COURSE UNIT TITLE

: REGIONAL ECONOMICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSH 0077 REGIONAL 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 inform about the dynamics of economic development of different types of regions in the light of mainstream theories of regional economics and regional development; In the face of increasing regional disparities, to understand the transformation in regional politics parallel to the theoretical developments and to introduce the areas of intervention and tools of regional development.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will be able to demonstrate the importance and importance of regional economics in economic literature
2   Students will be able to classify various intervention areas and tools according to their role in regional development
3   Students will be able to critically evaluate the applied regional development policies
4   Students will be able to compare regional policies in Türkiye and in the European Union at different times
5   Students can suggest policy alternatives to reduce regional disparities and transform territories into competitive units

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Spatial analysis of economic development
2 In the underground distribution of economic activities, transportation expenditures and external economies
3 Organized industrial zones and location factors
4 Economic space and the concept of three regions
5 Reasons for regional imbalance
6 Benefits and benefits of regional imbalance
7 Reasons for the emergence of regional differences in Türkiye
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Policies for the development and reduction of regional differences in development as planned in Türkiye
10 Policies to reduce regional development differences in planned periods in Türkiye
11 Policies and objectives to reduce regional development differentials
12 Policies to reduce regional differences and Türkiye
13 The theory of development poles and the creation of artificial development poles, new industrial foci and anatolian tigers
14 The theory of development poles and the creation of artificial development poles, new industrial foci and anatolian tigers
15 The theory of development poles and the creation of artificial development poles, new industrial foci and anatolian tigers
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Dinler, Zeynel (2013), Bölgesel Iktisat, Ekin Basım Yayın, Bursa

Supplementary Book(s):
Gündüz, Ali Yılmaz (2013), Bölgesel Kalkınma Politikası, Ekin Basım Yayın, Bursa

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.12
LO.21
LO.3
LO.42
LO.51