COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MLY 3006 LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Public Finance

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUSTAFA SAKAL

Offered to

Public Finance (Evening)
Public Finance

Course Objective

The course provides an overview of definition to the Local Government concept both in Turkey and around the World in fiancial aspect and to have a look for the developments in this field.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Defining the concept of Local Government
2   Comparing foreign Local Government with Turkey's system
3   Defining the development in the field of Local governments in Turkey
4   Defining the failures that arise in practice
5   Explaining resource allocation among administrations
6   Expressing the Local Government implementations in the world in general.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basis of existance for local governments
2 Regulations of Relations among administrations
3 Local Governments around the world
4 Special Provincial Administrations
5 Municipalities in Turkey
6 The fact of urbanization and Metropolitan Municipalities
7 Villages in Turkey
8 Midterm exam
9 Midterm exam
10 Restructure of Local Governments
11 Local Governments in EU
12 Local Governments and Privatization
13 Local Governments and Democracy
14 Local Governments and Development

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Book;
Ahmet Ulusoy-Tekin Akdemir Mahalli Idareler(Teori Uygulama Maliye) Seçkin Kitabevi, Ankara 2009,
References;
Mustafa Sakal-Metin Meriç; Mahalli Idareler ve Finansmanı, 3. Baskı, Izmir 2005.
Kamil Mutluer Erdoğan Öner; Teoride ve Uygulamada Mahalli Idareler Maliyesi, Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayın No273, 1. Baski, Istanbul 2009.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE MTEG * 1
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 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)

mustafa.sakal@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Day: Tuesday, Hours: 12:00 - 13:00 Room Number: 522

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparation for midterm exam 1 9 9
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 119

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