Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
163314002100GENERAL ECONOMYCompulsory123
Level of Course Unit
Short Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Giving students entry-level micro-economic and market economy informations and developing their analysis skills about economic policies.
Name of Lecturer(s)
ÖĞR.GÖR.ARZU DURSUNOĞLU
Learning Outcomes
11-Recognizing the basic concepts of the economy.
22-Recognizing Economic analysis methods and economic systems.
33-Analyzing about consumer and producer behaviors. Analyzing the market differences.
44-Analyzing the demand and the demand elasticity.
55-Demand and supply elasticity is analyzed.
66-The formation of consumer and producer equilibrium is analyzed.
77-To introduce the concept of cost.
88-Cost classification is learned.
99-Short and long-term cost analyzes are learned.
1010-Market structure and its types are recognized.
1111-Fully competitive market and monopoly market are learned.
1212-Other types of missing market are learned.
1313- The differences on the structure of the market are analyzed.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Economic concepts, economic systems, demand, changes in demand, Market Demand, Supply, changes in supply, market supply, demand, supply and flexibility, the market equilibrium, consumer balance, the balance of producer, production costs, market variations (full competitive markets, monopoly market)
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1"The scope and method of economics "
2"Scarcity, Choice and the Production Possibilities Curve "
3"The demand curve, individual and market demand "
4"Demand curve shifts "
5"Elasticity of Demand "
6"Supply curve, individual and market supply "
7Supply curve shifts
8"Supply, demand and flexibility in applications "
9"Supply, demand and flexibility in applications "
10"production costs "
11"market equilibrium "
12"Perfect competition market. "
13Monopoly Market
14Other imperfect competition market
Recommended or Required Reading
"Introduction to Economics-Ersan Bobutoğlu-Metin Berber-Kenan Çelik, İktisada Giriş-Aydın Türkbal , İktisada Giriş-Zeynel Dinler"
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
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Attending Lectures14342
Self Study14228
Individual Study for Mid term Examination155
Individual Study for Final Examination188
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)85
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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