open to theoretical innovations in this direction. | |||||
| 9 | To associate accumulated knowledge acquired during the university education with historical and cultural qualities of the society and to convey it to different groups. | |||||
| 10 | To be able to follow knowledge and change in economics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language. | X | ||||
| 11 | To possess social, scientific and ethical values at the data collection, interpretation and dissemination stages of economic analysis. | |||||
| 12 | To have advanced level of speaking and writing skills of a second foreign language to support continuation of post graduate professional and individual development | |||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest