| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | G408.2B2 | Engineering Economics | Elective | 4 | 8 | 4 |
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| Level of Course Unit |
| First Cycle |
| Objectives of the Course |
| To have the students acquire the skills to enable them to make use of the basic knowledge on economic theory provided in the course when decission making on economic issues, improve themselves independently based on the knowlege and skills they acquired and able to communicate with the others on professional issues. |
| Name of Lecturer(s) |
| Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Emin MERCAN |
| Learning Outcomes |
| 1 | Recognition of the principles of economics | | 2 | Ability to decide on which commodity and/or service should be produced by whom & how. | | 3 | Ability to assess supply-demand relationship to project changes in amount & price | | 4 | Recognition of the flexibility of the supply-demand relationship | | 5 | Ability to describe factors affecting flexibility in the supply-demand relationship | | 6 | Ability to descriminate between type of markets. | | 7 | Ability to calculate predicted costs |
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| Mode of Delivery |
| Normal Education |
| Prerequisites and co-requisities |
| None |
| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
| None |
| Course Contents |
| The course includes the subjects of basic terms of economics, major economic problems, consumer behavior and demand, producer behavior and supply, markets and type of narkets, macroekonomic terms, national statistics, finance and investment, monetary and fiscal policies |
| Weekly Detailed Course Contents |
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| 1 | Definition of economics and basic concepts | | | | 2 | Market economy | | | | 3 | Price Mechanism: Demand | | | | 4 | Price Mechanism: Supply | | | | 5 | Price Mechanism: Price | | | | 6 | Financal Elasticities | | | | 7 | Financal Elasticities | | | | 8 | MIDTERM EXAM | | | | 9 | State price control | | | | 10 | Consumer behavior theory | | | | 11 | Consumer behavior theory | | | | 12 | Production and costs | | | | 13 | Production and costs | | | | 14 | Markets: Perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly | | | | 15 | Markets: Perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly | | |
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| Recommended or Required Reading |
| Ertek, T., (2009): Temel Ekonomi (Basından Örnekler), 3.Baskı, Beta Yayınları. Dinler, Z., (1995): İktisada giriş, Bursa Ekin Kitabevi Yayınları. 2. Berberoğlu, C. N., (1997): Genel Ekonomi, Birlik Ofset. 3. Güncel ve çıkmış gazete ve dergi makaleleri. |
| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | |
| Final Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | | Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 40 | | End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 60 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | Turkish | | Work Placement(s) | | None |
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| Workload Calculation |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Attending Lectures | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Individual Study for Final Examination | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Reading | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Homework | 10 | 4 | 40 |
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| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
| LO1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | | LO2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | | LO3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | | LO4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | | LO5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | | LO6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | | LO7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
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| * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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