Information Of Programmes

GULSEHIR VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES / GLOJ208 - LOGISTICS

Code: GLOJ208

Course Title: FOREIGN TRADE TRANSACTIONS

Theoretical+Practice: 2+1

ECTS: 3

Year/Semester of Study

2 / Spring Semester

Level of Course

Short Cycle Degree Programme

Type of Course

Compulsory

Department

LOGISTICS

Pre-requisities and Co-requisites

None

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Teaching Period

14 Weeks

Name of Lecturer

TARIK KARAMOLLA (tarikkaramolla@nevsehir.edu.tr)

Name of Lecturer(s)

HACI İSA ERTAY,

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Objectives of the Course

At the end of this course learners are expected to employ basic foreign trade transactions, operate money, product and document flows and also conduct basic export and import proscedures.

Learning Outcomes		PO	MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1	Organize foreign trade documents	PO-6 Use the data bases and other information resources by searching resources.	Examination
LO-2	Operate incoterms	PO-9 Know enough of the subjects like production planning, total quality management, puclic relations, entrepreneurship, foreign trade.	Examination
LO-3	Recognise the types of payment in foreign trade transactions	PO-1 Construct the needed base for the subjects like management, economics, marketing, law, accounting and logistics	Examination
LO-4	Pactise export and import transactions	PO-1 Construct the needed base for the subjects like management, economics, marketing, law, accounting and logistics	Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Introduction to foreign trade, historical development, basic concepts, forms of sales and payment in foreign trade, documents, foreign exchange, import and export transactions and the related applications are discussed: Commercial documents, Transport documents Movement certificates, Other documents, E and F Group Incoterms, C Group Incoterms, D Group Incoterms, Advance Payment, Cash Against Goods, Cash Against Documents, Acceptance credits, Letter of Credits.
Weekly Course Content
Week	Subject	Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1	Commercial documents	Lecture, topic discussion and in-class activities.
2	Transport documents	Lecture, topic discussion and in-class activities.
3	Movement certificates	Lecture, topic discussion and in-class activities.
4	Other documents	Lecture, topic discussion and in-class activities.
5	E and F Group Incoterms	Lecture, topic discussion and in-class activities.
6	C Group Incoterms	Lecture, topic discussion and in-class activities.
7	D Group Incoterms	Lecture, topic discussion and in-class activities.
8	mid-term exam
9	Advance Payment	Lecture, topic discussion and in-class activities.
10	Cash Against Goods	Lecture, topic discussion and in-class activities.
11	Cash Against Documents	Lecture topic discussion and in-class activities.
12	Acceptance credits	Lecture, topic discussion and in-class activities.
13	Letter of Credit	Lecture, topic discussion and in-class activities.
14	Letter of Credit	Lecture, topic discussion and in-class activities.
15	General overview	Lecture, topic discussion and in-class activities.
16	final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1	Ferudun Kaya, (2011), Dış Ticaret İşlemleri Yönetimi, İstanbul: Beta Yayınları
2	Osman Barbaros Kemer (2009) İş Dünyası İçin Pratik Dış Ticaret İşlemleri, Aktüel Yayınları, Bursa.
Required Course instruments and materials

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)	2	14	28
Outside Class
a) Reading	2	8	16
b) Search in internet/Library	2	8	16
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	2	6	12
mid-term exam	1	1	1
Own study for final exam	2	8	16
final exam	1	1	1
			0
			0
Total work load;			90