|
Course Name : History of Economic Thought
|
Degree: Bachelor
|
|
Code
|
Year/Semester
|
Local Credits
|
ECTS Credits
|
Course Implementation, Hours/Week
|
|
Course
|
Tutorial
|
Laboratory
|
|
EF 300
|
3/1 (FALL)
|
3
|
5
|
3
|
|
-
|
|
Department
|
Economics and Finance
|
|
Instructors
|
Prof. Dr. Saip Kaya ARDIC
|
|
Contact Information
|
e-mail: skardic@pirireis.edu.tr
|
|
Office Hours
|
Thursday 09:00 – 11:00
|
|
Web page
|
https://www.pirireis.edu.tr/uluslararasi-isletmecilik-ve-ticaret-bolumu
|
|
Course Type
|
Elective
|
Course Language
|
English
|
|
Course Prerequisites
|
-
|
|
Course Description
|
This course aims to show in historical order the origins of the economic ideas and theories and the plurality of divergent schools or authors in different periods accompanied by the dominance of a given current of thought; mainstream or orthodox, as well as to aid in the understanding of economics, to illustrate how economic ideas develop and change within academic disciplines and schools that are (and always have been) vitally concerned with social, political and moral issues.
|
|
Course Objectives
|
This course attempts to introduce basic economic ideas and concepts in the field of economic thought and better understanding of modern economic theories and schools.
|
|
Course Learning Outcomes
|
By students who passed from EF300 successfully;
- Discuss the current developments in economics
- Evaluate the reasons for main economic problems under the light of history
- Evaluate the different economic policies and remedies carried out by governments unknowing, most of time, the origins of these policies.
- Analyze the relationships between different schools of thought
|
|
Instructional Methods and Techniques
|
Presentation of theory
|
|
Tutorial Place
|
-
|
|
Co-term Condition
|
-
|
|
Textbook
|
“An Outline of the History of Economic Thought” by Ernesto Screpanti and Stefano Zamagni, Oxford University Press, Oxfort & London 1995.
“History of Economic Thought” by Harry Landreth and David C. Colander, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston & Toronto
|
|
Other References
|
-
|
|
Homework & Projects
|
Students are assigned topics and academic articles to be presented in class.
|
|
Laboratory Work
|
---
|
|
Computer Use
|
---
|
|
Other Activities
|
---
|