COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSH 0075 ECONOMICS OF INNOVATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Efes Vocational School

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR HAKAN SÖNMEZ

Offered to

Catering Services Programme
Tourism and Hotel Management
Cultural Heritage and Tourism
Civil Aviation and Cabin Services
Civil Aviation Transportation Management
Food Technology

Course Objective

To make the analysis of technological development within the framework of concepts of learning economies, economic organization and innovation systems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to understand the limits of technological development concept
2   Students will be able to understand what learning economies are
3   Students will be able to understand economic organization approach
4   Students will be able to analyze the concepts of international, national and regional innovation systems and their economic policies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Science and technology relation
2 Industrial Revolution
3 Innovation's microeconomics and macroeconomics
4 Innovation's microeconomics and macroeconomics
5 Public innovation
6 International innovation systems
7 National innovation systems
8 Mid Term Exam
9 Regional innovation systems
10 Regional innovation systems
11 Innovations in the world and Türkiye
12 Innovations in the world and Türkiye
13 Innovations in the world and Türkiye
14 Innovations in the world and Türkiye
15 Innovations in the world and Türkiye
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Yenilik Iktisadı (The Economics of Industrial Innovation), Chris Freeman and Luc Soete, TÜBITAK Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing and preparing to subjects

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exams: There will be held on two in class exams; midterm exam and final exam during the semester.
Grades: 50 % Midterm Exam, 50 % Final Exam, 50 % Make-up Exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1) Attending at least 70 percent of lectures and fulfill the requirements of the course are mandatory.
2) Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hakan.sonmez@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday, 13:00 - 16:30, Ground Floor, No: Z-08, Efes Vocational School, Selçuk / IZMIR

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 64

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41