Information Package / Course Catalogue
Contemporary Economic Problems
Course Code: ECN530
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

The purpose of this course is to provide the student to gain perspective by discussing the causes of the current economic problems and solutions.

Course Content

Globalization, processes and global issues in the world's macro and micro level, economic and social problems of the country, the importance of economic integration, and financial crises encountered in the financial markets, economic integration movements that Turkey is bound, Turkey encountered in the economy economic problems and the causes of these problems, solutions.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Muzaffer Özgür YANARDAĞ
Learning Outcomes
1.Learns current economic problems.
2.Knows modern economic conditions.
3.Can synthesize current economic problems with daily life.
4.Develops solutions to current economic problems.
5.Interpret the transformation of economics.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Coşkun KARACA - Güncel Ekonomik ve Mali Sorunlar, Ekin Kitabevi.
2.Yeşim KUBAR (Ed.) - Güncel Ekonomik Sorunlar, Gazi Kitabevi.
3.Hakkı ÇİFTÇİ - Güncel Ekonomik Sorunlar ve Türkiye, Akademisyen Kitabevi.
4.Kolektif - Güncel Ekonomik Sorunlar Dünya Ekonomisi, Literatür Yayınları.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Searching for New Cooperation in the World Economy: New Silk Road Project, BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Week 2 - Theoretical
Middle Income Trap in the World and in Turkey
Week 3 - Theoretical
Income Distribution and Poverty in the 21st Century
Week 4 - Theoretical
Global Environmental Issues and Sustainable Development
Week 5 - Theoretical
Price Fluctuations in the Energy Sector
Week 6 - Theoretical
New Trends in Employment and Unemployment in the World
Week 7 - Theoretical
Migration and its Economic Reflections
Week 8 - Theoretical
New Consensus, Neoliberalism and The Economics of the Third Way
Week 9 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Examination
Week 10 - Theoretical
New Economy and Informatics Sector
Week 11 - Theoretical
Cryptocurrency Phenomenon and Financial Markets
Week 12 - Theoretical
Economic Bubbles
Week 13 - Theoretical
Financial Crises
Week 14 - Theoretical
Structural Reforms: Concept, Practice and Results
Week 15 - Theoretical
Major Structural Reforms in the World and in Turkey and Their Effects
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final Examination
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Individual Work140228
Midterm Examination123225
Final Examination128230
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
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
4
3
4
3
4
3
2
2
OÇ-2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
OÇ-4
4
3
4
3
3
4
3
4
OÇ-5
3
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026