COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ECONOMIC PHILOSOPHY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IKT 4023 ECONOMIC PHILOSOPHY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Economics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR TIMUÇIN YALÇINKAYA

Offered to

Economics (Evening)
Economics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to explain the concepts and theories in economics with the basis of the basic philosophy principles and philosophy of science methods and evaluate science of economics from the perspectives objectivity of science and subjectivity of society.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to be able to have basic knowledge of philosophy and explain principles of philosophy.
2   to be able to explain the basic concepts and thinking methods in philosophy of science.
3   to be able to assess the concept of ideology and fundamental ideologies particularly economic aspects.
4   to be able to describe ways of thinking and social science disciplines other than economics.
5   to be able to evaluate of the socio-economic conditions which gıve bırth to the economic concepts and theories.
6   to be able to interrogate the economic concepts and theories from ideological and scientific points of view.
7   to be able to evaluate the linkages between economic and social sciences.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Philosophy: Concepts and Principles
2 Philosophy of Science: Concepts and Methods
3 The Concept of Ideology and the Basic Ideologies
4 The Emergence of Economics
5 The Place of Economics in Social Sciences
6 Classical and Neo-classical Economics
7 Homo Oeconomicus and Homo Socio-oeconomicus
8 Economism and Economics Imperialism
9 Midterm Exam
10 Midterm Exam
11 The Problematic of Value in Economics
12 Risk and Uncertainty in Economics
13 Orthodox Economics and Heterodox Economics
14 The Relationship between Economy and Society
15 Economics and Economists in Society

Recomended or Required Reading

* Beşir Hamitoğulları, Çağdaş Iktisadi Sistemler / Iktisadi Sistemlerin Temelleri
* Halil Berktay, Ayla Ödekan ve Ümit Hassan, Türkiye Tarihi 1: Osmanlı Devletine Kadar Türkler
* Immanuel Wallerstein, Modern Dünya Sistemi
* Manuel Castells, Ağ Toplumunun Yükselişi
* Nalan Ölmezoğulları, Ekonomik Sistemler ve Küreselleşen Kapitalizm

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Expression course by the lecturer help of reflections and active participation of students to the topics. Providing reading materials related to certain topics. Students preparation about research papers on different topics.

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

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 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Reading 8 2 16
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 121

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.111
LO.21
LO.31
LO.411
LO.5111
LO.6111
LO.7111

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