COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WORLD ECONOMY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IKT 4020 WORLD ECONOMY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Economics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR AHMET AYDIN ARI

Offered to

Economics (Evening)
Economics

Course Objective

The aim of the lecture is to provide tools that will enable students to understand and explain developments in the global political economy. Students will gain a thorough understanding of recent developments as well as the history of globalization.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the developments in the world economy with historical dimensions
2   To be able to question the international political economy, its development and problems, its definition, to be able to follow and interpret the main debates
3   To be able to analyze center-periphery, north-south relations, to be able to evaluate poverty, inequality and environmental problems
4   To be able to evaluate globalization, its historical development, the stage it has reached and its consequences
5   To be able to evaluate the global financial system and its problems
6   To be able to evaluate the world with an open and critical perspective through the interaction of economics, politics and political economy

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction, scope, concepts, discussions
2 Global political economy theories
3 International political economy and its methods
4 Shaping the world economy: 1400-1800
5 Industry, empire and war: 1800-1945
6 A growing global economy: 1945-present
7 International trade
8 Transnational production
9 The global financial system
10 Global division of labor
11 Economic development
12 Global environmental change and gender
13 Ideas, knowledge and technology
14 Global political governance and security

Recomended or Required Reading

Robert O'Brien ve Marc Williams (2021), Küresel Politik Ekonomi: Gelişimi ve Dinamiği, Çev. Ed. Harun Öztürkler, Ankara: Orion Yayınevi.
Robert O'Brien & Marc Williams (2016), Global Political Economy: Evolution and Dynamics, 5th Ed., London: Palgrave.
David N. Balaam ve Bradford Dillman (2023), Uluslararası Ekonomi Politiğe Giriş, Çev. Nasuh Uslu, Ankara: Adres Yay.
A. Cafruny, L.S. Talani & G.P. Martin (Eds.) (2016), The Palgrave Handbook of Critical International Political Economy, London: Palgrave.
John Ravenhill (Ed.) (2017), Global Political Economy, 5th Ed., New York: Oxford University Press.
Faruk Yalvaç, Yelda Erçandırlı (Der.) (2021), Eleştirel Uluslararası Politik Ekonomi-1 Kuram ve Sorunlar, Ankara: Nika Yay.
Faruk Yalvaç, Yelda Erçandırlı (Der.) (2022), Eleştirel Uluslararası Politik Ekonomi 2: Bölgesel Dinamikler, Ankara: Nika Yay.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist list=PLuKbvcvtOaso4WH98W8n8K8lja0OmLJkY

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

In addition to traditional lectures, the course will continue with the presentation of statistics and case reports, and will be completed with homework assignments aimed at presenting book summaries, statistics and case studies related to the field.

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


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)

aydin.ari@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

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 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Others 1 8 8
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.1111
LO.2111
LO.31111
LO.4111
LO.511
LO.6111

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