COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WORLD ECONOMY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSH 0078 WORLD ECONOMY 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 learn about developments and globalization process in world economy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students may have knowledge about economic globalization process
2   Students will be able to examine the various regional economic integration and effects seen in the world
3   Students will be able to examine the differences between underdeveloped and developed countries
4   Students will be able to understand the rationale of the mechanisms on which the whole process of world economy is based

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General view of world economy, concept of globalization and economic globalization
2 2. Developments in the world economy after World War II, international economic organizations
3 Globalization of production and multinational companies
4 World trade liberalization and world trade organization
5 Globalization of international money and capital markets
6 International capital movements and foreign direct investments
7 Mid-Term Exam
8 International technology transfer and labor movements
9 Recent economic developments in developed countries (USA, EU and Japan)
10 Recent economic developments in emerging market economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa)
11 Economic integration and its effects
12 Examples of European Union and other economic integration in the world
13 The place and importance of Turkey in the world economy
14 The place and importance of Turkey in the world economy
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Ilker Parasız, Ufuk Başoğlu, Nalan Ölmezoğulları, (2001),"Dünya Ekonomisi" Ezgi Kitabevi, Bursa

Supplementary Book(s):
Ted Walther, 2002, "Dünya Ekonomisi", Çeviren. Ünal Çağlar, Alfa Basım Yayım Dağıtım, Istanbul

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

To be announced

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

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LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45