Information Package / Course Catalogue
Economic Growth and Development
Course Code: ECO430
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

The aim of the course is improve the student’s ability to analysis about theoretical approach and politics of economic growth and development.

Course Content

Economic growth concepts, development theories, growth models, capital accumulation and technology, development and industrialization strategies.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Hatice ARMUTCUOĞLU TEKİN
Learning Outcomes
1.Determines and learns the basic concepts, theories and models related with economic growth.
2.Analyzes growth problems of economies and suggests policy recommendations.
3.Explain the determinants of growth and associate them with macroeconomic policies.
4.Interprets development process and sustainability problems of development as theoretical and conceptual.
5.Distinguish the differences between growth and development.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Metin Berber - Economic Growth and Development, Ekin Kitabevi, 2019.
2.Erinç Yeldan - Theories of Economic Growth and Distribution, Efil Yayınevi, 2010.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Economic growth concepts
Week 2 - Theoretical
Classic growth models
Week 3 - Theoretical
Harrod-Domar Growth Model
Week 4 - Theoretical
Neo-classic growth models
Week 5 - Theoretical
Endogenous growth models
Week 6 - Theoretical
Endogenous growth models
Week 7 - Theoretical
Development and lessdevelopment
Week 8 - Theoretical
Development theories
Week 9 - Theoretical
Capital accumulation and technology
Week 10 - Theoretical
Financing of development
Week 11 - Theoretical
Population, human capital and employment in terms of economic development
Week 12 - Theoretical
Economic development and foreign trade
Week 13 - Theoretical
Development and industrialization strategies
Week 14 - Theoretical
Sustainable development
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Reading140114
Individual Work140456
Midterm Examination115116
Final Examination121122
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
PÇ-14
PÇ-15
OÇ-1
3
2
3
4
3
2
3
5
OÇ-2
2
3
4
3
2
3
2
5
OÇ-3
3
2
3
2
3
2
4
5
OÇ-4
2
3
2
3
2
3
2
5
OÇ-5
3
2
3
2
3
3
3
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026