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Description of Individual Course Units| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | UT404B | Globalization and Foreign Capital | Compulsory | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| | Level of Course Unit | | First Cycle | | Objectives of the Course | | The aim of this course is to give information to the students about the dimensions of ecological problems in the context of economic, political and legal changes. | | Name of Lecturer(s) | | Doç. Dr. Fatih OKUR | | Learning Outcomes | | 1 | To be able to understand the development and interaction of international goods, services, labor and capital flows | | 2 | Ability of Comparing the impacts of globalization on developed and developing countries. | | 3 | To be able to monitor the literature on globalization, international trade and finance. | | 4 | To be able to suggest solutions to the problems related with globalization. |
| | Mode of Delivery | | Normal Education | | Prerequisites and co-requisities | | None | | Recommended Optional Programme Components | | | Course Contents | | It is aimed to have all the information about the general view of the world economy, Globalization, International goods and services movements, International capital movements, International labor movements. | | Weekly Detailed Course Contents | |
| 1 | Introduction and Conceptual Framework: International Trade, International Finance and International Business/What Kind of a World Are We Living in? | | | | 2 | PART ONE: GLOBALIZATION
Globalization I: Four Primary Dimensions of Globalization | | | | 3 | Globalization II: Benefits and Costs of Globalization | | | | 4 | Globalization III: Globalization and Inequality | | | | 5 | PART TWO: INTERNATIONAL TRADE in GLOBALIZING WORLD
First Generation Theories: Absolute, Comparative Advantages and Factor Endowments Models. | | | | 6 | Second Generation Theories: “New” Trade Models | | | | 7 | Third Generation Theories: “New New” Trade Models. | | | | 8 | Mid-term exam | | | | 9 | A Modern Approach: New Economic Geography | | | | 10 | Trade Policies in Global Integration | | | | 11 | PART THREE: CAPITAL FLOWS AND INVESTMENTS
FDI and Multinational Corporations | | | | 12 | The Causes and Effects of Foreign Direct Investments | | | | 13 | Financial Crises and the Great Recession in 2008 | | | | 14 | International Organizations: IMF, Worldbank, WTO and UNDP | | | | 15 | Subject Repetition | | | | 16 | Final exams | | |
| | Recommended or Required Reading | | Textbook: Ayşegül KAPLAN, Global Environmental Problems and Policies, Ankara: Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences Publications, No.18, 1997. B-References: İbrahim KABOĞLU, Right to Environment, 3rd Edition, Ankara: İmge Kitabevi Publications, 1996. Ruşen KELEŞ; Birol ERTAN, Introduction to Environmental Law, Ankara: İmge Kitabevi Publications, 2002. Lester R. BROWN, Eco-Economy, Establishing a New Economy for the World, (Trans. A. Yeşim Erkan), Istanbul: TEMA Foundation Publications, No: 42, 2003. Ulrick BECK, Risk Society - Towards Another Modernity, (Translated by: Kazim Ozdogan-Bülent Dogan), Istanbul: Ithaki Publishing, 2011. Neslihan SAM; Rıza SAM (Ed.), Different Faces of Change in the Globalizing World - An Interdisciplinary Approach, Bursa: Ezgi Kitabevi Yayınları, 2011. | | Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods | | | Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | |
| Final Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | | Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 40 | | End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 60 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | Turkish | | Work Placement(s) | | none |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Final Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Quiz | 3 | 5 | 15 | | Attending Lectures | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Self Study | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 1 | 15 | 15 | | Individual Study for Final Examination | 1 | 20 | 20 | | Individual Study for Quiz | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes | | LO1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | | LO2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | | LO3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | LO4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| | * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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