COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBA 4025 INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DIDEM ÖZER ÇAYLAN

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration (Evening)
Maritime Business Administration (English)

Course Objective

The objectives of the course are to overview trade policy and analyze it under national, regional and international contexts. In addition to this the objectives of the course are to enable students understand, analyze and appraise, from a research viewpoint, trade policy theories and international trends wih globalisation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding of the role of international trade
2   Understanding of international trade policy issues
3   Analyzing the national and international trade policies
4   Understanding of international trade theories
5   Appraising the international trade policies, teories and trends

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 International trade. The role of international trade
2 The difference between national and international trade policies
3 International relations and trade.
4 Relations between the trade and transport policies in maritime sector
5 International organizations in trade sector
6 International and national trade policies of state and private sector
7 Midterm
8 Policies and strategies in international business
9 Aims of International trade policies
10 Intergovernmental relations in trade and diplomacy
11 International regulations and conventions in trade
12 Strategies of International/ Nongovernmental trade organizations.
13 National, regional and international trade policies
14 International tradepolicies in the world, Project Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Robert C. Feenstra, Advanced International Trade: Theory and Evidence, Princeton University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-691-11410-2

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature survey, data analysis, case studies.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 RPT REPORT
4 FINS FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + RPT * 0.10 + FINS * 0.60
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.10 + RPT * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

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 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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