COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FISCAL POLICIES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MAL 5109 FISCAL POLICIES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Public Finance

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AHMET ÖZEN

Offered to

Public Finance

Course Objective

To internalize the EU Structure and its fiscal policies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to get knowledge about the EU structure
2   Be able to get knowledge about the European Monetary Union structure
3   Be able to get knowledge about the EU funds
4   Be able to get knowledge about the IPA (Insturments for Pre-Accession)
5   Be able to know the reason of EU crisis and fiscal consolidation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Establishment of European Union
2 European Union
3 European Monetary Union
4 Structural Funds in EU
5 EU Budget
6 EU and Instruments for Pre-Acccession (IPA)
7 Mid-term Exam
8 Mid-term Exam
9 EU and Debt Crisis
10 EU and Fiscal Consolidation
11 The EU' ınstruments for pre-acccession (IPA) for Turkey
12 Supporting Policies in EU
13 Instruments for Pre-Accession- Rural Development (IPA-RD)
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Sources: Avrupa Birliği, Rıdvan KARLUK, Beta Yayınevi, Istanbul 2011
Related Sources:
Uluslar arası Iktisadi Kuruluşlar, Prof. Dr. Nevzat GÜRAN, Prof. Dr. Ismail AKTÜRK,
Isparta, 2001,
Other Materials: related books, articles, reports and laws etc.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Student oriented, theoretical lectures and debates on practical events

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes are related to evaluation criteria

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Phone: 0(232) 301 02 79Dahili:10279, e-mail: ahmet.ozen@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

On Tuesday, 15:00 17:00; On Friday , 15:00 17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.11111
LO.211111
LO.311111
LO.411
LO.5111