| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Elective Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Bachelor's Degree |
| YEAR OF STUDY | - |
| SEMESTER | - |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 5 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | -
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) Have knowledge about the handling of education in economic thought systems
2) Become familiar with the functioning and shortcomings of the Human Capital Theory
3) Learn relationship between education and the labor market
4) Gain theoretical and practical information about education planning and workforce planning.
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | ECON205,ECON214 |
| COURSE DEFINITION | This course focuses on the scope of educational economics in general and how schools of economic thought treat education. |
| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | The Scope of Educational Economics | | 2nd Week | General informationabouteducation | | 3rd Week | Economic Thought Systems' General Considerations on Education | | 4th Week | Classical School's Labor Market Approach and HandlingEducation | | 5th Week | Neoclassical School's Labor Market Approach and Human Capital Theory | | 6th Week | An Overview of the Criticism of Human Capital Theory | | 7th Week | Labor Markets and Education Economics Theories | | 8th Week | Midterm Exam | | 9th Week | Individual Demand for Education | | 10th Week | Individual and Social Returns of Education | | 11th Week | Production Function in Education Sector, Cost Concept and Productivity | | 12th Week | Education Planning | | 13th Week | Education Financing | | 14th Week | General Review |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | Işıl ÜNAL, Education and Training Economy, 1st Edition. Ankara: Torun Printing House, 1996 |
| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Lecture,Questions/Answers,Problem Solving |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Mid-term | 1 | 40 | | Total(%) | | 40 | | Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) | | 40 | | Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) | | 60 | | Total(%) | | 100 |
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| ECTS WORKLOAD |
| Activities |
Number |
Hours |
Workload |
| Midterm exam | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Preparation for Quiz | | | | | Individual or group work | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Preparation for Final exam | 1 | 30 | 30 | | Course hours | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Preparation for Midterm exam | 1 | 25 | 25 | | Laboratory (including preparation) | | | | | Final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Homework | | | | | Total Workload | | | 141 |
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| Total Workload / 30 | | | 4,7 |
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| ECTS Credits of the Course | | | 5 |
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| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | Turkish |
| WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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