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| Code | TE530 |
| Name | International Agricultural and Trade Policies |
| Term | 2024-2025 Academic Year |
| Term | Spring |
| Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
| ECTS | 6 ECTS |
| National Credit | 3 National Credit |
| Teaching Language | Türkçe |
| Level | Yüksek Lisans Dersi |
| Type | Normal |
| Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
| Catalog Information Coordinator | Prof. Dr. MUSTAFA NECAT ÖREN |
| Course Instructor |
1 |
Course Goal / Objective
To educate individuals who can evaluate agricultural and food policies in terms of international dependence and relations and make policy choices under global constraints.
Course Content
The reasons and importance of international trade; Foreign trade theories; Foreign trade interventions and national justifications; Production, consumption and trade of agricultural and food commodities in terms of international dependence; Agricultural policies and world markets, interaction through trade; Agriculture and food commodities trade and lessdeveloped countries; Agricultural protectionism and measurement problem; Effective institutions, treaties and organizations in international agricultural relations.
Course Precondition
No
Resources
Lecture notes prepared and constantly updated by the lecturer
Notes
Mc Calla, A.F. T.E. Josling, (1987). Agricultural Policies and Wold Markets Karluk, R. Uluslararası Ekonomi: Teori ve Politika
Course Learning Outcomes
| Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| LO01 | Know and explain the reasons and importance of international trade |
| LO02 | Knows the reasons and tools of foreign trade intervention |
| LO03 | Know and explain national and global agricultural policy interactions |
| LO04 | Evaluate historical and current developments in global agricultural market and policies in terms of different country groups |
| LO05 | Knows the national and global constraints on agricultural policies and makes policy choices under these constraints |
| LO06 | Knows the global actors in the field of agriculture and discuss their effects on markets |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
| Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Able to further develop and deepen knowledge acquired based on the undergradute level proficiencies in the fields of farm management and agricultural policy | 5 |
| PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Able to comprehend interactions among related disciplines and field of agricultural economics | |
| PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Able to use theoretical and practical knowledge of agricultural economics in their specialization area | 4 |
| PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Able to prepare reports on developments in national economy and agricultural sector; able to critically evaluate historical and actual developments in agriculture and economy; able to observe and interpret economics related publications | 1 |
| PLO05 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Able to use software widely used in agricultural economics | |
| PLO06 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Able to combine data of actual developments with his knowledge, data and findings obtained in various disciplines and interpret them while supporting them with qualitative and quantitative data and also forming new knowledge through synthesis | 2 |
| PLO07 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Ability to take the lead in multidisciplinary teams and work in teams | |
| PLO08 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Able to critically evaluate specialized knowledge and abilities acquired in agricultural economics and direct his/her own learning process | 2 |
| PLO09 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Constantly adapt himself to new scientific developments | 1 |
| PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Able to use acquired and digested agricultural economics knowledge in multidisciplinary studies, able to explain them, to transfer them to others, able to examine conclusions critically | 1 |
| PLO11 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Able to transfer research results using verbal, written and visual tools | 2 |
| PLO12 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Able to collect data according to scientific methods in order to solve economic problems, able to supervise and interprete data collected while taking into consideration social, scientific and ethical values | |
| PLO13 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Able to develop analytical approaches in order to solve complicated problems that cannot be forecast beforehand in applications of agricultural economics and policy; able to design research process; able to produce solutions by taking on responsibility and to evaluate and justify solutions | 3 |
Week Plan
| Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction and conceptual framework | Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 2 | Causes of international trade | Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 3 | International trade theories | Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 4 | Barriers to international trade | Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 5 | Barriers to international trade (continued) | Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 6 | National reasons for foreign trade interventions | Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 7 | Supply and demand of agricultural and food commodities in terms of international dependence | Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 8 | Mid-Term Exam | Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 9 | Agriculture and food commodity trade and its developments | Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 10 | Global agricultural markets and less developed countries | Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 11 | National policies and world markets | Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 12 | Import interventions and world markets | Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Gösterip Yaptırma, Problem Çözme |
| 13 | export interventions and world markets | Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Gösterip Yaptırma, Problem Çözme |
| 14 | Agricultural protectionism and measurement problem | Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Problem Çözme |
| 15 | Agricultural policies and effective institutions and treaties on trade | Lecture notes and recommended resources for the relevant sections | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma |
| 16 | Term Exams | All lecture notes and recommended resources | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
| 17 | Term Exams | All lecture notes and recommended resources | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
Student Workload - ECTS
| Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Related Works | |||
| Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 5 | 70 |
| Assesment Related Works | |||
| Homeworks, Projects, Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total Workload (Hour) | 157 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 (h) | 6,28 | ||
| ECTS | 6 ECTS | ||