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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / İKTTZ-511 - ECONOMICS (MA-WITHOUT THESIS)

Code: İKTTZ-511 Course Title: ECONOMY OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 2 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department ECONOMICS (MA-WITHOUT THESIS)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer SERAP ÇOBAN (seraps@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Based on knowledge and innovation on the basis of long-term economic growth lies in technological developments. As long as capital and technology in developing countries, developed countries' level of knowledge gelemeyeceklerdir art?ramad?klar?. Obtained thanks to new products and new production methods, new technologies provide the key competitive advantage to companies in a globalized world. In this context, the most important production factor, which became the course of technological advances nowadays withdrawal of the student's attention.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can explain the approach of economic schools to technology. 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 explain concept of technological development. PO-1 have information about basic economic topics and indicators.
PO-11 have ability on defining economic variables and comment on the relationships between these variables.
Examination
LO-3 can explain term of AR-GE PO-1 have information about basic economic topics and indicators.
PO-11 have ability on defining economic variables and comment on the relationships between these variables.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Different schools of economics of technology and innovation point of view, the organization of technological development, industrialization and development in the role of technological development, R & D management and policy, the development of science and technology policy in Turkey, national technology policy and strategy, Technopark and Technopolis, transfer of technology.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Overview of technology and innovation in different economics schools lecture method
2 Overview of technology and innovation in different economics schools lecture method
3 Organization of technological development lecture method
4 Organization of technological development lecture method
5 Organization of technological development lecture method
6 Technological role of improving in industrialization and development lecture method
7 Technological role of improving in industrialization and development lecture method
8 mid-term exam
9 R & D management and policy lecture method
10 R & D management and policy lecture method
11 development of science and technology policy in Turkey lecture method
12 development of science and technology policy in Turkey lecture method
13 National technology policy and strategy lecture method
14 technopolises and technocities lecture method
15 technology transfer lecture method
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 1- Ş ŞAHİN, Türkiye’de Bilim ve Teknoloji Politikaları, Ş. Şahin, Göçebe Yayınları, 1997.
Required Course instruments and materials
textbooks

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 60

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 6 12 72
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 10 20
       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 4 16
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 4 5 20
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 172