GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
WELFARE ECONOMICS/IKTI317
Course Title: WELFARE ECONOMICS
Credits 3 ECTS 5
Semester 5 Compulsory/Elective Elective
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Öğr.Gör.Dr.Fatih Hakan Dikmen
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/dikmen
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  dikmen@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
To learn welfare economics
To evaluate social welfare criteria
To interpret the effects of social policies






 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  There is no recommended optional programme component for this course
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Introduction to welfare economics
2. Week  The general equilibrium and welfare economics
3. Week  Economic optimum and welfare limit
4. Week  The efficiency of distribution of goods among consumers and EDGEWORTH box diagram
5. Week  Social policies, and applications in several countries
6. Week  Health applications as a welfare function
7. Week  Welfare criteria and the ideas of some economists
8. Week  Mid Term
9. Week  Welfare state types
10. Week  The comparison of health applications in OECD countries
11. Week  Externalities
12. Week  Social Welfare Criteria
13. Week  N .Koldor-Hicks Criteria, Sitovsky and Dual criteria
14. Week  A.Berkson and Betham Criteria
15. Week  Maximization of Social Welfare
16. Week  Paul A.Samuelson social indifference curves
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  Koutsoyiannis, A., Modern Mikro İktisat, Çev. Muzaffer Sarımeşeli, Gazi Kitabevi.
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
15
3
45
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
0
 Reading
15
2
30
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
1
15
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
15
15
 Final and Studying for Final
1
20
20
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
125
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
5
 ECTS: 
5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1Having both national and international teoretical knowledge in the areas public economics, tax law, tax system, government budget, government debt, fiscal policy and economic development.X
2Due to interdiciplinary characteristics of public finance, beeig able to become well skilled on legal science, accounting, financial markets and financial analysis and economics and able to internalise this disciplines into finance discipline.X
3Beeing able to follow this process of academic research and develop the academc working process in public finance field by mastering of international accounting standarts, using basic statistical and econometric programmes as well knowing scientific research techniques.X
4Having enough attribute to be able to take position in public sector as tax inpectorate, auditing fo court of account, judgeship for administrative justice, district governership, inspectorate, expertship and controllership, and in private sector’s different departments such as finance, personal, and human resource department of private sector, local administrations, and in political parties.X
5Beeing able to follow, interpret, and implement international tax arrangements which are peculiar to public law, civil law, and tax.X
6By indicating his/her desingns through high self confudence and team work, beeing able to indicate creative ideas.X
7To be able to follow basic computer techonolology, basic computer programs and innovations in the field of finance in accordance with the principles of life long learning and to be able to utilize information systems interdisciplinary.X
8Using effectively turkish some body who is advanced in written and verbal communication, to be able to explain truely and originally yourself and to be able to have capacity to make the prejudice empathy.X
9To be able to have the Professional knowledge of foreign languages and follow thenew international studies in this area.X
10To be able to be aware of professional and scientific ethical values relation to fiscal disciplineand show the required sensitivity for sustaining these.X
11To be able to learn about mechanisms of internation among finance with financial and real sectors and utilize their informations in theanalysis of this process.X
12To be able to transfer the theoretical knowledge in that the effectiveness of tax systems which is a dynamic structureto be able to increase and the economical productivity to be able to ensure.X
13To be able to make analysis relation to problems, put upcreative solutions and original assesments through owning theoritical informations and empirical experiences which are in the past on local and global scale.X