GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS (OPT)/ECON424
Course Title: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS (OPT)
Credits 3 ECTS 5
Semester 5 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  English
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Assoc. Prof. Özge Aynagöz Çakmak
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/aynagoz
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  aynagoz@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
To evaluate the international trade theory
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 -- 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  Old Approaches to Foreign Trade: Mercantilism, David Hume
2. Week  Adam Smith: Absolute Advantages Theory
3. Week  David Ricardo: Comparative Advantages Theory
4. Week  J. S. Mill
5. Week  A. Marshall
6. Week  Heckscher Ohlin: Factor Endowments Theory
7. Week  Foreign Trade Theories After H-O : Keesing, Kenen, Vernon
8. Week  Mid-Term Exam
9. Week  Linder: Similarity on Preferences and Intra-Industry Trade
10. Week  Foreign trade policy
11. Week  Foreign trade policy objectives
12. Week  Foreign trade policy objectives
13. Week  The Instruments of Trade Policy: Tariffs
14. Week  WTO System: The role and the functioning of GATT
15. Week  WTO System: The role and the functioning of GATT
16. Week  Regional Economic Integrations
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
  BHAGWATI, J. (ed.), Internatinal Trade, Pengiun Modern Economics. BLAUG, M. Economic Theory in Retrospect, R. D. Unwin, Illinois. DILLARD, D. (1960) The Economics of John Maynard Keynes: The Theory of Monetary Economy, Crosby Lookwood, Sons. ELLIS, H.S. Metzler, Readings in The Theory of International Trade, George Allen and Unwin. KAZGAN, G. İktisadi Düşünce ve Politik İktisadın Evrimi, Bilgi Yayınevi, Ankara. KİBRİTÇİOĞLU, A. (ED.), Uluslararası (Makro) İktisat, Ankara, 1996. LASSUDRIE-DUCHENE, (ed.), Exchange Internatinal et Croissance, Economica, Paris. RICARDO, D. (1817), Principals of Political Economy, ed. R.M. Hartwell, Pelican Classics. SALVATORE, G. International Economics SCHUMPETER, J. History of Economic Analysis, Allen and Unwin. SEYİDOĞLU, H. Uluslararası İktisat, Güzem Yayınları, İstanbul, 2003. SIROEN, Jean-Marc, (1988), La Theorie de l’echange International en Concurrence Monopolistiqufe: Une Comparasion des Modeles”, Revue Economique, No. 3, 51
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
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 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
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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
0
0
 Reading
15
2
30
 Searching in Internet and Library
15
1
15
 Designing and Applying Materials
0
0
0
 Preparing Reports
0
0
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
0
0
 Presentation
0
0
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
1
15
15
 Final and Studying for Final
1
20
20
 Other
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
125
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
5
 ECTS: 
5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
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 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
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1Having skills and professional expertise in the field of international relations theories, political history and international lawX
2Being able to manage the disciplines of juridical sciences, sociology, history, economics etc. with the necessity of the international relations discipline by having theretical knowledge and competenceX
3Obtaining professional qualification to work at state institutions and organizations, private sector and non-governmental organizations in the field of professions that district governorship, administrative jurisdiction magistracy, diplomacy, inspectorship and expert assistantship with the advantage of accumulation of interdisciplinary knowledgeX
4Having adequate information about the regional and global institutions and organizations which dominate interntional relationsX
5Being able to comprehend the status of Turkey and other actors in international system with the help of academic, historical and factual perspectivesX
6Having information about the Middle East, Russia- Caucasus, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Europe and Africa regions with regards to their history, economics, sociology and strategy by analyzing international system with regional perspectiveX
7Being able to make interpretation on the progresses of international relations with respect to international lawX
8Having knowledge of the political history of XIX. and XX. century to make interpretations on contemporary international relations systemX
9Being able to apply the theories of international relations, to make analyses, to develop hypotheses and to promote solution offers in the individual, state and system levels of analysesX
10Being conscious of professional, humane and scientific ethical manners and also the principals related to these mannersX
11Being able to reach the resources and to have foreign language proficiency on the level to follow the developments related to international relations discipline and the literatureX
12Using basic computer programmes and information technologies efficiently by adhering to the principal of continuous learningX
13Being able to find solutions and having capability of preparing documents such as projects, drafts, programmes and reports for national, regional and global problems with being coherent to group actions, open-minded, having capability to take initiatives and analytical thinkingX