ECONOMICS AND FINANCE | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
MBG4058 | Bioeconomy | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
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 : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ELIZABETH HEMOND |
Course Objectives: | This course is an introduction to the area of BioEconomy. The objective is to discuss the developments and opportunities in the areas of naturel products and biotechnology applications. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1.Recognize the concept of BioEconomy. 2.Discuss the areas of traditional BioEconomy and the Knowledge Based BioEconomy. |
The course covers the topics about BioEconomy and Knowledge Based BioEconomy. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to Bioeconomy | |
2) | Foreseeing the Emerging Bioeconomy | |
3) | Drivers of BioEconomy | |
4) | Population and Consumption | |
5) | Food and Water | |
6) | Healthcare | |
7) | Technology | |
8) | State of Bioeconomy Today | |
9) | Institutional and Social Drivers | |
10) | Business of BioEconomy | |
11) | Emerging Business Models | |
12) | Knowledge Based BioEconomy | |
13) | Entrepreneurship in BioEconomy | |
14) | Presentations |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Haftalık ders notları iletilecektir. Weekly course notes will be provided. |
References: | Long Term Technological and Societal Challenge, The BioEconomy to 2030: Designing a Policy Agenda (www.oecd.org/futures/bioeconomy/2030). |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 1 | % 5 |
Homework Assignments | 1 | % 10 |
Presentation | 1 | % 10 |
Midterms | 1 | % 25 |
Final | 1 | % 50 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 6 | 84 |
Homework Assignments | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Midterms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Total Workload | 158 |
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 |