1	Course Title:	POLITICAL ECONOMY
2	Course Code:	IKT3102
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	6
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Ferudun Yılmaz
16	Course Lecturers:	Doç. Dr. Hülya Kanalıcı AKAY
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Adres:Uludağ Üniversitesi, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi İktisat Bölümü Posta kodu: 16059 Görükle Kampüsü , Nilüfer/ Bursa Tel:224 29 410 87 fyilmaz@uludag.edu.tr
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The interactrion between economics and politics has always attracted the attention of economists. As a matter of fact after the affect of poltics over the choice and performance of economy politics is obviously seen, the studies over this field have increased rapidly.The objective of the this course is to provide an understanding of interaction between economics and politics.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

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Learning Outcomes:

1 The relation between Economics and politics is learned.; 2 Having information about the history of the political economy; 3 Theoretical foundations of political economy are able to be analyzed.; 4 Application fields of political economy are studied; 5 Interaction of individuals and the result of this interraction are understood in both markets and politics.; 6 What kind of effects the factors such as society, culture and geography cause over economics and politics are understood.; 7 The relations of political economy with the other diciplines are learned.; 8 Thoughts of important philosophers in the field of political economy are learned; 9 Changing in the field of political economy from past till today is learned; 10 Political economy discussions are analyzed over the perspective of today’s economic approach.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Failure of the Public Sector and Public Choice
2	Development of Public Choice Theory
3	Public Choice and Property Right
4	Regulation, Taxation and Public Enterprise
5	Market Failure and Political Failure
6	Economic analysis of the process of decision
7	Arrow Theory (mid-term exam)
8	The paradox of voting
9	Medyan Choice Theory
10	Interest Groups/ Bureaucracy Theory
11	Rent Seeking Theory
12	Criticism at Public Choice
13	Constitutional Economics
14	Theoretical Foundations of Constitutional Economics

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Dennis C. Mueller “Perspectives on public choice”
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	3	42
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	3	42
Homeworks, Performances	0	0	0
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	20	20
Others	1	50	50
Final Exams	1	20	20
Total WorkLoad			194
Total workload/ 30 hr			5,8
ECTS Credit of the Course			6

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 LO1 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 LO2 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 LO3 5 4 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 LO4 3 5 4 5 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 LO5 4 5 3 4 5 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 LO6 3 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 LO7 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 LO8 3 4 4 3 4 2 2 1 3 4 4 4 LO9 4 3 1 5 3 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 LO10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High