BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| ECONOMICS AND FINANCE | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| LOG4437 | Humanitarian Logistics | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Basic information
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | Prof. Dr. YAVUZ GÜNALAY |
| Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi LEVENT AKSOY |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | None present |
| Course Objectives: | To discuss the importance and challenges of Humanitarian Logistics |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; Social responsibility; importance of Logistics in Humanitarian Aid; use of mathematical models in social events |
Course Content
| This course provides an overview of humanitarian logistics by introducing the challenging context in which it takes place, the organizations typically involved, the products and services needed, and the operational approaches taken and challenges encountered in meeting the needs. Also operational challenges; funding issues; coordination and strengthening local capacity are discussed. |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Humanitarian Context and activities | |
| 2) | Accountability and performance measurement | |
| 3) | Sourcing & procurement | |
| 4) | Warehousing & materials management | |
| 5) | International Transport & use of 3PL in principle and practice | |
| 6) | DISTRIBUTION MECHANISMS IN PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE | |
| 7) | COORDINATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY | |
| 8) | Midterm Exam | |
| 9) | Mini Cases and Project Definitions | |
| 10) | Math Programming Models | |
| 11) | Newspaper boy problem | |
| 12) | Transshipment Problem | |
| 13) | Project presentations | |
| 14) | General Review |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Hocanın ders notları |
| References: | Notes provided by the instructor |
Evaluation System
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Quizzes | 5 | % 10 |
| Presentation | 1 | % 10 |
| Project | 1 | % 30 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 20 |
| Final | 1 | % 30 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
ECTS / Workload Table
| Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Project | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Midterms | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Paper Submission | 1 | 45 | 45 |
| Final | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Total Workload | 147 | ||
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) | Build up a body of knowledge in mathematics and statistics, to use them, to understand how the mechanism of economy –both at micro and macro levels – works. | 3 |
| 2) | Understand the common as well as distinctive characters of the markets, industries, market regulations and policies. | 2 |
| 3) | Develop an awareness of different approaches to the economic events and why and how those approaches have been formed through the Economic History and understand the differences among those approaches by noticing at what extent they could explain the economic events. | 1 |
| 4) | Analyze the interventions of politics to the economics and vice versa. | 3 |
| 5) | Apply the economic analysis to everyday economic problems and evaluate the policy proposals for those problems by comparing opposite approaches. | 2 |
| 6) | Understand current and new economic events and how the new approaches to the economics are formed and evaluating. | 2 |
| 7) | Develop the communicative skills in order to explain the specific economic issues/events written, spoken and graphical form. | 3 |
| 8) | Know how to formulate the economics problems and issues and define the solutions in a well-formed written form, which includes the hypothesis, literature, methodology and results / empirical evidence. | 2 |
| 9) | Demonstrate the quantitative and qualitative capabilities and provide evidence for the hypotheses and economic arguments. | 2 |
| 10) | Understand the information and changes related to the economy by using a foreign language and communicate with colleagues. | 3 |