Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue
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| Year/Semester of Study | 1 / Fall Semester | ||||
| Level of Course | 1st Cycle Degree Programme | ||||
| Type of Course | Optional | ||||
| Department | ECONOMICS (PhD) | ||||
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites | None | ||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face to Face | ||||
| Teaching Period | 14 Weeks | ||||
| Name of Lecturer | VOLKAN HAN (volkanhan@nevsehir.edu.tr) | ||||
| Name of Lecturer(s) | |||||
| Language of Instruction | Turkish | ||||
| Work Placement(s) | None | ||||
| Objectives of the Course | |||||
| The main aim of economic growth and development policy of the course, economic policy objectives of these policies and to examine the vehicle. | |||||
| Learning Outcomes | PO | MME | |
| The students who succeeded in this course: | |||
| LO-1 | Can be able to evaluate theories of economic growth and development. |
PO-1 have information about basic economic topics and indicators. |
Examination |
| LO-2 | can be able to compare.full-competitive, monopolistic, oligopolistic markets |
PO-11 have ability on defining economic variables and comment on the relationships between these variables. |
Examination |
| LO-3 | can analyze country’s economic development problems and the positive and negative effects of these problems. |
PO-17 can know the importance of sustainable growth and development with environmental conscious. |
Examination |
| LO-4 | can explain the economic growth models. |
PO-10 have ability on modeling the economic theories mathematically. |
Examination |
| PO: Programme Outcomes MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
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| Course Contents | ||
| Country’s economic development problems and the positive and negative effects of these problems. | ||
| Weekly Course Content | ||
| Week | Subject | Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 | Concept of Economic Growth | Explanation |
| 2 | Neoclassical Growth Theory | Explanation |
| 3 | The AK Model | Explanation |
| 4 | Product Variety and Schumpeterian Growth Models | Explanation |
| 5 | Capital, Innovation and Growth Accounting | Explanation |
| 6 | Finance and Growth | Explanation |
| 7 | Technology Transfer and Cross-Country Convergence | Explanation |
| 8 | mid-term exam | |
| 9 | Market Size and Directed Technical Change | Explanation |
| 10 | General Purpose Technologies and Stages of Growth | Explanation |
| 11 | Institutions and Nonconvergence Traps | Explanation |
| 12 | Growth Policy- Fostering Competition and Entry | Explanation |
| 13 | Growth Policy- Investing in Education | Explanation |
| 14 | Growth Policy-Preserving the Environment | Explanation |
| 15 | Growth Policy-Promoting Democracy | Explanation |
| 16 | final exam | |
| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | ||
| 1 | INTRODUCTION TO MODERN ECONOMIC GROWTH, DARON ACEMOGLU | |
| 2 | Economic Growth; Robert J. Barro Xavier Sala-i-Martin | |
| 3 | Economic Growth and Development; Sibabrata Das • Alex Mourmouras Peter Rangazas | |
| Required Course instruments and materials | ||
| Slides | ||
| 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 | 5 | 12 | 60 |
| b) Search in internet/Library | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| c) Performance Project | 0 | ||
| d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report | 0 | ||
| e) Term paper/Project | 14 | 1 | 14 |
| Oral Examination | 0 | ||
| Quiz | 0 | ||
| Laboratory exam | 0 | ||
| Own study for mid-term exam | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| mid-term exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Own study for final exam | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | |||
| 0 | |||
| Total work load; | 188 | ||