COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSH 0076 DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS 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 understand explanation of economic, social, political cultural and technological gaps among developped and developing countries and policy applications of against these problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to distinguish between developed and underdeveloped countries
2   Students will know the importance of development theories and development of agriculture
3   Students will be able to establish the relationship between development and population-human capital
4   Students will be able to analyze the effects of foreign trade on development
5   Students will be able to understand the importance of financial system and technological development for development

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General economic concepts
2 Measuring development and underdevelopment
3 Characteristics of underdeveloped countries
4 Development theories
5 Development and industrialization strategies
6 Agriculture and development
7 Technology and development
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Population and development
10 Human capital and development
11 Financing of development
12 Foreign trade and development
13 Globalization, planning and development
14 Globalization, planning and development
15 Globalization, planning and development
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
1) Kaynak, M., (2007): Kalkınma Iktisadı, Gazi Kitapevi, Ankara
2) Berber, M., (2011): Iktisadi Büyüme ve Kalkınma, Derya Kitapevi, Trabzon

Supplementary Book(s):
1) Şenses, F., (2010): Kalkınma Iktisadı (Yükselişi ve Gerilemesi), Iletişim Yayınevi, Istanbul
2) Collier, P., (2008): The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It, Oxford University Press, USA
3) Rodrik, D., (2009): Handbook of Development Economics, North-Holland Publishing, Amsterdam

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
0
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 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.13
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51