COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AMERICAN ECONOMY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AKE 4043 AMERICAN ECONOMY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

American Culture and Literature

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

American Culture and Literature

Course Objective

To understand the capitalist economic model, we should look at the prior economic models such as mercantilism, physiocracy. To understand capitalism, we shoul also compare with Marxism.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand economic models that exists before capitalism
2   To understand capitalist model
3   To understand Marxist economic model
4   To compare capitalism with Marxist economic models
5   How money was founded and which phases were followed to become a key of the capitalist economic model

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Money, how money was created, different phases of money
2 What is interest, how it became the key of capitalism
3 Development of capitalism, venture capital, risk-taking
4 Mercantilism
5 Mercantilism
6 Physiocracy
7 Capitalism
8 Midterm Exam
9 Capitalism
10 Marxism
11 Marxism
12 Comparision of Capitalism with Marxism
13 Questions of Marxism
14 General Review

Recomended or Required Reading

Richard G. Lipsey, Peter O. Steiner, Economics, New York, A Harber International Edition, 1969.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Homework
2. Active participation in the classroom

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

1. Midterm
2. Homework
3. Participation in the classroom
4. Final

Assessment Criteria

At the end of this course, students should be taught the following points,
1. Economic models were taught
2. Capitalist economic was taught
3. To be able to compare the capitalism with Marxism
4. Subjects of micro economics such money, elasticity demand and supply were taught

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is must 70 %.
Students should read the assigned subjects from the textbook before attending the classroom.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Assis.Prof.Dr. Bülent Uğrasız

Office Hours

Students may contact with me on Monday 9.30-11.30 am

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Quiz 0 0 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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