COURSE INFORMATION
Course Title: CUSTOMS MANAGEMENT
Code Course Type Regular Semester Theory Practice Lab Credits ECTS
BAF 353 C 5 3 0 0 3 5
Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: Uğur Ergün
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours: NA
Language: English
Compulsory/Elective: Elective
Classroom and Meeting Time:
Course Description: This course covers the specific topics to strengthen the organizational abilities and professionalism on customs and other border management. This course will give analytical skills in aspects such as international customs, their administration and get some basic information on the laws being applied in customs.
Course Objectives: To provide advanced knowledge and skills in the customs and border management field. It will help the students update, formalize and improve their skills with regard to customs management and its main procedures.
COURSE OUTLINE
Week Topics
1 Introduction and Summary
2 The Future of Border Management
3 The Border Management Modernization and Trade Supply Chain
4 Borders, their Design and their Operation
5 Building a Convincing Business Case for Border Management Reform
6 Core Border Management Disciplines; Risk Based Compliance Management
7 Information and Communication Technology; Modern Border Management
8 Midterm exam
9 The role of the Private Sector in the Border Management
10 Regional Integration and Customs Unions
11 Integrity Risk Modeling in the Border Management Context
12 Customs Risk and the Business
13 Customs Risk and Custom Authorities
14 Customs Procedures
Prerequisite(s):
Textbook: - Border Management Modernization (Gerard McLinden, Enrique Fanta, David Widdowson, Tom Doyle; 2011) - A Short Guide to Customs Risk (Catherine Truel, 2010)
Other References:
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:
Others: No
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
1 explain the roles and policy objectives of customs administrations
2 identify appropriate responses to strategic management issues
3 explain how Customs manages the import, export and transit of goods
4 apply risk management principles to Customs strategic planning
COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES
(Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)
No Program Competencies Cont.
Bachelor in Banking and Finance (3 years) Program
1 The students are gained the ability to look at the problems of daily life from a broader perspective. They gain the needed skills not only to understand economic problems in banking and finance but also to construct a model and defend in meaningful way. 5
2 They have knowledge about the finance and banking. 5
3 They have knowledge about the money and banking. 5
4 They have knowledge about the international finance and banking. 4
5 They have ability to use mathematical and statistical methods in banking and finance. 4
6 They know how to use computer programs in both daily office usage and statistical data evaluations in banking and finance department. 5
7 They have necessary banking and finance skills that needed in private and public sector. 4
8 They are intended to be specialist in one of departmental fields that they choose from the list of general economics, finance economics, public finance, corporate finance, finance management, international finance markets and institutions, banking and central banking, international finance and banking, money and banking, international trade and banking. 4
9 They have ability to utilize fundamental economic theories and tools to solve economic problems in banking and finance. 5
10 They are aware of the fact that banking and finance is a social science and they respect the social perspectives and social values of the society’s ethics. 5
COURSE EVALUATION METHOD
Method Quantity Percentage
Midterm Exam(s)
1
30
Project
1
20
Final Exam
1
40
Attendance
10
Total Percent: 100%
ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)
Activities Quantity Duration(Hours) Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) 16 3 48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) 16 3 48
Mid-terms 1 10 10
Assignments 0
Final examination 1 15 15
Other 2 2 4
Total Work Load:
125
Total Work Load/25(h):
5
ECTS Credit of the Course:
5