COURSE UNIT TITLE

: REGIONAL ECONOMICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IKT 4017 REGIONAL ECONOMICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Economics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AYÇIL YÜCER ARIKAN

Offered to

Economics (Evening)
Economics

Course Objective

Explaining the real analyzis of economic events and processes to "real" economic phenomena, rather than macro-economic development, began to the local economic development the inclusion of the size of space to the economic analysis.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the transition from point economies to space economies
2   To be able to explain concept of region and types, the reasons regional disparities
3   To be able to explain external economies, regional development theories, the elements of infrastructure in regional development.
4   To be able to analyze the effects and processes of the interaction of infrastructure and superstructure in the size of space
5   To be able to analyze the new configuration of the network economy and the knowledge society, new development approaches in knowledge society and the problems of the configuration and operation to information cities.
6   To be able to explain and remove the results regional development agencies and regional economic policies
7   To be able to assess the problems of regional development and regional development policies in Türkiye.
8   To be able to apply economic thinking and analysis to local-spatial phenomena

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Transition from Point economy to space economies and theories of plant location
2 Regional Concept and Types, Causes of Regional Difference. external economies
3 Theories of regional development
4 Elements of infrastructure in regional development
5 The effects and processes of the interaction of infrastructure and superstructure in the size of space
6 The new configuration of the network economy and the knowledge society
7 New approaches of development to the network economy
8 Midterm Exam
9 Midterm Exam
10 Information cities
11 Technoparks in Information cities
12 Regional development agencies
13 Regional economic policy
14 Regional development issues and regional development policies in Türkiye

Recomended or Required Reading

Chris Freeman, Luc Soete, Yenilik Iktisadı, TÜBITAK
Erkan H., C. Erkan, Ekonomide Sosyal Demokrat Alternatif, Altın Kitaplar, Istanbul, 1989.
Erkan H., R. Tatlıdil, Serbest Bölgelerde Uygulanacak Teşvik Tedbirlerinin Sektörlere Katkıları Yönünden Değerlendirilmesi, TOBB, Ankara, 1990.
Erkan H., vd., Ege Bölgesi Sanayi Sektörünün Yapısı ve Gelişme Potansiyeli, ESIAD, 1994.
Erkan H. v.d., Türkiye Için Çözümsüzlükten Çıkış Stratejisi: Toplumsal Sorunlara Entegre Sistemler Yaklaşımı, (TOPSES )Cilt 1, EGIAD, Izmir, 1996.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught by lecturer which is resposible for the course to the classical method and also participants will do research and participate in discussions on the subject.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE STT * 0.20 + MTE * 0.80
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** 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
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Reading 12 2 24
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 116

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.5111
LO.611
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