Course Name | Cultural Economics |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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ECON 450 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | ||||||
Course Coordinator | ||||||
Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | This course aims to apply economic analysis to the heritage, performing arts and other creative arts through investigating the behaviours of producers, consumers, government and private sector in cultural industries. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | Size of cultural industries, the microeconomics of demand and supply, public policy towards the arts and culture, the relationship between culture, economy and society |
| Core Courses | |
Major Area Courses | X | |
Supportive Courses | ||
Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction | Chapter 1 |
2 | An overview of the arts sector | Chapter 2 |
3 | Growth of the arts sector. | Chapter 3 |
4 | Consumer demand in arts sector | Chapter 4 |
5 | The characteristics of arts demand and their policy implications | Chapter 5 |
6 | Production in the performing arts | Chapter 6 |
7 | Firms and markets in the performing arts | Chapter 7 |
8 | Productivity lag and financial problem of the arts | Chapter 8 |
9 | Midterm Exam | |
10 | Should government subsidize the arts? | Chapter 11 |
11 | Public and/or private support for the arts in the United States and Canada. | Chapter 12 |
12 | Public and/or private support for the arts in the Western Europe. | Chapter 12 |
13 | Direct public support for the arts in Turkey. | |
14 | The arts as a profession: Education, training and employment. | Chapter 14 |
15 | The role of the arts in a local economy. | Chapter 15 |
16 | Review of the Semester |
Course Notes/Textbooks | The Economics of Art and Culture, 2nd Edition by James Heilbrun and Charles M. Gray (2001). |
Suggested Readings/Materials |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 15 | 10 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 30 |
Presentation / Jury | ||
Project | ||
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 1 | 30 |
Final Exam | 1 | 30 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 18 | 70 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 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 | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | 1 | 10 | |
Presentation / Jury | |||
Project | 1 | 20 | |
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 1 | 15 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 25 | |
Total | 150 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to acquire a sound knowledge of fundamental concepts, theories, principles and methods of investigation specific to the economic field. | X | ||||
2 | To be able to apply adequate mathematical, econometric, statistical and data analysis models to process economic data and to implement scientific research for development of economic policies. | X | ||||
3 | To be able to participate in academic, professional, regional, and global networks and to utilize these networks efficiently. | X | ||||
4 | To be able to have adequate social responsibility with regards to the needs of the society and to organize the activities to influence social dynamics in line with social goals. | X | ||||
5 | To be able to integrate the knowledge and training acquired during the university education with personal education and produce a synthesis of knowledge one requires. | X | ||||
6 | To be able to evaluate his/her advance level educational needs and do necessary planning to fulfill those needs through the acquired capability to think analytically and critically. | X | ||||
7 | To be able to acquire necessary skills to integrate social dynamics into economic process both as an input and an output. | X | ||||
8 | To be able to link accumulated knowledge acquired during the university education with historical and cultural qualities of the society and be able to convey it to different strata of society. | X | ||||
9 | To be able to take the responsibility as an individual and as a team member. | X | ||||
10 | To be able to attain social, scientific and ethical values at the data collection, interpretation and dissemination stages of economic analysis. | X | ||||
11 | To be able to collect data in economics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1) | X | ||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | X | ||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to their field of economics. |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest