COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ECONOMIC HISTORY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 5068 ECONOMIC HISTORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR GÜLSÜM TÜTÜNCÜ UĞURLUBAY

Offered to

History

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to give an information about to historical process of economic development from antiquity to the 20th. century and grasp the historical connection points.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn economic factors from anctiquity to 20th. Century.
2   To comprehend the Industrial Revolution by evaluating the effects of agricultural and commercial revolutions.
3   The student learns and recognizes the subject resources.
4   To comprehend the connections of today's political system within the framework of political economy.
5   The student can use these learning through the work life.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Economic relations in antiquity, the importance of the Mediterranean Presentation
2 Rome's economic power and system Presentation
3 Trade Routes and Effects Presentation
4 Feudalism and Economy in Medieval Europe Presentation
5 Central Kingdoms and Economic Positions of the East in the Middle Ages Presentation
6 Geographical Discoveries and Effects, Mercantilism Presentation
7 The World's economic growth and Its Economic Effects Presentation
8 Midterm
9 Fundamentals of Modern Economic Institutions I Presentation
10 Fundamentals of Modern Economic Institutions II Presentation
11 Industrial Revolution and Competition Presentation
12 Economic Effects of Imperialism Presentation
13 The New Economic World After the First World War Presentation
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Eric Hobsbawm, Sermaye Çağı, Dost Kitabevi, Istanbul, 2017.
Eric Hobsbawm, Devrim Çağı, Dost Kitabevi, Istanbul, 2016.
Ivan Berend, Yirminci Yüzyıl Avrupa Iktisat Tarihi, Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Istanbul, 2015.
Lenard Berlanstein, The Industrial Revolution and Work In Nineteenth Century Europe, Routledge, 1992.
Robert Allen, The British Industrial Revolution In Global Perspective, Cambridge University Press, London, 2009.
Peter Brown, The World of late Antiquity, London 1971.
W.T. Treadgold, A History of the Byzantine State and Society, Stanford 1997.
A.H.M.Jones, The Later Roman empire: A Social, Economic and Administrative Survey, 3 cilt, Oxford 1964.
M.F.Hendy, Studies in the Byzantine Monetary Economy c.300-1450, Cambridge 1985.
R.Cormark, Writing in Gold: Byzantine Society and its Icons, Oxford 1985.
Averil Cameron, The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity, AD 395-600, 1993
Hugh Kennnedy, "From Polis to Madina: urban change in late Antique and early Islamic Syria", Past and Present 106 (1985:3-27).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture+ presentations

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 * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-2: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term examinations.
2. LO 4: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term project.
3. LO 3-5: This will be evaluated through the performance in the final examinations.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

will be announced at the beginning of the semester

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

+90 232 301 94 08 tutuncugulsum@gmail.com

Office Hours

will be announced at the beginning of the semester

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 141

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.134
LO.25
LO.355
LO.454
LO.533