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Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code:

UNI245

Course Name:

Economics of Technology & Innovation

Semester:

Fall

Course Credits:

ECTS

Language of instruction:

English

Course Condition:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

University Elective

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator:

Doç. Dr. AYFER USTABAŞ

Course Lecturer(s):

Doç. Dr. AYFER USTABAŞ

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

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.

Learning Outcomes

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.

Course Flow Plan

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

Sources

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

Course - Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4
Program Outcomes
1) Has the sufficient knowledge to meet the needs of global, cultural, social, environmental and economic factors as well as community health, security and welfare and has the ability to define, formulate and solve complex engineering problems by applying the principles of engineering, science and mathematics.
2) Able to work individually and within a team.
3) Has the ability to communicate effectively in oral and written form.
4) Gives importance to professional and ethical responsibility.
5) Able to use English as a foreign language at B1 General Level of European Language Portfolio.
6) Has the competence to use information and communication technologies with computer software at advanced level of The European Computer Driving License.
7) Has the ability to design and conduct experimental studies, to analyze and interpret the results and to conduct engineering reasoning.
8) Has a basic chemical and physical knowledge about material science.
9) Has the fundamentals of manufacturing methods, used equipments and field of application.
10) Able to make calculations of stress and strain for basic stress concepts and principles.
11) Has the ability to determine the degree of freedom of mechanisms and to perform kinematic analysis.
12) Has the ability to solve problems with computational fluid dynamics, thermal system design and analysis,
13) Able to design of machine parts and make analysis of the structure through mathematical models.
14) Has the ability to work in fields such as hydraulic and pneumatic systems, turbo machines, internal combustion and electric motor technology, vehicle technology and autonomous vehicles, and renewable and alternative energy systems.
15) Has the fundamentals of biomechanics and knowledge of solid and soft tissues of biomechanic features.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Average	3 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Has the sufficient knowledge to meet the needs of global, cultural, social, environmental and economic factors as well as community health, security and welfare and has the ability to define, formulate and solve complex engineering problems by applying the principles of engineering, science and mathematics.
2)	Able to work individually and within a team.
3)	Has the ability to communicate effectively in oral and written form.
4)	Gives importance to professional and ethical responsibility.
5)	Able to use English as a foreign language at B1 General Level of European Language Portfolio.
6)	Has the competence to use information and communication technologies with computer software at advanced level of The European Computer Driving License.
7)	Has the ability to design and conduct experimental studies, to analyze and interpret the results and to conduct engineering reasoning.
8)	Has a basic chemical and physical knowledge about material science.
9)	Has the fundamentals of manufacturing methods, used equipments and field of application.
10)	Able to make calculations of stress and strain for basic stress concepts and principles.
11)	Has the ability to determine the degree of freedom of mechanisms and to perform kinematic analysis.
12)	Has the ability to solve problems with computational fluid dynamics, thermal system design and analysis,
13)	Able to design of machine parts and make analysis of the structure through mathematical models.
14)	Has the ability to work in fields such as hydraulic and pneumatic systems, turbo machines, internal combustion and electric motor technology, vehicle technology and autonomous vehicles, and renewable and alternative energy systems.
15)	Has the fundamentals of biomechanics and knowledge of solid and soft tissues of biomechanic features.

Assessment & Grading

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

Workload and ECTS Credit Calculation

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