COURSE SYLLABUS

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC HISTORY

1	Course Title:	EUROPEAN ECONOMIC HISTORY
2	Course Code:	IKT5109
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	No prerequisitie
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. MEHMET ARSLANOĞLU
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	aslanog@uludag.edu.tr, 0224 294 10 98 Uludağ Üniversitesi, İktisat Bölümü, Görükle Kampüsü, Nilüfer/BURSA
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The main aim of this course is to obtain both historical perspective and experience in the application of economic analysis to major issues.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	Students will be able to obtain both historical perspective and experience in the application of economic analysis to major issues;
2	Students will be able to obtain methodological tools to understand the big changes in economic history;
3	Students will be able to learn the social and economic history of the Roman Empire, the impact of urbanisation, imperialism;
4	Students will be able to learn socio-political economic structures of European countries: serfdom and feudalism, urban guilds;
5	Students will be able to understand how the medieval Western European economy evolved from an essentially rural, agrarian feudal economy to a much more urbanized and modernized capitalist economy;
6	Students will be able to learn the origins of modern industrial revolution;
7	Students will be able to learn how the world economy got to be where it is today, focusing on economic and social structure;
8	Students will be able to learn the origins of world economy in the nineteenth century and learn about late industrialized countries;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	The Social and Economic History of the Roman Empire Socio-political Economic Structures of European Countries: Serfdom and Feudalism
2	Urban Guilds and Cities
3	The European economy in the begining of the modern ages
4	The changes in the economical power balance in Europe
5	The circumstances which led to the industrial revolution
6	The technological changes and the industrial revolution
7	The results of the industrial revolution
8	Demographic, social and economic structure in Europe after industrial revolution
9	The economic changes in the 19th century
10	The expansion of the industrialisation
11	The international economic relations in the 20th century
12	World War I and economic effects
13	The great depression and its effects
14	The changes in the world economy in the second half of the 20th century The changes in the Eurpopean economic life

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1- Tevfik Güran, İktisat Tarihi, İstanbul, 1997 2- Herbert Heaton, Avrupa İktisat Tarihi, çev: M. Ali Kılıçbay, Ankara, 1990 3- C. M. Cipolla, Dünya Nüfusunun İktisat tarihi, Çev.: Mehmet Sırrı Gezgin, Ötüken yayınları, İstanbul, 1992 4- Jean Maillet, Başlangıçtan 18. Yüzyıla Ekonomi Tarihi, Çev.: Ertuğrul Tokdemir-Mehmet Bolak, İTÜ yayınları, İstanbul,1989 5- Maurice Dobb, Kapitalizmin Gelişimi Üzerine İncelemeler: Geçiş Tartışmaları, çev. F. Akar, Belge Yayınları, İstanbul 1992 6- Cipolla, Carlo M., Before the Industrial Revolution European Society and Economy, 1000-1700, New York, 1980.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	2	20
Final Exam	1	80
Total	3	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		20
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		80
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High