| International Relations (English) | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
| Course Code: | UNI245 | ||||
| Course Name: | Economics of Technology & Innovation | ||||
| Semester: | Spring | ||||
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| Language of instruction: | English | ||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||
| Type of course: | University Elective | ||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||
| Course Coordinator: | Doç. Dr. AYFER USTABAŞ | ||||
| Course Lecturer(s): |
Doç. Dr. AYFER USTABAŞ |
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| Course Objectives: | The aim of the course is to provide students with a general comprehension about the crucial impacts of technical and technological progresses on economic development. |
| Course Content: | Innovations and inventions in the waves of technical change, Schumpeter’s theories on technical and technological changes, contemporary theories of innovation in relation to firm behaviour. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course;
1) Comprehend the crucial impacts of technical and technological progresses on economic development. 2) Have a comprehensive knowledge of Schumpeter's theories. 3) Learn the difference between inveentions and inovations. 4) Learn the modern theories on the economics of technology. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Schumpeter’s Theories | |
| 2) | Schumpeter’s Theories | |
| 3) | Theories of Entrepreneurship | |
| 4) | Theories of Entrepreneurship | |
| 5) | The Rise of Technology, Industrial Revolution | |
| 6) | The Age of Electricity, Innovations in Oil and Chemicals-Synthetic Materials | |
| 7) | Mass Production and Automobile | |
| 8) | MIDTERM | |
| 9) | Electronics and Computers | |
| 10) | Success and Failure in Industrial Innovation | |
| 11) | Innovation and Firm Strategies | |
| 12) | National Systems of Innovation | |
| 13) | Technology and Economic Growth | |
| 14) | International Trade Performance, Diffusion of Technology |
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | The Economics of Industrial Revolution, Chris Freeman and Luc Soete 3rd Ed. Cassel, London, 1997 |
| References: | Yenilik İktisadı, Chris Freeman and Luc Soete, Trans. Ergün Türkcan, Tübitak, Ankara, 2003 |
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| 1) Has knowledge about basic theoretical debates in the field of International Relations. | |||||||||||
| 2) Defines contemporary developments, approaches and basic concepts in the field of International Relations at national and international level. | |||||||||||
| 3) Relates the interaction of the Department of International Relations with other social sciences (history, political science, law, economy). | |||||||||||
| 4) Gains knowledge and skills to evaluate and discuss the events in an interdisciplinary dimension, and analyze the political, social and economic problems encountered in national and international contexts within a certain conceptual framework. | |||||||||||
| 5) Using social sciences methods, can conduct research and follow the field. | |||||||||||
| 6) Uses leadership characteristics with awareness of teamwork. | |||||||||||
| 7) Can design and prepare scientific projects such as projects, reports, articles and theses with their own or others with uses qualitative and quantitative research techniques. | |||||||||||
| 8) Develops behavior according to ethics and social values and evaluates what they have learned by deciding what he/she needs and critically question the information has acquired. | |||||||||||
| 9) Transmits the opinions, thoughts and solutions in the field of International Relations to the related persons and institutions in written and orally. | |||||||||||
| 10) Follows the developments in the field and communicates with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B1. | |||||||||||
| 11) Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field. | |||||||||||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Average | 3 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Has knowledge about basic theoretical debates in the field of International Relations. | |
| 2) | Defines contemporary developments, approaches and basic concepts in the field of International Relations at national and international level. | |
| 3) | Relates the interaction of the Department of International Relations with other social sciences (history, political science, law, economy). | |
| 4) | Gains knowledge and skills to evaluate and discuss the events in an interdisciplinary dimension, and analyze the political, social and economic problems encountered in national and international contexts within a certain conceptual framework. | |
| 5) | Using social sciences methods, can conduct research and follow the field. | |
| 6) | Uses leadership characteristics with awareness of teamwork. | |
| 7) | Can design and prepare scientific projects such as projects, reports, articles and theses with their own or others with uses qualitative and quantitative research techniques. | |
| 8) | Develops behavior according to ethics and social values and evaluates what they have learned by deciding what he/she needs and critically question the information has acquired. | |
| 9) | Transmits the opinions, thoughts and solutions in the field of International Relations to the related persons and institutions in written and orally. | |
| 10) | Follows the developments in the field and communicates with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at the level of European Language Portfolio B1. | |
| 11) | Uses information and communication technologies together with computer software at the advanced level of European Computer Driving License required by the field. |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
| Final | 1 | % 60 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
| total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Preparation for the Activity | Spent for the Activity Itself | Completing the Activity Requirements | Workload | ||
| Course Hours | 14 | 1 | 3 | 56 | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 0 | 2 | 28 | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 15 | 1 | 16 | |||
| Final | 1 | 25 | 1 | 26 | |||
| Total Workload | 126 | ||||||