| Academic Unit: |
Department of International Trade and Finance / Faculty of Management |
| Mode of Delivery: |
Face to face |
| Prerequisites: |
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| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Course Unit: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
- - |
| Course Objectives: |
1. To provide students with the fundamental theory and national and institutional policy issues of international trade
2. To achieve an understanding of nations’ and institutions’ benefits and gains from international trade, patterns of international trade, theoretical views and policy approaches on international trade, resrictions on international trade, foreign exchange market and monetary sytem that embrace international trade |
| Course Contents: |
Importance of international trade for nations and firms, the law of comparative advantage, standard and factor endowmnets related theory for international trade, trade restrictions, international resources and trade, impacts of foreign exchange markets, national income accounts, economic structures and monetary policies on the international trade |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO): |
- 1- Understand the meaning and importance of international trade
- 2- Know the basic theoretical aspects of international trade and its benefits for nations and corporations
- 3- Obtain a fundamental knowledge for further learnings on international trade systems, international trade finance and investments and multinational corporate management
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| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: |
Lectures, assignment of study problems and presentation of solutions, case investigations, exams, computer based computations for problem solving and data analysis |
| Week | Subjects | Related Preperation |
LO |
| 1 |
International trade and and gains from it |
Reading of textbooks, lecture notes and other assigned material |
1 |
| 2 |
The law of comparative advantage |
Reading of textbooks, lecture notes and other assigned material |
1, 2 |
| 3 |
Standard theory of international trade |
Reading of textbooks, lecture notes and other assigned material |
2 |
| 4 |
Demand, supply and terms of trade |
Reading of textbooks, lecture notes and other assigned material |
2 |
| 5 |
Imperfect competition, trade size and scale problems in international trade |
Reading of textbooks, lecture notes and other assigned material |
2 |
| 6 |
Exam 1 |
Review |
| 7 |
Trade restrictions, barriers, borders and protectionism |
Reading of textbooks, lecture notes and other assigned material |
2 |
| 8 |
Integrated international trade markets, international trade development strategies |
Reading of textbooks, lecture notes and other assigned material |
2 |
| 9 |
Movement of production factors in production and trade, and opportunities for international instutions and corporations |
Reading of textbooks, lecture notes and other assigned material |
2 |
| 10 |
Balance of payments and and its reflections on firms |
Reading of textbooks, lecture notes and other assigned material |
2, 3 |
| 11 |
Exam 2 |
Review |
| 12 |
Foreign exchange markets and determination of exchange rates |
Reading of textbooks, lecture notes and other assigned material |
3 |
| 13 |
International trade policy at firm level |
Reading of textbooks, lecture notes and other assigned material |
3 |
| 14 |
International trade policy at firm level International trade policy at national level |
Reading of textbooks, lecture notes and other assigned material |
3 |
At Kadir Has University, a Semester is 14 weeks; The weeks 15 and 16 are reserved for final exams.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)
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Contribution: 1 Low, 2 Average, 3 High
