COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN CAPITAL

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IKT 5122 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN CAPITAL ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Economics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEHTAP TUNÇ

Offered to

Economy (UOYLP-Gence State University)
Economics

Course Objective

Emphasizing importance of human capital and exposing needs of human capital development stratejies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to analysis human capital towards approach human development.
2   To be able to discuss satate of underdeveloped and developing economies acording to human capital deposit.
3   To be able to evaluate importance of underdeveloped economies acording to human capital theory.
4   To be able to analyse human capital role in the knowledge society.
5   To be able to learn human resources what should have characteristic.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Defining and measuring concept of development, definitaion ofconcept of human capital , items of human capital,organization in the sozil-economik developnet process, importance of human resources investment.
2 Features of concept of human capital acording to microecenomic and microeconomic aspects.
3 Approaches related with the human capital theories, approaches related with internel rate of return, model of MINCER, model of BECKER
4 Approaches related with the human capital theories, PSACHAROPOULOS approach
5 Based on production function model of human capital - SCHULTZ approach
6 Based on production function model of human capital
7 Approaches of human capital related with the differences of regional development
8 United Nation approach,reviews to human capital approach
9 United Nation approach,reviews to human capital approach
10 Reviews to human capital approach
11 Human focused development approach, sustainable development
12 Human developmet approach, international competitiveness acording to human capital - openness development strategy
13 Endgenous growth theory- Lucas Model
14 Towards knowledge society human capital investment, developed country , developing ecenomies, analysis of Türkiye

Recomended or Required Reading

SCHULTZ, T.W., Investment in Human Capital, Collier-Macmillan Limited, USA, 1971.
VAIZEY, John, The Economics of Education, Great Britain, 1962.
TUNÇ, Mehtap, Kalkınmada Insan Sermayesi Yaklaşımları ve Türkiye de Insan Sermayesi Boyutunun Analizi, Doktora Tezi, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü iktisat Anabilim Dalı, 1997.
McMAHON, W.W., Eğitimin Dışsallıkları , Eğitim Ekonomisi-Seçme Yazılar, Çev.Yüksel KAVAK, Berrin BURGAZ, Personel Geliştirme Merkezi Yayın No:14, Ankara, 1994.
ÜNAL, Işıl, Eğitim ve Yetiştirme Ekonomisi, Epar Yayınları, Ankara, 1996.
TUNÇ, Mehtap, Içsel Bölgesel Büyüme Modeli Çerçevesinde Insan Sermayesinin Rolü , Izmir Merkezli Bölgesel Kalkınma Dinamikleri, DEÜ IIBF Iktisat Bölümü, II. Iktisat Çalıştayı, Ed. Recep KÖK, Selim ŞANLISOY, DEÜ Yay., Izmir, 2010, ss.235-245.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Examining quantitative and qualitative data.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Theoretical information in the economics development and human resources literature are going to measure by midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mehtap.tunc@deu.edu.tr 3010652

Office Hours

Wednesday 13:00-14:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Giving the Lecture 13 3 39
Preperation for the mid exam 1 15 15
Preperation for the final exam 1 20 20
Before/After Lecture Preperation Process 13 3 39
Preperation of homework 1 15 15
Final Exam 1 3 3
Mid Exam 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 134

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.1334
LO.23535
LO.32434
LO.455
LO.554

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