| Language of instruction: |
English |
| Type of course: |
Non-Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: |
Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
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| Mode of Delivery: |
Hybrid
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| Course Coordinator : |
Assoc. Prof. ESRA ALBAYRAKOĞLU |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: |
None |
| Course Objectives: |
Objective of this course is to provide theoretical basis, rules, and aspects of regional policy and regional development in EU countries. The course will get students familiar with the idea of Euro-pean Union regional policy and its evolution, institutions, mechanism, and financing. Essential part of the course will be focusing on contemporary problems of EU regional policy, regional development in selected countries, differences and priorities. The course will particularly analyze regional development processes and offer students a variety of ‘good practices’. Case study analysis will be an important component of the course. |
| Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Introduction |
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| 2) |
Historical Evolution of European Integration |
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| 3) |
Institutions of the EU and the management of the EU budget |
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| 4) |
The EU regional policy: An Overview |
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| 5) |
Common Agricultural Policy and the emergence of rural development paradigm |
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| 6) |
Emergence of rural development paradigm and NUTS methodology |
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| 7) |
Implementation of the EU Regional Policy: Types of funds |
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| 8) |
Mind-mapping presentations |
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| 9) |
Midterm |
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| 10) |
Impact of Economic Crisis on European Regions and Future Challenges |
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| 11) |
Enlargement and Regional Development in Central and Eastern European Countries |
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| 12) |
Case Studies: Mezzogiorno (Italy) and Catalonia (Spain) |
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| 13) |
Student Presentations (Pecha Kucha) |
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| 14) |
General Evaluation |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
| 1) |
Having the theoretical and practical knowledge proficiency in the discipline of industrial product design |
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| 2) |
Applying professional knowledge to the fields of product, service and experience design development |
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| 3) |
Understanding, using, interpreting and evaluating the design concepts, knowledge and language |
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| 4) |
Knowing the research methods in the discipline of industrial product design, collecting information with these methods, interpreting and applying the collected knowledge |
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| 5) |
Identifying the problems of industrial product design, evaluating the conditions and requirements of problems, producing proposals of solutions to them |
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| 6) |
Developing the solutions with the consideration of social, cultural, environmental, economic and humanistic values; being sensitive to personal differences and ability levels |
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| 7) |
Having the ability of communicating the knowledge about design concepts and solutions through written, oral and visual methods |
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| 8) |
To identify and apply the relation among material, form giving, detailing, maintenance and manufacturing methods of design solutions |
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| 9) |
Using the computer aided information and communication technologies for the expression of industrial product design solutions and applications |
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| 10) |
Having the knowledge and methods in disciplines like management, engineering, psychology, ergonomics, visual communication which support the solutions of industrial product design; having the ability of searching, acquiring and using the knowledge that belong these disciplines when necessary. |
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| 11) |
Using a foreign language to command the jargon of industrial product design and communicate with the colleagues from different cultures |
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| 12) |
Following and evaluating the new topics and trends that industrial product design needs to integrate according to technological and scientific developments |
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