COURSE SYLLABUS

INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLIC.

1	Course Title:	INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLIC.
2	Course Code:	IKT3308
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. EMİN ERTÜRK
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof.Dr. Emin ERTÜRK Doç. Dr. Ozan BAŞKOL Doç. Dr. Derya YILMAZ
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Prof.Dr. Emin ERTÜRK eerturk@uludag.edu.tr. 0224 294 10 86 Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, A Blok, 4. Kat, Nilüfer, Bursa.
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19	Objective of the Course:	To examine various policy instruments applied in the field of international economic relations and to understand their effects.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	To enable students to gain profession in various institutions with international connections by gaining the ability to understand and interpret international economic policies.

Learning Outcomes:

1	To learn the purpose and reasons of implementation of foreign trade policies.;
2	To recognize the instruments of international economy policy. ;
3	To be able to observe the effects of policies with a comperative view.;
4	To recognize policies such as strategic trade policy, export promotion and various incentive policies.;
5	To be able to analyse the effects of strategic trade and promotion policies.;
6	To be able to analyse the effects of promotion and protection policies on trade and growth.;
7	To learn the exchange rate definitions;
8	To learn the relation between international capital flows and Exchange rate changes.;
9	To analyse the political economy of trade policy.;
10	To learn the Balance of Payments(Bop) and theories concerning BoP .;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Aims and instruments
2	Direct policy instruments:Tariffs
3	Protection policy:effective protection, optimum rate of protection and retaliation
4	Quotas and efficiency in protection
5	Promotion policies
6	Promotion policy, general equilibrium analysis and unfair competition
7	Strategic trade policy
8	Strategic trade policy II
9	Political economy of trade policy
10	Exchange rates and Exchange rate policies
11	Exchange rate formation in spot and futures markets
12	Currency systems, Gresham Law, Thiers Law
13	Balance of Payment Analysis
14	Balance of Payments: internal and external equilibrium

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Emin Ertürk; Uluslararası İktisat: Teori ve Politika, Medyay Kitabevi, Bursa, 2016. Emin Ertürk ve Derya Yılmaz; Uluslar Arası İktisadi Birleşmeler ve Türkiye’nin İçinde Bulunduğu İktisadi Birleşme Hareketleri, Alfa Aktüel, Bursa, 2018. Emin Ertürk; Döviz Ekonomisi, Der Yayınları, İstanbul, 1994. Erol İyibozkurt; Uluslararası İktisat, Ezgi Kitabevi, Bursa, 2001. Paul Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld and Marc Melitz; International Economics: Theory and Policy, Pearson Education, London, 2018. R.J. Carbaugh; International Economics, Cengage Learning, Boston, 2015. Rıdvan Karluk; Uluslararası Ekonomi: Teori – Politika, Beta Basim Yayim, İstanbul, 2018.
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	Measurement and evaluation are made with multiple choice test questions.
Information	This course is evaluated with a relative evaluation system

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