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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
MSH 0077	REGIONAL ECONOMICS	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	3

Offered By

Efes Vocational School

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR HAKAN SÖNMEZ

Offered to

Catering Services Programme
Cultural Heritage and Tourism
Tourism and Hotel Management
Civil Aviation Transportation Management
Food Technology

Course Objective

To inform about the dynamics of economic development of different types of regions in the light of mainstream theories of regional economics and regional development; In the face of increasing regional disparities, to understand the transformation in regional politics parallel to the theoretical developments and to introduce the areas of intervention and tools of regional development.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Students will be able to demonstrate the importance and importance of regional economics in economic literature
2	Students will be able to classify various intervention areas and tools according to their role in regional development
3	Students will be able to critically evaluate the applied regional development policies
4	Students will be able to compare regional policies in Turkey and in the European Union at different times
5	Students can suggest policy alternatives to reduce regional disparities and transform territories into competitive units

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Spatial analysis of economic development
2	In the underground distribution of economic activities, transportation expenditures and external economies
3	Organized industrial zones and location factors
4	Economic space and the concept of three regions
5	Reasons for regional imbalance
6	Benefits and benefits of regional imbalance
7	Mid-Term Exam
8	Reasons for the emergence of regional differences in Turkey
9	Policies for the development and reduction of regional differences in development as planned in Turkey
10	Policies to reduce regional development differences in planned periods in Turkey
11	Policies and objectives to reduce regional development differentials
12	Policies to reduce regional differences and Turkey
13	The theory of development poles and the creation of artificial development poles, new industrial foci and anatolian tigers
14	The theory of development poles and the creation of artificial development poles, new industrial foci and anatolian tigers
15	Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Dinler, Zeynel (2013), Bölgesel Iktisat, Ekin Basım Yayın, Bursa

Supplementary Book(s):
Gündüz, Ali Yılmaz (2013), Bölgesel Kalkınma Politikası, Ekin Basım Yayın, Bursa

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing and preparing to subjects

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	FIN	FINAL EXAM
3	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Lecturing and preparing to subjects

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	12	3	36
Preparation for final exam	1	12	12
Preparation for midterm exam	1	12	12
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			64

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11
LO.1											5
LO.2											5
LO.3											5
LO.4											5
LO.5											5

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Description of Individual Course Units

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Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

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Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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