Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
190400107106INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC MERGERSElective474
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
It is targetted to analiyze and comprehend those subjects: theoretical principles, goals, versions of economic integrations; its effiencies in respect to production and welfare; its conditions, stages of its formations; cases of international integration.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1To grasp, implement and evaluate the concepts and theories related to the science of economics
2To have the ability to apply knowledge of mathematics and statistics in all areas of economics
3To analyze and evaluate economic issues using package programs like Eviews, SPSS etc.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
NONE
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
Results, varieties, theoretical principles of regional and international economic integrations; examples on international economic integration experiences; IMF and World Bank; GATT and World Trade Organisation; European Union, relations between EU and Turkey; regional and international economic integrations Turkey signed.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1 Economic Unification and its importance
2 Protectionism, regionalization and globalization in the field of foreign trade
3 Nature of Economic Mergers: Basics, objectives and types
4 Formation and Stages of Economic Mergers
5Theories of economic integration
6Influences of economic integrations on foreign trade
7Effects of economic integrations on economic growth
8Midterm exams
9Theory of "trade tariff union"
10Conditions of economic integration
11International financial integrations
12 International economic-financial institutions: IMF and World Bank
13GATT and WTO
14European Union: Historical development, and the future of Turkey-EU relations
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Self Study148112
Individual Study for Mid term Examination111
Individual Study for Final Examination111
Homework111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)117
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