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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
WORLD ECONOMICS ECO414 - 3 + 0 5

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED5
NAME OF LECTURER(S). Servıs Servıs
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) the benchmarks of the world history in terms of economic development; major inventions, capital accumulation, development of manufacture production, money and banking, Bretton Woods system, exchange rates mechanisms, capital liberalisation and the like,
2) the present day macro economic situations in the major economies that is USA, EU, China,Japan. Also being neighbors of Turkey; economies of the Russia, Iran, Greece deserves some attention plus the functions of some important organisations such as IMF, WB, WTO etc.
3) long term or structural issues like; development, external debts, unequal distribution of income, energy problems, and financial crises.
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT-
COURSE DEFINITIONIn this course, while analyzing the world economy with a world-system approach, the world economy is handled in the axis of international trade, international capital flows and international labor movements. In addition to these, the aim of the course is to understand today's world economy as a whole, to be able to solve the problems faced by the world economy and to examine the economic policies that direct the world economy.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Merkantilism and Industrial Revolution
2nd Week Merkantilism and Industrial Revolution
3rd Week Situation before the Bretton Woods(BW) and the afterwards
4th Week Situation before the Bretton Woods(BW) and the afterwards
5th Week Markets developments:Planned, Mixed and Liberal
6th Week International Groups and Organisations
7th Week International Groups and Organisations
8th Week Midterm
9th Week Main Economic Structures and the Macro Policies
10th Week Some of the Neighbor Economies
11th Week Underdevelopment and indebtedness
12th Week Inequality in the income distribution
13th Week Economic and financial crises
14th Week Energy related issues
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGHobsbawn, E.J; Sanayi ve İmparatorluk, Dost yayınevi.
Hacıyev H.Ş , Bayramov E.İ; Dünya Ekon. Tarihi, Gazi yayıncılık.
Kindleberger C.P,Aliber R.Z; Finansal Krizler Tarihi, T.İşbank.y.
Rodrik, Dani: Akıllı Küreselleşme; Efil yayın.
Piketty, Thomas: 21.yy da Kapital; T. İşbankası yayınları
Eğilmez, Mahfi: Küresel Finans Krizi; Remzi kitapevi.
Sönmez, Sinan: Dünya Ekon.de Dönüşüm; İmge kitapevi.
Özatay, Fatih: Finansal Krizler ve Türkiye; Doğan Kitapevi.
The Economist: 2016?da Dünya: TEMPO (çeviri).
Weiss L, Hobson, J. M: Devletler ve Ekon. Kalkınma; Dost k.evi.
Eraslan, Tarık: Ekon. ve Parasal Birlik?; Bşbk. DPT (uzm. tez)
OECD ve Dünya Bankası; Web sh.leri (Türkçe bölüm).
Dünya Enerji Ajansı ve IMF, OECD; Ülke Raporl. ve Web sh.leri
Besson, Jean Louis: Keşifler ve İcatlar ;TÜBİTAK, Pop. bilim.yay.
Stiglitz, J.E: The Price of Inequality; Penguin Books.
Brezinskı, Zebrew: The Grand Chessboard; Harper Collins Pub.
World Energy Outlook 2000; Internatıonal Energy Agency.
Ferguson, Neil : The Ascent of Money ; Penguin Books.
Rivero,de Oswaldo: The Myth of Development; Zet Books Lmt.
Acemoğlu D.Robinson J.A: Why Nations Fail; Profile Books.
Pocket World Figures 2011 ed; The Economist
The Times: Compact Atlas of the World; Times Books,London.
Friedman, Thomas L.: The Lexus and Olive Tree; Globus Dünya.
Kaplan, R. D; The Revenge of Geography; RandomHause NY
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Discussion
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term140
Total(%)40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)60
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam111
Preparation for Quiz000
Individual or group work14342
Preparation for Final exam13030
Course hours14342
Preparation for Midterm exam12525
Laboratory (including preparation)000
Final exam111
Homework000
Total Workload141
Total Workload / 304,7
ECTS Credits of the Course5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONEnglish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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