COURSE SYLLABUS

SERVICE ECONOMICS

1	Course Title:	SERVICE ECONOMICS
2	Course Code:	IKT2301
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	3
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	No prerequisite
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. NALAN ÖLMEZOĞULLARI
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Mail: fyilmaz@uludag.edu.tr, Phone : +90 224 2941087, Address: Uludağ Üniversitesi, İ.İ.B.F., A Blok 4.Kat, Oda no:427, Nilüfer, Bursa, Türkiye.
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To be able to enlighten place of the service sector in economy, to develop analytic thinking skills related to service sector and its future.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To be able to evaluate the role of service sector in the economy and the importance of service sector in economic development process.;
2	To be able to evaluate interactions between service sector and the other sectors.;
3	To be able to analyze the developments of the sectors by getting information about the structure and functioning of the sub-sectors of services. ;
4	To be able to provide policy proposals for the functioning and problems of education sector, by getting information about the functioning and financing of education sector.;
5	To be able to provide solution proposal by considering the needs and problems of the service sector. ;
6	To be able to compare the sectors of services in terms of creation of employment and income.;
7	To be able to analyze comparatively public and private sector in the service sector in terms of efficiency.;
8	To be able to evaluate advantages and disadvantages of sub-sectors of services in international trade.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Introduction to economics of services: basic concepts, classifications and definitions of sectors.
2	Introduction to economics of services: supply and demand dynamics of services, and general properties of the services.
3	Sectors in economic development process; increasing importance of services sector.
4	Organization of the service production: private and public sector.
5	Education and health sector: organization , financing and importance in economic development.
6	Retail and wholesale trade services and sectoral evaluations.
7	Financial services and sectoral evaluations.
8	Tourism and travel services and sectoral evaluations.
9	Transportation, communication, storage services and sectoral evaluations.
10	Justice, security, defense services and sectoral evolutions.
11	Information services, e-trade and sectoral evaluations.
12	Construction and construction-related engineering services and sectoral evaluations.
13	Tradability of services and importance of services sector in international trade.
14	Analysis of service sector in Turkey;

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Hanifi M. Aslan, Hizmet Ekonomisi, İstanbul: Alfa Basım Yayın Dağıtım, İstanbul, 1998 Jan Owen J., The Economics Of Services, Development and Policy, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. 2006. Behzat M. Ekinci, Uluslararası Hizmet Ticaretinde Gelişmekte olan Ülkeler ve Türkiye, İTO Yay., 2008. Nihal Y. Mızrak, Hizmet Ekonomisi, İnternet ve Elektronik Ticaret, İmaj Yayınevi, Ankara, 2009.
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
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