COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GROWTH THEORY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSH 0079 GROWTH THEORY 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 examine economic growth and development policies and to improve their ability to analyze theoretical approaches and applications of growth and development.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students can compare the theoretical approaches to economic growth and development
2   Students will be able to learn factors affecting economic growth and development
3   Students will be able to analyze countries with different levels of development within the framework of the model
4   Students will be able to suggest solutions to the growth and development problems of the countries

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concept of economic growth
2 Neo Classical growth theory Solow-Swan growth model
3 Keynesian growth theory Horrod-Domar model
4 Growth process of adaptation
5 Experiential approaches of Neo-Classical model
6 Multi-sectoral growth model, Uzawa model
7 Mid-Term Exam
8 Ramsey approach
9 Types of internal growth theories
10 Romer model and Romer's new approaches
11 Public sector and growth in new growth models
12 Fundamentals of finance and growth and growth
13 Crisis processes and growth strategies
14 Crisis processes and growth strategies
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Erinç Yeldan (2010) Iktisadi Büyüme ve Bölüşüm Teorileri, Istanbul: Efil Yayınları

Supplementary Book(s):
1) Erdal M. ÜNSAL, Iktisadi Büyüme, Imaj Yayınevi, Ankara, 2007
2) Ilker Parasız (1997), Modern Büyüme Teorileri

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 midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 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