COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Foreign Trade Non-Thesis (Evening) (English)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AYSUN KAPUÇUGIL IKIZ

Offered to

Foreign Trade Non-Thesis (Evening) (English)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide students with a strong background of transportation, logistics and supply chain management processes within the global context. In this vein, this course will combine good balance of theory and practical application, addressing both strategic and operational issues in foreign trade. This course is concerned with managing the flow of goods and information through a production or distribution network, encompassing all stages from the supplier to the customer.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Chopra, Sunil and Meindl, Peter (2013). Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation, Pearson.
Long, Douglas (2003), International Logistics: Global Supply Chain Management, Springer
Other course materials are also drawn from a range of textbooks and journal articles.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course consists of lectures, class discussions, assignments and term project.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Grade for studies done during the semester will include points from Assigments and Term project.

Assessment Criteria

Lectures will focus on the transfer of knowledge to recognize and use the principles of operations management, logistics, supply chain management, transportation, network design and other decision-support models to facilitate the trade operations where
comprehension is substantially enhanced by additional elaboration and illustration.
Exams will measure the ability to identify and apply the appropriate concept/method to the real situations. Each exam will cover course materials and include exercises like those assigned for homework, questions on lecture materials, and additional items
covered in class meetings.
In this course, in addition to midterm and final exams, students are expected to complete several assignments and term project throughout the semester. Assignments include mini case analyses (1 - 4 pages), exercises (2 - 4 problems) for developing and
solving a mathematical model for logistics-transportation and SCM related problems, readings (5 - 10 page articles) for class discussions.
Students are required to complete a Term Project. For the term project (10, max 20 pages), they select a business topic within the context of the operations management, logistics, supply chain management, transportation, network design and other decision support models facilitating the trade operations; then elaborate this topic with its all important aspects like main concepts, features, advantages-disadvantages, usage areas, and potentials for future, and so forth. At the end of semester, they present their topic.
By completing the project, students will improve communication skills through presenting the relevant research with the real cases. Project reports will enable students improve their competency using the scientific language to communicate the results.
Project reports will be graded by the instructors and be evaluated for such factors as apparent understanding of the topic, originality of treatment and discussion, accuracy of results, comprehensiveness of the report's content and depth of the analysis, clarity and mechanics of presentation such as organization, format, punctuation, grammar, and quality of exhibits and charts.
A good participation record may bring the grade up one level, for grades on the boundary between two grade levels. Student Participation will depend on (i) class attendance, (ii) the quality of answers the student provides to questions posed by the
instructor during class, and (iii) the general contribution the student makes to the creation of a positive learning environment.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligatory to attend at least 70% of the classes.
2. Violations of Plagiarism of any kind will result in disciplinary steps being taken.
3. Absence will not be considered an excuse for submitting homework assignments late.
4. Delayed project reports will suffer grade decay equivalent to one letter grade per day late.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst.Prof. Aysun Kapucugil Ikiz
aysun.kapucugil@deu.edu.tr
Room no: 126/A
Office tel: 232.3018286

Office Hours

will be announced later

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes