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| ITEO5017 | Information Society and Economic Development | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of ECONOMICS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Adem KALÇA | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Agriculture society and economic development, Industrial society and economic development of industrial society, knowledge technology and knowledge society, knowledge society and Turkey |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | describe the main concepts. | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 | 1,3 | | PO - 2 : | evaluate the differences between agriculture, industry, knowledge society and economy. | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | evaluate recent economies according to knowledge economy. | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 | 1,3 | | PO - 4 : | analyze and simulate the future economies with their recent knowledge. | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 | 1,3 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Understanding the effects (how and what kind) of the knowledge which is the most valuable element in the 21. century, about the economic transformations |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Agricultural society, industrial revolution, in Turkey process of transition from agricultural society to industrial society | | | Week 2 | The product of the industrial revolution: industrial society, the basic problem of industrial society: social integration, political world view of industrial society: classical liberalism and evolution, structural change of industrial society, the world order created by industrial society, the crisis of industrial society, new social structure: information society | | | Week 3 | Socio-economic development in industrial society | | | Week 4 | Integrated socio-economic development | | | Week 5 | Information technology, the emergence of information society, computers, microelectronics, robots, communication technology, biotechnology, new expectations at the 21. century technology | | | Week 6 | Determinative role of technology in social change, the main features of the information society | | | Week 7 | Informatics infrastructure, information transfer- information flow, the relations between information sector and other sectors, spatial structuring in the information society | | | Week 8 | Site of establishment in the information society, time size of integrated development and underdevelopment | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Process of integration in information society, agglomeration economies, concentration, industrialization, urbanization and investment process in integrated development, growth process in integrated development | | | Week 11 | Social, political, cultural and economic system in information society | | | Week 12 | Entrepreneurship, management and administrative structure and development strategies in information society | | | Week 13 | Industrialization efforts in Turkey, the social structure of Turkish society, cultural change in Turkey, change in the political system in Turkey | | | Week 14 | Technological and cultural lag in becoming an information society, Turkey's economic system in becoming an information society | | | Week 15 | Turkey's political system in becoming an information society, entrepreneurship in Turkey in becoming an information society, Turkey's development strategy in becoming an information society, Turkey's science and technology policy in becoming an information society | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Erkan, H. 1993; Bilgi Toplumu ve Ekonomik Gelişme, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Ankara | | | |
| 1 | Dura C.; Atik H. 2002; Bilgi Toplumu Bilgi Ekonomisi ve Türkiye, Literatür Yayınları, İstanbul. | | | 2 | Kargı N. 2006, Bilgi Ekonomisi, Ekin Basın Yayın, İstanbul | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 11/2017 | 1 | 30 | | Presentation | 12 | 12/2017 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 01/2018 | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 8 | 14 | 112 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 12 | 2 | 24 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 3 | 2 | 6 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 12 | 3 | 36 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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