COURSE SYLLABUS

ECONOMICS AND MENTALITY

1	Course Title:	ECONOMICS AND MENTALITY
2	Course Code:	IKT3401
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	5
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
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Prof.Dr. Emin ERTÜRK,eerturk@uludag.edu.tr, +902242941086, Uludağ Üniversitesi,Görükle Kampüdü,İİBF, Dekanlık 4. Kat, Nilüfer, Bursa, TÜRKİYE
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19	Objective of the Course:	To enhance students’ knowledge on issues such as economic life, economic thought and capitalism, by analysing the cultural, moral and mental factors affecting those concepts.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	To learn the impact of beleifs on economic behaviour and culture.;
2	To learn the various economic mentalities across different cultures with their historical backround.;
3	To be able to observe the economic outcomes stemming from the interactions between beleifs, culture and mentality.;
4	To recognize the economic mentalities and elements effecting those mentalities in European, Eastern and Islamic societies during the medieval era.;
5	To recognize the economic mentalities and elements effecting those mentalities in European, Eastern and Islamic societies in later stages of history.;
6	To explore the relations between various belief systems and economic structures with a comperative view.;
7	To gain extensive knowledge about capitalism.;
8	To learn the varieties and stages of capitalism. ;
9	To gain knowledge concerning concepts such as post-modern capitalism, consumer society and the new enterpreneur.;
10	To observe the impact of religion on the development of economic thought.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Concept of Mentality
2	Mental roots of economic thought
3	Morality, Ethics and Mentality
4	Morality, Mentality and economics
5	Historical change of mentality
6	Economic action and mentality in Western World
7	Economic life and mentality in Eastern Societies
8	Economic mentality in the Islamic world
9	Comparative analysis of interfaith economic and mental structures.
10	Capitalism, religion and mentality
11	The new enterpreneur type
12	The new consumption society
13	Institutional roots of East-West divergence
14	The impact of religion on economic thought

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Ülgener, S. F. (2006), İktisadî Çözülmenin Ahlâk ve Zihniyet Dünyası, Derin Yayınları:76, İstanbul Ülgener, S. F. (2006), Zihniyet, Aydınlar ve İzm’ler, Derin Yayınları:78, İstanbul Weber, M. (2009), Protestan Ahlâkı ve Kapitalizmin Ruhu, Ayraç Yayınları, Ankara Yalçın, A. (1976), İktisadi Doktrinler ve Sistemler Tarihi, Ekonomik ve Sosyal Yayınlar, Ankara Medema S.G. ve Samuels J.W. (2003), The History of Economic Thought: A Reader, Routledge, London Tutan M. U. ve Bowen B. R. (2005), History of Economic Thoughts and Theories, İzmir University of Economics Publications, İzmir Tower Edward (1981), History of Economic Thought, Eno River Press, North Carolina Hunt E. K. (2005), İktisadi Düşünce Tarihi,Dost Kitabevi, Ankara
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