NEW MEDIA
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
DIS2011	International Economic Institutions and Economics of Turkey	Spring	2	0	2	3

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:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Instructor CEM KARTAL
Course Lecturer(s):	Instructor ELİF FINDIK Instructor AYBİKE ELİF BOLCAN
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	The primary objective of this course is to provide the students knowledge about the duties, the working structures and the ways to implement the projects of the organizations that operate in international field, and also gives the opportunity to them to learn and discuss current issues in these fields. The course, also, provides a historical, institutional and structural framework to deal with the current main economic characteristics of the Turkish economy.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1.will be able to give information about the World Trade Organization (WTO) regime and the General agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in the framework of International Trade.
2.will be able to analyze the origins and basic rules of GATT/WTO including Most Favored Nation, National Treatment, Technical barriers, and provisions on quantitative restrictions, escape clauses.
3.will be able to give information about its history, purpose, structure and functions.
4.will be able to discuss the current issues related with the Turkey-IMF relations.
5.will be able to explain the duties and nature of the organizations in international economics.
6.will be able to relate the developments of the Turkish economy to the major shifts in the international political economy.
7.will be able to discuss the historical, social and political roots of the contemporary structural problems of the Turkish economy.

Course Content

Topics covered in this course are the World Trade Organization (WTO) regime and the General agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the origins and basic rules of GATT/WTO including Most Favored Nation, National Treatment, Technical Barriers, and provisions on quantitative restrictions, escape clauses, the WTO agreements such as the Agreement on Traderelated aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), the history, purpose, structure and functions of IMF. The course also offers a historical, structural and institutional framework to understand the main developments of the Turkish Economy.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	The theory of international organization and the theory of economic integration.	Students are given the course materials a week before.
2)	International Monetary Fund and The World Bank.	Students are given the course materials a week before.
3)	The European Union.	Students are given the course materials a week before.
4)	GATT and World Trade Organization	Students are given the course materials a week before.
5)	ICC	Students are given the course materials a week before.
6)	OECD and the importance of Turkey	Students are given the course materials a week before.
7)	OECD and the importance of Turkey	Students are given the course materials a week before.
8)	Review	Students are given the course materials a week before.
9)	a-FAO b-The organization of The Black Sea Economical Cooperation.	Students are given the course materials a week before.
10)	a-Turkish Economy– The sectors of agriculture and industry. b-Turkish Economy – Foreign Trade	Students are given the course materials a week before.
11)	The relations between Turkey and IMF and World Bank.	Students are given the course materials a week before.
12)	The relations between Turkey and The World Trade Organization	Students are given the course materials a week before.
13)	The relations and improvement between Turkey and European Union	Students are given the course materials a week before.
14)	International Organizations, globalization and Turkey.	Students are given the course materials a week before.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	.
References:	IMF ve WTO Raporlar

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments	3	% 10
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	1	% 60
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	2	28
Study Hours Out of Class	14	2	28
Homework Assignments	3	5	15
Midterms	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
Total Workload			75

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)	To be able to critically interpret and discuss the theories, the concepts, the traditions, and the developments in the history of thought which are fundamental for the field of new media, journalism and communication.
2)	To be able to attain written, oral and visual knowledge about technical equipment and software used in the process of news and the content production in new media, and to be able to acquire effective abilities to use them on a professional level.
3)	To be able to get information about the institutional agents and generally about the sector operating in the field of new media, journalism and communication, and to be able to critically evaluate them.
4)	To be able to comprehend the reactions of the readers, the listeners, the audiences and the users to the changing roles of media environments, and to be able to provide and circulate an original contents for them and to predict future trends.
5)	To be able to apprehend the basic theories, the concepts and the thoughts related to neighbouring fields of new media and journalism in a critical manner.
6)	To be able to grasp global and technological changes in the field of communication, and the relations due to with their effects on the local agents.
7)	To be able to develop skills on gathering necessary data by using scientific methods, analyzing and circulating them in order to produce content.
8)	To be able to develop acquired knowledge, skills and competence upon social aims by being legally and ethically responsible for a lifetime, and to be able to use them in order to provide social benefit.
9)	To be able to operate collaborative projects with national/international colleagues in the field of new media, journalism and communication.
10)	To be able to improve skills on creating works in various formats and which are qualified to be published on the prestigious national and international channels.