Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
İKT615ECONOMIC INTEGRATION THEORYCompulsory115
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is • To analyze essential theoretical base of the economic integrations such as customs union, common market and economic and monetary union stages of the European Union
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Learning Outcomes
1Able to understand the general principles of the Economic Integration Theory and understand example of the European Union Economic Integration Stages.
2Able to start communicating at advanced level about Economic Integration Theory
3Able to understand the original speech at Economic Integration Theory.
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Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
• Content Theory of international trade and applications in commercial policy • Positive theory of international trade, • The critical analysis of hypothesis of orthodox international trade theory, • The theory of intra-industry trade, • Technological development and foreign trade theory, • The importance of product cycle model in international trade, • Imperfect competition and economies of scale in international trade, • The effect of foreign direct investment on international trade and development
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Content Theory of Economic Integration,
2Historical developments in the world and in the European Union related to economic integration stages.
3Economic Integration theory and stages.
4Thgeory of free trade areas and custom unions.
5Theory of Common Market.
6Theory of Economic and monetary union
7Dinamic and static effects of custom unions
8Midterm exam
9New economic integration theory
10GATT, WTO Globalization critics
11Regional economic integrations (NAFTA,AB, KEİB, ASEAN)
12Historical developments of the EU
13Organs and Structure of the EU
14The EU and Turkey Relations (Historical and Current Developments)
15The EU and Turkey custom union and problem areas
16End of term exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Küçükahmetoğlu, Osman, Ekonomik Entegrasyon Küresel ve Bölgesel Yaklaşım, Ekin Kitabevi, Bursa, 2007.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination122
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14342
Individual Study for Mid term Examination20120
Individual Study for Final Examination22244
Reading13226
Report11010
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)146
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