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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
OT190Selected Topics in EconomicsElective126
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to provide students with knowledge on selected economics topics and to support students to develop their competencies in understanding, analyzing and evaluating facts in economic and social context.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Tuba BİLGİN
Learning Outcomes
1Explain the basic economic concepts and principles.
2Can understand discussions on current economic issues.
3Understands and evaluates the functioning of the market mechanism.
4Can analyze current economic events and macroeconomic problems.
5Will be able to analyze the issues related to agricultural economics.
Mode of Delivery
Normal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
In order to provide students with information on selected micro and macroeconomics topics; Subjects such as supply-demand and market functioning, national income, employment, inflation, money, interest, exchange rate, foreign trade, economic growth and development, and agricultural economics are covered in this course.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction and Basic Economic Concepts
2Supply-Demand and Market Equilibrium
3Perfect and Imperfect Competition Markets
4National Income
5Employment and Unemployment
6Inflation
7Money
8Mid-term
9Interest Rate and Exchange Rate
10Foreign trade
11Economic Growth
12Overview of Agricultural Economics
13Article Review
14Article Review
15Article Review
16Final
Recommended or Required Reading
1) Ünsal, E. (2013) Makro İktisat , İmaj Yayıncılık, Ankara. 2) Dinler, Z. (2013), Mikro Ekonomi, Ekin Yayınevi, Bursa. 3) Ünsal, E. (2014), Mikro İktisat, BigBang Yayınları, Ankara.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14342
Discussion10220
Individual Study for Mid term Examination21530
Individual Study for Final Examination22550
Homework4728
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)173
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