BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| URBAN SYSTEMS AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT (TURKISH, THESIS) | |||||
| Master | TR-NQF-HE: Level 7 | QF-EHEA: Second Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 7 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| KSU5304 | Transportation Economics | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Basic information
| Language of instruction: | Turkish |
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi NİLGÜN CAMKESEN |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
| Course Objectives: | Giving quantitative knowledge about the relationship between economics and transportation which is a sub component of service sector and introduction of some evaluation methods for making choices among the investment alternatives. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; Giving detailed information about: Basic economics, transportation and economics, transportation demand, transportation and urban/regional development, direct costs of transportation, external costs of transportation, pricing of transportation services |
Course Content
| Main Principles Economics, Market Forces of Supply and Demand, Elasticities, Consumers, Costs of Production and Market Structures. Income Distribution, National Income Accounting, Inflation, Production, Growth and Unemployment, Saving, Open and Closed Economy Models. |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Basic economics | |
| 2) | Basic economics | |
| 3) | Basic economics | |
| 4) | Transportation and economics | |
| 5) | Transportation and economics | |
| 6) | Transportation demand | |
| 7) | Transportation and urban/regional development | |
| 8) | Direct costs of transportation | |
| 9) | Mid-term Exam | |
| 10) | External costs of transportation | |
| 11) | Pricing of transportation services | |
| 12) | Recovering external costs of transportation | |
| 13) | Monopoly and public service in transportation service | |
| 14) | Evaluation methods of investment alternatives |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Derste Verilen Notlar / Lecture Notes |
| References: | Transportation Economics Patrick S. McCarty 2001 0-631-22180-8, 2001 Transport Economics Kenneth J. Button 2003 1-85278-523-3 Principles of Transport Economics E. Quinet, R. Vickerman 2004 1-84064-865-1 Mühendislik Ekonomisi Osman OKKA 2007 978-605395-429-3 Mikroekonomiye Giriş Tümay ERTEK 2009 978-605-37795-44 Principles of Transportation Economics Kenneth. D. BOYER 1997 978-0321-011039 |
Evaluation System
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 10 | % 0 |
| Quizzes | 4 | % 10 |
| Homework Assignments | 5 | % 20 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
ECTS / Workload Table
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 10 | 6 | 60 |
| Homework Assignments | 5 | 20 | 100 |
| Quizzes | 4 | 10 | 40 |
| Midterms | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Final | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Total Workload | 270 | ||
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Improving and enhancing information in expertise level on the concept of transportation licence level abilities in terms of transportation department and related departments. | 4 |
| 2) | Having detailed information about current technics, methods and their constraints in transportation engineering. | 4 |
| 3) | Estabilishing engineering problems, improving methods for solution, implementing new methods in solutions | 4 |
| 4) | Completing and implementing information with limited datas, integrating informations of different discipline datas | |
| 5) | Estabilishing engineering problems, improving methods for solution, implementing new methods in solutions | |
| 6) | New/origin idea and method implementing, improving new solutions in system, part and process designs. | |
| 7) | Understanding process and results of studies, presenting the datas oral and written in related department on national and international scales, understanding a foreign language, having speaking, writing and reading level at least Europan Language Portfolio B2. | |
| 8) | Understanding social and environmental phases of technological implementations. Listing ability of current technics, methods, effects, constraints and results of technological implementations. | |
| 9) | Considering social-scientific-ethic values in collecting-understanding-implementing-presenting phases and all activities. | |
| 10) | Having information detailed and deeply by implemented researching in technology, evaluating and implementing of information | |
| 11) | Developing method for defined technological problems and implementing innovative methods in solutions. | |
| 12) | Modelling and implementing of experimental investigations, solving of complex cases in this process |