COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENERGY ECONOMICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GEE 5050 ENERGY ECONOMICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Economic Geology
Economic Geology

Course Objective

To gather the terms on energy economics and to make energy economics evident to people as a scientist, and start a movement to fulfill the gap in this area. This course aims to instruct the students on the approaches on the techno-economic problems and problem solving. This course would help to identify problems and solution approaches in energy economics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Will improve the knowledge obtained during pre-graduate studies.
2   Will be able to understand and identify problems on energy and to suggest solutions.
3   Will gain the ability to use subject related software.
4   Will be able to use speciality knowledge during interdisciplinary studies.
5   Will be able to solve the encountered problems via contemporary research and technological methods.
6   Will be able to conduct independent research on speciality topics
7   Will learn to take responsibility in team work.
8   Will gain the ability to make presentations in international and national meetings.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of Energy Economics
2 World Energy Budget: Estimations and Reserves
3 Historical Evolution of Energy
4 Energy and Economic Growth
5 Energy system (Physico-economic analysis)
6 Energy system (Techno-economic analysis)
7 1. Midterm Exam
8 Selecting Energy Investments
9 Structure of the Energy Costs and its effect on the Economy
10 Energy Demand and Protection
11 International Energy Market
12 2. Midterm Exam
13 Energy and Environment (Oil, Coal)
14 Energy and Environment (Radioactive Materials)

Recomended or Required Reading

S.KAPLAN- Energy Economics - New York - McGraw Hill 1983
R.EDEN; M.POSNER - Energy Economics - Cambridge University Press, 1981
Y.MAINGUY - L'Economie de L'Energie - Paris Dunod, 1967
J.M. CHEVAILER; P.BARBET - Economie de L'Energie - Paris Dalloz 1986
P.N. GIRAUD; A.SOISSA - Geopolitique du Charbon - Paris Economica, 1991
Energie 2000 - Comnıission deş Communautes Europennes - Economica, 1986
H.A. MERKLEIN-W.C. HARDY-Energy Economics - Houston Gulf P. Comp.,87
P.RADANNE, L. PUISEUX - L'Energie Dans L'Economie - Paris Syros, 1989
Handbook of Energy Systems Engineering - New York: A Wiley-Interscience 1985
E. AYBAR - Enerji ve Tabii Kaynaklar Bak. "Genel Enerji Planlaması" Çalışmalarının Ilk
Sonuçlan - Ankara Türkiye 5. Enerji Kongresi, 1990

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, tutorials, assignments and field study.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1* 0.10 + MTE 2 * 0.10 + ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1* 0.10 + MTE 2 * 0.10 + ASG * 0.30 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes are evaluated via mid-term and final exams, and assignments.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to lectures will be considered.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hulya.inaner@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 12:00-13:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 6 72
Preparation for midterm exam 2 10 20
Preparing assignments 1 12 12
Field study 2 8 16
Midterm 2 3 6
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 165

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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