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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
KMY 5137	REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBAL COMPETITION	ELECTIVE	3	0	0	5

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÖKHAN TENIKLER

Offered to

Public Administration

Course Objective

Regional development is becoming more bottom-up process. During this process, participation mechanisms and negotiations in these participation mechanisms effects the constitution of regional development. In the content of this lesson roles and effectiveness of all local/regional actors and tools at global competition will be evaluated.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Being able to know contemporary approaches about regional development and global competition
2	Being able to analyze actors and organizations at local and regioal level that effects regional polcy
3	Being able to evaluate factors that directs the dynamics of regional policy
4	Being able to develop strategies for local and regional policies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction, general information about the course, explanation of the concepts in general terms, evaluation of the importance of the course in the learning plan.
2	General information about the lesson
3	Region, regional development and regional planning concepts
4	Factors that effect global competition
5	Relationship between regional development, regional disparities and global competition
6	Participation to local government services and planning process
7	Regional development agencies and the role of development council
8	Compromise and social dialogue in regional development
9	Actors of regional development, their roles and conflict of interests
10	Role of public sector in national plans and regional policies
11	Effect of universities and academic staff to regional development
12	Participant effect of NGO s and their effect in regional level
13	Interests of private sector and their compromise with regonal targets
14	General evaluation and reminder, reviewing the degree of achievement of the learning outcomes of the course by making a situation analysis of the period.

Recomended or Required Reading

Dr. Yunus Emre Özer, Bölgesel Kalkınma Ajanslarının Yapılanması ve Işlevselliği: Izmir ve Çukurova Örnekleri, Ekin Yayınevi, Bursa 2010.

Saniye Dedeoğlu-Turan Subaşat, Kalkınma ve Küreselleşme, Bağlam Yayınevi, Istanbul 2004

Aylan Arı, Bölgesel Kalkınma Politikalar ve Yeni Dinamikler, Derin Yayınları, Istanbul 2006

Gülen Elmas, Küreselleşme Sürecinde Bölgesel Dengesizlikler, Nobel Yayınları, Ankara 2001
Iain Begg, Cities and Competitiveness , Urban Studies, Volume: 36, Numbers: 5/6,
1999, s. 795-810

Ben Gardiner-Ron Martin-Peter Tyler, Competitiveness, Productivity
and Economic Growth Across the European Regions , Regional Studies Association s
Regional Productivity Forum Seminar, London 2004, s. 6-8.

Zerrin Toprak, Kent Yönetimi ve Politikası, 2008.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To remind the topics of the previous lesson for 15 minutes.
To give a general overview on the topic of the current week.
To give a lecture accompanied by a presentation prepared using the materials provided by the basic course book and other resources.
To make control-oriented brainstorming practices during some weeks.
To support the course topics with sample event examinations.
To analyze the given case studies.
To internalize the knowledge of students through homework applications.

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 * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50

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
Preparation for midterm exam	1	14	14
Preparation for final exam	1	20	20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	1	20	20
Preparing assignments	1	24	24
Midterm	1	3	3
Final	1	3	3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6
LO.1	5	4	5	4	5	4
LO.2	5	4	5	4	5	4
LO.3	5	4	5	4	5	4
LO.4	5	4	5	4	5	4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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