ECON207 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY I
| Course Code: | 3110207 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Economics |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assist.Prof.Dr SHEİLA MARGARET PELİZZON |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
1.Students will develop an awareness of how non-market societies functioned in human history
2.With each weekly topic students should learn to read a variety of relevant authors for their main and supporting ideas and should become aware of various styles and theoretical approaches.
3. Students will learn to write , clea, well organized and succinct essays. essays
Course Content
This course deals with transformation of the politically fragmented, non-market European feudal societies into societies characterized by market-orientation and centralized political structures. It focuses on differential patterns of agrarian and commercial development in individual regions as well as in the formation of a global economy centered around Western Europe.
Course Learning Outcomes
All outcomes are assumed to relate to the end of the course.
By the end of the course students will
1. be able to compare and contrast the economic and social structures and processes of non-martket-dominated societies;
2. be able to understand and compare the views of various authorsin written format--i.e., on exams and in essays
3. beable to write clear,concise and sucinct essays on a varietyoftopics related to the course;
4 have understood anumber of facts as oposed to hearsay about the social organizationand economies.of various pre-modern societies
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | The aim of our program is to equip our students with the necessary skills and tools to have a firm understanding of economic theory and policymaking. Our graduates will be able to conceptualize economic problems, assess, analyze, and propose scientific solutions to them. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Our students are expected to have interdisciplinary perspective to be able to follow and understand daily economic and political developments. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Our program also trains students to be open to new ideas, be sensitive about social problems surrounding them and work towards providing solutions for these to share with their community. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution