COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ECONOMIC HISTORY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 5038 ECONOMIC HISTORY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALEV GÖZCÜ

Offered to

History

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to achieve a necessary understanding of the basic parameters of the development of economic thought.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. The contribution of the Greek and Roman civilizations to the development of economic thought
2   2. The dominant economic perspective in the Middle Age
3   3. The theories such as mercantilism, physiocratic thought, classical economy, new economy, Marxist economy which contributed the development of economic thought
4   4. The influential perspectives in economic thought and theories until the Modern Age
5   5. The main perspectives for the contemporary economic problems

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction the subject and the literature
2 The economic thought in the Antique Greece and Rome
3 The religious economic thought
4 The mercantilism and the economic thought in the period of commercial capitalism
5 The economic thought of mercantilists and classical perspective
6 The physiocratic thought
7 The classical economic thought
8 Mid-Term examination
9 New economy
10 The historical perspective
11 The Marxist economic thought
12 The contemporary economic thought
13 General Evaluation
14 Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Mehmet Selik, 100 Soruda Iktisadi doktirinler tarihi,Gerçek Yay., Istanbul, 1973.
2. Recep Kök, Iktisadi Düşünce, Kavramlarının Analitik Evrimi, Izmir, 2000.
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Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. 1. Lecture
2. 2. Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. 1. LO 1-3: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term examination.
2. 1. LO 4-5: This will be evaluated through the performance in the final examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 1. 70% attendance is obligatory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8
LO.144
LO.244
LO.344
LO.444
LO.544