ISTINYE UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code: | ECO306 | ||||
| Course Name: | History of Economic Thought | ||||
| Semester: |
Fall |
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| Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Doç. Dr. ÇİĞDEM GÜRSOY | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): | İlayda İsabetli Fidan | ||||
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Course Objective and Content
| Course Objectives: | The aim of this course is to broaden students’ understanding about economic theory by reflecting how economic thinkers shaped the history. In this context, each week we will explore the economic thinkers’ contribution to economic theory with their fundamental studies. |
| Course Content: | This course covers historical development of economic ideas in the 20th and 21th centuries. We will discuss fundamentals of economics such as wages, prices, capital, money etc. and also we emphasize their multi-dimensional effects from past to now. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Approach economic issues in the past critically. 2) Build a bridge between today’s and past economic problems. 3) Compare different economic thoughts with the logical manner. |
Course Flow Plan
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | The Scope of History of Economic Thought | |
| 2) | Price Theories | |
| 3) | Trade | |
| 4) | Wages | |
| 5) | Capital | |
| 6) | Capitalism | |
| 7) | MIDTERM | |
| 8) | Money and Finance | |
| 9) | Technology | |
| 10) | Entrepreneurship | |
| 11) | Institutions | |
| 12) | Money, Finance and Economic History | |
| 13) | Economic Crises and Economic Thought | |
| 14) | The Age of Poverty and Inequality |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Selected Articles |
| References: | Divine Providence Early Modern Economic Thought, Joost Hengstmengel, Routledge, 2019 |
Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship
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Course - Learning Outcome Relationship
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
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Assessment & Grading
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Homework Assignments | 4 | % 30 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
| total | % 100 | |