INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | . |
References: | IMF ve WTO Raporlar |
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 |
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 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | Setting up various spaces in national and international contexts, carrying out designs, planning and applications that could satisfy various user groups and respond various requirements in the field of Interior Architecture, | |
2) | Analyzing the information gathered from the framework of actual physical, social and economical constraints and user requirements, and synthesizing these with diverse knowledge and considerations in order to create innovative spatial solutions, | |
3) | Generating creative, innovative, aesthetic and unique spatial solutions by using tangible and abstract concepts, | |
4) | Using at least one of the illustration and presentation technologies competently, that the field of interior architecture requires, | |
5) | Reporting, presenting and transferring the design, practice and research studies to the specialists or laymen by using visual, textual or oral communication methods, efficiently and accurately, | |
6) | Embracing and prioritizing man-environment relationships, user health, safety and security, and universal design principles in the field of interior architecture, | |
7) | Design understanding and decision making that respects social and cultural rights of the society, cultural heritage and nature, | |
8) | Being aware of national and international values, following developments and being equipped about ethical and aesthetical subjects in the fields of interior architecture, design and art, | |
9) | Having absolute conscious about legal regulations, standards and principles; and realizing professional ethics, duties and responsibilities in the field of Interior Architecture, |