COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE EU AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IKT 6611 THE EU AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Economics

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR UTKU UTKULU

Offered to

Economics

Course Objective

Especially in the second half of the 20th century, international economic integrations were seen as a way of the struggling with the problems that the countries were faced. At the theoretical and practical level various types of integration phenomenon emerged. These include the Free Trade Areas, Customs Unions, Common Markets, Economic and Monetary Unions. In this course primarily economic integration process of the Europe and Türkiye's place in this process will be discussed. For this purpose, the theory of integration, integration types, effects to the member countries' economies and different applications will be reviewed. Briefly historical development of the EU and its current situation, after the institutions like Economic and Monetary Union and ECB reviewed some important issues like the relationship between Türkiye and EU, main economic problems during the full membership process of the Türkiye, common policies, customs union and convergence criteria will be discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to pursue the recent issues and studies.
2   To be able to implement what they have learned and take responsibility to make contribution to different thinking and critisizm.
3   To be able to study on the Monetary Union theoretically from the original sources and get the knowledge to answer the question: Is the European Monetary Union is a Optimum Currency Area
4   To be able to research the theoretical framework of economic and monetary integration, and reinforce his/her knowledge with the recent samples.
5   To be able to examine the current economic and monetary unions deeply and learn their effects on the Turkish economy.
6   To be able to examine and evaluate the historical development and negotiation process of the Türkiye and EU from the recent articles and books.
7   To be able to publish an essay which is written according to scientific research rules including intensive literature survey.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 International Economic Theory and Economic Integration: Introduction
2 International Economic Theory and Economic Integration: Basic concepts and Framework
3 Theory of Economic Integration: Introduction
4 Application: Intra-Industry vs. Inter Industry
5 Application: Competitiveness
6 Theory: International Economic Integration
7 Theory: Optimum Monetary Area, Maonetary Union and EMU
8 Application: Is the European Monetary Union is a Optimum Currency Area
9 Application (continues)
10 Application (continues)
11 Common Monetary Policy
12 Türkiye-EU Scenarios during enlargement process
13 Türkiye-EU Relationship during negotiation process and projection
14 Global Crisis and its reflections to the European Monetary Union

Recomended or Required Reading

Balkır, C. (2010), International Economic Integration, Istanbul Bilgi University.
El-Agraa, A.M. (1994), The Economics of the European Community, 4th Ed. Harvester Wheatsheaf Press.
Wallace, H., Wallace, W. and C. Webb (ed.) (2000), Policy-making in the EU, Oxford.
Blanchard, O. (2004) The Economic Future of Europe, MIT, Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, 2004/4, Feb. 2004.
Balkır, C. ve Al. Williams (ed.)(1993), Türkiye and Europe, Pinter Publishers, London.
McDonald, F. and S. Dearden, European Economic Integration, Longmans. 3rd ed.
Utkulu, Utku "Türkiye's Competitiveness in the EU Market: A Comparison of Different Trade Measures", European Trade Study Group (ETSG) 9th Annual Conference 2007, 13-15 September 2007, Athens (together with Dilek Seymen and Nevzat Şimşek).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course consists of lecturing, role plays, class discussions, and weekly homeworks.

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 * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Presentation and arguing given research projects.

Assessment Criteria

Student performance is measured by mid-term exam, final exam and essay/presentations.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attendence and active participation are expected.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Utku UTKULU / utku.utkulu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 4 3 12
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Reading 1 20 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 147

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.133
LO.234
LO.33331
LO.4
LO.555
LO.624
LO.743

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