Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 3 / Spring Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 1st Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Compulsory | ||||
| Department | ECONOMICS | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | ERDEM SELMAN DEVELİ (erdemsdeveli@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
| Name of Lecturer(s) | |||||
| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| The objective of the course is to introduce students to an in-depth study of the concepts, methods, and policy issues in economic development. This course examines the determinants of underdevelopment and poverty in developing countries and analyzes strategies to promote economic development and poverty reduction. Core topics include: theories of growth and development, human dimensions of development such as population, poverty and inequality. We will then proceed to examine selected topics and issues in agricultural development and development management, the expected gains from international trade, the political economy of government behavior and reform. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | Can explain the basic concepts and issues of development economics. |
PO-1 have information about basic economic topics and indicators.
PO-3 have information about the reasons and results of transition that take place in economics |
Examination |
| LO-2 | Can define institutional and quantitative determinants of development and underdevelopment from various perspectives in an interdisciplinary context. |
PO-1 have information about basic economic topics and indicators.
PO-3 have information about the reasons and results of transition that take place in economics PO-17 know the importance of sustainable growth and development with environmental conscious. |
Examination |
| LO-3 | Can relate realistic insights of modern Turkish economy to the theoretical structure of development economics. |
PO-1 have information about basic economic topics and indicators.
PO-3 have information about the reasons and results of transition that take place in economics PO-17 know the importance of sustainable growth and development with environmental conscious. |
Examination |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| Basic concepts of development | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Introduction: Samples of Development | Lecture |
| 2 | Economics, Institutions, and Development: A Global Perspective | Lecture |
| 3 | Development and underdevelopment in historical perspective | Lecture |
| 4 | Sources of growth and growth strategies: Classical and neo-classical growth models | Lecture |
| 5 | Sources of growth and growth strategies: Endogenous growth theories. | Lecture |
| 6 | Poverty, Inequality, and Development | Lecture |
| 7 | Population Growth and Economic Development: Causes, Consequences, and Controversies | Lecture |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Urbanization and Rural-Urban Migration: Theory and Policy | Lecture |
| 10 | Human capital: Education and Health in Economic Development | Lecture |
| 11 | Agricultural Transformation and Rural Development | Lecture |
| 12 | The Environment and Development | Lecture |
| 13 | Development Policymaking and the Role of the State | Lecture |
| 14 | Trade Theory and Development Experience | Lecture |
| 15 | Foreign Finance, Investment, and Aid: Controversies and Opportunities | Lecture |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | Sami Taban- Muhsin Kar, Kalkınma Ekonomisi, Ekin Basın Yayım, 2015. | |
| 2 | Kalkınma İktisadı-Prof. Dr. Muhteşem KAYNAK (Gazi Kitabevi) | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| book | ||
| Assessment Methods | |||
| Type of Assessment | Week | Hours | Weight(%) |
| mid-term exam | 8 | 1 | 40 |
| Other assessment methods | |||
| 1.Oral Examination | |||
| 2.Quiz | |||
| 3.Laboratory exam | |||
| 4.Presentation | |||
| 5.Report | |||
| 6.Workshop | |||
| 7.Performance Project | |||
| 8.Term Paper | |||
| 9.Project | |||
| final exam | 16 | 1 | 40 |
| Student Work Load | |||
| Type of Work | Weekly Hours | Number of Weeks | Work Load |
| Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) | 3 | 14 | 42 |
| Outside Class | |||
| a) Reading | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| c) Performance Project | 0 | ||
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 0 | ||
| e) Term paper/Project | 0 | ||
| Oral Examination | 0 | ||
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 5 | 6 | 30 |
| final exam | 0 | ||
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 141 | ||