Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
ECONOMİC GEOGRAPGY UCOG259 3. Semester 4 + 0 4.0 6.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Nuri YAVAN
Assistants
Goals The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the field of economic geography and to provide an introduction to economic geography with emphases on theory and empirical application.
Course Content Economic geography study of the location, distribution and spatial organization of economic activities on both the local and the international scale and attempt to explain the locational configuration of economic space. Major topics include uneven development/spatial inequalities; global supply chaining; technology, agglomeration and distance; the environment; the role of the state, the firm, and the individual; consumption; and cultural dimensions of economic life. Economic geography tries to make sense of this activity through the lenses of key geographic principles: space, place, and scale.
Learning Outcomes 1) Students will be able to discuss different economic geography approaches
2) Students will be used appropriate methods and techniques for the development of problem solving skills and critical and creative thinking in the field of human geography.
3) Students will be understand the space and place as an expression of economic forces.
4) Students will be acquire basic skills and develop analytical skills for interpreting economic space
5) Students will be able to recognize national and international factors that may affect the implementation of change and transformation in geography.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Syllabus and Course Requirements Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Subject, Scope and Significance of Economic Geography Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Economic Geography and Its Relations with Economics Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Scope of Economics and Introduction to Economic Analysis Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Basic Economic Concepts 1: Goods and Services Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Basic Economic Concepts 2: Supply, Demand and Price Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Production Process and Production Factors Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Structure of the Economy 1: Economic Actors Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Structure of the Economy 2: Markets and Competition Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Measuring the Size of the Economy: GDP and Its Calculation Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Measuring the Size of the Economy 2: Other Metrics and Indicators Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Sectoral Structure of the Economy and Sectoral Transformation Models Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Historical Background and Changing Paradigms in Economic Geography Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Economic Geography and Public Policy Lecture; Question Answer
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Danny MacKinnon and Andrew Cumbers, (2011) An Introduction to Economic Geography, Harlow: Pearson.
Erol Tümertekin ve Nazmiye Özgüç (2007) Ekonomik Coğrafya: Küreselleşme ve Kalkınma, Çantay Kitabevi, İstanbul.
İlker Parasız (2015) İktisadın ABC'si, 15. Baskı, Ezgi Kitabaevi, Bursa.
Kılınçaslan, İsmet (2010) Kent Ekonomisi: Sektörlerin Gelişimi, Ekonomik Coğrafya, Arazi Ekonomisi, Yapısal Analiz, Ninova yayınları, İstanbul.
Mahfi Eğilmez (2019) Ekonominin Temelleri, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul.
Neil M. Coe, Philip F. Kelly, Henry Wai-Chung Yeung, (2013) Economic Geography: A Contemporary Introduction, Blackwell, Oxford.
Nuri Yavan, (2006) Türkiye’de Doğrudan Yabancı Yatırımların Lokasyon Seçimi, İktisadi Araştırmalar Vakfı Yayınları, İstanbul.

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 4
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 5
Midterm Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 20
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 26
1 2
1 2
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
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