ULT301

Course Title Course Code Program Level
HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT ULT301 International Trade and Finance B.A. / B.Sc.

Course Term
(Course Semester)
Teaching and Learning Methods
Credits
Theory Practice Lab Projects/Field Work Seminars/Workshops Other Total Credits ECTS Credits
05
(Fall)		 42 84 126 3 5

Teaching Staff
Language of Instruction Türkçe (Turkish)
Type Of Course Compulsory
Prerequisites
Recommended Optional Programme Component
Course Objectives The aim of the course is to learn and improve the development and progress of economics as a social science in the historical process.The main purpose is to analyze the economic and social events that led to the birth and development of economic thought, to understand and learn the methods used by the thinkers and economists who contributed to the intellectual development and the methods used by the schools of economics.
Course Content The content of this course, the historical development of economic thought, the main thinkers and economists who contributed to economic thought, economics schools such as mercantilism, classical and neo-classical school and marginalism and the analysis methods they used are the main topics.
Learning Outcomes (LO) 1. To be able to comprehend economic theories 2. To be able to learn the basic starting point of economic theories 3. To be able to discuss the philosophy of economic theories
Mode of Delivery Face to face
Course Outline
Week Topics
1. Week The birth and development of economic thought
2. Week Economic thought in the Pre-Modern Period
3. Week Economic thought in the Early Modern Period: Mercantilism and Physiocracy
4. Week Economic thought in the Modern Era: The era of economics schools
5. Week Schools of Political Economy: Classical School of Economics
6. Week Traditional-Orthodox Schools of Economics: Neo-classical School of Economics- Marginalist School
7. Week Anglo-American Neo-classical Schools of Economics
8. Week Midterm
9. Week Continental-European Neo-classical Schools of Economics
10. Week Marxist School of Economics
11. Week Keynesian School of Economics
12. Week Supply Side Economics and Monetarist Schools
13. Week Other Schools of Economics: Heterodox Schools, Thematic Schools
14. Week An overview
Assessment
  Percentage(%)
Mid-term (%) 40
Quizes (%)
Homeworks/Term papers (%)
Practice (%)
Labs (%)
Projects/Field Work (%)
Seminars/Workshops (%)
Final (%) 60
Other (%)
Total(%) 100
Course Book (s) and/or References 1. Henri Denis, Ekonomik Doktrinler Tarihi, Sosyal Yayınlar, 3. Basım, Ankara, 1997. 2. Gülten Kazgan, İktisadi Düşünce veya Politik İktisadın Evrimi, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2009. 3. E. K. Hunt, İktisadi Düşünce Tarihi, Çev. Müfit Günay, Dost Kitabevi, Ankara, 2005. 4. J. K. Galbraith, İktisat Tarihi, Çev. Müfit Günay, Dost Kitabevi, Ankara, 2004. 5. Helibroner L. Robert İktisadi Düşünürler: Büyük İktisadi Dünürlerin Yaşamları ve Fikirleri, Ankara, 2008 6. Vural Fuat Savaş, İktisatın Tarihi, Liberal Düşünce Topluluğu Yayınları, İstanbul, 1997. 7. Ben Fine, Gerd Hardach, Dieter Karras, Sosyalist İktisadi Düşüncenin Kısa Tarihi, Çev. Sabri Çaklı, İmge Kitabevi, Ankara, 1993. 8. Robert B. Ekelund, Jr. ve Robert F. Hebert, A History of Economic Theory and Method, McGraw Hill Publishing Company, Londra, 1990. 9. S.G. Medema ve W.J. Samuels, eds, The History of Economic Thought: A Reader, Routledge, Londra, 2003. 10. Anthony Brewer, Marxist Theories of Imperialism: A Critical Survey, Routledge, Londra, 1989. 11. Aydın Yalçın, İktisadi Doktrinler ve Sistemler Tarihi, Ekonomik ve Sosyal Yayınlar, Ankara, 1976. 12. Vural Fuat Savaş, “Varsayalım ki” İktisat, Nobel Dağıtım, Ankara, 2007. 13. Douglas Dowd, Capitalism and Its Economics: A Critical History, Pluto Press, Londra, 2004. 14. Sencer Divitçioğlu, Değer ve Bölüşüm: Marxist İktisat ve Cambridge Okulu, İstanbul Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul, 1976.
Work Placement(s)
The Relationship between Program Qualifications (PQ) and Course Learning Outcomes (LO)

 

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5

4

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

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5

4

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

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5

4

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

* Degree of Contribution: 1 Very Low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High