Course Information

Course Title	Code	Semester	L+U Hour	Credits	ECTS
RURAL ECONOMICS AND RURAL AREA MANAGEMENT	805010015050		3 + 0	3.0	6.0

Prerequisites

None

Language of Instruction	English
Course Level	Graduate Degree
Course Type	Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors
Assistants
Goals	In this course, basic economic concepts, principles and methods, supply and demand analyses, production and cost analyses, relations with rural and urban concepts, basic characteristics of rural areas, economic and social activities in rural areas, rural investments, savings and capital formation, rural development, rural area management, duties and powers of institutions in rural area management, rural planning and planning problems and the situation of rural areas in Türkiye.
Course Content	Concepts and scopes of rural area and its economy, advantages and/or disadvantages of rural areas, fundamental characteristics of rural areas, economic and social activities in rural areas: agriculture, tourism, rural industries, and other activities, rural infrastructure, rural investments, savings and capital in rural areas, rural finance: sources and organizations, rural development: basic strategies, approaches and problems, supports and incentives, rural labour market and social security, rural development institutions (public, private and civil society organizations), relationship between agriculture and rural development, rural area management: local organizations and their management, public and civil society organizations, spatial planning studies in rural areas, land resources and their management in rural areas, rural public services, relationship and interactions between public and private institutions, rural economics and rural development in developing countries and Turkey, practices, problems and solutions.
Learning Outcomes	1) Learns the development and current status of economics as a social science. 2) Learns the basic principles, terms and concepts of economic science. 3) Learns rural and urban concepts and relations, the basic characteristics of rural areas, economic and social activities in rural areas. 4) Learns the concepts of agriculture, tourism, rural industry and other activities, infrastructure, rural investments, savings and capital formation in rural areas. 5) Discusses the concepts of rural development approaches and basic principles and management of rural areas.

Weekly Topics (Content)

Week	Topics	Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques	Study Materials
1. Week	Concepts and scopes of rural area and its economy	Lecture; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study Brainstorming Brain Based Learning	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week	Advantages and/or disadvantages of rural areas, fundamental characteristics of rural areas	Lecture; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study Brainstorming Brain Based Learning	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week	Economic and social activities in rural areas: agriculture, tourism, rural industries, and other activities	Lecture; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study Brainstorming Brain Based Learning	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week	Rural infrastructure, rural investments, savings and capital in rural areas	Lecture; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study Brainstorming Brain Based Learning	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week	Rural finance: sources and organizations, rural development: basic strategies, approaches and problems, supports and incentives	Lecture; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study Brainstorming Brain Based Learning	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week	Rural labour market and social security	Lecture; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study Brainstorming Brain Based Learning	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week	Rural development institutions (public, private and civil society organizations)	Lecture; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study Brainstorming Brain Based Learning	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week	Relationship between agriculture and rural development, rural area management: local organizations and their management	Lecture; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study Brainstorming Brain Based Learning	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week	Public and civil society organizations, spatial planning studies in rural areas	Lecture; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study Brainstorming Brain Based Learning	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week	Land resources and their management in rural areas, rural public services	Lecture; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study Brainstorming Brain Based Learning	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week	Relationship and interactions between public and private institutions, rural economics and rural development in developing countries and Turkey, practices, problems and solutions	Lecture; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study Brainstorming Brain Based Learning	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week	Rural economics and rural development in developing countries and Turkey	Lecture; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study Brainstorming Brain Based Learning	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week	Analysis of selected countries and project implementations, main problems and solutions	Lecture; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study Brainstorming Brain Based Learning	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week	Analysis of selected countries and project implementations, main problems and solutions	Lecture; Problem Solving; Discussion; Case Study Brainstorming Brain Based Learning	Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course

Recommended Sources

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Açıl, A.F. ve Demirci, R., 1984. Tarım Ekonomisi Dersleri, A.Ü. Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları No:880, Ankara.

Amos, O. M. Jr. 1989. An Inquiry into the Causes of Increasing Regional Income Inequality in the United States, Review of Regional Studies, Vol: 19-2:1-13.

Bağcı, Y., 1998. Toprak Ağalığı ve Kırsal Dönüşüm. Adıyaman İli Boztepe Köyü Vak'a İncelemesi, H.Ü. Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyoloji Anabilim Dalı Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Ankara.

Berkeley, H., Campbell, D., Carter, C., Gamble, B., Hibbs, J., Lee, B., Meadowcroft, J., Morris, J., North, R.D., Rickard, S., Stockdale, A. & Withrington, P., 2005. The New Rural Economy: Change, Dynamism and Government Policy, Institute of Economic Affairs, London, UK.

Cabus, P. and Vanhaverbeke, W., 2003. The Ecponomics of Rural Areas in the Proximity of Urban Networks: Evidence from Flanders, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Vol: 94, No:2:230–245.

Castle, E.N., 1990. A Conceptual Framework fort he Study of Rural Places, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol: (80)3:621-631.

Cinemre, H.A., 1999. Tarım Ekonomisi, II. Baskı, O.M.Ü.Ziraat Fakültesi Ders Kitabı No:11, Samsun.

Deaton, B. J. and Nelson, G.L., 1992. Conceptual Underpinnings of Policy Analysis for Rural Development, Southern Journal Agricultural Econonmics, Vol:24: 87-99.

Dinler, Z., 1996. Tarım Ekonomisi, Dördüncü Basım, Ekin Kitabevi Yayınları, Bursa.

Gönenç, S. and Tanrıvermiş, H., Measuring Informal Economy in Rural Households: The Case of Rural Turkey, Journal of Applied sciences, Vol: 7(21):3138-3153.

Gürsoy, H., 2000. Kırsal Dönüşüm Sürecinde Meslekler ve Ekonomi. Ortaköy Vak'a Çalışması, H.Ü. Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyoloji Anabilim Dalı Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Ankara.

Hildreth, R. J., Lipton, K.L., Clayton, K.C. and O'Connor, C.C. (Eds), 1988. Agriculture and Rural Areas Approaching the Twenty-first Century, Iowa State University Pres, Ames, USA.

İnan, İ.H., 1998. Tarım Ekonomisi ve İşletmeciliği, 5. Baskı, Tekirdağ.

Jensen, and Johnson, G.L. (Eds), 2004. Agricultural Adjustment Problems in a Growing Economy, Iowa State College Pres, Ames, USA.

Johnston, R.J. and Swallow, S.K. (Eds), 2006. Economics and Contemporary Land Use Policy: Development And Conservation at the Rural-urban Fringe, Jhons Hopkins University Pres, Baltimore, USA.

Karagölge, C., Kızıloğlu, S. ve Yavuz, O., 1995. Tarım Ekonomisi-Temel İlkeler, Atatürk Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları, Yayın No:801, Erzurum.

Kasap, N., 1997. Kırsal Dönüşüm Sürecinde Aile ve Ekonomi. Şermetler Köyü Vaka İncelemesi, H.Ü. Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyoloji Anabilim Dalı Yüksek Lisans Tezi, Ankara.

Kilkenny, M., 1999. Transport Cost and Rural Development, Journal of Regional Science Vol: 38 (2):293-312.

Nelson, G. 1984. Elements of a Paradigm for Rural Development, American Journal of Agricultural Econonmics Vol:66: 694-700.

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Ritson, C., 1980. Agricultural Economics Principles and Policy, Granada Publishing, UK.

Rowley, T. D., Redman, J.M. and Angle, J., 1992. The Role of Nonmetropolitian Economic Performance in Rising Per Capita Income Differences Among States, Review of Regional Studies, Vol: 22: 155-68.

Schumpeter, J.A., 1934. The Theory of Economic Development,, NJ. Transaction Books (1983 Edition), New Brunswick.

Sönmez, A.K., 2001. Aile Dayanışması ve Kırsal Ekonomi: Orta Karadeniz Bölgesinde Fındık Üretimiyle Bağlantılı Aile Dayanışması Üzerine Niteliksel Bir İnceleme, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt: 17, Sayı:1: 61-80.

Summers, G.F., 1998. A Sociological Perspective on Rural Studies, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol: 80(3):640-643.

Tanrıvermiş, H. and Bülbül, M., 2007. The Role of Agriculture in Turkish Economy at the Beginning of the European Union Accession Negotiations, Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol:7(4):612-625.

Tanrıvermiş, H. and Şanlı, H., 2007. A Research on the Impacts of Tourism on Rural Household Income and Farm Enterprises: The Case of the Nevşehir Province of Turkey, Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics (JARTS), Vol:108 (2): 171-191, Germany.

Tanrıvermiş, H., 2006. Tarımda Sosyal Politikalar, İçinde: Türkiye’de Tarım, Eds:F.Yavuz, Tarım ve Köyişleri Bakanlığı Strateji Geliştirme Başkanlığı, Ankara, s.95-120.

Weber, B., 1998. Crossing the Next Meridian: The Economics of Rural-Urban Interdependence, Institutions and Income Distribution in the American West, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Vol: 23(1):1-11.

Woolcott, M., 1998. Social Capital and Economic Development: Toward a Theoretical Synthesis and policy Framework, Theory and Society, Vol:27:151-208.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies

Program Requirements	Contribution Level	DK1	DK2	DK3	DK4	DK5
PY1	5	5	5	5	5	5
PY2	5	5	5	5	5	5
PY3	5	5	5	5	5	5
PY4	5	5	5	5	5	5
PY5	5	5	5	5	5	5
PY6	5	5	5	5	5	5
PY7	5	5	5	5	5	5
PY9	3	3	0	3	0	3
PY12	4	4	4	4	4	0

*DK = Course's Contrubution.

	0	1	2	3	4	5
Level of contribution	None	Very Low	Low	Fair	High	Very High

ECTS credits and course workload

Event	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week)	14	3	42
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening)	14	1	14
Homework	1	15	15
Midterm Exam	1	2	2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam	1	50	50
Final Exam	1	2	2
Time to prepare for Final Exam	1	60	60
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course			30

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