• Basic information
• Learning outcomes
• Contents
• Assessment
• Workload

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Grasp historical progress of trade and finance.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Develop and deepen his/her knowledge in fields of international trade, finance and management
   2. Define basic economics, finance and management terminology, theories and concepts
   3. Being able to evaluate and use the advanced level knowledge on international trade, finance and management that are required in experts and researchers who are much needed by the public and private sectors
   4. Review the literature critically pertaining to his/her research projects, and connect the earlier literature to his/her own results
   5. Work effectively in multi-disciplinary research teams
   6. Communication and Social Competence
   7. Write progress reports clearly on the basis of published documents, thesis, etc

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
2. Identify trade and financial problems in their historical context.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Develop and deepen his/her knowledge in fields of international trade, finance and management
   2. Discover, classify and analyze economic data
   3. Being able to evaluate and use the advanced level knowledge on international trade, finance and management that are required in experts and researchers who are much needed by the public and private sectors
   4. Learning Competence
   5. Communication and Social Competence
   6. Support his/her ideas with various arguments and present them clearly to a range of audience, formally and informally through a variety of techniques

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
3. Analyze historical roots of current developments and problems in the areas of trade and finance.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Develop and deepen his/her knowledge in fields of international trade, finance and management
   2. Discover, classify and analyze economic data
   3. Being able to evaluate and use the advanced level knowledge on international trade, finance and management that are required in experts and researchers who are much needed by the public and private sectors
   4. Review the literature critically pertaining to his/her research projects, and connect the earlier literature to his/her own results
   5. Work effectively in multi-disciplinary research teams
   6. Communication and Social Competence
   7. Write progress reports clearly on the basis of published documents, thesis, etc

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam

Contents
Week 1:	Introduction
Week 2:	The Rise of World Trade
Week 3:	Trade and Financial Institutions in Europe, Medieval Age.
Week 4:	Trade and Financial Institutions in Ottoman Empire, Medieval Age.
Week 5:	Money and Public Finance in Europe, Medieval Age.
Week 6:	Historical Development of Monetary and Financial Institutions in Ottoman Empire.
Week 7:	Economic Problems in Ottoman Empire, 16. century
Week 8:	Mid-Term
Week 9:	Geographical Explorations and its Effects on World Trade
Week 10:	Effects of Geographical Explorations on Trade in Ottoman Empire
Week 11:	Industrial Revolution
Week 12:	Industrial Revolution and Ottoman Economy
Week 13:	Colonialism and its Effects on Economic Institutions
Week 14:	European and Ottoman Economy in Modern Age
Week 15*:	Foundations of Trade and Financial Institutions in Turkey, Early Republican Period.
Week 16*:	Final Exam
Textbooks and materials:	Niall Ferguson, Paranın Yükselişi-Dünyanın Finansal Tarihi, Çevirmen: Barış Pala, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul 2012. Şevket Pamuk, Osmanlı-Türkiye İktisadi Tarihi, 1500-1914, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul 2007. W. Heyd, Yakındoğu Ticaret Tarihi, Çevirmen: Enver Ziya Karal, Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları, İstanbul 2000.
Recommended readings:	Marc Ferro, Sömürgecilik Tarihi 13.Yüzyıl-20. Yüzyıl, Çeviren: Muna Cedden, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara 2002. Şevket Pamuk, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nda Paranın Tarihi, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, İstanbul, 2012.
	* Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.

Assessment
Method of assessment	Week number	Weight (%)
Mid-terms:	8	40
Other in-term studies:	-	0
Project:	-	0
Homework:	-	0
Quiz:	-	0
Final exam:	16	60
	Total weight:	(%)

Workload
Activity	Duration (Hours per week)	Total number of weeks	Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching):	3	14
Own studies outside class:	6	14
Practice, Recitation:	0	0
Homework:	0	0
Term project:	0	0
Term project presentation:	0	0
Quiz:	0	0
Own study for mid-term exam:	27	1
Mid-term:	2	1
Personal studies for final exam:	27	1
Final exam:	2	1
		Total workload:
		Total ECTS credits:	*
	* ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25. (1 ECTS = 25 work hours)