Economics of The European Union

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

This course equips candidates with in-depth knowledge on meaning and types of economic integration, effects of integration, Integration experiences in the world, formation of the EU, Evolution of the EU, Enlargement of the EU, structure of the EU, historical evoluation of the EU-Turkey relations, sectoral details of the EU-Turkey economic relations

Weekly Schedule

1) Introduction
2) Economic Integration: Meaning and Types
3) Success Conditions of Economic Integration
4) Effects of Economic Integration
5) Theories of Economic Integration
6) Integration in Goods, Services and Factor Markets
7) Integration Experiences in the World
8) Midterm Exam
9) Evoluation of the European Union
10) Monetary Unification and the EU
11) Economic Mechanisms of the EU
12) Economic Structure of the EU
13) Enlargement of the EU
14) Common Policies of the EU
15) EU-Turkey Relationships
16) Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Prof. Dr. Yusuf Bayraktutan, Uluslararası İktisat
2- İktisadi Bütünleşme ve AB, Prof. Dr. Yusuf Bayraktutan
3- Makaleler, internet siteleri

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Self Study

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade	40%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	60%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required