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  • Department of Logistics Management (Distance Learning)
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  • Transportation Economics
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Course Introduction Information

Code - Course Title LOJ515 - Transportation Economics
Course Type Elective Courses
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Laboratory + Practice 3+0
ECTS 7.5
Course Instructor(s) DOÇENT MESERRET NALÇAKAN
Mode of Delivery This course is conducted only in the form of face to face education.
Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended
Recommended Reading List Meserret Nalçakan, Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Açısından Türkiye’de Demiryolu Taşımacılığı, Nisan Kitabevi, Basım sayısı:1, Sayfa Sayısı 85, ISBN:978-975-6428-41, 2012.William R. Black, Sustainable Transportation: Problems And Solutions, New York, Guilford Press, ISBN 978-1-606-23485-3, 2010.Cem Saatçioğlu, Ulaştırma Sistemleri ve Politikaları: Türkiye - Avrupa Birliği Uygulamaları, Ankara, Gazi Kitapevi, ISBN 9789756009139, 2006.
Assessment methods and criteria 1 Midterm,  1 Final exam and 1 schoolwork.
Work Placement
Sustainability Development Goals

Content

Weeks Topics
Week - 1 Basic concepts:demand, asset-service, comsumption, production and production factors
Week - 2 Supply, demand and equilibrium in economy
Week - 3 Production costs: total, average and marginal costs
Week - 4 Transportation economy: definition and functions of transportation
Week - 5 Costs and general factors affect costs in transportation sector
Week - 6 Formation of price in transportation sector: contract methods
Week - 7 Formation of price in transportation sector: Tariffmethod
Week - 8 Transportsectorsub-systems
Week - 9 Properties of transportation sector
Week - 10 Comparison of transportation systems
Week - 11 conditions affect development of transportation sector
Week - 12 problems of transportation sector and suggestions
Week - 13 properties of transportation politics in Turkey
Week - 14 evaluation of transportation politics in the World and in Turkey

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  • Lecture
  • Observation
  • Case Study
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  • Creative
  • Environmental awareness
  • Work in teams
  • To work in interdisciplinary projects
  • To work in international projects

Assessment Methods

Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
Quamtity Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam 1 40
Final Exam 1 60
Toplam (%) 100
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